Table II.A.2.b(1997) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and State: United States, 1997
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 51.2%    75.9%    57.0%    47.1%    32.6%    16.8%    68.3%    25.2%   
New England:
Connecticut 45.6%    69.6%    53.4%    31.2%    --    --    60.9%    16.0%   
Maine 50.4%    78.8%    38.9%    45.8%    --    --    65.8%    22.0%   
Massachusetts 47.0%    69.9%    54.3%    22.7%    --    --    62.9%    14.9%   
Rhode Island 60.4%    82.4%    74.5%    44.1%    --    --    77.9%    22.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 56.1%    73.4%    61.9%    42.8%    --    --    68.6%    26.6%   
New York 58.7%    78.3%    53.2%    53.7%    --    --    70.6%    31.7%   
Pennsylvania 56.5%    81.1%    63.2%    51.8%    --    --    73.3%    29.1%   
East North Central:
Illinois 49.8%    74.8%    63.8%    55.3%    --    --    69.4%    21.1%   
Indiana 44.8%    70.7%    58.1%    46.1%    --    --    63.1%    24.0%   
Michigan 62.8%    90.7%    61.6%    61.0%    --    --    79.9%    30.8%   
Ohio 41.7%    70.5%    56.6%    27.6%    --    --    60.9%    14.6%   
Wisconsin 43.8%    65.6%    53.9%    27.1% * --    --    58.4%    20.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 46.6%    72.3%    52.4%    39.1%    --    --    65.3%    18.5%   
Kansas 53.1%    75.7%    60.7%    36.5%    --    --    68.9%    25.1%   
Minnesota 48.0%    72.1%    49.0%    40.3%    --    --    61.8%    24.0%   
Missouri 50.8%    83.1%    61.7%    46.8%    --    --    72.4%    21.3%   
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia 55.7%    80.7%    70.3%    50.8%    --    --    75.8%    21.4%   
Florida 44.6%    73.7%    34.7%    47.7%    --    --    63.3%    18.1%   
Georgia 36.8%    58.3%    46.8%    46.4%    --    --    55.3%    19.4%   
Maryland 44.5%    66.2%    40.6%    36.9%    --    --    55.8%    25.9%   
North Carolina 49.7%    75.1%    66.9%    51.7%    --    --    71.3%    25.2%   
South Carolina 57.3%    71.4%    75.1%    47.5%    --    --    69.4%    41.2%   
Virginia 44.8%    72.4%    52.7%    30.4%    --    --    63.0%    19.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 49.4%    64.7%    55.7%    49.1%    --    --    60.5%    33.1%   
Kentucky 46.1%    72.9%    50.9%    44.9%    --    --    62.6%    23.4%   
Mississippi 54.8%    79.3%    67.4%    57.7%    --    --    74.1%    30.9%   
Tennessee 39.5%    70.2%    59.5%    41.6%    --    --    63.4%    18.4%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 53.0%    85.6%    62.7%    49.9%    --    --    74.3%    24.5%   
Louisiana 50.9%    79.4%    58.5%    43.9%    --    --    69.0%    26.5%   
Oklahoma 51.2%    86.9%    48.8%    41.9%    --    --    71.6%    22.8%   
Texas 44.9%    70.8%    57.7%    48.0%    --    --    65.6%    24.0%   
Mountain:
Arizona 46.2%    75.5%    39.9%    45.2%    --    --    61.7%    27.9%   
Colorado 56.3%    80.9%    58.4%    54.8%    --    --    73.8%    23.3%   
Nevada 56.8%    88.2%    61.2%    55.8%    --    --    77.0%    31.0%   
Utah 44.3%    63.5%    63.2%    32.8%    --    --    60.3%    22.9%   
Pacific:
Alaska 59.2%    73.5%    61.8%    65.9%    --    --    70.2%    44.8%   
California 59.4%    84.7%    62.8%    55.8%    --    --    76.7%    32.8%   
Hawaii 73.6%    88.3%    80.4%    79.4%    --    --    85.6%    43.0%   
Oregon 66.1%    83.0%    76.9%    61.0%    --    --    79.4%    37.6%   
Washington 61.1%    80.5%    69.6%    62.7%    --    --    75.2%    37.3%   
States not shown separately 48.1%    69.5%    43.4%    48.1%    --    --    62.6%    24.3%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

 

