Table II.B.2.a(1997) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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 79.2%    81.0%    81.0%    77.2%    76.9%    80.3%    79.5%    79.1%   
New England:
Connecticut 81.1%    80.9%    81.8%    88.8%    81.0%    78.7%    82.7%    80.3%   
Maine 77.0%    82.6%    79.4%    88.8%    76.9%    69.7%    82.2%    74.5%   
Massachusetts 78.0%    72.8%    72.6%    80.4%    80.3%    78.2%    74.7%    79.2%   
Rhode Island 83.4%    77.5%    78.3%    83.6%    83.8%    85.5%    79.1%    85.0%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 81.3%    83.9%    84.5%    75.0%    78.4%    83.9%    80.8%    81.4%   
New York 81.6%    79.3%    89.0%    77.8%    80.4%    82.6%    80.8%    81.8%   
Pennsylvania 78.6%    79.3%    78.1%    80.3%    78.7%    78.0%    78.0%    78.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.5%    85.8%    87.4%    75.5%    74.5%    77.1%    83.1%    76.0%   
Indiana 83.0%    82.9%    84.9%    76.9%    81.9%    85.4%    82.1%    83.2%   
Michigan 80.4%    83.4%    70.9%    70.6%    79.7%    85.5%    73.7%    82.5%   
Ohio 80.1%    83.1%    81.4%    68.2%    79.6%    84.7%    73.3%    81.9%   
Wisconsin 78.4%    84.4%    79.0%    72.4%    74.5%    81.8%    77.7%    78.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 79.9%    77.8%    77.2%    74.5%    78.5%    82.9%    77.1%    80.7%   
Kansas 81.4%    87.3%    78.3%    75.8%    80.0%    83.4%    81.4%    81.4%   
Minnesota 78.4%    85.7%    77.2%    76.7%    69.2%    81.9%    77.8%    78.5%   
Missouri 81.3%    80.2%    74.9%    72.5%    71.4%    87.9%    74.6%    83.1%   
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia 86.4%    94.9%    93.7%    88.5%    77.7%    85.9%    93.7%    83.0%   
Florida 79.0%    84.1%    86.0%    80.4%    76.1%    78.5%    82.6%    78.2%   
Georgia 78.3%    75.5%    92.5%    81.1%    83.8%    74.2%    83.0%    77.0%   
Maryland 75.0%    85.1%    72.7%    80.5%    76.5%    71.5%    76.5%    74.5%   
North Carolina 83.3%    82.8%    86.4%    83.0%    79.8%    84.1%    84.6%    83.0%   
South Carolina 83.8%    83.7%    84.7%    80.3%    79.2%    86.7%    83.8%    83.8%   
Virginia 82.3%    87.4%    85.8%    77.1%    80.9%    83.2%    82.9%    82.1%   
East South Central:
Alabama 83.8%    86.4%    87.1%    84.4%    84.8%    82.3%    87.7%    82.8%   
Kentucky 73.8%    80.5%    78.4%    79.0%    83.1%    66.8%    79.5%    72.3%   
Mississippi 82.9%    86.8%    82.4%    87.4%    78.8%    82.1%    87.5%    81.2%   
Tennessee 80.6%    77.7%    89.3%    83.3%    75.9%    81.0%    82.9%    80.1%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 74.6%    86.0%    83.8%    79.3%    76.9%    71.1%    87.2%    72.3%   
Louisiana 71.1%    86.0%    60.5%    71.0%    73.1%    73.6%    68.6%    72.5%   
Oklahoma 80.1%    82.1%    85.0%    86.6%    73.3%    79.7%    84.5%    78.9%   
Texas 76.9%    84.0%    88.7%    76.9%    70.4%    77.4%    84.6%    75.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.9%    76.7%    72.0%    81.4%    75.3%    80.4%    78.0%    79.2%   
Colorado 79.5%    88.2%    74.9%    75.4%    82.1%    79.0%    79.5%    79.5%   
Nevada 73.4%    79.4%    66.3%    62.6%    72.1%    76.7%    67.2%    75.2%   
Utah 80.9%    93.4%    78.6%    77.0%    69.5%    84.4%    86.2%    79.3%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.5%    87.9%    80.4%    67.5%    72.9%    77.8%    81.2%    74.4%   
California 78.1%    81.1%    81.8%    76.9%    76.8%    78.1%    78.0%    78.1%   
Hawaii 83.7%    84.2%    83.0%    87.1%    85.8%    80.9%    85.5%    82.9%   
Oregon 76.0%    76.8%    74.7%    73.1%    77.0%    76.8%    76.9%    75.6%   
Washington 81.8%    87.4%    88.1%    80.3%    72.2%    84.3%    87.0%    79.8%   
States not shown separately 75.2%    66.5%    78.0%    75.5%    66.0%    83.1%    71.6%    76.8%   
 
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.

