Table II.B.1(1999) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

111,072,185

15,074,539

10,222,394

15,865,865

20,120,327

49,789,060

33,318,366

77,753,819

New England:

Maine

470,313

90,124

52,915

70,878

124,727

131,669

180,381

289,932

Massachusetts

2,973,347

449,902

275,291

405,202

565,802

1,277,151

939,574

2,033,774

Connecticut

1,578,949

216,745

150,786

200,141

219,757

791,520

463,476

1,115,473

Rhode Island

396,444

86,655

42,034

58,627

84,879

124,249

160,376

236,068

Vermont

245,459

62,905

34,654

35,985

64,318

47,597

119,092

126,368

Middle Atlantic:

New York

7,309,236

1,011,280

691,579

1,276,872

1,308,846

3,020,658

2,458,807

4,850,429

New Jersey

3,532,347

463,541

324,289

384,529

647,556

1,712,431

1,008,244

2,524,103

Pennsylvania

5,149,815

615,963

429,657

859,155

883,981

2,361,060

1,537,954

3,611,861

East North Central:

Ohio

4,673,491

489,524

378,153

743,187

911,117

2,151,511

1,197,989

3,475,502

Indiana

2,516,404

309,210

226,936

391,534

361,915

1,226,810

729,681

1,786,723

Illinois

5,398,601

592,431

412,153

791,116

917,369

2,685,531

1,360,094

4,038,507

Michigan

4,114,688

562,257

340,428

697,999

808,378

1,705,626

1,255,362

2,859,326

Wisconsin

2,500,691

378,996

235,346

350,769

522,501

1,013,080

787,893

1,712,798

West North Central:

Minnesota

2,487,643

348,740

220,816

383,280

561,518

973,289

701,222

1,786,420

Iowa

1,278,007

173,063

119,520

157,197

268,947

559,280

363,331

914,676

Missouri

2,354,919

291,988

201,047

378,398

420,510

1,062,975

634,267

1,720,651

Nebraska

743,928

117,451

71,623

92,288

118,433

344,133

236,167

507,761

Kansas

1,068,138

148,109

97,094

147,183

202,736

473,015

326,794

741,344

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2,054,443

244,596

205,729

383,781

299,288

921,049

685,756

1,368,686

Virginia

2,714,621

322,061

227,349

337,064

543,932

1,284,214

729,352

1,985,269

North Carolina

3,238,458

426,051

313,693

404,094

525,994

1,568,626

968,377

2,270,081

South Carolina

1,497,583

171,312

169,359

164,814

254,295

737,804

416,041

1,081,542

Georgia

3,387,942

361,746

239,283

476,341

546,503

1,764,069

806,989

2,580,953

Florida

5,897,004

750,401

572,312

635,458

1,064,699

2,874,135

1,668,285

4,228,719

East South Central:

Kentucky

1,457,287

178,442

133,422

191,948

276,789

676,685

410,757

1,046,530

Tennessee

2,265,533

277,745

170,446

274,159

427,823

1,115,361

595,183

1,670,351

Alabama

1,571,755

203,204

123,956

202,657

256,357

785,581

433,052

1,138,703

Mississippi

881,466

187,810

75,244

107,203

115,238

395,971

323,286

558,179

West South Central:

Arkansas

946,166

142,492

81,369

118,010

148,165

456,130

278,000

668,166

Louisiana

1,457,154

260,574

128,013

242,050

258,438

568,078

494,765

962,389

Oklahoma

1,092,246

182,005

122,649

142,352

236,876

408,364

380,601

711,646

Texas

7,629,355

1,072,605

566,566

988,026

1,220,607

3,781,551

2,130,191

5,499,164

Mountain:

Colorado

1,825,947

329,466

197,119

238,960

255,391

805,011

656,710

1,169,237

Arizona

1,778,457

247,671

162,634

238,546

216,707

912,899

536,342

1,242,115

Nevada

864,113

74,899

85,875

131,666

245,773

325,900

237,322

626,791

Montana

293,110

86,980

50,333

47,869

47,976

59,953

161,497

131,613

Pacific:

Washington

2,203,156

362,050

234,971

339,540

352,277

914,319

748,808

1,454,349

Oregon

1,319,765

271,637

120,548

183,413

261,160

483,007

487,408

832,357

California

12,679,499

1,653,574

1,375,281

1,869,875

2,640,213

5,140,555

3,935,333

8,744,165

Hawaii

463,299

67,419

52,557

60,601

94,128

188,593

148,306

314,992

States not shown separately

4,761,405

790,913

509,366

663,096

838,408

1,959,621

1,625,298

3,136,107

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.

