Table II.B.2(2000) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

Division and State

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

89.4%

53.2%

75.2%

88.4%

97.3%

99.4%

67.8%

98.1%

New England:

Massachusetts

94.1%

74.0%

87.1%

94.1%

97.7%

100.0%

81.0%

99.0%

New Hampshire

92.6%

61.9%

88.5%

93.9%

100.0%

99.6%

77.9%

99.3%

Connecticut

93.3%

74.1%

79.7%

96.9%

99.8%

100.0%

80.4%

99.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

91.5%

70.8%

78.7%

94.8%

97.2%

99.4%

78.2%

98.7%

New Jersey

90.1%

54.2%

77.8%

91.5%

95.0%

100.0%

69.6%

98.4%

Pennsylvania

92.4%

56.2%

91.9%

94.9%

97.2%

99.9%

75.9%

99.1%

East North Central:

Ohio

92.3%

65.7%

79.7%

87.2%

99.3%

99.7%

74.0%

99.0%

Indiana

89.9%

42.6%

80.9%

90.8%

98.8%

99.9%

67.7%

99.2%

Illinois

91.7%

48.1%

79.6%

93.6%

99.4%

99.4%

71.9%

98.7%

Michigan

91.1%

52.6%

84.4%

89.6%

97.6%

99.8%

70.4%

98.9%

Wisconsin

90.2%

54.9%

78.3%

91.6%

97.7%

100.0%

70.7%

98.9%

West North Central:

Minnesota

90.5%

46.4%

78.0%

86.7%

100.0%

100.0%

64.8%

99.5%

Iowa

87.4%

35.4%

73.5%

92.0%

98.1%

99.7%

59.9%

98.8%

Missouri

89.6%

59.0%

62.6%

88.1%

96.8%

100.0%

67.8%

98.1%

Nebraska

84.4%

32.4%

66.0%

90.0%

98.5%

99.5%

56.1%

98.0%

Kansas

89.9%

56.2%

70.1%

94.7%

98.6%

99.7%

68.2%

99.5%

North Dakota

80.6%

41.2%

63.1%

89.0%

96.5%

100.0%

58.1%

97.3%

South Dakota

79.2%

32.3%

60.3%

80.4%

96.0%

100.0%

50.2%

97.0%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

89.4%

48.8%

76.5%

93.6%

95.3%

99.9%

68.1%

98.6%

Virginia

86.4%

54.1%

74.9%

89.3%

96.5%

92.2%

68.9%

93.4%

West Virginia

87.0%

39.4%

67.6%

95.1%

96.5%

100.0%

63.5%

98.8%

North Carolina

90.8%

45.2%

82.5%

91.8%

98.7%

99.8%

68.9%

98.7%

South Carolina

88.3%

42.0%

66.6%

80.3%

97.6%

100.0%

57.9%

98.3%

Georgia

89.1%

40.0%

72.9%

79.3%

99.4%

98.6%

58.7%

97.1%

Florida

89.0%

52.8%

75.2%

90.4%

93.6%

99.3%

65.9%

97.8%

East South Central:

Kentucky

90.6%

51.0%

83.1%

84.4%

99.6%

100.0%

67.8%

98.5%

Tennessee

89.9%

40.1%

67.0%

83.9%

98.8%

100.0%

61.4%

98.6%

Alabama

89.8%

63.9%

75.8%

84.4%

98.0%

98.0%

70.8%

97.5%

Mississippi

83.6%

36.9%

56.0%

73.7%

92.3%

99.4%

48.4%

97.4%

West South Central:

Arkansas

85.8%

42.5%

68.3%

82.8%

94.6%

99.7%

58.3%

97.6%

Louisiana

84.7%

45.4%

51.9%

80.9%

96.9%

100.0%

55.5%

97.1%

Oklahoma

83.0%

34.7%

66.0%

78.2%

91.1%

100.0%

52.3%

96.2%

Texas

84.3%

37.8%

57.2%

77.0%

91.2%

98.6%

53.3%

95.2%

Mountain:

Colorado

91.4%

56.8%

79.3%

86.0%

100.0%

100.0%

70.8%

99.1%

New Mexico

82.2%

42.0%

52.0%

81.6%

95.0%

99.9%

55.6%

95.8%

Arizona

88.2%

46.9%

70.0%

75.5%

98.8%

100.0%

61.4%

97.6%

Utah

87.7%

37.5%

82.2%

85.1%

99.7%

100.0%

61.5%

99.2%

Pacific:

Washington

88.5%

51.6%

81.0%

90.2%

100.0%

99.3%

70.2%

98.6%

Oregon

87.8%

43.9%

80.7%

92.5%

98.7%

100.0%

66.8%

98.3%

California

88.5%

56.1%

70.2%

85.4%

98.6%

99.7%

66.3%

98.2%

States not shown separately

88.9%

50.1%

79.7%

92.9%

97.2%

99.5%

68.8%

98.4%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Division and State

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

0.33%

1.29%

0.89%

0.68%

0.34%

0.36%

0.69%

0.23%

New England:

