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

United States

56.2%

21.0%

20.3%

33.6%

47.9%

77.1%

23.8%

65.7%

New England:

Maine

55.8%

6.5%

*

19.7%

26.8%

*

69.0%

82.3%

12.0%

72.2%

Massachusetts

61.7%

32.8%

10.8%

37.1%

62.8%

84.7%

25.0%

75.1%

Connecticut

53.3%

18.9%

12.9%

*

25.5%

50.4%

72.4%

16.4%

64.3%

Rhode Island

63.4%

59.6%

30.3%

*

47.6%

60.9%

83.4%

47.3%

72.3%

Vermont

40.1%

21.0%

*

6.8%

*

19.8%

53.1%

73.1%

15.1%

*

57.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

68.2%

16.5%

*

33.7%

*

59.3%

70.8%

86.6%

37.7%

79.7%

New Jersey

62.7%

23.1%

35.7%

*

35.8%

60.3%

78.6%

31.5%

71.3%

Pennsylvania

65.9%

24.0%

16.3%

*

46.5%

59.8%

87.9%

31.8%

76.7%

East North Central:

Ohio

51.2%

18.0%

10.5%

*

25.4%

32.1%

76.6%

16.2%

59.7%

Indiana

44.9%

20.1%

*

27.4%

*

12.3%

*

23.2%

65.0%

21.3%

51.0%

Illinois

63.9%

12.9%

26.1%

49.4%

45.8%

84.5%

22.6%

73.6%

Michigan

57.7%

6.0%

*

18.1%

*

28.1%

61.0%

83.8%

17.2%

71.1%

Wisconsin

36.7%

13.2%

*

7.8%

*

14.1%

*

16.0%

65.6%

11.2%

45.3%

West North Central:

Minnesota

37.3%

7.6%

1.5%

*

7.5%

*

27.5%

65.4%

4.4%

*

45.6%

Iowa

40.0%

11.2%

*

8.5%

*

13.9%

26.9%

61.0%

11.4%

47.0%

Missouri

51.4%

39.3%

2.7%

*

36.7%

38.7%

69.5%

25.3%

57.5%

Nebraska

43.9%

12.2%

*

8.7%

*

16.1%

*

23.9%

67.6%

9.2%

*

53.8%

Kansas

52.2%

12.5%

*

8.0%

*

24.7%

26.3%

83.8%

17.9%

62.4%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

57.2%

19.1%

*

12.5%

*

41.2%

60.9%

76.2%

30.0%

67.7%

Virginia

58.6%

7.6%

*

15.3%

*

54.6%

47.7%

76.9%

23.4%

67.6%

North Carolina

42.5%

3.8%

*

7.6%

*

14.4%

*

18.5%

*

67.5%

7.3%

*

53.0%

South Carolina

49.0%

15.9%

*

7.1%

*

15.6%

33.7%

72.0%

11.2%

*

58.8%

Georgia

56.1%

26.7%

7.2%

*

29.3%

54.8%

70.4%

23.0%

62.7%

Florida

61.5%

17.9%

*

38.4%

40.9%

40.7%

82.5%

31.1%

69.8%

East South Central:

Kentucky

49.5%

4.0%

*

5.5%

*

6.8%

*

29.3%

79.9%

4.3%

*

60.6%

Tennessee

45.2%

15.1%

*

12.7%

*

24.3%

*

14.3%

67.9%

18.0%

51.2%

Alabama

38.1%

7.8%

*

9.8%

*

9.0%

*

22.8%

58.2%

8.4%

*

46.5%

Mississippi

28.1%

9.8%

*

5.0%

*

0.0%

14.7%

*

46.2%

6.6%

*

36.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

40.7%

5.0%

*

4.8%

*

19.9%

*

8.6%

*

63.3%

4.6%

*

48.8%

Louisiana

43.8%

54.8%

13.2%

*

15.0%

*

24.2%

64.0%

32.7%

47.4%

Oklahoma

48.2%

22.3%

*

42.8%

*

37.5%

23.9%

71.5%

31.2%

53.9%

Texas

55.4%

23.4%

14.4%

*

24.7%

*

40.6%

75.1%

20.1%

63.6%

Mountain:

Colorado

55.4%

14.6%

12.0%

*

14.8%

*

51.0%

86.2%

12.7%

*

72.7%

Arizona

47.9%

18.9%

*

22.5%

*

21.5%

48.4%

61.5%

15.7%

57.2%

Nevada

50.9%

8.2%

*

15.2%

*

15.3%

*

73.4%

61.4%

13.0%

*

62.1%

Montana

28.1%

39.1%

*

12.1%

*

10.8%

*

12.9%

*

52.6%

23.2%

*

31.9%

Pacific:

Washington

51.8%

17.6%

*

15.1%

*

37.0%

45.2%

73.2%

17.6%

63.7%

Oregon

48.7%

31.7%

13.5%

*

18.1%

33.7%

78.8%

23.3%

58.7%

California

70.2%

35.6%

38.1%

50.2%

74.1%

86.5%

39.2%

79.7%

Hawaii

70.9%

32.1%

36.8%

73.3%

88.1%

83.5%

39.1%

85.1%

States not shown separately

52.3%

18.5%

9.5%

*

19.8%

48.9%

77.9%

14.8%

64.7%

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Table II.B.2.c(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees working establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

