Table II.A.2(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2003
 
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

56.2%

35.6%

66.2%

81.0%

93.5%

98.6%

43.2%

95.4%

 
New England:
Connecticut

65.3%

46.1%

88.4%

84.8%

99.1%

96.5%

54.6%

96.2%

Maine

53.5%

35.9%

66.4%

76.7%

98.8%

98.5%

42.7%

96.6%

Massachusetts

65.6%

48.9%

80.5%

94.8%

89.0%

99.7%

56.2%

95.1%

New Hampshire

68.8%

52.0%

86.2%

94.3%

100.0%

100.0%

60.1%

99.6%

Rhode Island

63.6%

47.7%

83.9%

89.4%

100.0%

100.0%

55.4%

100.0%

Vermont

54.9%

36.8%

78.3%

88.2%

98.7%

100.0%

46.1%

98.9%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

60.8%

45.9%

67.9%

90.6%

92.2%

96.7%

51.6%

94.4%

New York

59.7%

43.9%

73.2%

89.3%

99.2%

99.9%

50.5%

98.6%

Pennsylvania

65.4%

45.6%

80.1%

83.6%

97.8%

99.9%

54.4%

94.7%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

55.0%

31.1%

67.1%

82.4%

94.6%

100.0%

40.2%

95.7%

Indiana

53.4%

26.3%

60.8%

72.9%

94.8%

100.0%

35.5%

95.5%

Michigan

61.1%

41.6%

75.7%

73.9%

88.4%

99.9%

50.3%

91.4%

Ohio

59.6%

36.4%

61.9%

88.7%

95.8%

99.7%

44.0%

98.5%

Wisconsin

55.7%

31.3%

76.9%

88.5%

88.0%

99.7%

44.0%

94.3%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

50.8%

27.4%

69.1%

86.7%

98.6%

100.0%

37.3%

97.4%

Kansas

54.5%

33.4%

65.8%

82.6%

95.0%

100.0%

41.4%

97.3%

Minnesota

55.9%

31.4%

75.9%

80.1%

100.0%

99.9%

42.9%

98.0%

Missouri

53.3%

33.6%

65.2%

84.8%

82.3%

97.4%

41.2%

92.3%

Nebraska

44.7%

25.5%

55.5%

79.2%

90.5%

100.0%

31.5%

94.8%

North Dakota

44.7%

27.5%

68.1%

79.5%

98.4%

100.0%

34.9%

96.3%

South Dakota

44.2%

26.2%

64.5%

80.4%

90.2%

97.0%

34.8%

91.9%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

61.1%

41.7%

64.9%

93.4%

86.1%

98.5%

49.1%

95.4%

District of Columbia

79.3%

58.0%

89.9%

92.5%

99.9%

100.0%

69.1%

99.2%

Florida

55.3%

35.9%

66.1%

77.6%

94.3%

99.8%

41.4%

97.3%

Georgia

54.6%

29.2%

57.7%

76.1%

85.9%

