Table II.B.3.b(1999) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

91.6%

58.5%

80.6%

92.2%

98.1%

99.7%

73.4%

98.7%

New England:

Maine

89.9%

58.0%

68.9%

99.4%

99.9%

100.0%

71.1%

100.0%

Massachusetts

94.4%

75.6%

88.7%

96.4%

98.9%

98.7%

84.3%

98.6%

Connecticut

95.4%

70.9%

93.7%

94.1%

100.0%

100.0%

83.1%

99.8%

Rhode Island

93.4%

82.4%

85.5%

98.5%

98.6%

98.3%

85.7%

98.6%

Vermont

91.4%

70.6%

90.8%

96.2%

100.0%

100.0%

81.5%

99.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

91.9%

59.5%

87.5%

93.5%

98.0%

99.7%

78.5%

98.4%

New Jersey

93.2%

61.6%

86.3%

92.4%

100.0%

100.0%

75.1%

99.9%

Pennsylvania

95.0%

65.1%

89.7%

98.3%

98.3%

100.0%

83.4%

99.4%

East North Central:

Ohio

94.4%

59.3%

84.0%

97.4%

99.1%

99.9%

78.4%

99.5%

Indiana

91.1%

55.6%

78.7%

88.6%

97.2%

100.0%

68.7%

99.2%

Illinois

93.7%

54.2%

88.7%

95.6%

98.7%

99.8%

75.0%

99.5%

Michigan

91.9%

58.3%

87.4%

96.2%

95.5%

98.9%

77.2%

97.6%

Wisconsin

94.4%

67.0%

88.3%

98.9%

100.0%

100.0%

81.0%

100.0%

West North Central:

Minnesota

93.3%

56.3%

85.6%

98.1%

99.1%

100.0%

73.3%

99.7%

Iowa

91.3%

52.3%

80.9%

92.0%

95.0%

99.9%

70.2%

98.2%

Missouri

91.0%

49.7%

80.3%

88.5%

99.1%

99.9%

66.9%

98.9%

Nebraska

90.9%

50.5%

76.9%

96.1%

100.0%

99.7%

68.0%

99.8%

Kansas

91.5%

61.0%

76.6%

89.7%

99.3%

100.0%

72.7%

99.3%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

94.6%

68.5%

86.2%

96.4%

100.0%

100.0%

83.6%

99.8%

Virginia

92.9%

51.1%

88.0%

95.6%

99.5%

99.3%

72.9%

99.3%

North Carolina

91.2%

49.0%

85.7%

93.1%

97.8%

100.0%

73.1%

98.6%

South Carolina

91.4%

51.3%

80.1%

90.8%

97.1%

100.0%

68.9%

99.0%

Georgia

92.3%

49.8%

75.8%

94.0%

99.1%

99.9%

67.4%

99.5%

Florida

90.8%

56.1%

78.4%

88.9%

97.4%

99.8%

71.2%

98.3%

East South Central:

Kentucky

91.3%

41.4%

79.6%

94.4%

99.8%

100.0%

67.4%

99.9%

Tennessee

89.1%

48.3%

67.4%

90.4%

97.8%

98.6%

63.7%

97.8%

Alabama

92.9%

66.0%

79.6%

93.8%

98.7%

99.5%

76.9%

98.9%

Mississippi

87.8%

68.2%

66.0%

81.3%

98.2%

98.4%

69.8%

97.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

86.5%

40.7%

72.3%

82.3%

92.3%

99.8%

54.9%

97.9%

Louisiana

87.6%

61.3%

60.2%

86.9%

99.6%

100.0%

67.4%

97.5%

Oklahoma

87.2%

52.8%

71.5%

88.2%

97.3%

100.0%

66.3%

97.8%

Texas

88.6%

53.5%

65.0%

85.2%

97.1%

99.9%

63.0%

98.4%

Mountain:

Colorado

91.7%

67.7%

89.0%

89.3%

99.3%

100.0%

77.9%

99.2%

Arizona

91.3%

61.8%

76.3%

87.1%

99.7%

100.0%

70.5%

99.6%

Nevada

94.3%

59.6%

85.5%

98.2%

97.4%

99.7%

82.4%

98.8%

Montana

81.0%

50.6%

76.4%

88.9%

99.3%

100.0%

65.2%

98.2%

Pacific:

Washington

91.7%

58.6%

80.7%

96.1%

100.0%

100.0%

75.0%

99.2%

Oregon

91.1%

68.5%

70.8%

96.8%

98.3%

100.0%

74.8%

99.2%

California

89.6%

61.5%

75.9%

84.8%

96.7%

99.4%

71.7%

97.2%

Hawaii

99.4%

95.8%

99.8%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

98.0%

100.0%

States not shown separately

89.5%

49.8%

78.4%

93.8%

98.0%

99.9%

68.4%

98.6%

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

United States

0.24%

0.54%

1.50%

0.75%

0.24%

0.06%

0.62%

0.09%

New England:

