Table II.B.2(2003) Percent of private-sector employees in 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

86.8%

45.8%

70.6%

84.1%

95.8%

98.7%

61.6%

96.8%

 
New England:
Connecticut

86.3%

48.5%

86.5%

87.8%

95.1%

93.9%

68.4%

93.3%

Maine

77.8%

37.1%

64.2%

80.7%

93.0%

98.4%

52.6%

95.5%

Massachusetts

91.3%

60.3%

84.0%

94.8%

92.5%

99.3%

76.3%

96.8%

New Hampshire

91.3%

57.9%

92.2%

95.0%

100.0%

100.0%

77.2%

99.9%

Rhode Island

90.6%

62.0%

86.5%

90.8%

100.0%

100.0%

74.2%

100.0%

Vermont

86.0%

48.0%

81.4%

91.8%

99.9%

100.0%

68.1%

99.0%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

88.9%

58.5%

66.7%

92.7%

94.5%

99.9%

68.4%

97.8%

New York

89.3%

52.2%

69.0%

95.5%

97.9%

99.6%

65.5%

98.8%

Pennsylvania

91.7%

57.9%

83.5%

92.2%

97.6%

99.5%

73.3%

98.3%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

86.8%

43.5%

73.3%

80.1%

93.2%

99.9%

61.5%

95.4%

Indiana

86.1%

37.2%

63.5%

83.2%

98.3%

100.0%

55.2%

98.5%

Michigan

86.2%

48.9%

80.5%

70.6%

96.0%

98.8%

69.6%

92.5%

Ohio

89.3%

43.9%

64.7%

92.2%

99.7%

98.9%

61.1%

99.0%

Wisconsin

85.0%

35.8%

79.8%

86.8%

93.6%

97.6%

63.7%

95.1%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

85.9%

33.0%

71.0%

87.6%

95.0%

99.7%

58.3%

97.6%

Kansas

85.7%

39.2%

73.8%

87.7%

94.9%

100.0%

57.7%

98.2%

Minnesota

88.5%

38.3%

80.9%

83.7%

100.0%

99.3%

64.2%

98.5%

Missouri

88.2%

46.2%

68.8%

90.1%

96.2%

100.0%

61.7%

98.7%

Nebraska

82.3%

40.7%

62.9%

75.2%

93.8%

99.8%

57.3%

94.3%

North Dakota

81.1%

38.3%

66.6%

83.8%

99.9%

100.0%

54.8%

98.5%

South Dakota

81.2%

36.8%

67.8%

86.1%

97.4%

99.9%

54.5%

98.9%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

91.0%

60.8%

69.5%

92.7%

96.4%

99.7%

71.2%

98.7%

District of Columbia

96.7%

80.9%

93.9%

93.6%

99.1%

100.0%

87.9%

99.3%

Florida

85.7%

50.5%

72.0%

77.2%

94.6%

95.0%

59.5%

94.3%

Georgia

88.0%

39.7%

68.0%

84.4%

98.6%

98.0%

60.2%

96.6%

Maryland

88.8%