Massachusetts

0.62%

5.38%

5.07%

2.83%

1.64%

0.03%

2.09%

0.78%

New Hampshire

0.96%

4.59%

4.23%

2.93%

0.01%

0.22%

2.37%

0.46%

Connecticut

0.82%

6.70%

6.14%

2.27%

0.60%

0.03%

3.49%

0.26%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.90%

5.05%

4.43%

2.32%

1.46%

0.50%

2.83%

0.72%

New Jersey

1.90%

4.95%

9.39%

3.27%

3.74%

0.00%

3.55%

1.88%

Pennsylvania

0.62%

3.04%

3.02%

1.59%

2.49%

0.10%

1.67%

0.43%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.01%

4.23%

4.31%

2.86%

0.59%

0.23%

2.71%

0.32%

Indiana

1.02%

4.96%

6.08%

4.55%

0.87%

0.09%

3.47%

0.35%

Illinois

1.35%

2.75%

3.60%

2.37%

0.46%

1.05%

1.84%

0.86%

Michigan

1.24%

4.47%

4.08%

4.13%

1.29%

0.21%

3.34%

0.44%

Wisconsin

1.19%

4.92%

3.56%

3.58%

1.60%

0.00%

3.25%

0.45%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.16%

3.94%

4.95%

3.50%

0.00%

0.00%

3.33%

0.33%

Iowa

1.16%

3.29%

4.47%

2.57%

1.58%

0.21%

2.70%

0.60%

Missouri

0.96%

5.23%

6.06%

4.50%

2.08%

0.00%

2.72%

0.91%

Nebraska

1.87%

3.50%

5.98%

5.32%

1.93%

0.21%

4.43%

0.70%

Kansas

1.88%

4.19%

7.26%

2.72%

1.45%

0.29%

4.78%

0.24%

North Dakota

2.36%

5.03%

9.38%

3.51%

3.31%

0.00%

3.63%

1.16%

South Dakota

1.43%

3.69%

5.87%

3.53%

3.79%

0.00%

3.35%

1.22%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.42%

4.42%

6.09%

3.78%

4.20%

0.13%

2.61%

0.89%

Virginia

2.37%

4.42%

6.17%

4.06%

1.63%

4.54%

3.73%

3.67%

West Virginia

1.77%

2.67%

8.92%

3.44%

3.72%

0.00%

3.11%

1.23%

North Carolina

1.46%

3.58%

5.38%

3.32%

1.69%

0.37%

1.83%

0.84%

South Carolina

1.49%

2.95%

6.54%

5.40%

1.00%

0.00%

3.56%

0.98%

Georgia

2.09%

3.97%

10.75%

6.73%

0.33%

1.33%

5.33%

1.60%

Florida

1.71%

5.71%

2.98%

3.03%

3.85%

0.54%

3.59%

1.05%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.91%

5.85%

7.32%

7.26%

0.26%

0.03%

4.95%

1.20%

Tennessee

1.03%

4.41%

7.31%

3.42%

2.17%

0.00%

2.50%

0.83%

Alabama

1.45%

4.42%

5.14%

4.77%

1.44%

2.15%

2.60%

1.77%

Mississippi

2.63%

6.33%

10.80%

8.54%

4.89%

0.60%

2.72%

2.16%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.12%

4.98%

4.70%

4.28%

1.65%

0.39%

2.70%

0.61%

Louisiana

1.31%

6.03%

9.16%

5.43%

1.73%

0.00%

4.03%

0.82%

Oklahoma

1.91%

4.98%

8.79%

6.83%

3.58%

0.00%

2.87%

1.46%

Texas

1.39%

2.44%

5.34%

4.57%

4.52%

1.30%

2.88%

1.23%

Mountain:

Colorado

1.70%

4.36%

4.01%

4.31%

0.00%

0.00%

4.01%

0.50%

New Mexico

2.90%

4.10%

5.15%

6.97%

5.61%

0.07%

2.82%

2.05%

Arizona

2.53%

5.48%

6.29%

6.98%

0.67%

0.00%

5.09%

1.46%

Utah

2.74%

4.35%

6.94%

3.84%

0.43%

0.00%

5.46%

0.35%

Pacific:

Washington

1.94%

5.94%

5.93%

3.93%

0.00%

0.76%

4.36%

0.62%

Oregon

1.15%

3.43%

6.38%

3.13%

1.59%

0.00%

2.60%

0.98%

California

0.73%

4.04%

2.51%

2.71%

1.05%

0.16%

1.58%

0.68%

States not shown separately

0.62%

3.41%

4.97%

3.49%

0.87%

0.47%

2.25%

0.57%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.