Table II.B.2.b(1999) Percent of private-sector employees 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

64.6%

66.3%

62.4%

61.6%

63.1%

66.2%

63.7%

64.9%

New England:

Maine

61.7%

53.4%

63.9%

62.4%

60.7%

64.3%

60.2%

62.3%

Massachusetts

62.6%

67.4%

53.1%

59.3%

64.4%

63.4%

60.7%

63.3%

Connecticut

59.8%

62.0%

58.3%

67.3%

59.1%

58.1%

62.8%

58.9%

Rhode Island

64.1%

81.8%

62.4%

49.6%

62.0%

63.1%

68.9%

61.4%

Vermont

60.3%

53.6%

47.4%

57.7%

72.1%

59.7%

51.8%

66.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

63.9%

66.6%

60.5%

60.2%

64.6%

65.1%

61.9%

64.6%

New Jersey

63.5%

70.4%

60.0%

64.1%

62.1%

63.3%

65.7%

62.8%

Pennsylvania

66.4%

67.4%

62.6%

64.2%

65.0%

68.1%

64.8%

66.9%

East North Central:

Ohio

66.0%

65.2%

62.9%

64.3%

62.2%

68.6%

63.9%

66.5%

Indiana

66.7%

63.5%

70.6%

60.7%

64.0%

69.0%

65.5%

67.0%

Illinois

66.9%

69.2%

67.7%

69.6%

63.9%

66.8%

68.9%

66.4%

Michigan

67.4%

63.1%

57.1%

63.3%

72.0%

69.3%

60.8%

69.5%

Wisconsin

60.0%

53.9%

53.8%

59.3%

54.4%

65.7%

56.0%

61.4%

West North Central:

Minnesota

59.8%

61.4%

51.2%

45.8%

57.9%

67.6%

55.1%

61.0%

Iowa

64.4%

63.1%

60.9%

58.1%

56.8%

70.1%

61.6%

65.0%

Missouri

65.1%

64.0%

59.3%

60.6%

63.9%

67.9%

61.4%

65.9%

Nebraska

62.9%

60.5%

58.1%

53.2%

56.2%

68.7%

59.3%

63.9%

Kansas

64.9%

67.3%

61.9%

61.7%

62.1%

67.0%

66.5%

64.5%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

62.3%

59.2%

53.2%

61.1%

54.5%

67.4%

58.9%

63.6%

Virginia

66.0%

63.5%

59.2%

60.7%

63.4%

69.8%

58.5%

68.0%

North Carolina

64.5%

64.7%

65.4%

64.1%

65.4%

64.1%

63.5%

64.8%

South Carolina

68.7%

65.5%

57.2%

59.0%

66.9%

73.6%

58.6%

71.3%

Georgia

60.2%

63.8%

64.2%

59.7%

60.9%

59.4%

64.1%

59.4%

Florida

62.3%

70.4%

63.3%

53.4%

52.0%

66.5%

61.4%

62.6%

East South Central:

Kentucky

63.6%

59.8%

62.3%

59.2%

72.5%

61.8%

61.1%

64.3%

Tennessee

62.7%

78.3%

67.9%

59.4%

59.8%

62.3%

67.1%

61.7%

Alabama

65.7%

65.5%

60.7%

59.2%

65.2%

68.0%

60.7%

67.1%

Mississippi

62.4%

68.8%

70.9%

58.1%

64.5%

59.8%

68.3%

60.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

64.7%

54.3%

67.4%

53.4%

63.5%

68.1%

58.8%

66.0%

Louisiana

63.3%

65.0%

77.6%

52.0%

66.8%

63.7%

64.0%

63.0%

Oklahoma

63.2%

59.0%

74.3%

60.9%

68.8%

59.5%

63.8%

63.0%

Texas

66.1%

74.2%

66.7%

69.5%

63.0%

65.1%

72.3%

64.6%

Mountain:

Colorado

59.4%

54.5%

49.3%

50.4%

66.8%

62.7%

53.0%

62.0%

Arizona

65.3%

66.1%

64.6%

65.4%

58.7%

66.7%

63.3%

65.8%

Nevada

64.4%

68.9%

62.8%

45.5%

78.3%

61.5%

56.2%

66.8%

Montana

60.2%

54.0%

63.3%

62.4%

57.8%

63.3%

59.6%

60.6%

Pacific:

Washington

69.9%

72.2%

73.4%

74.9%

68.8%

67.6%

72.6%

69.0%

Oregon

68.8%

68.0%

75.0%

63.1%

71.2%

68.8%

66.9%

69.5%

California

66.3%

69.7%

67.0%

64.0%

65.9%

66.5%

68.9%

65.5%

Hawaii

71.2%

72.5%

71.9%

69.9%

67.2%

73.0%

72.1%

70.8%

States not shown separately

64.2%

62.7%

57.4%

57.5%

54.3%

71.9%

58.7%

66.0%

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.b(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector 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

