Table II.B.2.a(1996) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1996
Division and State Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 81.3%    85.2%    81.8%    79.0%    81.9%    81.1%    82.2%    81.1%   
New England:
Connecticut 83.2%    80.8%    73.4%    80.3%    73.9%    88.2%    79.3%    84.2%   
Maine 86.5%    72.3%    75.0%    81.4%    92.2%    92.0%    75.6%    91.2%   
Massachusetts 83.0%    78.9%    86.3%    74.5%    84.0%    86.3%    73.9%    85.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 81.5%    82.3%    78.7%    81.5%    88.3%    79.1%    81.8%    81.4%   
New York 78.5%    84.6%    73.8%    79.9%    75.2%    79.4%    79.7%    78.1%   
Pennsylvania 81.2%    82.3%    82.5%    80.3%    81.5%    80.8%    82.0%    81.0%   
East North Central:
Illinois 85.2%    92.2%    89.3%    82.0%    83.9%    84.8%    87.2%    84.5%   
Indiana 81.6%    84.4%    79.4%    79.8%    76.6%    84.8%    76.8%    82.7%   
Michigan 81.4%    80.2%    80.3%    72.2%    84.6%    82.0%    77.0%    82.6%   
Ohio 87.8%    85.3%    88.4%    84.2%    86.1%    89.6%    85.4%    88.4%   
Wisconsin 80.3%    86.1%    80.0%    80.0%    82.8%    78.0%    79.1%    80.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 80.8%    64.0%    69.1%    79.0%    87.7%    85.3%    71.2%    84.7%   
Kansas 76.3%    79.9%    83.2%    75.2%    84.7%    70.7%    79.1%    75.4%   
Minnesota 81.1%    83.5%    80.8%    81.0%    71.0%    86.1%    83.9%    80.2%   
Missouri 80.1%    86.0%    85.8%    73.8%    91.0%    76.3%    83.3%    79.3%   
Nebraska 70.8%    87.1%    47.5%    74.3%    76.6%    71.4%    65.1%    73.0%   
South Atlantic:
Florida 84.5%    84.9%    86.9%    78.8%    88.1%    83.8%    83.7%    84.7%   
Georgia 79.8%    87.6%    82.2%    67.5%    89.7%    78.7%    82.7%    79.2%   
Maryland 83.6%    82.7%    71.5%    80.4%    91.7%    84.1%    78.2%    85.6%   
North Carolina 82.7%    76.2%    82.5%    70.5%    84.5%    86.1%    81.6%    83.0%   
South Carolina 87.4%    92.9%    85.3%    79.2%    83.4%    90.0%    89.1%    86.9%   
Virginia 81.3%    88.7%    81.2%    81.1%    84.5%    79.3%    82.7%    80.9%   
West Virginia 84.5%    88.6%    91.4%    79.1%    84.9%    84.5%    85.1%    84.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 84.6%    92.2%    83.5%    86.7%    75.3%    87.2%    86.3%    84.2%   
Kentucky 84.9%    87.5%    78.5%    72.2%    84.6%    88.6%    79.8%    86.6%   
Mississippi 76.6%    79.9%    83.1%    77.6%    81.1%    73.2%    83.4%    75.3%   
Tennessee 76.7%    85.2%    88.1%    90.9%    89.4%    68.6%    89.3%    74.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 82.8%    78.9%    74.3%    72.5%    83.3%    87.0%    75.4%    85.1%   
Louisiana 74.3%    93.6%    83.3%    80.9%    60.0%    78.2%    84.0%    71.4%   
Oklahoma 76.9%    83.8%    82.4%    85.6%    78.0%    70.8%    82.4%    75.1%   
Texas 76.8%    92.6%    85.9%    86.8%    75.7%    72.9%    88.4%    74.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 83.2%    92.7%    82.3%    79.3%    81.6%    83.2%    84.4%    82.8%   
Colorado 82.2%    82.8%    85.3%    84.3%    84.9%    79.4%    85.7%    80.9%   
Nevada 73.1%    83.8%    85.1%    73.5%    74.8%    70.2%    80.3%    71.5%   
New Mexico 74.9%    85.0%    78.1%    73.7%    77.7%    71.1%    81.6%    72.7%   
Utah 78.4%    80.3%    79.9%    74.1%    77.2%    79.9%    80.7%    77.9%   
Pacific:
California 82.4%    89.1%    87.6%    76.5%    82.3%    82.9%    84.3%    81.8%   
Hawaii 84.4%    88.5%    78.3%    85.7%    85.9%    82.8%    84.9%    84.2%   
Oregon 83.6%    90.5%    71.7%    84.5%    79.4%    86.5%    83.2%    83.7%   
Washington 75.2%    89.4%    72.1%    71.4%    82.6%    70.5%    78.1%    74.2%   
States not shown separately 81.9%    82.3%    83.2%    80.3%    81.3%    83.0%    83.1%    81.4%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

 

