Table II.A.2(2005) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2005
 
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

56.3%

35.7%

64.0%

82.6%

94.2%

98.9%

43.4%

95.7%

 
New England:
Connecticut

63.8%

44.1%

78.4%

97.8%

97.8%

99.2%

53.5%

98.9%

Maine

55.6%

34.9%

76.4%

89.2%

99.4%

100.0%

44.9%

97.4%

Massachusetts

63.3%

42.8%

76.7%

94.5%

90.8%

100.0%

52.7%

96.3%

New Hampshire

62.0%

37.6%

83.1%

93.3%

92.1%

100.0%

50.6%

97.5%

Rhode Island

59.5%

41.1%

80.8%

92.3%

100.0%

99.4%

49.1%

99.2%

Vermont

56.8%

42.6%

62.1%

92.6%

90.2%

100.0%

48.4%

96.9%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

69.3%

56.8%

81.8%

86.7%

93.5%

95.6%

62.3%

94.4%

New York

60.1%

43.8%

74.8%

87.0%

97.0%

100.0%

50.6%

98.5%

Pennsylvania

61.5%

41.8%

69.6%

84.4%

87.2%

100.0%

48.5%

95.6%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

53.3%

30.6%

62.1%

86.1%

96.3%

99.3%

40.2%

94.6%

Indiana

55.9%

34.5%

53.7%

82.9%

91.9%

96.7%

41.4%

93.4%

Michigan

59.9%

43.2%

67.0%

77.7%

94.4%

100.0%

50.0%

94.1%

Ohio

62.8%

39.8%

71.5%

86.3%

93.7%

99.0%

49.1%

96.1%

Wisconsin

59.3%

38.7%

70.1%

89.3%

96.7%

100.0%

47.2%

97.5%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

47.9%

26.2%

56.3%

74.9%

100.0%

100.0%

33.8%

96.5%

Kansas

50.8%

28.5%

63.0%

86.0%

92.2%

100.0%

37.0%

95.5%

Minnesota

54.3%

31.8%

66.2%

90.5%

99.9%

100.0%

41.3%

99.0%

Missouri

50.6%

28.0%

65.1%

77.6%

94.8%

100.0%

36.9%

95.4%

Nebraska

45.2%

23.9%

46.4%

90.7%

97.0%

97.7%

31.3%

96.2%

North Dakota

49.1%

31.2%

69.4%

77.6%

92.0%

100.0%

37.6%

96.3%

South Dakota

48.1%

28.8%

70.1%

85.4%

99.0%

100.0%

37.3%

97.8%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

57.6%

33.0%

69.4%

73.9%

81.2%

98.4%

42.7%

93.1%

District of Columbia

74.3%

52.4%

82.3%

87.0%

96.9%

96.7%

61.8%

95.9%

Florida

51.2%

31.3%

63.2%

80.1%

95.9%

97.6%

38.0%

94.4%

Georgia

52.3%

27.8%

60.7%

78.2%

93.4%

97.3%

35.7%

94.9%

Maryland

64.1%

42.2%

75.9%

86.5%

95.0%

100.0%

51.0%

97.3%

North Carolina

56.7%

37.2%

49.9%

84.4%

92.5%

100.0%

42.2%

95.5%

South Carolina

53.2%

29.5%

45.6%

81.2%

96.2%

100.0%

37.1%

95.2%

Virginia

56.7%

34.3%

63.4%

84.9%

98.9%

98.1%

43.2%

97.4%

West Virginia

48.8%

20.9%

62.9%

78.1%

86.6%

100.0%

32.2%

94.5%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

59.8%

37.7%

65.2%

94.3%

90.8%

98.5%

46.3%

96.9%

Kentucky

57.1%

36.3%

59.4%

82.2%

86.5%

100.0%

43.5%

93.5%

Mississippi

45.3%

21.2%

42.3%

80.9%

93.3%

95.9%

28.1%

93.0%

Tennessee