99.7%

36.9%

93.3%

Maryland

59.9%

37.2%

81.5%

88.4%

92.8%

99.2%

47.3%

96.7%

North Carolina

56.5%

33.6%

67.5%

79.2%

99.0%

97.7%

43.1%

95.0%

South Carolina

54.6%

31.5%

63.0%

82.0%

92.5%

100.0%

39.9%

95.2%

Virginia

59.4%

40.2%

72.7%

86.6%

91.5%

97.1%

47.7%

95.4%

West Virginia

52.8%

26.4%

62.1%

75.5%

98.0%

100.0%

35.4%

97.5%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

58.3%

35.9%

71.5%

89.7%

98.3%

99.5%

44.8%

97.4%

Kentucky

57.5%

35.6%

67.4%

82.1%

99.3%

88.6%

44.0%

92.4%

Mississippi

45.9%

24.7%

40.0%

69.0%

96.9%

98.8%

28.4%

95.8%

Tennessee

53.0%

25.6%

59.7%

70.3%

94.9%

97.7%

33.9%

95.2%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

42.2%

19.5%

43.6%

68.9%

97.7%

93.9%

25.7%

92.9%

Louisiana

50.0%

24.6%

55.9%

84.3%

89.3%

100.0%

34.9%

94.8%

Oklahoma

46.4%

26.1%

52.1%

68.6%

93.5%

100.0%

32.0%

94.3%

Texas

48.7%

26.3%

47.9%

64.8%

93.8%

99.4%

31.4%

96.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

52.4%

29.2%

66.1%

80.3%

82.1%

98.7%

38.5%

91.9%

Colorado

52.6%

34.1%

63.4%

85.4%

78.7%

100.0%

40.8%

92.8%

Idaho

51.0%

33.5%

64.3%

82.6%

95.2%

99.9%

41.1%

96.3%

Montana

45.1%

30.0%

61.7%

74.4%

94.7%

95.9%

36.3%

94.7%

Nevada

58.7%

36.6%

64.1%

85.0%

94.2%

97.1%

44.8%

96.0%

New Mexico

50.5%

30.2%

60.3%

63.1%

93.4%

100.0%

37.6%

92.4%

Utah

48.6%

26.7%

57.1%

78.2%

95.9%

97.6%

33.9%

96.0%

Wyoming

42.5%

23.6%

55.4%

80.3%

83.6%

98.3%

31.9%

92.5%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

47.0%

26.3%

59.9%

75.4%

95.7%

100.0%

34.8%

95.4%

California

55.9%

37.2%

59.1%

79.7%

90.8%

95.6%

43.8%

93.1%

Hawaii

86.2%

74.6%

99.1%

100.0%

99.8%

99.9%

81.5%

99.9%

Oregon

58.3%

39.8%

69.2%

89.0%

100.0%

100.0%

47.2%

98.0%

Washington

57.1%

38.0%

75.6%

79.7%

97.0%

100.0%

45.9%

97.9%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.A.2(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2003
 
