Table II.B.2(2005) Percent of private-sector employees in 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

86.9%

43.7%

68.2%

85.0%

93.0%

99.4%

62.2%

96.4%

 
New England:
Connecticut

92.2%

53.2%

82.9%

99.9%

100.0%

98.9%

75.9%

99.3%

Maine

86.6%

42.8%

76.9%

90.2%

99.9%

100.0%

66.1%

98.5%

Massachusetts

90.4%

47.6%

78.9%

94.0%

93.4%

100.0%

71.7%

97.4%

New Hampshire

90.9%

43.9%

86.9%

95.7%

98.4%

100.0%

72.3%

99.6%

Rhode Island

89.4%

45.8%

84.9%

95.7%

100.0%

98.5%

67.8%

99.0%

Vermont

86.1%

50.5%

63.6%

95.6%

99.4%

100.0%

64.3%

99.8%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

89.5%

65.7%

80.9%

91.0%

89.1%

97.6%

74.3%

95.6%

New York

86.3%

55.2%

76.8%

92.6%

80.3%

99.8%

70.3%

93.2%

Pennsylvania

90.0%

53.4%

77.0%

86.6%

95.8%

100.0%

68.4%

97.9%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

86.1%

41.0%

66.2%

88.4%

93.1%

98.0%

64.2%

95.0%

Indiana

86.4%

41.3%

59.3%

81.2%

95.3%

99.3%

60.1%

95.5%

Michigan

86.6%

54.2%

61.6%

77.4%

91.6%

100.0%

64.7%

95.6%

Ohio

90.3%

51.8%

77.6%

92.6%

96.7%

97.3%

70.8%

97.1%

Wisconsin

89.4%

44.4%

74.9%

91.4%

99.9%

100.0%

66.1%

99.1%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

84.0%

31.4%

57.9%

75.5%

100.0%

100.0%

52.5%

97.1%

Kansas

86.2%

36.8%

68.5%

86.3%

94.3%

100.0%

58.9%

97.1%

Minnesota

89.1%

37.0%

78.1%

92.0%

97.8%

100.0%

65.6%

98.6%

Missouri

87.4%

34.3%

70.5%

77.8%

99.2%

100.0%

57.9%

97.8%

Nebraska

84.5%

32.7%

46.0%

88.6%

99.6%

99.8%

50.0%

98.7%

North Dakota

82.0%

38.4%

74.7%

78.4%

97.2%

100.0%

56.5%

97.3%

South Dakota

83.6%

38.6%

70.8%

87.8%

99.9%

100.0%

58.3%

99.1%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

89.0%

42.1%

75.3%

81.9%

93.4%

100.0%

62.5%

97.7%

District of Columbia

92.6%

53.6%

82.7%

86.0%

99.6%

99.7%

72.4%

98.1%

Florida

87.1%

39.3%

69.1%

78.8%

95.4%

99.9%

58.5%

96.4%

Georgia

87.1%

32.4%

62.9%

82.2%

99.7%

99.5%

51.0%

99.2%

Maryland

87.5%

51.2%

79.4%

