Table II.B.2(2006) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2006

 

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%

43.3%

67.4%

85.0%

95.1%

98.7%

61.2%

96.7%

 

New England:

Connecticut

93.6%

57.7%

86.4%

98.0%

100.0%

99.9%

76.8%

99.9%

Maine

86.2%

40.5%

77.9%

91.2%

100.0%

98.8%

63.2%

99.2%

Massachusetts

91.0%

58.6%

79.3%

89.3%

94.1%

100.0%

69.0%

98.4%

New Hampshire

88.9%

48.1%

82.3%

89.0%

99.5%

97.9%

70.6%

97.6%

Rhode Island

91.5%

56.0%

90.2%

93.5%

100.0%

99.3%

75.2%

99.5%

Vermont

85.2%

47.8%

68.0%

93.2%

98.1%

100.0%

65.2%

98.2%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

90.6%

57.5%

77.4%

88.0%

100.0%

99.9%

69.8%

99.9%

New York

88.3%

52.7%

79.3%

84.5%

99.4%

97.8%

69.2%

96.7%

Pennsylvania

90.8%

51.7%

76.2%

94.0%

97.9%

98.6%

69.9%

98.5%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

88.2%

32.4%

72.7%

93.4%

93.9%

98.8%

61.0%

97.5%

Indiana

87.0%

31.5%

61.5%

75.9%

99.4%

100.0%

51.0%

98.9%

Michigan

89.3%

54.0%

76.1%

90.4%

99.9%

99.8%

67.1%

99.5%

Ohio

90.3%

45.6%

67.8%

94.2%

97.8%

99.4%

66.5%

99.0%

Wisconsin

87.4%

39.6%

55.6%

94.8%

98.1%

100.0%

58.0%

99.3%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

82.6%

38.2%

69.7%

77.9%

86.7%

98.0%

56.3%

93.0%

Kansas

84.7%

41.9%

63.3%

86.6%

90.4%

98.5%

59.8%

95.5%

Minnesota

87.6%

36.4%

69.9%

86.2%

99.4%

97.0%

60.3%

97.1%

Missouri

89.2%

39.1%

72.5%

88.3%

99.4%

99.9%

63.4%

98.4%

Nebraska

81.3%

31.9%

45.5%

77.1%

97.4%

99.8%

43.4%

97.8%

North Dakota

80.4%

35.1%

74.3%

85.7%

84.3%

99.8%

57.1%

93.3%

South Dakota

78.3%

29.3%

59.2%

75.4%

89.3%

100.0%

50.1%

94.7%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

90.3%

47.9%

72.8%

90.0%

99.2%

99.5%

65.9%

99.0%

District of Columbia

95.1%

64.9%

79.0%

93.3%

98.3%

100.0%

79.5%

98.8%

Florida

86.0%

40.0%

67.0%

75.7%

99.9%

98.3%

57.0%

96.2%

Georgia

86.2%

35.7%

69.0%

89.6%

94.5%

95.4%

59.1%

95.4%

Maryland

88.1%

60.7%

76.4%

76.0%

96.9%

100.0%

74.5%

93.7%

North Carolina

84.4%

44.7%

63.6%

90.0%

74.7%

100.0%

59.5%

93.9%

South Carolina

82.8%

30.2%

68.9%

75.0%

96.8%

97.9%

51.0%

95.9%

Virginia

88.7%

43.3%

78.8%

87.7%

90.6%

99.5%

64.8%

96.8%

West Virginia

79.6%

35.6%

51.3%

70.3%

89.2%

98.8%

49.6%

92.7%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

90.8%

48.7%

71.1%

95.9%

97.4%

100.0%

69.2%

99.0%

Kentucky

88.9%

36.4%

71.4%

85.5%

99.5%

99.6%

58.7%

99.5%

Mississippi

83.3%

28.8%

49.8%

71.6%

99.2%

98.6%

45.9%

96.6%

Tennessee

87.4%

34.4%

53.4%

76.1%

100.0%

99.4%

53.4%

98.1%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

82.5%

31.2%

41.9%

74.8%

97.4%

99.0%

42.7%

97.6%

Louisiana

79.1%

32.7%

54.2%

84.1%

83.8%

95.9%

50.5%

92.4%

Oklahoma

82.9%

39.0%

59.6%

79.7%

89.7%

99.8%

53.2%

95.3%

Texas

82.1%

31.9%

48.2%

70.7%

89.7%

96.6%

48.8%

92.5%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

84.1%

29.4%

41.7%

75.2%

93.0%

100.0%

47.2%

95.4%

Colorado

85.2%

46.4%

50.7%

94.4%

86.8%

99.7%

59.3%

96.0%

Idaho

80.7%

34.5%

61.1%

65.8%

100.0%

99.3%

49.3%

95.5%

Montana

78.5%

30.0%

59.0%

92.7%

100.0%

100.0%

51.6%

99.3%

Nevada

89.1%

46.5%

58.1%

80.7%

96.5%

99.3%

57.3%

97.7%

New Mexico

81.5%

32.0%

57.2%

68.0%

94.3%

100.0%

49.2%

96.3%

Utah

