Table II.A.2.b(1999) 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, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

48.5%

71.4%

54.2%

46.4%

29.2%

13.7%

65.0%

21.2%

New England:

Maine

48.2%

65.6%

61.6%

27.4%

*

26.7%

18.5%

*

60.9%

22.3%

Massachusetts

43.4%

65.1%

42.2%

24.2%

17.1%

15.1%

55.9%

16.7%

Connecticut

46.2%

65.8%

53.4%

25.6%

8.3%

*

19.1%

*

60.4%

16.1%

*

Rhode Island

61.1%

76.7%

74.2%

37.3%

48.2%

11.0%

*

72.4%

28.6%

Vermont

37.1%

46.8%

42.0%

30.9%

23.9%

*

8.0%

*

44.7%

15.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

53.4%

72.3%

54.7%

52.8%

26.0%

8.6%

67.0%

18.0%

New Jersey

52.7%

71.5%

59.5%

53.7%

24.3%

*

10.6%

*

68.5%

17.3%

Pennsylvania

50.8%

73.8%

57.8%

48.2%

38.6%

10.4%

67.4%

21.8%

East North Central:

Ohio

47.6%

75.4%

52.2%

38.8%

23.6%

19.8%

65.4%

22.2%

Indiana

42.3%

63.1%

55.0%

42.3%

15.9%

*

19.9%

59.5%

21.1%

Illinois

48.2%

73.3%

52.8%

48.0%

25.6%

9.3%

*

65.4%

19.8%

Michigan

56.1%

75.8%

65.4%

51.7%

48.4%

11.4%

*

70.8%

28.3%

Wisconsin

43.1%

69.0%

46.7%

25.9%

22.1%

6.6%

*

59.4%

13.1%

West North Central:

Minnesota

44.3%

70.5%

41.7%

33.0%

26.1%

11.7%

58.0%

20.4%

Iowa

42.2%

68.8%

37.1%

*

25.6%

17.4%

*

19.9%

55.2%

20.7%

Missouri

48.6%

75.8%

61.2%

54.0%

23.0%

11.8%

70.4%

19.9%

Nebraska

44.1%

60.4%

48.8%

21.8%

*

21.3%

28.4%

54.4%

25.2%

Kansas

47.9%

64.9%

76.6%

25.8%

28.0%

15.6%

*

63.4%

19.6%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

45.4%

75.9%

37.9%

39.7%

10.1%

*

5.8%

63.9%

11.8%

Virginia

37.6%

57.5%

38.4%

28.3%

31.5%

15.8%

49.7%

20.4%

North Carolina

47.4%

72.3%

52.0%

46.8%

32.7%

*

16.0%

63.0%

25.0%

South Carolina

44.8%

69.1%

52.5%

47.3%

29.0%

11.2%

*

61.0%

20.6%

Georgia

42.9%

69.0%

62.0%

52.5%

20.0%

*

13.9%

*

66.8%

16.4%

*

Florida

43.7%

66.4%

45.0%

36.7%

18.5%

12.5%

60.4%

14.8%

East South Central:

Kentucky

42.3%

68.4%

60.9%

41.0%

21.7%

5.6%

*

63.1%

15.8%

Tennessee

35.0%

56.5%

43.9%

42.1%

33.3%

7.3%

*

51.6%

16.8%

Alabama

41.6%

61.6%

48.8%

38.2%

25.4%

12.8%

*

56.7%

18.4%

Mississippi

43.1%

64.5%

75.5%

54.0%

26.7%

8.5%

*

65.7%

18.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

45.9%

72.1%

57.4%

44.2%

28.3%

14.5%

64.8%

21.0%

Louisiana

44.2%

65.1%

61.3%

46.6%

45.4%

8.8%

*

62.4%

21.7%

Oklahoma

50.7%

78.5%

59.8%

51.7%

32.4%

9.5%

71.6%

19.4%

Texas

48.7%

75.3%

48.1%

57.5%

38.2%

15.8%

66.9%

25.1%

Mountain:

Colorado

56.9%

79.8%

49.4%

52.9%

33.3%

21.4%

71.2%

26.8%

Arizona

44.4%

76.0%

46.0%

49.4%

35.7%

9.0%

*

64.3%

20.6%

Nevada

49.7%

74.2%

62.8%

48.8%

33.3%

17.5%

*

69.2%

24.1%

Montana

64.0%

75.3%

66.8%

60.7%

38.8%

43.6%

72.8%

43.4%

Pacific:

Washington

54.8%

70.8%

65.3%

60.3%

44.7%

17.9%

68.1%

31.6%

Oregon

60.7%

82.7%

66.6%

65.4%

41.5%

17.2%

*

78.0%

29.6%

California

54.7%

78.7%

59.3%

62.6%

33.7%

17.0%

73.1%

25.2%

Hawaii

68.9%

82.4%

78.7%

70.0%

52.3%

20.7%

80.7%

39.9%

States not shown separately

44.2%

63.8%

56.0%

36.8%

28.0%

11.5%

*

58.8%

19.1%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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. 