43.1%

86.0%

89.9%

97.1%

99.4%

66.4%

98.4%

North Carolina

86.6%

38.4%

65.3%

81.8%

98.6%

98.6%

58.8%

96.9%

South Carolina

85.5%

39.5%

63.9%

84.1%

95.1%

99.6%

55.9%

97.6%

Virginia

86.0%

50.6%

77.3%

84.4%

96.6%

96.0%

66.8%

94.8%

West Virginia

84.4%

42.9%

62.0%

81.2%

96.5%

100.0%

55.7%

97.9%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

88.5%

42.4%

78.2%

92.0%

99.1%

97.9%

64.1%

97.6%

Kentucky

86.8%

45.1%

68.4%

84.2%

99.9%

96.6%

60.7%

97.1%

Mississippi

82.2%

42.7%

52.6%

72.3%

99.1%

99.6%

50.9%

96.8%

Tennessee

86.8%

31.8%

63.8%

74.7%

99.2%

99.8%

49.7%

98.8%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

80.6%

21.1%

51.6%

71.0%

99.7%

97.3%

41.4%

96.0%

Louisiana

84.7%

39.4%

67.4%

85.8%

98.2%

99.6%

60.4%

97.5%

Oklahoma

82.4%

34.4%

53.9%

71.0%

97.3%

100.0%

48.0%

96.4%

Texas

85.4%

38.6%

54.4%

71.0%

97.3%

99.6%

47.9%

97.8%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

86.2%

39.7%

70.0%

85.9%

86.4%

99.8%

58.2%

96.1%

Colorado

85.9%

44.1%

70.2%

87.5%

95.3%

100.0%

61.6%

97.3%

Idaho

83.0%

45.4%

72.7%

83.4%

94.3%

98.9%

60.5%

96.9%

Montana

73.6%

29.5%

65.4%

76.8%

99.7%

96.3%

49.9%

96.5%

Nevada

88.7%

43.2%

72.9%

90.3%

97.6%

96.4%

63.7%

96.9%

New Mexico

78.7%

39.3%

65.3%

64.8%

94.6%

100.0%

54.4%

92.8%

Utah

84.0%

37.6%

60.3%

82.0%

93.3%

99.0%

54.2%

96.4%

Wyoming

72.1%

27.2%

60.7%

82.2%

92.7%

99.7%

46.0%

96.9%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

79.8%

36.8%

67.7%

80.9%

98.4%

100.0%

53.1%

98.2%

California

85.6%

49.0%

65.6%

82.8%

90.0%

98.5%

61.3%

95.2%

Hawaii

97.7%

86.6%

98.2%

100.0%

98.8%

99.2%

94.0%

99.2%

Oregon

87.6%

46.6%

76.8%

93.9%

100.0%

100.0%

66.5%

99.4%

Washington

84.9%

42.0%

79.8%

77.6%

95.2%

100.0%

60.3%

97.3%

 
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.B.2(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in 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

