Table II.B.2.a(2004) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2004
 
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

78.4%

82.5%

77.9%

75.0%

75.3%

79.9%

78.8%

78.3%

 
New England:
Connecticut

78.5%

83.8%

83.3%

71.2%

69.9%

81.6%

84.1%

76.8%

Maine

79.4%

76.9%

79.3%

70.7%

79.2%

83.1%

76.4%

80.5%

Massachusetts

76.8%

85.1%

74.5%

64.3%

76.8%

79.6%

73.4%

77.7%

New Hampshire

72.4%

77.8%

76.4%

69.1%

72.4%

71.7%

76.4%

71.0%

Rhode Island

68.9%

73.8%

73.8%

70.4%

79.9%

60.8%

70.3%

68.4%

Vermont

77.0%

64.5%

78.3%

82.7%

79.8%

77.0%

72.3%

79.0%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.6%

83.6%

68.4%

72.1%

74.8%

80.7%

76.1%

78.2%

New York

78.8%

77.8%

77.8%

78.0%

71.2%

82.0%

76.3%

79.5%

Pennsylvania

79.8%

80.7%

79.1%

75.7%

78.2%

81.7%

80.4%

79.6%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

77.2%

87.9%

80.6%

67.7%

79.0%

78.1%

75.6%

77.6%

Indiana

80.8%

69.9%

72.5%

89.9%

84.9%

79.8%

75.4%

82.0%

Michigan

77.0%

70.6%

65.8%

64.1%

77.1%

83.0%

67.0%

79.8%

Ohio

78.1%

82.0%

79.3%

85.8%

75.2%

76.8%

81.1%

77.4%

Wisconsin

77.4%

78.7%

68.6%

72.9%

72.0%

82.3%

72.8%

78.6%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

76.5%

76.6%

76.0%

69.0%

72.3%

79.8%

71.5%

77.9%

Kansas

78.4%

78.0%

66.3%

81.5%

70.1%

82.1%

76.7%

78.9%

Minnesota

78.9%

84.8%

68.6%

57.0%

84.7%

83.2%

73.5%

80.3%

Missouri

81.6%

90.5%

81.1%

72.1%

66.8%

86.8%

80.3%

81.9%

Nebraska

77.9%

78.4%

77.5%

77.9%

80.7%

76.7%

76.5%

78.2%

North Dakota

77.2%

67.0%

62.0%

71.7%

84.2%

80.1%

68.4%

79.8%

South Dakota

71.3%

84.4%

54.3%

65.5%

68.7%

76.8%

68.3%

73.0%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

71.6%

73.9%

77.4%

73.7%

72.3%

69.8%

77.3%

70.1%

District of Columbia

83.2%

93.1%

87.2%

92.7%

85.1%

77.1%

91.0%

81.2%

Florida

80.1%

85.9%

86.6%

88.3%

68.4%

80.5%

87.6%

78.6%

Georgia

76.1%

85.9%

85.2%

71.8%

72.7%

76.0%

79.6%

75.5%

Maryland