Table II.A.2.b(1997) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and State: United States, 1997
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 0.45%    0.70%    0.99%    1.61%    1.09%    0.73%    0.42%    0.59%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.16%    7.00%    7.32%    5.18%    --    --    5.03%    2.08%   
Maine 2.95%    4.95%    8.19%    6.65%    --    --    3.04%    4.56%   
Massachusetts 2.42%    5.28%    9.94%    5.70%    --    --    3.48%    3.08%   
Rhode Island 3.35%    4.03%    7.59%    9.38%    --    --    4.18%    4.48%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 4.64%    6.54%    6.74%    8.95%    --    --    5.72%    6.49%   
New York 2.30%    3.33%    6.10%    6.80%    --    --    2.60%    4.81%   
Pennsylvania 2.60%    2.16%    5.38%    4.78%    --    --    2.49%    4.36%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.10%    4.89%    7.27%    5.27%    --    --    4.08%    2.90%   
Indiana 2.86%    5.83%    11.30%    6.97%    --    --    5.10%    3.82%   
Michigan 4.21%    3.35%    7.87%    6.50%    --    --    3.93%    5.00%   
Ohio 2.60%    4.20%    9.10%    6.77%    --    --    2.86%    1.88%   
Wisconsin 4.44%    4.49%    8.86%    11.57% * --    --    4.68%    5.58%   
West North Central:
Iowa 4.11%    6.81%    5.60%    3.54%    --    --    4.17%    3.14%   
Kansas 3.92%    6.56%    7.41%    7.74%    --    --    4.92%    4.35%   
Minnesota 3.39%    7.06%    6.15%    6.88%    --    --    3.77%    3.60%   
Missouri 4.14%    5.27%    9.98%    5.90%    --    --    3.56%    4.34%   
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia 3.54%    3.74%    4.74%    6.91%    --    --    3.57%    4.12%   
Florida 1.94%    5.65%    8.82%    6.62%    --    --    5.39%    3.67%   
Georgia 3.14%    6.98%    10.89%    8.93%    --    --    6.01%    4.33%   
Maryland 2.86%    5.84%    8.55%    6.96%    --    --    5.41%    3.88%   
North Carolina 2.29%    7.57%    7.08%    10.96%    --    --    3.70%    2.59%   
South Carolina 3.27%    5.60%    8.34%    9.25%    --    --    3.39%    6.89%   
Virginia 3.94%    6.16%    10.47%    7.73%    --    --    4.32%    3.94%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.89%    4.82%    6.59%    8.18%    --    --    3.44%    5.76%   
Kentucky 3.39%    7.15%    7.27%    7.56%    --    --    4.31%    4.06%   
Mississippi 2.85%    5.10%    9.73%    11.85%    --    --    4.26%    2.93%   
Tennessee 3.57%    7.85%    8.29%    8.04%    --    --    3.31%    4.37%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.14%    4.38%    13.16%    12.55%    --    --    3.83%    4.91%   
Louisiana 4.12%    6.43%    7.19%    6.76%    --    --    4.69%    5.47%   
Oklahoma 3.37%    3.71%    10.59%    7.48%    --    --    4.50%    4.45%   
Texas 1.68%    5.50%    9.07%    4.18%    --    --    4.80%    3.06%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.79%    5.83%    6.19%    7.94%    --    --    4.75%    3.77%   
Colorado 3.50%    5.07%    9.71%    9.55%    --    --    3.22%    3.37%   
Nevada 3.65%    3.38%    8.75%    10.43%    --    --    3.96%    3.88%   
Utah 3.49%    7.36%    8.37%    6.98%    --    --    4.42%    4.30%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.73%    5.37%    6.03%    10.04%    --    --    2.65%    3.97%   
California 1.43%    1.78%    3.27%    5.56%    --    --    1.50%    1.99%   
Hawaii 2.33%    1.90%    5.43%    5.50%    --    --    2.17%    4.93%   
Oregon 3.26%    2.97%    7.35%    8.02%    --    --    3.15%    6.01%   
Washington 4.11%    5.24%    7.68%    7.86%    --    --    4.70%    3.36%   
States not shown separately 2.10%    5.29%    10.03%    5.67%    --    --    4.36%    4.09%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.