Table II.B.2.a(2003) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

78.5%

82.2%

77.6%

74.8%

76.6%

79.7%

78.5%

78.5%

 
New England:
Connecticut

79.5%

85.3%

80.0%

78.6%

75.7%

79.9%

81.0%

79.1%

Maine

79.7%

79.6%

80.7%

73.9%

74.8%

84.3%

79.2%

79.8%

Massachusetts

74.9%

83.3%

69.6%

69.3%

70.2%

77.8%

75.1%

74.9%

New Hampshire

78.6%

86.6%

73.5%

76.8%

82.5%

75.9%

78.7%

78.5%

Rhode Island

76.3%

70.2%

71.9%

76.1%

76.8%

79.1%

73.1%

77.7%

Vermont

77.0%

75.1%

70.2%

75.4%

77.6%

80.6%

72.9%

79.1%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.7%

85.1%

84.8%

67.1%

77.9%

77.9%

82.4%

76.3%

New York

79.4%

81.0%

78.1%

72.8%

83.7%

79.2%

78.5%

79.7%

Pennsylvania

75.6%

80.2%

71.4%

77.0%

62.5%

81.6%

75.2%

75.7%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

80.3%

84.0%

75.1%

83.3%

81.3%

79.3%

80.7%

80.2%

Indiana

79.9%

66.8%

76.6%

82.8%

75.0%

83.1%

74.0%

81.2%

Michigan

77.2%

72.8%

79.4%

69.7%

76.1%

79.9%

73.5%

78.3%

Ohio

78.4%

83.1%

81.4%

73.9%

71.5%

81.9%

80.4%

77.9%

Wisconsin

78.7%

78.0%

72.8%

77.0%

71.5%

84.2%

73.2%

80.4%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

78.6%

72.3%

76.8%

69.3%

72.4%

84.2%

72.6%

80.1%

Kansas

79.1%

83.1%

76.0%

81.4%

71.4%

82.6%

78.6%

79.2%

Minnesota

77.9%

81.2%

78.1%

69.3%

87.7%

76.1%

75.5%

78.5%

Missouri

76.5%

77.9%

75.9%

81.4%

73.9%

75.4%

79.3%

75.8%

Nebraska

71.3%

80.4%

75.9%

80.1%

62.2%

70.3%

80.5%

68.6%

North Dakota

73.1%

75.0%

74.4%

59.4%

67.4%

80.8%

71.2%

73.9%

South Dakota

75.3%

75.0%

68.6%

64.9%

70.2%

85.6%

68.7%

77.7%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

77.4%

83.7%

69.5%

68.6%

72.2%

80.0%

78.3%

77.1%

District of Columbia

82.7%

88.9%

91.0%

81.8%

83.0%

80.4%

87.8%

81.4%

Florida

82.0%

86.1%

85.3%

78.0%

84.5%

80.9%

84.3%

81.5%

Georgia

77.7%

71.8%

80.1%

70.3%

86.5%

77.6%

69.3%

79.3%

Maryland