0.65%

1.64%

1.84%

0.94%

1.35%

1.01%

0.73%

0.71%

New England:

Maine

4.48%

3.27%

*

4.79%

9.30%

*

7.17%

6.56%

2.86%

5.78%

Massachusetts

2.40%

7.57%

1.56%

3.69%

5.11%

3.81%

4.57%

2.77%

Connecticut

4.11%

4.26%

4.35%

*

7.40%

10.09%

7.37%

3.02%

5.71%

Rhode Island

4.98%

13.96%

10.72%

*

8.10%

6.69%

5.95%

9.03%

4.26%

Vermont

5.17%

9.00%

*

5.15%

*

4.75%

9.41%

11.83%

6.17%

*

5.43%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

3.04%

4.97%

*

10.25%

*

7.38%

5.35%

3.72%

5.83%

3.76%

New Jersey

3.49%

4.53%

10.90%

*

10.44%

4.82%

4.97%

6.38%

3.93%

Pennsylvania

2.85%

4.42%

7.68%

*

8.59%

6.24%

3.33%

5.67%

3.41%

East North Central:

Ohio

3.18%

4.67%

3.63%

*

5.21%

5.98%

3.29%

3.50%

3.73%

Indiana

3.82%

7.14%

*

9.56%

*

3.79%

*

4.28%

6.62%

5.90%

3.89%

Illinois

2.35%

3.44%

6.80%

5.09%

7.09%

2.83%

2.36%

2.64%

Michigan

3.19%

1.86%

*

9.13%

*

6.83%

7.95%

2.91%

4.41%

3.80%

Wisconsin

3.21%

5.37%

*

3.40%

*

7.39%

*

4.08%

5.10%

2.23%

4.33%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.65%

2.23%

2.36%

*

3.35%

*

4.13%

4.23%

1.54%

*

4.05%

Iowa

2.92%

6.55%

*

3.60%

*

3.65%

5.12%

5.12%

2.75%

4.02%

Missouri

4.25%

8.78%

4.40%

*

9.07%

8.86%

6.09%

5.36%

4.19%

Nebraska

3.64%

6.55%

*

5.99%

*

4.93%

*

6.23%

3.99%

3.04%

*

3.33%

Kansas

3.96%

5.34%

*

5.35%

*

6.60%

6.30%

3.93%

4.66%

4.94%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.82%

7.43%

*

5.87%

*

9.14%

9.30%

3.86%

6.86%

3.23%

Virginia

5.25%

3.01%

*

10.64%

*

11.85%

8.43%

8.04%

4.27%

6.48%

North Carolina

5.80%

1.75%

*

4.00%

*

5.21%

*

8.61%

*

7.16%

2.59%

*

7.19%

South Carolina

3.87%

7.28%

*

3.98%

*

4.24%

8.78%

6.22%

3.69%

*

4.66%

Georgia

4.05%

7.17%

4.57%

*

7.68%

8.06%

5.16%

3.53%

4.60%

Florida

3.48%

5.93%

*

9.91%

9.60%

8.81%

4.76%

6.67%

3.97%

East South Central:

Kentucky

4.83%

2.81%

*

2.19%

*

3.36%

*

5.86%

5.46%

1.76%

*

4.99%

Tennessee

4.48%

6.73%

*

8.70%

*

9.17%

*

3.99%

4.52%

3.86%

4.80%

Alabama

4.45%

2.66%

*

6.13%

*

4.28%

*

5.44%

7.85%

3.10%

*

5.73%

Mississippi

5.51%

5.61%

*

2.16%

*

0.00%

4.97%

*

6.89%

3.61%

*

5.58%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.36%

2.65%

*

2.84%

*

8.07%

*

3.81%

*

6.55%

2.34%

*

5.33%

Louisiana

4.17%

13.07%

5.99%

*

6.07%

*

4.81%

4.55%

7.14%

4.55%

Oklahoma

4.81%

9.09%

*

13.54%

*

8.46%

7.06%

6.35%

8.45%

5.29%

Texas

3.54%

6.69%

4.58%

*

7.74%

*

7.18%

3.72%

4.02%

3.70%

Mountain:

Colorado

4.23%

4.37%

6.05%

*

5.04%

*

8.81%

3.80%

4.09%

*

4.91%

Arizona

6.32%

7.49%

*

7.88%

*

6.39%

11.88%

10.66%

4.55%

8.33%

Nevada

6.10%

5.43%

*

7.68%

*

5.75%

*

16.13%

6.28%

4.97%

*

6.47%

Montana

3.27%

12.84%

*

5.21%

*

7.15%

*

6.03%

*

11.19%

8.49%

*

5.64%

Pacific:

Washington

6.44%

6.82%

*

5.37%

*

7.82%

10.19%

10.30%

4.59%

8.18%

Oregon

5.02%

8.77%

7.19%

*

5.16%

8.98%

5.45%

5.60%

5.09%

California

2.15%

5.37%

4.72%

4.06%

4.98%

2.50%

2.86%

2.31%

Hawaii

4.05%

6.18%

3.86%

4.26%

5.03%

7.31%

4.53%

4.75%

States not shown separately

4.79%

4.39%

4.47%

*

5.53%

5.46%

5.53%

3.16%

5.46%

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.