Table II.B.2(1999) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

89.1%

52.4%

75.1%

89.3%

97.6%

99.6%

67.6%

98.3%

New England:

Maine

84.5%

45.5%

59.7%

97.0%

99.9%

100.0%

60.1%

99.7%

Massachusetts

92.0%

68.3%

81.2%

94.4%

98.8%

98.9%

78.0%

98.5%

Connecticut

91.6%

59.4%

82.9%

90.9%

100.0%

100.0%

72.0%

99.8%

Rhode Island

90.8%

75.6%

78.4%

95.9%

97.5%

98.6%

79.6%

98.4%

Vermont

87.4%

64.4%

81.0%

94.9%

100.0%

100.0%

75.0%

99.2%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

89.7%

54.3%

83.4%

90.2%

97.9%

99.3%

73.0%

98.2%

New Jersey

90.5%

56.0%

80.2%

82.4%

100.0%

100.0%

68.6%

99.2%

Pennsylvania

91.7%

54.6%

79.0%

96.2%

97.3%

99.9%

74.2%

99.1%

East North Central:

Ohio

91.2%

50.2%

71.7%

95.0%

97.8%

99.9%

69.1%

98.9%

Indiana

87.9%

48.9%

70.4%

82.0%

97.5%

100.0%

61.9%

98.5%

Illinois

91.8%

50.1%

81.5%

94.0%

98.8%

99.5%

69.5%

99.3%

Michigan

90.1%

56.7%

81.1%

94.3%

94.9%

98.9%

73.8%

97.2%

Wisconsin

91.3%

57.8%

81.0%

96.5%

100.0%

100.0%

72.9%

99.8%

West North Central:

Minnesota

89.5%

45.6%

77.4%

97.1%

98.6%

99.8%

64.2%

99.5%

Iowa

87.0%

42.0%

71.4%

86.7%

96.2%

99.9%

60.1%

97.7%

Missouri

88.6%

44.0%

76.5%

87.9%

97.5%

99.9%

62.0%

98.4%

Nebraska

86.9%

46.0%

67.9%

92.2%

98.6%

99.4%

60.8%

99.0%

Kansas

88.9%

54.0%

73.8%

84.7%

99.1%

100.0%

66.9%

98.7%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

91.9%

59.5%

78.0%

94.4%

100.0%

100.0%

76.5%

99.6%

Virginia

91.0%

46.9%

87.2%

91.6%

98.7%

99.4%

69.2%

99.1%

North Carolina

89.7%

43.9%

82.5%

92.2%

98.2%

100.0%

68.5%

98.7%

South Carolina

89.9%

47.8%

80.2%

87.3%

97.0%

100.0%

66.6%

98.8%

Georgia

89.9%

45.9%

69.5%

89.2%

96.6%

99.8%

62.7%

98.4%

Florida

89.5%

53.4%

73.7%

87.1%

97.5%

99.6%

68.0%

97.9%

East South Central:

Kentucky

88.8%

38.9%

74.2%

91.8%

98.5%

100.0%

62.0%

99.3%

Tennessee

87.7%

43.6%

63.9%

86.4%

97.8%

98.7%

60.4%

97.4%

Alabama

90.0%

57.8%

75.5%

91.5%

97.6%

97.7%

71.7%

97.0%

Mississippi

84.8%

62.2%

60.5%

77.4%

98.4%

98.3%

63.9%

97.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.7%

38.2%

70.5%

76.3%

91.5%

99.7%

51.8%

97.0%

Louisiana

85.2%

54.2%

53.2%

85.9%

99.2%

100.0%

61.8%

97.3%

Oklahoma

84.6%

47.8%

66.4%

82.7%

97.0%

100.0%

61.5%

97.0%

Texas

87.1%

49.3%

63.0%

82.4%

97.2%

99.4%

59.2%

97.9%

Mountain:

Colorado

89.1%

59.0%

87.0%

85.9%

98.1%

100.0%

71.5%

99.0%

Arizona

89.7%

58.7%

72.3%

85.4%

99.5%

100.0%

67.0%

99.5%

Nevada

92.8%

54.9%

79.9%

98.1%

96.8%

99.7%

77.5%

98.6%

Montana

75.9%

48.9%

69.2%

78.5%

99.2%

100.0%

59.5%

96.1%

Pacific:

Washington

87.8%

49.7%

74.3%

92.5%

99.6%

100.0%

66.6%

98.7%

Oregon

87.2%

60.8%

62.5%

94.3%

97.4%

100.0%

67.2%

99.0%

California

87.0%

53.4%

71.3%

83.2%

95.0%

99.4%

65.6%

96.7%

Hawaii

98.5%

91.1%

98.1%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.3%

100.0%

States not shown separately

86.2%

46.6%

73.3%

87.5%

98.3%

99.9%

62.7%

98.4%

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.2(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