0.55%

1.27%

0.76%

0.95%

0.87%

0.76%

0.73%

0.69%

New England:

Maine

2.12%

3.63%

5.40%

3.43%

4.97%

4.39%

3.32%

2.76%

Massachusetts

2.11%

2.37%

2.89%

1.95%

2.41%

4.02%

2.19%

2.62%

Connecticut

3.59%

4.58%

6.60%

3.75%

4.72%

5.37%

3.17%

4.22%

Rhode Island

3.04%

5.76%

6.75%

3.86%

4.45%

3.29%

4.67%

2.80%

Vermont

2.45%

3.24%

4.28%

4.55%

3.96%

4.80%

3.14%

2.96%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

2.12%

2.44%

3.88%

4.81%

2.32%

3.52%

3.34%

3.03%

New Jersey

2.01%

3.42%

5.50%

5.27%

6.80%

3.29%

1.93%

2.81%

Pennsylvania

2.29%

1.95%

4.01%

4.86%

4.17%

2.74%

3.70%

2.40%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.59%

2.76%

3.85%

2.36%

3.82%

2.95%

1.64%

2.88%

Indiana

3.65%

3.25%

5.34%

3.36%

2.59%

5.27%

3.84%

3.95%

Illinois

1.93%

4.87%

3.86%

3.43%

2.89%

3.08%

2.57%

2.21%

Michigan

1.99%

2.79%

5.95%

3.42%

5.78%

3.33%

3.34%

1.97%

Wisconsin

2.51%

2.76%

4.16%

3.08%

5.67%

3.75%

2.23%

2.91%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.40%

4.17%

5.16%

6.53%

1.91%

2.62%

2.15%

2.92%

Iowa

1.97%

3.72%

3.36%

4.32%

5.20%

2.46%

2.85%

1.98%

Missouri

2.32%

4.19%

4.08%

3.63%

4.93%

2.98%

2.68%

2.70%

Nebraska

2.52%

4.72%

6.56%

3.07%

3.80%

3.83%

2.95%

2.89%

Kansas

3.23%

3.35%

5.76%

2.92%

5.67%

4.58%

2.19%

3.73%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.24%

2.63%

4.15%

6.38%

3.67%

2.99%

4.06%

2.16%

Virginia

1.52%

2.55%

5.17%

5.09%

2.17%

3.19%

2.24%

1.83%

North Carolina

1.65%

4.49%

4.81%

4.46%

4.02%

3.49%

3.10%

2.51%

South Carolina

2.29%

3.29%

7.62%

4.73%

4.40%

2.97%

3.70%

2.41%

Georgia

1.60%

6.95%

6.19%

5.80%

5.45%

2.17%

3.26%

1.52%

Florida

2.52%

2.12%

3.93%

4.04%

6.06%

3.02%

3.51%

3.12%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.43%

2.98%

8.21%

3.75%

3.46%

3.34%

1.95%

2.80%

Tennessee

3.17%

5.57%

6.91%

5.64%

2.78%

4.18%

4.50%

3.29%

Alabama

2.36%

2.81%

3.15%

5.73%

4.25%

4.08%

4.00%

2.78%

Mississippi

3.52%

3.55%

5.18%

6.17%

3.71%

5.18%

4.02%

4.12%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.27%

7.13%

4.52%

7.96%

4.91%

3.73%

4.43%

2.20%

Louisiana

1.54%

4.21%

4.96%

5.16%

2.53%

3.26%

3.27%

2.25%

Oklahoma

2.05%

5.66%

8.90%

6.39%

6.85%

4.27%

4.67%

3.78%

Texas

1.82%

5.44%

3.25%

3.36%

3.68%

2.37%

2.84%

1.95%

Mountain:

Colorado

3.19%

7.29%

4.89%

6.67%

5.02%

4.50%

4.28%

4.10%

Arizona

2.17%

5.34%

3.43%

5.13%

4.61%

4.11%

3.41%

2.48%

Nevada

3.41%

2.92%

4.97%

7.38%

9.80%

4.16%

5.07%

4.83%

Montana

1.63%

6.98%

4.02%

3.87%

4.62%

5.68%

4.31%

2.20%

Pacific:

Washington

2.71%

4.41%

3.92%

3.59%

6.99%

6.02%

2.34%

3.35%

Oregon

1.71%

5.35%

4.37%

3.93%

2.46%

2.75%

3.85%

2.24%

California

1.28%

2.61%

4.43%

1.98%

2.69%

1.93%

2.53%

1.66%

Hawaii

1.38%

2.52%

2.58%

3.98%

3.78%

2.08%

2.15%

1.98%

States not shown separately

2.26%

3.73%

3.28%

3.31%

3.45%

3.42%

1.49%

2.74%

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.