Table II.B.2.a(1996) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1996
Division and State Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.65%    0.75%    0.51%    0.99%    0.54%    1.18%    0.44%    0.80%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.09%    4.94%    3.66%    4.49%    5.11%    3.72%    3.14%    2.53%   
Maine 1.04%    7.07%    5.22%    2.60%    1.94%    1.34%    4.22%    1.04%   
Massachusetts 3.53%    4.04%    3.41%    5.50%    3.66%    5.83%    4.35%    3.47%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.90%    1.95%    4.51%    4.67%    4.85%    3.49%    2.03%    2.38%   
New York 1.97%    2.76%    4.39%    2.19%    4.04%    4.30%    2.69%    2.95%   
Pennsylvania 2.08%    4.36%    5.10%    3.92%    4.32%    4.47%    2.39%    2.99%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.66%    2.84%    4.75%    3.76%    4.36%    4.59%    2.92%    3.34%   
Indiana 2.26%    5.67%    5.64%    3.66%    6.92%    3.47%    2.99%    2.53%   
Michigan 2.96%    3.77%    5.67%    5.16%    2.86%    6.04%    2.96%    3.32%   
Ohio 2.05%    2.00%    3.38%    4.44%    2.57%    3.53%    1.51%    2.43%   
Wisconsin 1.57%    3.33%    5.15%    1.96%    5.14%    2.93%    3.07%    2.10%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.06%    7.53%    7.27%    4.64%    6.88%    3.17%    6.27%    2.53%   
Kansas 4.53%    2.98%    3.48%    3.98%    8.40%    7.45%    2.66%    6.32%   
Minnesota 2.32%    3.43%    6.05%    6.48%    7.37%    4.34%    2.87%    2.81%   
Missouri 3.09%    5.22%    3.48%    5.01%    2.79%    5.11%    3.30%    3.83%   
Nebraska 3.36%    3.74%    10.80%    5.37%    6.59%    5.94%    6.80%    3.69%   
South Atlantic:
Florida 1.79%    2.86%    3.67%    4.19%    4.29%    3.38%    2.12%    2.13%   
Georgia 3.61%    3.85%    5.02%    7.42%    2.58%    6.18%    4.32%    4.55%   
Maryland 3.88%    4.23%    6.72%    6.14%    4.48%    4.36%    4.78%    3.79%   
North Carolina 2.87%    6.19%    3.57%    6.32%    5.23%    3.32%    3.26%    2.83%   
South Carolina 1.97%    5.93%    9.32%    5.53%    3.28%    2.39%    3.16%    2.17%   
Virginia 3.52%    3.41%    5.57%    2.66%    4.50%    5.67%    1.99%    4.09%   
West Virginia 3.42%    6.74%    9.09%    4.60%    5.36%    5.98%    2.59%    4.55%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.03%    3.21%    4.49%    2.54%    9.33%    2.98%    2.02%    2.59%   
Kentucky 1.95%    3.82%    6.05%    6.14%    5.02%    2.61%    4.89%    2.31%   
Mississippi 3.75%    4.90%    7.21%    5.63%    3.40%    5.51%    4.38%    3.87%   
Tennessee 3.75%    3.68%    9.50%    1.73%    3.24%    5.63%    1.52%    4.25%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.13%    5.92%    9.70%    5.46%    3.41%    5.41%    3.75%    3.99%   
Louisiana 4.61%    3.90%    3.51%    10.06%    7.52%    5.50%    3.37%    5.74%   
Oklahoma 3.61%    3.52%    13.35%    4.27%    10.88%    5.71%    2.99%    4.17%   
Texas 4.00%    3.41%    3.66%    1.26%    6.21%    5.61%    2.17%    4.66%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.79%    3.60%    3.73%    4.45%    6.88%    3.98%    1.75%    3.23%   
Colorado 2.66%    4.38%    9.89%    2.69%    5.16%    5.40%    2.40%    3.62%   
Nevada 4.09%    5.83%    4.91%    3.80%    5.59%    6.23%    2.47%    4.73%   
New Mexico 4.41%    5.13%    10.04%    6.77%    6.52%    8.23%    3.77%    5.84%   
Utah 3.62%    2.47%    4.64%    3.87%    6.38%    4.98%    2.29%    4.42%   
Pacific:
California 1.08%    2.32%    2.10%    3.14%    4.04%    2.72%    3.03%    1.19%   
Hawaii 2.08%    2.40%    4.81%    3.61%    3.16%    5.68%    2.57%    2.73%   
Oregon 1.35%    2.73%    4.30%    2.50%    5.85%    3.05%    2.28%    2.19%   
Washington 3.81%    2.94%    5.58%    6.41%    5.31%    8.95%    2.83%    4.53%   
States not shown separately 2.44%    3.69%    2.72%    3.09%    4.06%    4.52%    2.18%    3.14%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.