Table II.B.1(1999) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

1,592,602

223,499

342,554

449,844

501,683

1,497,364

393,922

1,566,390

New England:

Maine

35,369

6,299

6,133

6,349

26,111

19,240

9,009

35,632

Massachusetts

111,990

81,120

23,595

29,287

47,013

97,672

78,327

86,943

Connecticut

119,517

15,543

16,353

19,857

27,376

121,060

22,879

121,496

Rhode Island

42,642

31,528

6,651

5,453

8,116

21,515

29,400

20,074

Vermont

17,882

10,211

4,843

4,248

10,924

6,470

7,346

15,723

Middle Atlantic:

New York

401,775

77,111

79,124

161,094

103,380

362,050

178,975

403,576

New Jersey

224,634

33,126

20,879

48,294

56,566

197,850

52,566

191,185

Pennsylvania

256,188

40,764

60,434

116,812

132,436

245,097

121,637

232,811

East North Central:

Ohio

204,677

24,831

25,695

74,498

158,018

151,576

48,848

227,031

Indiana

170,075

31,895

41,069

38,445

44,550

161,445

51,390

177,592

Illinois

207,401

32,285

49,024

95,137

111,584

204,204

77,195

173,299

Michigan

184,757

83,138

58,442

82,456

107,049

151,225

61,689

180,669

Wisconsin

97,468

43,342

28,288

58,077

82,987

126,446

58,773

97,184

West North Central:

Minnesota

139,101

29,934

31,351

62,456

80,205

95,767

41,845

146,988

Iowa

88,307

20,934

16,090

10,425

49,664

84,630

17,727

91,028

Missouri

99,283

17,124

19,077

65,701

56,671

79,810

30,656

107,141

Nebraska

62,107

10,171

9,919

7,146

10,841

56,319

8,554

61,566

Kansas

92,105

11,069

15,578

23,838

25,640

63,216

32,901

70,327

South Atlantic:

Maryland

115,253

15,227

21,991

95,387

45,473

126,075

77,657

116,989

Virginia

208,464

18,379

31,252

50,156

77,219

200,280

46,033

206,976

North Carolina

187,592

38,741

68,037

72,030

111,076

184,696

59,178

194,367

South Carolina

94,491

15,307

29,255

21,285

37,822

68,914

37,721

81,961

Georgia

136,051

23,582

35,319

72,025

109,302

85,339

47,521

131,409

Florida

360,103

61,328

88,429

72,374

244,444

328,383

78,008

354,685

East South Central:

Kentucky

88,964

16,345

22,028

18,539

21,332

92,169

29,775

88,870

Tennessee

79,230

46,372

10,107

22,735

54,773

99,302

48,014

120,264

Alabama

110,401

12,928

14,330

18,929

13,668

113,055

23,104

100,224

Mississippi

61,944

44,841

11,846

18,075

15,963

43,931

46,308

39,133

West South Central:

Arkansas

32,631

10,436

8,981

19,732

19,499

23,658

6,760

34,059

Louisiana

81,854

52,129

17,398

33,896

29,053

88,037

56,458

83,810

Oklahoma

68,417

18,373

25,951

11,915

59,604

39,223

22,178

68,368

Texas

213,806

83,970

46,360

83,621

129,679

267,929

85,131

233,079

Mountain:

Colorado

84,151

44,854

30,787

37,795

31,875

82,382

52,443

74,509

Arizona

160,974

32,776

16,336

38,777

36,304

131,889

35,735

134,533

Nevada

144,593

3,617

21,666

30,311

144,709

26,956

46,550

144,010

Montana

24,908

15,897

7,629

5,231

7,351

12,353

16,276

10,955

Pacific:

Washington

105,426

36,078

35,935

26,469

64,292

107,907

37,423

92,112

Oregon

84,353

44,930

12,782

19,772

45,686

56,762

49,754

73,710

California

420,855

68,559

188,102

162,370

192,889

312,890

201,644

262,283

Hawaii

20,778

5,878

5,175

7,037

8,583

23,672

10,710

24,760

States not shown separately

273,504

67,346

54,538

52,087

118,695

237,458

63,770

252,769

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.