Less than 10

10 - 24

25 - 99

100-999

1000 or more

Less than 50

50 or more

Division and State

Total

employees

employees

employees

employees

employees

employees

employees

United States

0.30%

0.77%

1.58%

0.87%

0.23%

0.08%

0.73%

0.07%

New England:

Maine

1.65%

3.71%

6.13%

2.43%

0.09%

0.00%

3.84%

0.20%

Massachusetts

0.70%

3.85%

4.43%

2.48%

0.77%

1.21%

2.30%

0.82%

Connecticut

1.83%

5.96%

5.31%

3.65%

0.00%

0.00%

4.62%

0.15%

Rhode Island

1.03%

6.19%

10.89%

2.64%

1.52%

1.32%

3.07%

0.87%

Vermont

2.07%

6.42%

5.49%

1.48%

0.04%

0.00%

3.63%

0.41%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.32%

3.10%

1.96%

3.50%

1.64%

0.47%

2.46%

0.59%

New Jersey

1.22%

3.22%

4.80%

6.21%

0.01%

0.00%

3.22%

0.55%

Pennsylvania

0.76%

2.91%

5.31%

0.93%

1.47%

0.06%

1.79%

0.45%

East North Central:

Ohio

0.92%

2.75%

4.65%

2.00%

4.42%

0.12%

2.38%

0.72%

Indiana

1.68%

5.05%

7.08%

5.42%

4.56%

0.00%

3.16%

0.95%

Illinois

0.46%

4.33%

3.83%

1.66%

0.82%

0.39%

2.37%

0.35%

Michigan

1.61%

4.66%

6.77%

2.35%

4.13%

0.90%

3.18%

1.15%

Wisconsin

0.55%

3.68%

4.27%

4.34%

0.00%

0.00%

1.50%

0.15%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.41%

4.02%

4.11%

2.07%

1.23%

0.13%

3.28%

0.34%

Iowa

1.48%

2.97%

5.54%

3.74%

1.70%

0.17%

2.26%

0.76%

Missouri

0.84%

4.83%

6.29%

3.32%

1.54%

0.07%

2.75%

0.55%

Nebraska

1.61%

3.28%

8.60%

2.62%

1.82%

0.31%

3.72%

0.46%

Kansas

0.82%

3.30%

7.28%

3.08%

0.43%

0.00%

1.94%

0.64%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

0.85%

4.81%

5.61%

1.83%

0.00%

0.00%

3.63%

0.23%

Virginia

1.52%

2.54%

2.97%

5.83%

0.68%

0.72%

2.44%

0.56%

North Carolina

1.36%

4.36%

6.52%

2.95%

3.00%

0.00%

2.62%

0.62%

South Carolina

1.02%

4.18%

5.80%

4.09%

1.16%

0.00%

2.92%

0.48%

Georgia

0.65%

5.38%

6.67%

5.64%

2.76%

0.22%

3.23%

0.63%

Florida

1.52%

4.35%

4.45%

3.13%

1.02%

0.34%

3.01%

0.55%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.33%

4.71%

9.87%

2.05%

1.56%

0.00%

5.23%

0.36%

Tennessee

1.73%

5.96%

6.93%

2.84%

1.32%

1.69%

3.59%

0.79%

Alabama

1.33%

3.68%

6.35%

2.20%

2.58%

1.60%

3.08%

1.80%

Mississippi

1.12%

8.39%

6.57%

8.68%

1.24%

1.44%

5.48%

1.14%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.36%

3.93%

7.43%

5.09%

4.29%

0.18%

2.28%

1.12%

Louisiana

1.36%

8.16%

7.31%

4.20%

0.56%

0.00%

4.94%

0.51%

Oklahoma

1.31%

4.89%

7.27%

4.10%

2.83%

0.00%

2.63%

0.66%

Texas

0.72%

3.62%

3.98%

2.76%

1.26%

0.32%

3.09%

0.43%

Mountain:

Colorado

1.34%

5.11%

4.18%

4.25%

1.47%

0.00%

3.95%

0.51%

Arizona

1.11%

4.35%

4.16%

4.77%

0.37%

0.02%

2.98%

0.37%

Nevada

1.37%

4.92%

3.43%

1.59%

3.29%

0.33%

3.14%

0.76%

Montana

2.37%

6.41%

6.20%

7.04%

0.77%

0.00%

4.54%

1.52%

Pacific:

Washington

1.56%

4.32%

5.84%

3.06%

3.85%

0.00%

3.85%

0.70%

Oregon

1.59%

6.25%

5.98%

2.94%

3.15%

0.00%

3.88%

0.50%

California

1.06%

3.25%

5.95%

3.49%

1.51%

0.43%

3.09%

0.48%

Hawaii

0.23%

1.33%

2.20%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

0.94%

0.01%

States not shown separately

1.08%

4.88%

4.27%

2.91%

1.45%

0.06%

2.74%

0.63%

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.