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

United States

78.5%

80.6%

79.0%

77.9%

76.4%

79.1%

79.1%

78.4%

New England:

Maine

77.0%

66.1%

79.2%

79.5%

79.2%

76.5%

74.3%

78.0%

Massachusetts

77.2%

84.9%

71.8%

78.1%

78.9%

75.4%

79.3%

76.5%

Connecticut

81.2%

82.5%

72.4%

84.6%

72.0%

84.2%

79.4%

81.8%

Rhode Island

77.5%

88.0%

85.6%

69.4%

74.4%

75.5%

83.6%

74.1%

Vermont

78.3%

79.4%

72.7%

73.3%

81.5%

80.0%

74.8%

80.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

79.1%

83.8%

79.7%

79.8%

82.3%

76.5%

79.8%

78.8%

New Jersey

76.3%

85.6%

77.0%

79.0%

70.8%

76.4%

80.7%

75.1%

Pennsylvania

81.0%

81.5%

79.3%

78.8%

77.1%

83.3%

79.6%

81.4%

East North Central:

Ohio

80.3%

82.2%

78.3%

83.5%

74.0%

81.8%

81.0%

80.1%

Indiana

78.1%

80.4%

81.0%

74.4%

76.0%

79.0%

79.1%

77.8%

Illinois

79.3%

81.7%

82.5%

83.4%

77.3%

78.2%

81.7%

78.7%

Michigan

80.5%

76.6%

67.6%

77.6%

83.2%

83.1%

73.7%

82.7%

Wisconsin

76.1%

75.0%

78.0%

76.6%

66.9%

80.6%

76.9%

75.8%

West North Central:

Minnesota

74.9%

76.3%

72.0%

67.1%

69.5%

81.3%

71.5%

75.8%

Iowa

77.9%

78.9%

81.6%

76.4%

69.4%

81.5%

79.2%

77.6%

Missouri

77.7%

73.8%

80.1%

73.3%

76.8%

79.4%

77.2%

77.7%

Nebraska

75.6%

70.9%

67.5%

68.3%

74.1%

79.9%

71.4%

76.8%

Kansas

76.3%

77.4%

77.0%

73.1%

75.5%

77.3%

78.2%

75.7%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

79.0%

82.2%

79.5%

79.4%

73.5%

80.0%

80.2%

78.5%

Virginia

80.2%

80.0%

75.3%

80.4%

78.6%

81.6%

75.9%

81.3%

North Carolina

77.9%

76.3%

85.6%

79.4%

78.3%

76.4%

80.8%

77.1%

South Carolina

80.6%

80.3%

72.8%

75.0%

78.1%

84.0%

73.9%

82.3%

Georgia

78.1%

81.2%

82.3%

88.0%

76.6%

75.5%

82.7%

77.2%

Florida

78.0%

87.4%

82.0%

76.5%

66.3%

80.6%

82.0%

76.9%

East South Central:

Kentucky

76.7%

71.5%

78.8%

74.5%

85.6%

73.9%

74.8%

77.2%

Tennessee

77.6%

91.4%

79.6%

79.5%

73.9%

76.9%

81.7%

76.7%

Alabama

81.7%

84.5%

81.5%

81.8%

78.8%

82.2%

81.5%

81.7%

Mississippi

75.3%

82.1%

85.0%

72.3%

75.8%

72.6%

81.6%

72.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.9%

67.7%

82.3%

72.6%

77.3%

81.5%

74.2%

79.9%

Louisiana

76.5%

82.8%

90.1%

71.6%

79.8%

73.6%

81.0%

75.1%

Oklahoma

76.8%

68.2%

86.9%

71.4%

81.7%

75.3%

75.0%

77.4%

Texas

77.9%

84.1%

81.7%

81.4%

72.8%

77.4%

83.3%

76.6%

Mountain:

Colorado

75.5%

65.7%

66.9%

66.8%

77.8%

81.3%

66.5%

79.2%

Arizona

80.7%

80.9%

78.6%

75.0%

71.9%

84.2%

77.4%

81.6%

Nevada

75.8%

80.0%

83.4%

59.5%

84.3%

74.0%

69.4%

77.7%

Montana

74.9%

66.8%

79.3%

76.1%

73.1%

78.9%

73.6%

75.9%

Pacific:

Washington

81.6%

81.7%

82.0%

81.5%

79.1%

82.4%

81.3%

81.7%

Oregon

80.7%

78.5%

86.4%

71.8%

85.2%

81.3%

77.2%

82.1%

California

78.3%

82.2%

81.3%

76.8%

79.2%

77.0%

81.3%

77.3%

Hawaii

81.4%

82.0%

81.8%

78.9%

81.3%

82.0%

81.6%

81.3%

States not shown separately

78.9%

75.4%

77.6%

76.2%

75.0%

82.3%

76.3%

79.8%

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

United States

0.32%

1.14%

0.80%

0.88%

0.80%

0.44%

0.61%

0.41%

New England:

Maine

1.29%

5.34%

5.01%

2.83%

3.73%

4.43%

4.11%

2.23%

Massachusetts

2.51%

2.26%

3.94%

2.32%

2.75%

4.98%

2.32%

3.01%

Connecticut

1.82%

2.78%

5.29%

3.60%

5.24%

2.66%

2.65%

1.93%

Rhode Island

2.24%

3.99%

9.27%

4.52%

3.72%

2.97%

2.93%

2.42%

Vermont

2.05%

3.10%

5.85%

4.57%

3.89%

4.93%

3.60%

3.36%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

2.17%

2.48%

3.06%

5.79%

1.64%

3.41%

4.00%

2.84%

New Jersey

1.51%

2.66%

4.51%

5.51%

5.95%

2.65%

2.49%

2.01%

Pennsylvania

1.43%

2.16%

3.89%

3.49%

4.22%

1.29%

2.58%

1.54%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.53%

2.79%

2.94%

2.65%

3.92%

2.42%

1.71%

2.73%

Indiana

3.14%

2.90%

4.23%

3.17%

2.41%

5.08%

2.84%

3.32%

Illinois

1.61%

3.10%

3.87%

2.11%

2.55%

2.75%

2.29%

2.13%

Michigan

1.71%

3.70%

5.80%

2.95%

6.31%

2.66%

3.17%

1.24%

Wisconsin

2.52%

2.96%

5.60%

3.14%

5.57%

3.66%

2.49%

3.10%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.85%

3.58%

6.06%

3.93%

2.93%

2.34%

3.02%

2.24%

Iowa

2.29%

3.91%

2.92%

3.15%

5.41%

2.47%

2.36%

2.48%

Missouri

2.03%

3.73%

3.62%

2.67%

4.40%

2.95%

2.52%

2.45%

Nebraska

2.38%

4.50%

6.24%

4.32%

4.11%

2.82%

2.84%

2.45%

Kansas

2.94%

3.68%

5.72%

3.68%

5.61%

4.62%

2.40%

3.40%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.84%

2.13%

5.93%

5.43%

4.93%

2.49%

3.41%

1.83%

Virginia

1.46%

3.34%

3.61%

4.82%

3.06%

2.90%

2.34%

1.79%

North Carolina

2.18%

4.61%

5.12%

2.85%

3.61%

4.14%

1.08%

2.60%

South Carolina

2.40%

2.64%

7.88%

3.74%

4.94%

2.57%

3.96%

2.52%

Georgia

2.22%

4.30%

5.99%

4.42%

3.92%

2.74%

2.63%

2.51%

Florida

3.05%

2.78%

3.00%

4.75%

6.63%

2.48%

2.28%

3.67%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.20%

3.62%

9.32%

3.53%

2.06%

3.68%

2.44%

2.55%

Tennessee

2.21%

2.49%

6.61%

3.40%

1.65%

2.96%

2.87%

2.31%

Alabama

2.08%

3.33%

3.85%

6.28%

4.12%

3.00%

3.88%

2.04%

Mississippi

2.81%

3.18%

4.67%

6.63%

3.45%

4.60%

3.86%

3.49%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.97%

7.17%

3.73%

6.81%

2.39%

2.63%

4.18%

1.71%

Louisiana

1.40%

3.38%

5.29%

5.63%

3.20%

3.31%

3.70%

2.10%

Oklahoma

2.03%

5.94%

5.16%

7.00%

7.02%

4.35%

3.94%

3.52%

Texas

1.64%

4.42%

3.11%

3.07%

3.28%

2.62%

2.73%

2.05%

Mountain:

Colorado

3.27%

8.47%

6.10%

7.71%

4.81%

2.74%

5.86%

3.15%

Arizona

1.98%

4.24%

5.08%

5.18%

4.31%

2.35%

3.71%

2.32%

Nevada

3.13%

1.82%

1.61%

5.72%

7.47%

4.21%

3.75%

4.60%

Montana

1.54%

6.27%

5.63%

3.01%

6.27%

5.03%

4.24%

1.82%

Pacific:

Washington

1.64%

4.83%

4.43%

3.14%

8.02%

3.83%

2.27%

1.77%

Oregon

1.92%

5.47%

3.91%

4.27%

1.86%

3.05%

4.28%

2.50%

California

1.04%

2.06%

3.54%

2.53%

2.84%

2.21%

1.85%

1.59%

Hawaii

0.90%

2.40%

2.65%

3.83%

3.01%

1.17%

1.60%

1.14%

States not shown separately

1.94%

3.50%

4.03%

2.91%

3.50%

3.02%

2.74%

2.29%

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.