Table II.B.2.a.(1)(1999) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

82.3%

82.3%

79.0%

79.1%

82.5%

83.7%

80.5%

82.8%

New England:

Maine

80.2%

80.8%

80.8%

78.5%

76.7%

84.1%

81.0%

79.9%

Massachusetts

81.0%

79.4%

73.9%

75.9%

81.6%

84.1%

76.5%

82.8%

Connecticut

73.6%

75.2%

80.5%

79.6%

82.1%

69.0%

79.0%

72.0%

Rhode Island

82.7%

93.0%

73.0%

71.5%

83.3%

83.6%

82.4%

82.9%

Vermont

77.1%

67.6%

65.3%

78.8%

88.4%

74.6%

69.2%

82.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

80.7%

79.5%

76.0%

75.4%

78.5%

85.1%

77.5%

82.0%

New Jersey

83.2%

82.2%

77.9%

81.2%

87.7%

82.9%

81.4%

83.7%

Pennsylvania

82.0%

82.7%

79.0%

81.4%

84.4%

81.7%

81.4%

82.2%

East North Central:

Ohio

82.2%

79.3%

80.3%

77.0%

84.1%

83.8%

78.9%

83.0%

Indiana

85.4%

78.9%

87.1%

81.5%

84.2%

87.4%

82.8%

86.1%

Illinois

84.4%

84.7%

82.1%

83.5%

82.7%

85.5%

84.4%

84.4%

Michigan

83.7%

82.4%

84.5%

81.6%

86.5%

83.4%

82.5%

84.1%

Wisconsin

78.9%

71.9%

68.9%

77.4%

81.3%

81.6%

72.8%

81.0%

West North Central:

Minnesota

79.9%

80.5%

71.1%

68.2%

83.4%

83.1%

77.2%

80.5%

Iowa

82.6%

80.1%

74.6%

76.0%

81.8%

86.0%

77.8%

83.8%

Missouri

83.8%

86.7%

74.0%

82.6%

83.2%

85.5%

79.4%

84.8%

Nebraska

83.2%

85.4%

86.0%

77.9%

75.8%

86.0%

83.0%

83.2%

Kansas

85.1%

86.9%

80.5%

84.5%

82.3%

86.8%

85.0%

85.1%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

78.9%

72.0%

67.0%

76.9%

74.2%

84.2%

73.4%

81.0%

Virginia

82.3%

79.4%

78.6%

75.5%

80.7%

85.5%

77.2%

83.6%

North Carolina

82.8%

84.7%

76.5%

80.7%

83.5%

83.9%

78.6%

84.0%

South Carolina

85.2%

81.5%

78.6%

78.7%

85.6%

87.7%

79.3%

86.6%

Georgia

77.1%

78.6%

77.9%

67.8%

79.5%

78.7%

77.5%

77.0%

Florida

79.9%

80.6%

77.3%

69.8%

78.5%

82.5%

74.9%

81.4%

East South Central:

Kentucky

83.0%

83.7%

79.1%

79.4%

84.8%

83.6%

81.7%

83.3%

Tennessee

80.8%

85.7%

85.3%

74.7%

80.9%

80.9%

82.1%

80.5%

Alabama

80.4%

77.5%

74.4%

72.3%

82.7%

82.8%

74.4%

82.1%

Mississippi

82.9%

83.8%

83.4%

80.4%

85.1%

82.4%

83.8%

82.5%

West South Central:

Arkansas

82.0%

80.2%

81.8%

73.5%

82.1%

83.6%

79.1%

82.6%

Louisiana

82.7%

78.5%

86.1%

72.7%

83.6%

86.5%

79.1%

84.0%

Oklahoma

82.4%

86.5%

85.4%

85.2%

84.2%

79.0%

85.1%

81.5%

Texas

84.9%

88.3%

81.7%

85.3%

86.6%

84.1%

86.7%

84.4%

Mountain:

Colorado

78.6%

82.9%

73.7%

75.5%

85.9%

77.0%

79.6%

78.2%

Arizona

80.9%

81.8%

82.2%

87.3%

81.7%

79.2%

81.7%

80.7%

Nevada

84.9%

86.1%

75.3%

76.5%

92.9%

83.1%

80.9%

86.0%

Montana

80.3%

80.7%

79.8%

82.1%

79.0%

80.2%

81.0%

79.8%

Pacific:

Washington

85.8%

88.4%

89.5%

91.9%

87.0%

82.0%

89.3%

84.6%

Oregon

85.2%

86.6%

86.9%

87.9%

83.6%

84.6%

86.7%

84.7%

California

84.7%

84.9%

82.4%

83.3%

83.2%

86.4%

84.8%

84.7%

Hawaii

87.5%

88.4%

87.9%

88.6%

82.6%

89.0%

88.4%

87.0%

States not shown separately

81.3%

83.1%

74.1%

75.5%

72.3%

87.4%

77.0%

82.7%

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.(1)(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