54.7%

27.1%

48.2%

82.1%

96.8%

99.2%

35.4%

98.0%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

40.8%

16.4%

43.9%

55.8%

94.2%

94.0%

22.2%

93.4%

Louisiana

52.6%

29.0%

53.1%

72.4%

90.0%

98.2%

36.6%

93.4%

Oklahoma

48.3%

25.1%

52.5%

84.1%

94.8%

97.6%

32.7%

94.7%

Texas

50.1%

25.9%

52.6%

68.2%

91.3%

98.1%

33.6%

93.4%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

55.0%

33.6%

45.5%

64.7%

97.2%

99.8%

37.9%

97.2%

Colorado

54.1%

31.7%

72.3%

88.2%

97.0%

100.0%

40.6%

98.9%

Idaho

43.8%

23.4%

53.6%

76.1%

91.0%

99.9%

30.8%

95.2%

Montana

39.2%

20.1%

54.8%

85.2%

88.2%

94.8%

27.7%

91.0%

Nevada

52.8%

31.1%

39.6%

82.7%

95.8%

98.6%

36.2%

97.0%

New Mexico

51.2%

29.6%

60.3%

64.8%

93.5%

96.8%

36.3%

92.6%

Utah

44.1%

20.7%

51.0%

75.2%

93.3%

100.0%

29.1%

95.1%

Wyoming

38.6%

20.6%

38.0%

69.0%

92.9%

100.0%

25.2%

95.8%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

42.4%

19.1%

49.4%

74.3%

97.2%

97.3%

27.1%

95.2%

California

59.8%

41.1%

67.1%

86.6%

95.0%

99.5%

49.0%

96.2%

Hawaii

89.6%

80.9%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

85.8%

100.0%

Oregon

56.7%

37.3%

70.5%

77.1%

94.7%

100.0%

44.9%

95.7%

Washington

53.8%

36.2%

70.1%

63.2%

97.5%

97.7%

42.7%

93.7%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2005
 
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

0.50%

0.60%

1.51%

1.31%

0.42%

0.20%

0.58%

0.34%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.97%

2.61%

5.55%

2.69%

1.01%

0.88%

3.29%

0.68%

Maine

2.96%

4.04%

5.34%

3.91%

0.54%

0.00%

3.26%

1.56%

Massachusetts

2.16%

3.92%

6.63%

6.39%

4.04%

0.00%

3.22%

2.05%

New Hampshire

2.87%

3.69%

4.76%

10.34%

2.79%

0.00%

3.65%

1.24%

Rhode Island

3.95%

4.70%

4.74%

3.46%

0.00%

0.43%

4.01%

0.51%

Vermont

1.66%

1.66%

5.23%

8.03%

4.49%

0.00%

1.60%

1.48%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.05%

5.33%

5.09%

5.60%

10.77%

2.64%

3.87%

2.38%

New York

1.88%

2.12%

3.38%

5.34%

2.06%

0.02%

1.98%

0.90%

Pennsylvania

2.52%

3.73%

9.75%

5.61%

6.45%

0.04%

4.00%

2.05%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.15%

2.35%

4.10%

3.98%

1.83%

1.00%

2.42%

1.84%

Indiana

1.84%

2.88%

6.55%

5.83%

4.21%

3.55%

1.96%

2.43%

Michigan

2.25%

2.75%

5.86%

7.03%

2.28%

0.00%

2.18%

1.82%

Ohio

1.47%

1.66%

4.65%

3.50%

4.69%

0.82%

2.21%

1.95%

Wisconsin

2.50%

3.63%

5.19%

5.97%

2.00%

0.00%

2.46%

1.61%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.49%

2.29%

6.34%

8.96%

0.00%

0.00%

1.68%

1.77%

Kansas