80.7%

84.3%

80.7%

75.8%

81.2%

81.4%

81.7%

80.5%

North Carolina

80.4%

88.6%

78.4%

66.2%

78.4%

83.7%

78.9%

80.7%

South Carolina

77.3%

80.9%

82.2%

59.4%

79.1%

79.3%

75.7%

77.6%

Virginia

79.9%

86.7%

73.5%

76.4%

72.7%

83.0%

77.7%

80.7%

West Virginia

75.7%

78.5%

77.7%

71.9%

71.9%

79.2%

76.2%

75.5%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

83.1%

91.5%

90.0%

87.2%

89.9%

74.7%

90.8%

81.2%

Kentucky

84.7%

88.4%

86.7%

81.9%

82.3%

85.7%

85.6%

84.5%

Mississippi

81.2%

83.8%

84.0%

83.3%

79.2%

81.1%

86.1%

80.3%

Tennessee

77.0%

85.7%

79.9%

62.4%

72.7%

82.2%

80.0%

76.4%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

81.6%

83.4%

83.2%

66.8%

77.1%

86.3%

82.9%

81.3%

Louisiana

80.8%

72.6%

92.6%

79.0%

80.9%

80.4%

83.3%

80.2%

Oklahoma

81.5%

86.7%

84.5%

80.0%

80.6%

81.3%

81.0%

81.6%

Texas

78.6%

88.5%

81.7%

85.5%

70.0%

78.6%

86.3%

77.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

68.9%

84.4%

79.0%

64.7%

62.0%

70.6%

76.6%

67.7%

Colorado

79.2%

82.1%

74.7%

78.6%

77.2%

80.6%

78.6%

79.4%

Idaho

77.5%

80.3%

71.3%

73.9%

76.0%

79.6%

73.0%

79.1%

Montana

73.1%

75.4%

75.1%

66.9%

72.2%

75.3%

75.2%

72.2%

Nevada

74.7%

90.1%

68.3%

81.0%

65.5%

74.2%

82.4%

72.8%

New Mexico

76.8%

77.2%

65.1%

69.5%

84.8%

76.4%

70.2%

78.6%

Utah

70.1%

67.2%

62.2%

70.9%

64.7%

73.3%

67.2%

70.8%

Wyoming

78.1%

81.8%

59.6%

69.6%

79.9%

89.5%

68.3%

83.9%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

68.4%

69.3%

80.9%

69.2%

57.4%

72.2%

73.7%

66.4%

California

78.5%

82.6%

82.0%

77.9%

74.4%

79.4%

80.5%

78.0%

Hawaii

80.3%

84.6%

83.1%

81.3%

80.1%

78.5%

83.7%

79.0%

Oregon

78.1%

74.8%

79.9%

67.4%

80.9%

79.8%

77.0%

78.4%

Washington

76.0%

84.1%

83.2%

82.3%

74.3%

71.8%

84.6%

73.1%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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(2004) 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, 2004
 
