Table II.B.2.a(2005) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

78.5%

82.2%

77.8%

75.7%

76.1%

79.8%

78.0%

78.6%

 
New England:
Connecticut

78.2%

81.0%

74.2%

72.8%

80.5%

79.6%

71.8%

80.4%

Maine

77.7%

77.4%

67.3%

68.6%

82.1%

81.3%

72.7%

79.6%

Massachusetts

81.4%

82.6%

76.1%

70.9%

80.4%

85.6%

76.7%

82.7%

New Hampshire

74.3%

78.7%

73.5%

67.4%

66.7%

79.2%

73.0%

74.7%

Rhode Island

78.9%

78.5%

79.0%

70.9%

83.0%

80.4%

79.2%

78.8%

Vermont

81.2%

74.1%

77.2%

74.7%

86.6%

83.5%

73.3%

84.4%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.3%

79.1%

82.5%

73.5%

68.5%

80.3%

80.4%

76.3%

New York

79.6%

84.8%

78.1%

83.1%

76.8%

79.2%

83.3%

78.4%

Pennsylvania

79.9%

76.8%

72.5%

73.6%

85.7%

80.8%

74.7%

81.2%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

79.6%

82.3%

86.4%

78.4%

80.0%

78.5%

79.1%

79.8%

Indiana

77.7%

76.5%

76.2%

83.7%

73.0%

78.7%

77.8%

77.7%

Michigan

82.3%

75.5%

73.4%

80.4%

86.5%

83.1%

76.3%

83.9%

Ohio

80.4%

76.5%

75.9%

72.3%

87.8%

80.8%

72.3%

82.5%

Wisconsin

76.7%

78.3%

70.1%

77.6%

77.3%

77.1%

76.0%

76.9%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

78.6%

80.4%

80.7%

76.9%

72.6%

81.9%

77.7%

78.8%

Kansas

74.6%

84.4%

65.6%

72.6%

65.0%

79.7%

68.8%

76.1%

Minnesota

74.6%

88.7%

64.5%

63.3%

70.7%

79.7%

68.4%

76.2%

Missouri

83.5%

86.1%

73.2%

82.9%

73.4%

87.5%

78.9%

84.4%

Nebraska

79.1%

82.7%

74.1%

75.3%

71.8%

83.6%

75.1%

79.9%

North Dakota

75.4%

83.8%

73.6%

59.1%

74.0%

83.5%

74.5%

75.8%

South Dakota

76.4%

70.0%

79.5%

67.4%

78.2%

79.5%

73.3%

77.5%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

78.8%

82.3%

76.2%

71.1%

76.7%

80.8%

74.5%

79.7%

District of Columbia

86.7%

93.3%

87.5%

83.4%

88.9%

86.1%

89.4%

86.2%

Florida

77.5%

86.3%

86.1%

75.1%

82.6%

74.8%

82.7%

76.5%

Georgia

75.9%

84.5%

91.0%

63.1%

80.4%

74.5%

83.8%

74.5%

Maryland

83.4%

80.7%

83.4%

77.4%