78.8%

86.2%

77.6%

79.6%

79.1%

77.6%

82.3%

77.8%

North Carolina

79.0%

88.9%

83.5%

71.9%

80.7%

78.6%

83.8%

78.0%

South Carolina

78.1%

76.6%

76.5%

74.5%

74.6%

80.3%

76.6%

78.4%

Virginia

79.4%

83.3%

81.2%

74.9%

79.0%

79.8%

79.2%

79.4%

West Virginia

81.5%

84.4%

80.2%

76.6%

83.6%

81.2%

80.1%

81.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

76.5%

91.6%

77.7%

76.3%

75.9%

74.9%

82.5%

75.1%

Kentucky

77.5%

83.9%

76.0%

81.5%

77.3%

75.8%

79.5%

77.0%

Mississippi

75.8%

70.8%

77.5%

64.5%

72.2%

80.6%

71.2%

76.9%

Tennessee

81.2%

86.9%

78.7%

81.7%

77.8%

82.1%

80.0%

81.4%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

76.3%

84.6%

73.3%

72.5%

69.2%

79.5%

72.1%

77.1%

Louisiana

78.2%

79.7%

74.7%

84.4%

70.6%

80.1%

78.9%

78.0%

Oklahoma

76.3%

78.5%

81.3%

81.4%

74.1%

75.1%

84.0%

74.8%

Texas

77.2%

88.9%

79.4%

76.9%

73.8%

77.1%

83.4%

76.2%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

76.8%

85.5%

76.4%

73.4%

67.6%

79.6%

78.1%

76.6%

Colorado

78.3%

79.3%

55.4%

67.6%

73.2%

86.5%

66.4%

81.9%

Idaho

76.0%

71.3%

62.8%

71.8%

72.0%

82.9%

66.9%

79.5%

Montana

71.8%

75.1%

72.3%

70.8%

70.3%

72.6%

71.0%

72.2%

Nevada

75.4%

83.1%

75.6%

64.5%

68.6%

79.8%

70.3%

76.5%

New Mexico

74.7%

86.2%

77.9%

66.4%

75.7%

74.4%

74.9%

74.6%

Utah

69.5%

73.8%

78.4%

65.4%

70.1%

68.6%

74.6%

68.3%

Wyoming

80.7%

76.2%

78.4%

74.4%

76.3%

86.7%

76.1%

82.8%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

72.4%

69.2%

77.6%

62.4%

70.2%

77.1%

73.6%

72.0%

California

80.7%

85.6%

78.4%

74.8%

80.8%

82.0%

80.8%

80.7%

Hawaii

80.2%

84.0%

83.8%

81.1%

77.3%

79.4%

81.3%

79.8%

Oregon

82.0%

83.6%

80.6%

78.6%

77.0%

85.1%

81.0%

82.3%

Washington

77.1%

79.2%

82.0%

65.5%

72.3%

81.4%

80.1%

76.2%

 
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.a(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

