Table II.A.2.g(2005) Average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at 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

7.9

6.3

9.0

9.2

9.5

8.5

7.3

8.8
 
New England:
Connecticut

8.1

6.9

9.4

8.0

10.7

8.4

7.7

9.0
Maine

8.5

7.3

9.0

10.8

8.8

8.6

8.4

8.5
Massachusetts

5.4

4.9

5.1

5.9

4.8

6.4

4.9

6.1
New Hampshire

7.3

6.0

7.2

8.7

8.6

7.9

6.7

8.3
Rhode Island

6.0

4.2

7.1

6.2

6.7

9.3

5.1

7.8
Vermont

7.2

5.8

10.4

7.3

7.5

8.2

6.9

7.9
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

8.0

8.1

8.6

7.9

9.4

7.0

8.2

7.6
New York

8.1

6.8

9.0

9.5

9.9

9.1

7.5

9.4
Pennsylvania

7.0

5.5

6.2

8.2

7.9

8.5

5.8

8.5
 
East North Central:
Illinois

7.4

4.2

9.0

9.1

9.2

9.0

6.4

8.8
Indiana

8.6

6.4

10.6

8.4

8.9

10.2

7.8

9.5
Michigan

7.6

5.3

9.1

9.4

9.9

9.1

6.6

9.6
Ohio

7.3

5.8

7.7

8.3

8.8

7.8

6.8

7.9
Wisconsin

7.1

4.9

8.2

7.9

12.3

7.1

6.1

8.7
 
West North Central:
Iowa

6.5

4.1

 *

6.5

7.1

7.7

8.6

5.0

8.3
Kansas

7.2

5.9

8.5

6.9

8.5

7.9

6.7

7.9
Minnesota

7.4

4.4

7.7

9.2

10.1

9.3

6.1

9.3
Missouri

8.4

6.2

10.1

9.5

12.5

7.8

7.8

9.2
Nebraska

7.8

7.1

8.1

6.7

10.7

7.3

7.1

8.6
North Dakota

6.3

5.4

7.1

5.5

 *

6.5

8.0

5.8

7.1
South Dakota

6.6

3.3

11.0

9.5

7.5

6.6

 *

6.2

7.3
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

8.4

5.9

7.7

11.6

7.5

10.4

7.0

9.9
District of Columbia

6.2

4.1

4.5

7.7

6.6

8.5

4.6

8.0
Florida

7.8

5.6

10.7

11.7

9.5

7.6

7.5

8.2
Georgia

8.3

5.4

9.5

10.8

8.9

9.5

7.0

9.6
Maryland

7.4

6.3

9.4

8.8

8.8

6.0

7.6

7.1
North Carolina

7.6

5.3

11.3

8.3

10.1

7.8

6.9

8.3
South Carolina

7.8

5.1

9.3

10.7

9.6

7.6

7.0

8.6
Virginia

7.9

5.5

10.0

9.2

7.0

9.3

7.4

8.5
West Virginia

9.7

9.1

10.6

11.1

9.3

9.3

10.1

9.4
 
East South Central:
Alabama

6.5

4.6

6.4

7.9

9.2

7.4

5.6

7.7
Kentucky

8.4

6.5

9.2

8.7

10.4

9.3

7.4

9.6
Mississippi

8.4

6.6

11.0

8.5

11.1

7.3

7.6

9.1
Tennessee

7.9

5.0

 *

8.9

8.2

9.3

9.0

6.6

9.0
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

10.6

6.7

10.7

9.9

10.0

13.4

8.2

12.2
Louisiana

9.0

8.1

8.9

10.4

9.2

9.1

8.8

9.1
Oklahoma

8.6

5.8

10.4

8.3

11.4

9.9

7.4

9.9
Texas

8.5

7.7

7.8

8.0

9.2

9.3

7.8

9.1
 
Mountain:
Arizona

8.9

5.0

12.4

11.6

11.7

9.8

7.3

10.5
Colorado

8.9

7.3

12.6

10.5

8.1

8.6

9.2

8.6
Idaho

9.7

8.9

11.5

11.2

11.5

7.4

10.4

8.8
Montana

10.2

9.3

11.5

13.7

11.7

7.6

11.1

8.8
Nevada

9.6

8.0

8.4

9.9

16.3

8.9

8.1

11.2
New Mexico

9.4

7.5

11.9

12.3

10.1

9.0

9.2

9.6
Utah

8.8

5.7

11.1

9.6

11.5

8.9

8.1

9.5
Wyoming

8.2

6.3

11.9

10.8

6.5

8.6

8.3

8.2
 
Pacific:
Alaska

9.4

8.7

9.9

12.7

11.3

7.1

9.7

9.2
California

8.6

7.5

9.6

10.5

10.8

7.9

8.5

8.9
Hawaii

4.6

3.2

5.8

5.7

5.9

6.4

3.9

6.3
Oregon

9.6

7.8

11.4

12.5

11.9

8.6

9.3

10.2
Washington

8.3

7.6

8.0

10.7

9.6

8.2

7.9

9.0
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table II.A.2.g(2005) Standard error for average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at 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