87.4%

84.9%

78.1%

84.9%

North Carolina

82.4%

83.4%

82.7%

73.1%

84.7%

83.8%

77.8%

83.3%

South Carolina

82.4%

78.9%

81.5%

75.9%

76.3%

86.1%

76.1%

83.6%

Virginia

80.7%

80.7%

81.3%

79.8%

81.3%

80.6%

83.9%

79.9%

West Virginia

75.9%

77.5%

72.1%

87.3%

64.1%

76.9%

76.3%

75.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

77.2%

86.3%

79.7%

67.2%

73.3%

79.5%

76.5%

77.4%

Kentucky

76.7%

81.5%

85.1%

69.5%

64.3%

81.5%

78.0%

76.5%

Mississippi

72.4%

75.6%

82.6%

81.7%

56.1%

77.2%

75.9%

71.8%

Tennessee

78.6%

80.3%

75.3%

83.8%

77.2%

78.1%

81.0%

78.2%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

71.9%

89.8%

82.8%

64.7%

48.5%

79.8%

80.5%

70.9%

Louisiana

77.4%

82.4%

75.3%

62.8%

74.8%

83.3%

70.7%

79.3%

Oklahoma

75.5%

86.7%

74.2%

66.6%

74.2%

78.0%

70.9%

76.7%

Texas

78.5%

90.2%

87.2%

83.5%

71.2%

79.2%

87.1%

77.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

70.5%

79.6%

73.0%

52.5%

65.0%

74.9%

69.2%

70.8%

Colorado

77.8%

83.2%

70.5%

76.2%

71.7%

81.3%

72.3%

79.3%

Idaho

75.9%

84.4%

74.8%

67.2%

62.7%

82.8%

75.9%

75.9%

Montana

68.7%

73.0%

77.5%

48.0%

73.5%

75.7%

61.9%

71.7%

Nevada

78.1%

86.2%

68.2%

77.0%

84.7%

76.1%

77.6%

78.2%

New Mexico

71.0%

77.4%

72.6%

73.1%

57.0%

74.8%

73.1%

70.5%

Utah

75.7%

74.2%

75.0%

67.3%

76.9%

77.2%

70.7%

76.6%

Wyoming

77.7%

79.9%

75.7%

71.0%

78.2%

80.6%

78.1%

77.5%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

70.0%

74.7%

69.0%

69.1%

69.2%

70.5%

74.1%

68.9%

California

77.8%

83.7%

76.0%

78.0%

70.5%

80.2%

77.8%

77.8%

Hawaii

82.0%

87.2%

84.2%

81.1%

90.8%

75.5%

83.8%

81.4%

Oregon

72.9%

80.8%

71.5%

74.4%

65.7%

74.8%

73.8%

72.6%

Washington

78.6%

84.8%

71.3%

86.1%

72.5%

79.6%

82.9%

77.2%

 
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.a(2005) 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, 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