Table II.A.2.b(1999) 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, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

0.35%

0.89%

0.88%

1.32%

0.57%

0.92%

0.52%

0.49%

New England:

Maine

2.03%

3.59%

7.03%

8.65%

*

5.88%

6.09%

*

2.21%

3.50%

Massachusetts

1.76%

2.66%

1.69%

2.63%

2.94%

2.92%

2.04%

1.97%

Connecticut

3.43%

4.89%

8.11%

4.41%

3.87%

*

8.78%

*

3.85%

5.88%

*

Rhode Island

2.68%

3.77%

10.27%

5.95%

7.62%

7.82%

*

3.07%

5.19%

Vermont

2.86%

6.12%

6.20%

6.25%

8.68%

*

2.74%

*

4.34%

2.12%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.96%

1.77%

5.59%

4.70%

4.74%

2.26%

0.93%

1.66%

New Jersey

2.48%

5.07%

7.57%

7.41%

9.13%

*

4.00%

*

4.27%

5.15%

Pennsylvania

3.01%

3.52%

5.17%

7.93%

8.67%

2.69%

3.21%

2.63%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.52%

3.45%

4.91%

3.70%

5.65%

4.64%

2.24%

3.01%

Indiana

2.78%

6.35%

10.97%

3.37%

7.05%

*

5.35%

3.50%

3.58%

Illinois

2.81%

5.09%

7.28%

5.03%

4.58%

2.82%

*

3.49%

1.81%

Michigan

3.31%

4.85%

8.91%

6.93%

6.11%

3.79%

*

3.89%

3.86%

Wisconsin

2.99%

6.31%

8.16%

6.20%

5.60%

4.86%

*

3.19%

2.59%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.73%

4.13%

6.61%

5.21%

7.07%

3.21%

3.73%

3.35%

Iowa

4.42%

6.85%

11.51%

*

7.42%

5.34%

*

4.05%

6.41%

3.47%

Missouri

2.49%

5.06%

9.41%

6.43%

6.38%

2.90%

4.97%

2.58%

Nebraska

5.59%

9.25%

10.68%

7.16%

*

5.65%

8.05%

7.61%

5.64%

Kansas

2.84%

3.98%

7.90%

6.93%

5.18%

6.38%

*

3.44%

3.96%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.78%

4.56%

7.94%

7.76%

3.29%

*

1.59%

4.37%

1.44%

Virginia

3.19%

6.48%

10.36%

7.05%

7.95%

4.59%

4.47%

3.88%

North Carolina

3.79%

6.95%

9.16%

7.49%

11.33%

*

2.83%

5.37%

4.61%

South Carolina

4.00%

5.24%

7.56%

7.69%

4.93%

3.61%

*

5.56%

3.15%

Georgia

4.37%

8.12%

8.65%

9.41%

7.10%

*

5.55%

*

6.09%

5.02%

*

Florida

1.45%

4.90%

6.61%

5.37%

4.82%

3.59%

2.55%

2.61%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.78%

4.99%

10.77%

7.47%

6.46%

2.37%

*

4.38%

2.17%

Tennessee

2.26%

5.52%

9.25%

5.18%

5.71%

2.47%

*

4.04%

3.13%

Alabama

2.45%

5.61%

8.04%

6.34%

5.69%

4.07%

*

3.97%

3.39%

Mississippi

3.44%

6.94%

9.60%

8.57%

6.22%

5.31%

*

4.76%

3.15%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.24%

6.71%

9.41%

10.82%

7.64%

3.45%

6.08%

3.01%

Louisiana

3.10%

6.83%

9.23%

6.87%

8.30%

3.46%

*

4.44%

4.33%

Oklahoma

3.44%

2.99%

8.28%

5.83%

6.29%

2.53%

3.39%

3.45%

Texas

1.34%

3.10%

6.30%

4.17%

5.23%

4.55%

2.41%

3.90%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.13%

2.08%

8.30%

9.26%

9.98%

5.51%

2.46%

4.59%

Arizona

2.94%

4.83%

4.00%

5.77%

6.85%

3.19%

*

3.03%

2.52%

Nevada

3.03%

7.57%

7.03%

8.77%

8.21%

5.94%

*

4.63%

3.31%

Montana

1.92%

4.34%

6.64%

7.94%

7.03%

10.00%

2.39%

3.82%

Pacific:

Washington

5.19%

5.28%

7.44%

9.47%

11.80%

4.12%

4.62%

5.54%

Oregon

2.41%

3.83%

7.73%

6.91%

9.21%

7.37%

*

2.80%

5.72%

California

1.43%

2.42%

4.88%

5.02%

3.65%

4.46%

1.59%

2.57%

Hawaii

1.87%

3.00%

3.23%

5.90%

6.79%

5.74%

2.12%

2.56%

States not shown separately

2.77%

5.38%

6.07%

2.93%

3.81%

3.65%

*

3.20%

2.22%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.