1.90%

2.43%

7.07%

4.32%

4.15%

0.00%

2.52%

1.74%

Minnesota

2.61%

3.02%

5.88%

3.49%

1.09%

0.00%

2.82%

0.93%

Missouri

2.12%

1.97%

6.47%

9.53%

2.97%

0.00%

2.37%

2.44%

Nebraska

2.22%

2.94%

7.55%

3.97%

3.88%

1.33%

2.93%

1.18%

North Dakota

1.32%

2.14%

6.56%

6.46%

3.69%

0.00%

2.57%

1.79%

South Dakota

3.20%

2.89%

5.76%

5.72%

0.70%

0.00%

3.57%

1.18%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.26%

3.73%

5.68%

6.66%

10.28%

1.44%

3.26%

2.75%

District of Columbia

1.57%

4.93%

9.46%

3.44%

7.85%

2.36%

4.06%

1.68%

Florida

2.27%

3.02%

3.40%

7.86%

1.80%

1.89%

2.88%

2.03%

Georgia

2.72%

4.66%

7.68%

6.00%

3.86%

1.83%

3.88%

2.35%

Maryland

2.88%

4.20%

4.96%

6.18%

1.55%

0.00%

4.36%

0.93%

North Carolina

1.61%

2.42%

5.66%

5.06%

6.72%

0.00%

2.18%

1.98%

South Carolina

2.14%

2.68%

6.33%

4.78%

2.25%

0.00%

2.99%

2.03%

Virginia

2.08%

3.62%

5.96%

4.88%

1.79%

1.33%

2.67%

1.04%

West Virginia

2.80%

2.08%

4.67%

6.83%

8.58%

0.00%

2.51%

1.63%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.28%

3.23%

6.27%

2.12%

4.74%

0.95%

3.27%

1.16%

Kentucky

2.60%

4.50%

6.05%

9.70%

6.56%

0.00%

3.67%

2.17%

Mississippi

1.75%

1.82%

6.90%

4.62%

4.01%

2.91%

2.15%

2.83%

Tennessee

2.57%

3.79%

6.07%

4.95%

2.30%

1.17%

2.64%

0.84%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.44%

2.67%

7.39%

8.58%

4.83%

3.90%

3.01%

2.21%

Louisiana

1.56%

1.97%

5.46%

4.79%

3.67%

1.83%

1.89%

1.78%

Oklahoma

2.84%

2.59%

7.65%

5.51%

5.39%

3.66%

2.60%

2.37%

Texas

1.42%

1.24%

4.86%

5.66%

2.59%

1.13%

1.34%

1.11%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.48%

2.61%

8.75%

11.44%

2.31%

0.27%

2.38%

1.39%

Colorado

1.65%

2.56%

6.86%

4.95%

2.66%

0.00%

1.68%

1.20%

Idaho

1.70%

2.30%

10.20%

8.47%

6.31%

0.10%

1.99%

2.38%

Montana

2.85%

2.66%

5.29%

8.71%

4.23%

4.67%

2.59%

3.20%

Nevada

3.59%

3.97%

10.60%

5.28%

1.97%

1.48%

4.09%

1.24%

New Mexico

1.52%

2.06%

6.37%

7.18%

4.55%

2.45%

1.60%

2.08%

Utah

2.18%

2.38%

6.41%

6.19%

4.09%

0.02%

1.98%

1.65%

Wyoming

1.94%

2.42%

6.65%

10.26%

7.89%

0.00%

2.35%

1.88%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.96%

2.54%

5.17%

4.88%

2.30%

2.49%

2.98%

1.76%

California

1.61%

1.71%

2.87%

2.79%

1.59%

0.43%

1.81%

0.83%

Hawaii

1.63%

2.93%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

2.33%

0.00%

Oregon

1.80%

3.34%

6.01%

5.89%

2.53%

0.00%

2.65%

1.90%

Washington

1.78%

2.67%

6.92%

7.99%

3.69%

4.43%

1.95%

2.28%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.