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

0.43%

0.48%

1.08%

0.86%

0.78%

0.78%

0.64%

0.62%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.40%

3.10%

3.31%

5.70%

4.69%

3.23%

1.02%

2.07%

Maine

1.91%

3.71%

5.15%

5.07%

3.93%

2.30%

2.28%

2.91%

Massachusetts

1.82%

2.47%

7.34%

6.14%

4.99%

2.85%

3.33%

1.65%

New Hampshire

2.73%

4.12%

4.34%

4.66%

6.21%

4.84%

2.33%

3.31%

Rhode Island

4.09%

4.98%

9.68%

9.30%

6.02%

8.39%

4.08%

5.49%

Vermont

2.59%

5.15%

4.65%

3.84%

6.11%

5.03%

3.68%

3.28%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.88%

4.68%

8.65%

5.08%

7.49%

4.22%

4.34%

2.11%

New York

1.61%

2.66%

3.83%

3.93%

3.39%

1.40%

2.73%

1.76%

Pennsylvania

1.81%

3.30%

4.78%

4.52%

5.47%

2.31%

2.50%

2.74%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.63%

1.99%

2.93%

5.65%

6.04%

2.82%

3.96%

3.37%

Indiana

2.81%

4.32%

3.56%

8.14%

3.82%

3.97%

2.79%

3.17%

Michigan

1.25%

4.42%

7.94%

8.36%

4.16%

3.78%

3.74%

2.08%

Ohio

2.73%

2.45%

6.30%

3.02%

3.94%

5.06%

2.77%

3.63%

Wisconsin

2.25%

3.41%

6.84%

3.49%

6.42%

3.63%

3.42%

3.11%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.51%

5.98%

7.39%

4.55%

2.84%

4.38%

4.39%

2.99%

Kansas

2.82%

2.89%

6.24%

7.75%

6.17%

4.23%

2.85%

3.57%

Minnesota

2.34%

2.95%

6.18%

10.65%

5.78%

2.70%

4.21%

2.38%

Missouri

2.96%

2.35%

3.35%

4.95%

6.94%

3.56%

3.61%

3.25%

Nebraska

2.72%

5.06%

6.03%

6.61%

4.19%

4.22%

4.54%

3.29%

North Dakota

3.21%

4.46%

8.87%

5.96%

5.70%

7.18%

3.74%

3.93%

South Dakota

1.96%

3.07%

8.22%

6.91%

5.68%

3.97%

4.59%

2.50%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

4.10%

5.36%

4.85%

6.86%

9.02%

4.97%

3.31%

4.53%

District of Columbia

2.61%

2.22%

4.90%

1.70%

3.54%

4.84%

1.62%

2.78%

Florida

1.67%

1.19%

3.28%

2.30%

4.11%

2.08%

1.18%

1.96%

Georgia

1.79%

4.74%

4.58%

5.85%

7.38%

2.18%

4.89%

1.86%

Maryland

1.38%

4.38%

4.39%

4.55%

3.70%

1.37%

3.26%

1.59%

North Carolina

2.39%

2.32%

4.09%

9.67%

4.52%

1.93%

3.10%

2.55%

South Carolina

1.41%

3.92%

3.70%

8.37%

3.98%

2.39%

5.16%

1.89%

Virginia

1.50%

3.31%

5.34%

7.14%

5.58%

1.81%

3.07%

1.95%

West Virginia

2.26%

3.77%

4.90%

6.62%

5.81%

4.84%

3.92%

3.12%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.48%

1.62%

3.62%

3.58%

6.53%

3.05%

1.00%

3.02%

Kentucky

1.30%

2.11%

2.29%

4.35%

3.63%

2.23%

2.03%

1.64%

Mississippi

1.48%

3.69%

15.75%

10.79%

6.23%

2.43%

2.73%

2.01%

Tennessee

2.17%

4.12%

3.42%

4.93%

5.35%

1.95%

2.51%

2.37%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.76%

4.37%

5.30%

7.69%

3.87%

3.86%

2.42%

3.43%

Louisiana

2.95%

6.09%

17.04%

14.14%

10.28%

3.35%

4.04%

3.59%

Oklahoma

1.94%

3.63%

3.78%

5.29%

4.37%

2.76%

2.71%

2.45%

Texas

1.31%

3.34%

3.36%

2.93%

4.72%

2.28%

1.52%

1.38%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

4.31%

3.70%

5.45%

11.05%

8.11%

4.87%

2.89%

4.56%

Colorado

3.73%

3.96%

7.73%

5.94%

4.44%

5.84%

3.02%

4.61%

Idaho

2.50%

2.40%

7.16%

8.75%

4.81%

5.43%

3.91%

3.39%

Montana

2.05%

5.02%

4.88%

9.09%

5.92%

5.06%

2.94%

3.97%

Nevada

3.23%

3.40%

7.28%

3.96%

8.70%

4.32%

4.06%

3.58%

New Mexico

1.84%

4.03%

7.65%

3.73%

7.26%

3.08%

2.24%

2.52%

Utah

3.90%

4.59%

7.87%

4.78%

9.02%

4.25%

3.50%

4.41%

Wyoming

2.99%

4.02%

7.85%

6.81%

6.32%

2.63%

5.08%

2.58%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.87%

6.28%

8.11%

6.55%

7.14%

5.37%

4.43%

5.82%

California

1.11%

1.36%

2.12%

3.28%

2.72%

1.65%

1.49%

1.48%

Hawaii

1.43%

1.85%

4.44%

3.94%

3.41%

2.40%

2.51%

1.52%

Oregon

1.83%

3.02%

4.85%

6.67%

4.93%

3.14%

2.46%

2.44%

Washington

2.49%

2.82%

5.08%

4.32%

6.12%

2.69%

1.36%

3.26%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.