 

Table II.B.2.a(1997) 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, 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 0.52%    1.70%    1.21%    1.03%    1.24%    0.81%    1.17%    0.56%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.74%    5.12%    3.85%    2.06%    4.59%    4.63%    3.29%    2.99%   
Maine 2.44%    2.90%    4.85%    2.60%    4.54%    3.25%    2.65%    2.99%   
Massachusetts 2.05%    5.38%    9.84%    3.11%    3.64%    3.33%    4.21%    2.17%   
Rhode Island 1.95%    3.89%    5.63%    2.70%    4.32%    2.71%    2.43%    2.15%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.91%    5.33%    3.58%    7.38%    6.35%    3.07%    3.71%    2.05%   
New York 1.65%    4.28%    2.73%    2.87%    2.71%    2.74%    2.55%    1.92%   
Pennsylvania 2.13%    3.01%    4.72%    3.72%    5.62%    2.85%    1.69%    3.09%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.00%    1.97%    2.02%    6.51%    3.88%    4.23%    3.50%    2.62%   
Indiana 1.24%    2.71%    4.46%    3.83%    4.56%    2.79%    3.64%    1.84%   
Michigan 2.28%    2.71%    4.08%    3.92%    2.32%    3.83%    3.15%    2.55%   
Ohio 2.57%    3.86%    3.44%    5.54%    1.74%    3.95%    4.69%    2.68%   
Wisconsin 1.46%    3.43%    5.47%    2.12%    4.08%    2.15%    3.05%    1.60%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.81%    4.48%    4.83%    2.98%    3.45%    3.04%    2.86%    2.05%   
Kansas 2.51%    6.46%    5.31%    6.30%    4.86%    3.47%    3.02%    2.62%   
Minnesota 2.08%    2.91%    3.16%    2.96%    5.62%    4.65%    2.68%    3.42%   
Missouri 1.85%    4.64%    9.63%    6.01%    5.08%    2.58%    5.98%    2.33%   
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia 1.72%    1.44%    2.21%    2.87%    4.56%    3.80%    1.81%    2.25%   
Florida 2.22%    2.03%    3.91%    3.25%    5.68%    3.69%    1.91%    3.08%   
Georgia 3.05%    5.82%    10.27%    4.45%    6.01%    4.74%    3.97%    3.44%   
Maryland 4.13%    2.10%    4.69%    4.08%    5.33%    6.27%    2.46%    5.25%   
North Carolina 1.20%    4.03%    4.61%    2.32%    4.00%    2.39%    1.77%    1.52%   
South Carolina 1.91%    2.63%    4.62%    5.02%    3.57%    2.67%    2.63%    1.95%   
Virginia 1.90%    3.23%    6.08%    4.33%    3.40%    2.74%    4.40%    2.66%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.59%    2.72%    3.13%    3.48%    2.00%    4.77%    1.44%    3.23%   
Kentucky 4.07%    3.58%    4.25%    9.34%    3.05%    6.49%    2.22%    4.49%   
Mississippi 2.01%    2.99%    3.74%    3.30%    4.51%    2.55%    2.95%    2.55%   
Tennessee 2.12%    6.51%    4.03%    3.32%    6.59%    3.74%    2.93%    2.20%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.12%    3.01%    3.66%    10.36%    8.06%    4.88%    2.71%    3.21%   
Louisiana 3.13%    2.98%    5.52%    4.36%    5.41%    3.93%    4.90%    2.86%   
Oklahoma 3.11%    4.05%    3.05%    3.75%    4.51%    4.69%    2.01%    3.73%   
Texas 1.96%    4.84%    3.57%    2.42%    5.22%    3.03%    2.76%    2.09%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.90%    4.95%    6.34%    3.28%    4.58%    3.46%    3.17%    2.79%   
Colorado 3.96%    2.83%    5.90%    6.88%    6.38%    5.73%    2.85%    4.63%   
Nevada 2.73%    6.66%    6.09%    5.42%    4.91%    3.47%    5.64%    2.96%   
Utah 3.17%    3.29%    4.62%    5.35%    7.12%    3.63%    2.95%    3.50%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.36%    6.28%    5.24%    3.93%    5.68%    3.80%    2.94%    3.16%   
California 1.57%    4.06%    4.41%    2.52%    4.61%    2.76%    2.29%    1.56%   
Hawaii 1.71%    1.76%    2.60%    3.15%    2.18%    3.91%    1.41%    2.31%   
Oregon 3.36%    5.91%    3.28%    6.98%    4.65%    5.88%    1.41%    4.49%   
Washington 2.09%    2.39%    2.36%    6.72%    5.17%    4.19%    2.28%    2.72%   
States not shown separately 2.90%    6.90%    2.42%    2.94%    4.98%    3.54%    4.28%    2.72%   
 
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.