0.48%

0.80%

1.45%

1.23%

0.49%

0.49%

0.66%

0.45%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.83%

4.78%

4.66%

3.41%

2.96%

3.92%

3.50%

3.53%

Maine

2.18%

5.06%

8.76%

5.91%

4.03%

1.52%

4.99%

1.70%

Massachusetts

1.13%

6.72%

5.33%

3.66%

4.47%

0.49%

4.49%

1.25%

New Hampshire

1.32%

2.82%

6.10%

2.39%

0.00%

0.00%

2.16%

0.07%

Rhode Island

0.85%

4.95%

4.89%

4.39%

0.00%

0.00%

3.32%

0.01%

Vermont

1.86%

5.34%

3.22%

2.90%

0.11%

0.00%

3.23%

1.19%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.26%

3.90%

7.99%

10.65%

4.95%

0.10%

3.46%

1.01%

New York

0.69%

2.93%

5.54%

1.69%

1.17%

0.30%

2.73%

0.52%

Pennsylvania

1.00%

4.36%

4.00%

3.65%

4.05%

0.42%

2.16%

1.11%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.03%

4.63%

8.08%

6.26%

5.20%

0.04%

3.50%

1.85%

Indiana

1.49%

4.75%

8.81%

4.67%

1.22%

0.00%

5.21%

0.70%

Michigan

3.56%

5.42%

4.97%

8.43%

2.71%

1.67%

2.81%

4.57%

Ohio

0.87%

3.42%

8.95%

3.06%

0.43%

0.67%

1.90%

0.46%

Wisconsin

2.09%

3.58%

2.77%

5.33%

4.81%

1.58%

3.34%

1.54%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.84%

4.63%

5.07%

3.70%

2.96%

0.63%

4.88%

1.68%

Kansas

1.30%

5.23%

2.94%

4.93%

6.02%

0.00%

3.59%

1.32%

Minnesota

2.09%

3.54%

3.13%

9.60%

0.00%

0.48%

4.07%

0.87%

Missouri

0.97%

3.64%

6.25%

3.30%

2.77%

0.15%

2.57%

0.48%

Nebraska

2.01%

4.88%

6.90%

4.79%

2.63%

0.19%

5.14%

2.82%

North Dakota

1.39%

3.10%

6.24%

4.59%

0.31%

0.00%

3.32%

0.63%

South Dakota

1.82%

4.18%

6.29%

4.38%

1.04%

0.02%

3.30%

0.54%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.42%

6.68%

7.11%

2.81%

10.61%

0.24%

3.56%

0.63%

District of Columbia

0.35%

5.72%

2.21%

2.65%

0.52%

0.00%

2.33%

0.36%

Florida

2.22%

5.83%

5.37%

4.92%

2.15%

3.53%

3.42%

2.67%

Georgia

1.18%

4.00%

6.17%

4.92%

5.90%

1.04%

4.17%

1.24%

Maryland

1.66%

5.69%

3.27%

4.12%

1.56%

0.87%

5.04%

0.74%

North Carolina

0.77%

3.60%

9.87%

4.68%

2.25%

0.86%

2.72%

0.92%

South Carolina

1.32%

4.81%

5.07%

8.01%

2.19%

0.29%

3.60%

1.07%

Virginia

1.89%

2.19%

5.08%

5.90%

2.21%

2.92%

2.02%

2.68%

West Virginia

1.81%

4.39%

5.20%

5.51%

2.65%

0.00%

4.07%

0.69%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.19%

3.67%

5.89%

5.19%

0.87%

1.07%

2.33%

0.91%

Kentucky

2.04%

4.07%

9.21%

4.06%

0.05%

1.98%

3.99%

1.45%

Mississippi

1.98%

6.29%

7.47%

6.75%

0.62%

0.77%

3.15%

1.19%

Tennessee

1.54%

3.52%

5.93%

10.42%

0.97%

0.17%

3.31%

0.48%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.90%

2.09%

4.81%

6.46%

0.19%

1.18%

2.57%

1.35%

Louisiana

1.56%

6.36%

6.90%

3.95%

2.53%

0.66%

3.60%

1.87%

Oklahoma

3.13%

3.87%

9.26%

7.48%

3.64%

0.00%

4.03%

1.58%

Texas

1.06%

3.37%

2.95%

6.64%

1.44%

0.18%

2.41%

0.63%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.53%

3.38%

4.97%

3.61%

4.92%

0.24%

2.39%

1.73%

Colorado

1.18%

5.63%

9.30%

7.01%

2.07%

0.00%

3.64%

0.82%

Idaho

1.84%

4.76%

4.03%

4.39%

2.66%

1.67%

2.98%

1.57%

Montana

2.27%

3.38%

4.43%

3.97%

0.85%

2.25%

2.94%

2.41%

Nevada

1.43%

5.44%

6.63%

11.73%

2.68%

1.63%

4.00%

1.42%

New Mexico

2.57%

4.76%

7.00%

5.10%

2.40%

0.00%

5.91%

2.52%

Utah

2.54%

5.57%

5.29%

4.74%

4.87%

1.08%

4.43%

3.17%

Wyoming

2.55%

3.04%

4.01%

5.48%

5.03%

0.28%

2.06%

1.24%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.75%

3.66%

6.57%

6.45%

1.57%

0.00%

3.74%

0.80%

California

1.20%

2.10%

2.43%

3.20%

2.43%

0.92%

1.71%

1.11%

Hawaii

0.43%

2.25%

0.87%

0.00%

0.93%

0.44%

1.32%

0.36%

Oregon

1.32%

3.51%

7.49%

2.92%

0.00%

0.00%

3.85%

0.37%

Washington

1.98%

4.26%

5.46%

7.33%

2.32%

0.00%

4.44%

1.27%

 
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.