Table III.A.2.h Percent of State and local governments that offer health insurance to retirees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 38.9%    28.2%   
Census division:
New England 46.0%    58.9%   
Middle Atlantic 50.3%    44.2%   
East North Central 36.5%    16.3%   
West North Central 23.2%    14.6%   
South Atlantic 51.0%    33.8%   
East South Central 35.7%    22.7%   
West South Central 29.2%    26.0%   
Mountain 18.4%    8.9%   
Pacific 57.5%    45.0%   
Government type and size:
State governments 64.8%    54.3%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 30.5%    23.2%   
   250-999 employees 61.2%    39.6%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 66.2%    46.3%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 67.4%    43.8%   
   10,000 or more employees 76.2%    63.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.

 

Table III.A.2.h Standard errors for percent of State and local governments that offer health insurance to retirees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 1.69%    1.50%   
Census division:
New England 4.51%    4.80%   
Middle Atlantic 4.93%    4.69%   
East North Central 4.78%    4.01%   
West North Central 3.59%    3.67%   
South Atlantic 4.39%    3.80%   
East South Central 3.93%    3.21%   
West South Central 4.86%    4.66%   
Mountain 3.22%    2.14%   
Pacific 5.79%    5.45%   
Government type and size:
State governments 1.83%    1.99%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 2.10%    1.91%   
   250-999 employees 2.31%    2.35%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 3.02%    3.17%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.91%    3.35%   
   10,000 or more employees 2.83%    2.83%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.