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

0.74%

0.72%

1.43%

1.19%

0.78%

0.31%

0.56%

0.37%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.60%

3.25%

4.86%

3.98%

0.57%

5.23%

2.66%

2.53%

Maine

2.67%

2.48%

8.50%

6.11%

0.78%

1.86%

3.13%

1.43%

Massachusetts

2.78%

4.88%

5.33%

4.34%

4.83%

0.20%

4.12%

2.21%

New Hampshire

1.72%

3.54%

3.73%

2.91%

0.00%

0.00%

2.00%

0.26%

Rhode Island

2.64%

2.97%

5.92%

4.30%

0.00%

0.00%

2.89%

0.02%

Vermont

2.73%

4.22%

2.17%

4.17%

4.12%

0.00%

3.35%

0.93%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.76%

2.41%

5.17%

10.30%

6.60%

1.56%

2.05%

1.87%

New York

1.33%

2.18%

4.47%

4.08%

0.53%

0.09%

1.46%

0.60%

Pennsylvania

2.78%

3.07%

6.42%

7.90%

6.22%

0.06%

2.88%

3.25%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.87%

2.90%

7.16%

4.88%

5.08%

0.02%

2.88%

1.41%

Indiana

3.66%

2.85%

8.23%

7.82%

3.78%

0.00%

3.58%

2.70%

Michigan

2.79%

3.78%

6.53%

10.19%

4.63%

0.07%

3.34%

4.25%

Ohio

2.34%

3.03%

9.08%

5.24%

5.84%

0.19%

2.26%

0.95%

Wisconsin

1.98%

2.51%

3.79%

3.75%

6.46%

1.15%

1.59%

2.98%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.16%

3.47%

5.21%

4.37%

0.76%

0.08%

3.59%

1.09%

Kansas

1.56%

3.08%

4.48%

6.66%

7.54%

0.00%

2.44%

3.04%

Minnesota

3.26%

2.72%

3.53%

7.46%

0.00%

0.21%

2.25%

0.98%

Missouri

2.12%

3.11%

6.04%

3.84%

6.14%

9.88%

2.99%

3.62%

Nebraska

3.00%

3.54%

7.61%

5.53%

3.01%

0.03%

3.58%

1.50%

North Dakota

2.45%

3.10%

4.71%

4.77%

3.93%

0.00%

2.39%

1.33%

South Dakota

3.21%

4.38%

7.15%

6.17%

4.51%

2.07%

3.76%

2.84%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.27%

4.19%

5.40%

2.05%

11.53%

1.20%

3.47%

2.08%

District of Columbia

1.86%

3.98%

2.30%

2.24%

0.20%

0.00%

3.26%

0.37%

Florida

2.28%

3.75%

4.25%

6.18%

2.38%

0.10%

3.35%

0.86%

Georgia

1.58%

1.42%

5.84%

6.55%

10.04%

0.26%

1.57%

2.41%

Maryland

3.04%

3.06%

3.68%

4.27%

5.53%

0.79%

2.57%

2.97%

North Carolina

1.24%

2.74%

9.08%

6.33%

0.95%

1.76%

1.87%

1.73%

South Carolina

2.61%

3.98%

3.82%

7.24%

5.88%

0.08%

3.47%

3.39%

Virginia

2.11%

1.85%

4.94%

3.78%

4.66%

3.65%

1.78%

2.23%

West Virginia

2.64%

3.55%

5.93%

5.98%

1.26%

0.00%

3.12%

1.02%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.15%

2.84%

5.09%

4.16%

1.17%

0.31%

1.94%

1.15%

Kentucky

2.31%

2.05%

10.13%

4.69%

0.46%

4.78%

2.56%

3.18%

Mississippi

2.33%

1.99%

6.32%

7.33%

4.19%

3.49%

1.57%

1.43%

Tennessee

1.75%

2.16%

6.24%

9.83%

7.19%

2.58%

1.41%

2.74%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

3.20%

3.01%

4.83%

5.82%

1.15%

3.36%

2.55%

2.36%

Louisiana

2.18%

2.87%

7.89%

4.24%

5.25%

0.02%

2.69%

2.88%

Oklahoma

2.67%

2.72%

7.69%

8.81%

5.03%

0.00%

2.76%

4.42%

Texas

2.02%

1.97%

2.80%

7.61%

4.04%

0.90%

1.63%

1.24%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.56%

2.86%

4.35%

3.92%

7.11%

2.24%

2.00%

2.99%

Colorado

2.26%

2.88%

9.89%

6.98%

8.88%

0.00%

2.80%

2.62%

Idaho

2.54%

4.20%

4.80%

3.29%

3.22%

0.06%

3.09%

1.27%

Montana

3.07%

4.18%

4.11%

6.20%

5.57%

5.55%

3.06%

3.81%

Nevada

3.31%

3.34%

6.87%

11.65%

2.37%

2.36%

3.04%

2.12%

New Mexico

2.99%

2.87%

5.53%

4.38%

3.71%

0.00%

3.01%

1.66%

Utah

2.54%

2.69%

5.10%

5.94%

4.95%

1.39%

2.55%

2.45%

Wyoming

1.33%

1.60%

3.64%

5.28%

10.62%

0.97%

1.39%

2.83%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.62%

2.75%

5.94%

6.57%

1.89%

0.00%

2.03%

1.65%

California

0.88%

1.13%

3.00%

3.00%

1.94%

2.01%

0.74%

1.39%

Hawaii

1.82%

2.99%

0.45%

0.00%

0.16%

0.06%

2.54%

0.07%

Oregon

2.29%

3.10%

5.75%

5.00%

0.00%

0.00%

2.68%

1.98%

Washington

2.20%

2.11%

6.03%

6.25%

2.15%

0.00%

2.64%

0.84%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.