87.5%

83.6%

100.0%

69.1%

95.0%

North Carolina

87.3%

43.7%

51.5%

84.8%

98.2%

100.0%

56.6%

98.2%

South Carolina

86.3%

36.1%

51.8%

82.0%

99.8%

100.0%

54.8%

97.2%

Virginia

88.0%

41.3%

70.8%

81.7%

98.9%

99.8%

64.0%

97.2%

West Virginia

83.7%

26.0%

68.4%

84.8%

91.1%

100.0%

56.2%

96.0%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

90.0%

47.5%

72.9%

98.2%

94.1%

99.5%

67.7%

98.2%

Kentucky

88.1%

43.4%

63.6%

89.9%

94.5%

100.0%

60.6%

98.1%

Mississippi

81.5%

24.8%

48.0%

81.4%

96.0%

99.6%

41.3%

96.6%

Tennessee

87.5%

27.6%

52.8%

87.6%

99.3%

100.0%

52.1%

99.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

80.6%

22.8%

47.3%

59.2%

94.0%

98.8%

34.5%

96.9%

Louisiana

82.8%

37.3%

57.1%

80.8%

89.0%

99.8%

56.9%

95.0%

Oklahoma

80.9%

30.2%

52.0%

84.3%

91.6%

97.7%

51.2%

94.8%

Texas

84.7%

31.3%

58.1%

73.6%

92.9%

99.2%

49.8%

95.9%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

85.8%

42.0%

48.1%

70.6%

96.7%

100.0%

51.7%

97.3%

Colorado

88.6%

42.1%

73.7%

91.8%

99.9%

100.0%

63.5%

100.0%

Idaho

78.3%

26.9%

53.9%

79.8%

92.3%

100.0%

44.3%

96.7%

Montana

71.3%

23.9%

58.6%

83.7%

94.6%

93.8%

46.7%

92.3%

Nevada

89.4%

43.9%

50.0%

83.3%

93.9%

100.0%

58.0%

97.5%

New Mexico

79.9%

35.3%

60.5%

72.2%

96.5%

99.1%

49.4%

96.0%

Utah

82.7%

22.5%

52.2%

77.3%

95.6%

100.0%

44.5%

97.4%

Wyoming

71.2%

30.0%

44.0%

70.7%

98.1%

100.0%

40.4%

94.8%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

78.5%

23.0%

53.9%

82.0%

99.3%

99.9%

44.9%

98.9%

California

85.8%

48.6%

71.4%

85.4%

84.7%

99.1%

67.2%

93.3%

Hawaii

98.2%

85.1%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

93.9%

100.0%

Oregon

85.2%

42.4%

76.1%

75.6%

99.3%

100.0%

60.4%

97.3%

Washington

86.5%

44.6%

72.7%

79.6%

100.0%

99.3%

62.5%

98.0%

 
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.

 

Table II.B.2(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in 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