0.11

0.12

0.20

0.24

0.27

0.12

0.14

0.13
 
New England:
Connecticut

0.54

0.53

1.49

1.05

1.12

1.31

0.63

1.05
Maine

0.36

1.06

0.97

0.96

1.05

1.47

0.74

0.82
Massachusetts

0.46

0.82

1.06

0.72

0.64

1.34

0.58

0.84
New Hampshire

0.33

0.51

0.85

1.37

1.42

1.12

0.40

0.62
Rhode Island

0.45

0.57

1.03

0.84

0.96

1.19

0.49

0.81
Vermont

0.44

0.76

1.17

1.31

1.00

0.86

0.53

0.77
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

0.48

0.96

0.60

1.26

1.71

1.06

0.63

0.85
New York

0.47

0.54

1.22

1.09

1.20

0.95

0.63

0.62
Pennsylvania

0.66

1.05

0.87

1.14

0.98

1.33

0.65

1.02
 
East North Central:
Illinois

0.29

0.45

1.17

0.83

0.92

0.99

0.46

0.49
Indiana

0.63

1.32

1.63

1.47

0.81

1.33

0.82

0.68
Michigan

0.58

0.95

0.78

1.11

1.44

1.48

0.74

0.83
Ohio

0.28

0.34

1.15

1.42

0.86

0.57

0.47

0.40
Wisconsin

0.37

0.57

1.07

1.06

1.21

0.86

0.52

0.70
 
West North Central:
Iowa

0.65

1.42

 *

1.01

0.98

1.58

1.75

1.05

1.12
Kansas

0.31

1.00

1.29

0.72

0.94

1.18

0.53

0.65
Minnesota

0.35

0.48

1.20

1.65

1.92

1.20

0.44

0.59
Missouri

0.59

1.03

1.37

2.69

2.00

1.08

0.59

1.04
Nebraska

0.54

1.23

1.41

0.84

1.39

1.46

0.81

0.81
North Dakota

0.55

1.20

1.23

2.04

 *

1.31

2.03

0.90

0.89
South Dakota

0.50

0.55

1.60

1.04

1.33

2.11

 *

0.50

1.19
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.05

1.27

2.06

1.21

1.38

2.16

1.23

1.51
District of Columbia

0.71

0.71

1.03

1.52

1.21

1.87

0.89

1.22
Florida

0.33

0.45

1.37

1.28

0.96

0.48

0.50

0.35
Georgia

0.31

0.86

1.47

1.46

1.28

1.80

0.84

0.94
Maryland

0.24

0.83

1.36

0.62

1.54

0.63

0.56

0.71
North Carolina

0.65

0.48

2.71

1.14

1.41

1.46

0.63

0.86
South Carolina

0.67

0.78

1.72

1.35

1.73

0.96

0.67

0.96
Virginia

0.42

0.77

1.30

1.74

1.26

1.72

0.56

0.99
West Virginia

0.61

1.55

1.04

1.39

0.97

1.05

1.02

0.63
 
East South Central:
Alabama

0.41

0.78

0.88

1.51

1.51

0.88

0.75

0.64
Kentucky

0.60

0.78

1.13

1.29

0.95

1.58

0.63

1.11
Mississippi

0.68

0.98

1.61

0.86

1.48

1.04

0.90

0.90
Tennessee

0.67

1.70

 *

1.24

0.89

1.18

1.15

1.23

0.85
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

0.86

1.43

2.01

2.26

1.29

1.86

1.33

1.28
Louisiana

0.55

0.82

2.06

1.29

1.27

1.46

0.65

1.03
Oklahoma

0.46

0.65

2.15

0.93

1.99

1.15

0.54

0.72
Texas

0.47

0.65

0.84

0.58

1.18

0.92

0.58

0.85
 
Mountain:
Arizona

0.59

0.78

2.56

2.25

1.46

1.34

0.84

0.76
Colorado

0.53

1.22

1.82

1.52

1.04

1.22

0.83

0.60
Idaho

0.56

0.94

1.94

2.31

1.55

0.87

0.78

0.83
Montana

0.94

1.73

1.56

2.21

2.44

1.46

1.58

0.89
Nevada

0.72

1.01

2.15

1.01

1.56

1.07

0.86

1.21
New Mexico

0.55

0.73

2.47

2.00

0.88

1.53

0.62

0.95
Utah

0.65

0.71

1.93

1.18

1.32

1.22

0.72

1.02
Wyoming

0.58

0.60

1.99

1.49

1.75

1.25

0.74

1.09
 
Pacific:
Alaska

0.62

0.91

1.26

1.08

1.64

2.07

0.82

1.47
California

0.24

0.40

0.46

0.53

0.96

0.60

0.27

0.46
Hawaii

0.35

0.27

0.72

0.89

0.52

1.15

0.35

0.54
Oregon

0.64

1.25

1.38

2.07

1.62

1.53

0.87

1.03
Washington

0.67

0.78

2.15

1.33

1.92

1.89

0.54

1.33
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.