0.51%

0.56%

1.15%

1.17%

0.90%

0.72%

0.74%

0.57%

 
New England:
Connecticut

3.41%

2.99%

5.09%

5.86%

5.29%

4.86%

3.69%

3.78%

Maine

1.84%

4.54%

4.50%

6.77%

3.15%

3.59%

2.60%

2.32%

Massachusetts

2.16%

3.96%

4.59%

5.11%

4.28%

2.80%

3.78%

2.17%

New Hampshire

1.48%

2.63%

3.89%

8.60%

5.85%

3.51%

2.46%

2.61%

Rhode Island

2.85%

3.95%

4.76%

6.83%

4.20%

4.81%

3.53%

3.14%

Vermont

2.13%

2.29%

7.96%

5.75%

3.85%

4.49%

3.35%

2.70%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.05%

2.97%

4.11%

5.25%

8.57%

4.15%

2.46%

2.42%

New York

1.07%

2.05%

4.00%

3.46%

2.92%

2.18%

2.26%

1.51%

Pennsylvania

1.71%

3.02%

10.21%

4.69%

3.09%

1.38%

3.18%

1.62%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.09%

3.86%

4.87%

5.47%

4.15%

1.75%

3.37%

1.51%

Indiana

1.53%

5.61%

5.43%

3.59%

5.35%

2.16%

2.69%

2.32%

Michigan

2.03%

4.38%

6.95%

5.25%

3.49%

3.06%

2.88%

2.49%

Ohio

2.14%

3.67%

5.85%

6.72%

1.51%

3.48%

4.64%

2.63%

Wisconsin

2.83%

3.45%

6.55%

4.46%

4.60%

3.83%

3.60%

2.75%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.23%

3.29%

3.28%

5.36%

6.92%

2.93%

3.35%

3.57%

Kansas

1.46%

3.18%

6.47%

4.79%

7.20%

2.66%

3.79%

1.78%

Minnesota

2.21%

3.78%

5.04%

5.74%

4.37%

3.11%

4.95%

2.94%

Missouri

1.55%

2.96%

4.01%

4.41%

6.14%

2.90%

3.18%

1.93%

Nebraska

1.74%

3.50%

9.55%

5.67%

6.91%

3.09%

3.17%

2.25%

North Dakota

3.42%

3.18%

5.85%

9.58%

3.23%

4.41%

3.30%

4.26%

South Dakota

2.03%

5.78%

5.31%

5.97%

3.87%

3.19%

5.37%

2.14%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.87%

5.21%

5.12%

7.43%

4.45%

3.11%

3.41%

2.15%

District of Columbia

1.27%

2.35%

3.54%

3.67%

2.92%

1.77%

2.78%

1.38%

Florida

2.98%

1.93%

3.35%

6.51%

4.97%

3.47%

2.59%

3.13%

Georgia

3.32%

4.30%

2.31%

8.41%

4.61%

3.72%

2.74%

3.92%

Maryland

1.55%

4.93%

3.24%

5.16%

3.47%

2.04%

3.31%

1.81%

North Carolina

2.08%

2.88%

5.37%

6.56%

2.71%

2.00%

3.58%

2.29%

South Carolina

1.94%

3.89%

6.47%

3.60%

5.10%

2.28%

3.23%

1.84%

Virginia

1.19%

3.66%

6.02%

3.44%

3.88%

2.93%

3.31%

1.41%

West Virginia

3.36%

3.69%

5.39%

3.26%

7.56%

4.23%

2.10%

3.90%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

3.11%

3.38%

8.13%

4.75%

6.56%

3.23%

3.64%

3.33%

Kentucky

3.17%

3.28%

3.91%

9.76%

6.14%

3.54%

3.01%

3.79%

Mississippi

4.04%

7.14%

5.23%

3.79%

7.40%

3.87%

2.44%

4.68%

Tennessee

2.11%

3.82%

8.02%

4.18%

5.01%

2.54%

3.00%

2.23%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

4.63%

3.49%

12.69%

7.42%

10.30%

3.49%

5.15%

5.01%

Louisiana

2.02%

2.53%

5.73%

8.14%

5.82%

1.78%

4.01%

2.04%

Oklahoma

3.60%

2.69%

6.18%

7.83%

5.62%

4.92%

5.39%

3.74%

Texas

1.68%

1.65%

2.05%

4.24%

6.28%

1.65%

1.57%

1.83%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.70%

4.26%

10.03%

9.05%

4.57%

4.79%

4.10%

3.44%

Colorado

2.78%

2.51%

5.22%

4.85%

6.60%

2.65%

3.06%

3.04%

Idaho

2.90%

2.98%

12.04%

6.42%

7.80%

4.38%

3.25%

3.75%

Montana

4.88%

5.01%

5.42%

11.47%

4.88%

5.86%

7.00%

5.75%

Nevada

2.12%

2.49%

7.13%

4.27%

2.76%

3.00%

2.34%

2.58%

New Mexico

2.88%

4.21%

6.22%

5.53%

6.02%

3.74%

3.95%

3.65%

Utah

4.13%

4.21%

5.61%

6.84%

4.66%

5.21%

2.79%

4.58%

Wyoming

2.79%

2.62%

6.50%

9.17%

7.95%

3.99%

2.74%

3.06%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.50%

4.12%

5.04%

8.33%

7.42%

7.37%

4.09%

5.11%

California

1.47%

1.54%

3.07%

2.41%

3.17%

1.44%

1.92%

1.79%

Hawaii

1.73%

1.61%

3.53%

3.13%

2.02%

3.19%

2.14%

2.03%

Oregon

3.41%

3.86%

6.08%

4.59%

7.51%

4.05%

3.09%

4.09%

Washington

3.20%

2.27%

5.08%

5.52%

8.07%

3.16%

2.65%

3.86%

 
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.