0.51%

0.56%

0.94%

0.76%

0.38%

1.06%

0.46%

0.67%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.24%

1.97%

5.31%

2.89%

5.66%

3.13%

1.40%

2.76%

Maine

2.22%

3.32%

5.43%

3.60%

3.42%

4.46%

2.47%

2.74%

Massachusetts

2.25%

2.61%

6.81%

6.01%

5.39%

3.76%

3.97%

2.66%

New Hampshire

1.82%

2.17%

3.28%

5.69%

3.54%

4.91%

2.10%

2.68%

Rhode Island

2.63%

6.70%

5.48%

3.09%

4.43%

3.78%

3.47%

3.00%

Vermont

2.95%

3.54%

3.71%

4.03%

3.48%

5.59%

2.86%

3.55%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.66%

3.09%

6.13%

8.81%

6.08%

3.03%

2.92%

2.86%

New York

2.11%

2.20%

4.44%

3.42%

3.65%

3.43%

2.57%

2.86%

Pennsylvania

1.44%

2.91%

4.50%

4.22%

5.94%

3.16%

2.71%

1.96%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.00%

1.59%

5.79%

1.71%

3.87%

2.79%

2.06%

2.60%

Indiana

1.77%

6.79%

6.35%

6.47%

4.89%

2.03%

3.63%

1.51%

Michigan

2.39%

4.29%

5.14%

4.27%

3.29%

2.44%

3.43%

2.49%

Ohio

2.02%

2.94%

6.48%

3.58%

3.93%

2.82%

2.20%

2.14%

Wisconsin

1.61%

3.10%

3.49%

4.56%

3.30%

2.23%

2.09%

2.10%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.47%

3.15%

4.35%

6.04%

3.67%

3.52%

4.72%

2.87%

Kansas

2.93%

2.76%

4.22%

5.23%

5.64%

3.87%

3.02%

3.70%

Minnesota

1.97%

3.09%

3.57%

5.40%

2.46%

2.76%

2.55%

2.15%

Missouri

3.01%

4.81%

3.00%

2.39%

5.11%

3.56%

3.28%

3.39%

Nebraska

2.41%

3.84%

3.01%

4.28%

4.84%

3.47%

2.79%

2.67%

North Dakota

2.56%

3.12%

5.18%

6.44%

6.36%

4.48%

2.62%

3.42%

South Dakota

2.26%

6.70%

6.12%

4.70%

3.54%

4.58%

2.87%

2.37%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.40%

3.60%

4.55%

4.95%

10.17%

4.12%

3.01%

3.49%

District of Columbia

1.77%

5.17%

4.26%

3.43%

3.66%

4.13%

3.33%

2.06%

Florida

2.02%

3.14%

3.04%

8.04%

4.79%

2.11%

2.39%

2.15%

Georgia

2.42%

6.25%

3.45%

7.40%

5.22%

2.99%

5.19%

2.93%

Maryland

1.79%

3.21%

4.63%

4.81%

4.62%

3.04%

2.43%

2.90%

North Carolina

2.18%

2.55%

9.19%

5.70%

4.10%

3.36%

2.75%

2.54%

South Carolina

2.03%

5.50%

5.16%

5.87%

3.90%

3.54%

3.40%

2.34%

Virginia

2.39%

2.09%

5.51%

3.66%

5.56%

3.52%

2.14%

2.83%

West Virginia

2.76%

2.89%

4.65%

5.20%

5.52%

3.99%

2.56%

3.07%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.84%

2.26%

5.11%

4.48%

5.41%

4.64%

3.03%

3.66%

Kentucky

2.37%

2.55%

5.65%

2.88%

4.06%

3.54%

2.01%

3.01%

Mississippi

2.89%

6.02%

3.14%

8.00%

5.35%

2.90%

5.06%

2.66%

Tennessee

1.72%

4.16%

2.54%

9.25%

4.02%

2.88%

2.39%

1.80%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.00%

5.57%

6.16%

3.85%

5.11%

2.00%

5.15%

2.18%

Louisiana

2.21%

4.94%

6.73%

3.04%

6.24%

3.86%

2.88%

3.15%

Oklahoma

2.90%

3.97%

9.74%

6.15%

7.12%

4.02%

2.34%

3.20%

Texas

2.45%

2.01%

2.48%

3.73%

5.24%

3.31%

2.03%

2.80%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.33%

3.11%

2.50%

3.66%

2.76%

2.06%

2.67%

1.39%

Colorado

2.34%

3.54%

8.77%

6.39%

4.45%

4.63%

5.09%

2.56%

Idaho

2.22%

4.71%

6.30%

3.26%

5.84%

5.32%

3.76%

3.02%

Montana

4.33%

3.77%

5.96%

5.44%

6.28%

5.89%

3.60%

4.88%

Nevada

2.10%

3.78%

4.27%

9.07%

4.28%

2.57%

2.60%

2.38%

New Mexico

2.26%

1.73%

2.95%

6.56%

3.82%

4.13%

4.15%

2.31%

Utah

3.15%

4.79%

5.02%

8.02%

6.36%

4.67%

4.16%

3.66%

Wyoming

2.54%

4.59%

4.24%

2.42%

4.40%

6.07%

3.16%

2.77%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.27%

4.19%

4.71%

8.15%

4.75%

5.72%

3.72%

3.72%

California

0.99%

2.50%

3.31%

2.16%

1.99%

1.85%

1.67%

1.19%

Hawaii

1.72%

3.39%

3.25%

2.75%

3.84%

2.88%

2.47%

2.22%

Oregon

2.72%

2.49%

6.30%

4.71%

5.08%

5.72%

2.88%

4.67%

Washington

1.97%

4.28%

5.92%

5.77%

6.29%

3.41%

3.12%

2.32%

 
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.