0.52%

0.52%

1.79%

1.09%

2.21%

0.20%

0.63%

0.72%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.70%

3.74%

5.52%

0.15%

0.02%

1.28%

4.29%

0.62%

Maine

1.69%

4.49%

6.30%

3.42%

0.12%

0.00%

4.40%

1.17%

Massachusetts

1.90%

4.91%

7.41%

5.24%

4.04%

0.00%

3.87%

1.51%

New Hampshire

1.01%

3.77%

4.54%

10.92%

0.73%

0.00%

3.14%

0.26%

Rhode Island

1.72%

5.88%

5.10%

2.68%

0.00%

0.72%

3.97%

0.63%

Vermont

1.82%

2.75%

4.74%

6.45%

0.40%

0.00%

3.23%

0.19%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.74%

5.29%

5.83%

5.74%

10.15%

2.14%

2.83%

1.69%

New York

2.56%

2.48%

4.62%

4.58%

7.94%

0.09%

2.37%

3.72%

Pennsylvania

1.12%

4.46%

10.05%

5.10%

3.17%

0.00%

4.60%

1.01%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.65%

3.00%

6.46%

4.55%

4.73%

2.03%

4.85%

2.24%

Indiana

1.16%

3.74%

7.34%

7.60%

3.22%

0.91%

1.92%

1.58%

Michigan

1.75%

3.62%

6.54%

6.72%

4.45%

0.00%

2.51%

1.76%

Ohio

1.50%

3.02%

5.47%

2.12%

2.07%

2.72%

2.83%

1.59%

Wisconsin

1.07%

4.70%

5.11%

4.31%

0.04%

0.00%

2.93%

0.99%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.14%

3.65%

8.11%

8.95%

0.00%

0.00%

3.08%

2.16%

Kansas

2.03%

2.81%

6.99%

5.87%

3.29%

0.00%

3.86%

1.51%

Minnesota

1.45%

3.95%

4.90%

4.40%

5.78%

0.00%

2.45%

1.17%

Missouri

1.48%

3.58%

6.76%

11.00%

0.71%

0.00%

3.43%

1.26%

Nebraska

1.50%

3.84%

6.91%

4.34%

0.63%

0.23%

2.92%

0.66%

North Dakota

1.47%

2.99%

7.95%

5.34%

2.45%

0.00%

3.67%

1.64%

South Dakota

1.69%

3.22%

6.03%

3.90%

0.05%

0.00%

4.67%

1.62%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.11%

4.86%

5.55%

7.74%

5.52%

0.09%

5.24%

1.89%

District of Columbia

0.93%

6.55%

9.41%

4.49%

1.28%

0.63%

4.56%

0.74%

Florida

1.51%

3.70%

4.25%

8.83%

3.64%

0.05%

3.88%

1.65%

Georgia

1.31%

4.94%

7.67%

5.70%

0.30%

0.58%

3.64%

0.49%

Maryland

1.39%

5.02%

5.42%

7.23%

5.44%

0.00%

5.18%

2.68%

North Carolina

1.48%

3.27%

6.73%

5.90%

1.07%

0.00%

5.12%

1.01%

South Carolina

2.14%

3.72%

6.88%

7.10%

0.14%

0.00%

4.67%

2.08%

Virginia

1.11%

4.79%

6.74%

5.65%

1.88%

0.20%

2.63%

0.96%

West Virginia

1.86%

2.86%

5.31%

4.14%

6.87%

0.00%

2.86%

1.50%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

0.96%

4.18%

7.11%

0.74%

2.87%

0.28%

3.95%

0.85%

Kentucky

1.14%

4.18%

7.68%

9.95%

4.65%

0.00%

3.64%

1.05%

Mississippi

1.43%

2.22%

6.56%

4.49%

2.39%

0.35%

3.05%

0.73%

Tennessee

1.31%

3.48%

6.05%

3.42%

0.54%

0.03%

4.06%

0.54%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.94%

4.04%

8.59%

10.20%

6.00%

0.77%

5.20%

1.79%

Louisiana

1.63%

2.59%

6.51%

6.26%

5.01%

0.21%

3.67%

1.91%

Oklahoma

1.67%

4.21%

8.75%

5.79%

5.32%

1.09%

3.97%

2.08%

Texas

1.29%

1.75%

5.06%

6.81%

3.47%

0.51%

2.08%

1.04%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.07%

3.72%

8.46%

11.25%

2.47%

0.03%

4.75%

1.78%

Colorado

1.16%

3.89%

7.49%

3.37%

0.08%

0.00%

2.94%

0.04%

Idaho

1.90%

2.43%

12.25%

7.45%

10.88%

0.01%

3.43%

1.87%

Montana

3.52%

3.64%

6.36%

8.86%

2.18%

5.41%

5.14%

3.69%

Nevada

1.74%

5.17%

9.71%

5.28%

4.57%

0.04%

5.75%

1.26%

New Mexico

1.50%

3.39%

6.77%

6.31%

1.61%

0.90%

2.18%

1.51%

Utah

1.91%

3.30%

6.65%

6.11%

4.79%

0.01%

2.72%

1.81%

Wyoming

2.64%

3.96%

8.05%

10.37%

1.17%

0.00%

4.61%

2.22%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.54%

1.75%

6.95%

5.86%

0.41%

0.11%

3.62%

0.62%

California

1.19%

1.54%

3.55%

4.53%

6.81%

0.74%

2.35%

1.96%

Hawaii

0.47%

3.39%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

1.57%

0.00%

Oregon

1.08%

3.91%

5.00%

6.25%

0.60%

0.00%

2.21%

1.47%

Washington

1.05%

3.10%

7.15%

5.30%

0.07%

1.40%

3.82%

1.08%

 
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.