Maine

0.98%

4.03%

6.26%

0.46%

0.06%

0.00%

2.94%

0.03%

Massachusetts

0.64%

3.51%

3.22%

1.89%

0.96%

1.40%

1.84%

0.88%

Connecticut

1.13%

4.21%

4.44%

4.62%

0.00%

0.00%

3.73%

0.18%

Rhode Island

0.88%

6.24%

12.06%

0.99%

1.03%

1.63%

2.61%

0.85%

Vermont

1.58%

6.88%

2.83%

1.26%

0.05%

0.00%

3.42%

0.31%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.25%

3.16%

2.65%

2.44%

1.92%

0.28%

2.59%

0.66%

New Jersey

0.82%

3.98%

3.16%

4.09%

0.02%

0.00%

3.08%

0.04%

Pennsylvania

0.51%

3.36%

2.43%

0.83%

1.01%

0.02%

1.73%

0.33%

East North Central:

Ohio

0.50%

2.75%

3.45%

1.32%

1.66%

0.08%

1.62%

0.26%

Indiana

1.73%

5.89%

6.02%

4.21%

5.93%

0.00%

3.09%

0.90%

Illinois

0.55%

4.56%

2.48%

1.15%

0.81%

0.12%

2.79%

0.29%

Michigan

1.99%

5.25%

8.37%

1.77%

4.63%

0.97%

4.20%

1.14%

Wisconsin

0.50%

3.47%

2.89%

2.33%

0.00%

0.00%

1.10%

0.03%

West North Central:

Minnesota

0.86%

4.21%

2.81%

1.30%

0.50%

0.03%

2.44%

0.15%

Iowa

0.79%

4.13%

5.50%

3.10%

2.04%

0.17%

2.06%

0.77%

Missouri

0.80%

4.82%

7.30%

3.51%

0.56%

0.07%

3.44%

0.52%

Nebraska

1.30%

3.29%

6.90%

1.80%

0.00%

0.16%

3.30%

0.12%

Kansas

0.80%

3.62%

8.42%

2.96%

0.54%

0.00%

2.37%

0.36%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

0.80%

4.18%

4.77%

1.76%

0.00%

0.00%

3.50%

0.14%

Virginia

1.37%

3.63%

2.88%

2.54%

0.24%

1.00%

2.50%

0.59%

North Carolina

1.28%

5.08%

6.86%

2.77%

3.40%

0.00%

2.81%

0.70%

South Carolina

1.08%

5.09%

6.47%

4.36%

1.06%

0.00%

3.03%

0.39%

Georgia

0.48%

5.51%

6.41%

4.61%

0.94%

0.17%

2.78%

0.19%

Florida

1.65%

4.57%

4.59%

3.03%

0.93%

0.16%

3.31%

0.68%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.03%

4.22%

10.57%

2.06%

0.09%

0.00%

5.23%

0.08%

Tennessee

1.64%

5.82%

7.75%

2.55%

1.40%

1.73%

3.55%

0.87%

Alabama

0.73%

3.82%

5.11%

2.10%

1.16%

0.24%

2.55%

0.60%

Mississippi

1.47%

8.61%

6.79%

8.91%

1.31%

1.33%

6.41%

1.01%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.43%

4.35%

8.07%

3.12%

3.65%

0.15%

3.14%

0.73%

Louisiana

1.05%

8.54%

8.01%

3.98%

0.24%

0.00%

5.26%

0.63%

Oklahoma

1.54%

5.46%

7.35%

2.97%

2.84%

0.00%

3.14%

0.69%

Texas

0.91%

3.94%

4.13%

3.15%

1.44%

0.08%

3.58%

0.40%

Mountain:

Colorado

1.09%

4.60%

4.04%

4.02%

0.69%

0.00%

3.82%

0.43%

Arizona

1.13%

4.71%

4.18%

4.38%

0.21%

0.02%

3.60%

0.35%

Nevada

1.22%

5.73%

3.28%

1.57%

2.96%

0.54%

3.03%

0.74%

Montana

1.82%

6.23%

5.51%

4.98%

0.81%

0.00%

4.00%

0.74%

Pacific:

Washington

1.19%

5.28%

5.49%

2.08%

0.00%

0.00%

3.33%

0.60%

Oregon

1.43%

6.40%

6.80%

1.82%

2.71%

0.00%

3.78%

0.39%

California

0.93%

3.21%

6.00%

3.70%

1.48%

0.43%

3.10%

0.51%

Hawaii

0.12%

1.16%

0.11%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

0.47%

0.01%

States not shown separately

0.84%

5.00%

3.17%

2.45%

1.72%

0.04%

3.12%

0.60%

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.