0.49%

0.65%

0.63%

0.68%

0.86%

0.66%

0.56%

0.58%

New England:

Maine

2.06%

3.72%

3.78%

3.82%

3.59%

2.86%

1.80%

2.27%

Massachusetts

0.65%

1.71%

2.30%

0.86%

1.59%

1.05%

1.39%

0.69%

Connecticut

4.30%

4.42%

3.62%

2.92%

3.94%

6.25%

2.10%

5.29%

Rhode Island

2.00%

3.67%

7.91%

3.71%

2.84%

3.42%

3.65%

1.80%

Vermont

1.98%

4.94%

3.72%

3.90%

2.06%

5.76%

3.51%

1.92%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.40%

2.96%

3.71%

3.31%

1.85%

1.56%

2.59%

1.61%

New Jersey

1.58%

3.13%

5.83%

3.44%

3.25%

2.27%

2.16%

2.02%

Pennsylvania

1.80%

2.23%

4.44%

4.27%

2.52%

2.59%

3.76%

1.66%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.39%

2.51%

3.19%

2.09%

1.78%

2.14%

1.20%

1.60%

Indiana

1.73%

4.63%

5.05%

2.40%

2.80%

1.77%

3.30%

1.97%

Illinois

1.09%

3.30%

3.62%

2.73%

2.51%

1.47%

1.91%

1.01%

Michigan

1.07%

3.71%

4.89%

3.19%

1.98%

2.35%

2.11%

1.55%

Wisconsin

1.46%

2.61%

5.09%

2.78%

2.96%

2.42%

2.29%

1.43%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.56%

4.06%

4.26%

7.01%

1.77%

2.15%

2.15%

2.81%

Iowa

1.71%

3.49%

3.55%

5.28%

2.72%

2.09%

2.93%

1.73%

Missouri

1.05%

3.29%

3.90%

3.10%

3.04%

1.54%

2.66%

0.99%

Nebraska

1.23%

4.35%

3.61%

3.88%

3.10%

2.82%

2.74%

1.85%

Kansas

1.49%

3.09%

6.84%

2.26%

3.37%

1.97%

1.05%

1.93%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.76%

4.17%

4.49%

5.21%

2.83%

3.52%

3.64%

2.50%

Virginia

0.82%

3.13%

3.70%

4.38%

1.90%

1.61%

1.58%

1.14%

North Carolina

1.43%

3.83%

5.64%

3.94%

2.74%

2.57%

4.28%

1.75%

South Carolina

1.05%

4.48%

5.87%

5.99%

3.92%

1.17%

3.47%

0.72%

Georgia

1.51%

5.09%

4.44%

5.59%

4.10%

2.15%

2.68%

1.67%

Florida

2.30%

1.72%

3.62%

4.76%

2.70%

3.34%

3.71%

2.42%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.65%

2.98%

8.94%

2.61%

2.84%

2.64%

2.17%

2.02%

Tennessee

2.21%

4.78%

4.00%

4.62%

2.63%

3.21%

2.97%

2.39%

Alabama

1.60%

2.54%

3.80%

4.94%

2.93%

2.70%

3.14%

2.06%

Mississippi

1.89%

3.48%

4.60%

4.23%

2.55%

2.37%

2.81%

1.96%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.68%

3.15%

4.95%

6.27%

5.73%

2.63%

3.28%

1.75%

Louisiana

1.29%

2.88%

2.40%

3.69%

2.36%

1.72%

2.24%

1.58%

Oklahoma

1.47%

1.84%

8.79%

3.15%

2.83%

2.62%

2.54%

2.10%

Texas

1.11%

3.00%

4.80%

3.06%

1.96%

1.51%

1.13%

1.32%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.34%

3.27%

2.60%

5.33%

2.60%

4.45%

1.92%

3.38%

Arizona

2.25%

4.00%

3.18%

2.36%

3.61%

4.39%

2.26%

2.53%

Nevada

2.01%

3.27%

5.52%

6.55%

7.03%

2.58%

4.08%

2.44%

Montana

1.86%

4.77%

4.99%

4.05%

2.81%

3.65%

3.80%

2.74%

Pacific:

Washington

2.74%

2.24%

3.00%

1.73%

2.92%

5.02%

0.88%

3.33%

Oregon

1.71%

2.91%

2.80%

2.23%

3.20%

2.51%

1.86%

2.02%

California

0.87%

1.98%

3.37%

1.05%

1.42%

1.18%

1.76%

0.95%

Hawaii

1.09%

1.70%

2.33%

2.45%

2.90%

1.55%

1.32%

1.68%

States not shown separately

1.97%

3.04%

2.34%

2.10%

3.70%

1.97%

1.50%

2.17%

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.