84.0%

37.6%

49.5%

81.5%

93.5%

98.7%

52.3%

96.0%

Wyoming

76.8%

33.9%

60.2%

82.9%

100.0%

98.8%

53.6%

97.7%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

77.3%

19.7%

43.7%

88.3%

99.2%

99.5%

42.1%

98.3%

California

86.8%

46.0%

69.0%

83.4%

92.7%

98.3%

63.7%

95.4%

Hawaii

96.0%

80.6%

100.0%

94.9%

100.0%

98.3%

90.4%

98.6%

Oregon

88.2%

47.7%

75.5%

91.2%

99.0%

97.8%

67.3%

98.1%

Washington

86.4%

38.4%

67.2%

93.6%

98.0%

99.9%

60.2%

98.9%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2006

 

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

0.21%

0.93%

1.19%

0.85%

0.98%

0.27%

0.45%

0.34%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.55%

4.92%

6.38%

2.84%

0.00%

0.14%

3.09%

0.11%

Maine

2.29%

3.30%

4.66%

3.55%

0.00%

0.43%

4.07%

0.31%

Massachusetts

1.91%

4.87%

3.38%

5.91%

3.97%

0.00%

4.47%

1.46%

New Hampshire

1.89%

3.13%

6.23%

6.48%

0.22%

1.15%

4.06%

1.09%

Rhode Island

1.86%

5.77%

3.67%

9.59%

0.00%

0.88%

5.11%

0.62%

Vermont

1.44%

2.68%

6.32%

2.71%

1.33%

0.00%

2.56%

1.01%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.18%

3.85%

6.23%

3.37%

0.00%

0.11%

3.29%

0.09%

New York

1.36%

2.98%

5.02%

5.35%

0.77%

2.07%

2.93%

1.75%

Pennsylvania

0.73%

3.30%

5.21%

3.34%

2.49%

0.71%

2.86%

0.82%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.17%

2.63%

4.83%

2.20%

2.57%

0.92%

1.97%

0.84%

Indiana

1.51%

4.68%

4.08%

6.57%

0.45%

0.00%

3.50%

0.68%

Michigan

1.03%

6.54%

6.86%

7.39%

0.18%

0.12%

4.76%

0.34%

Ohio

1.27%

2.98%

9.19%

2.81%

1.70%

0.43%

4.86%

0.43%

Wisconsin

1.49%

4.76%

7.43%

2.75%

0.94%

0.00%

4.15%

0.39%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.56%

5.11%

6.81%

4.44%

7.95%

1.41%

2.13%

3.03%

Kansas

2.18%

5.13%

4.84%

5.43%

3.67%

1.83%

3.94%

2.89%

Minnesota

1.93%

3.15%

3.81%

5.66%

0.39%

4.46%

3.53%

2.01%

Missouri

1.22%

3.80%

5.47%

5.35%

0.74%

0.06%

2.55%

0.61%

Nebraska

1.89%

4.13%

10.59%

10.07%

4.27%

0.11%

3.71%

1.23%

North Dakota

3.77%

3.56%

6.68%

6.12%

8.92%

0.15%

4.97%

4.01%

South Dakota

2.82%

4.05%

3.81%

12.42%

5.16%

0.00%

3.49%

3.22%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.22%

4.19%

9.45%

4.42%

0.98%

0.30%

4.94%

0.63%

District of Columbia

0.65%

4.07%

4.72%

4.43%

1.49%

0.00%

1.78%

0.61%

Florida

1.68%

3.98%

5.19%

4.55%

0.05%

0.79%

2.97%

1.41%

Georgia

2.40%

3.85%

10.43%

2.96%

4.07%

2.64%

4.26%

2.62%

Maryland

1.61%

4.44%

10.07%

10.48%

2.14%

0.00%

4.30%

2.22%

North Carolina

2.75%

4.41%

7.44%

3.85%

10.33%

0.00%

3.43%

2.87%

South Carolina

1.60%

4.11%

4.39%

7.65%

10.31%

1.95%

3.15%

1.05%

Virginia

1.92%

4.85%

5.35%

3.93%

5.07%

0.46%

2.97%

2.01%

West Virginia

2.46%

3.58%

8.20%

10.88%

6.63%

0.86%

4.73%

2.62%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.02%

5.37%

6.89%

1.60%

1.60%

0.00%

2.94%

0.67%

Kentucky

1.09%

3.56%

6.73%

5.46%

0.40%

0.68%

3.57%

0.48%

Mississippi

1.90%

4.28%

8.52%

7.51%

0.42%

1.64%

4.08%

1.53%

Tennessee

1.19%

4.80%

5.17%

5.42%

0.00%

0.55%

2.81%

1.28%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.45%

4.00%

7.56%

5.45%

5.02%

0.64%

3.81%

0.99%

Louisiana

1.64%

3.68%

9.21%

8.17%

7.34%

1.83%

4.20%

2.02%

Oklahoma

3.05%

4.35%

8.62%

9.65%

6.35%

0.16%

2.63%

3.85%

Texas

1.79%

3.07%

7.47%

5.34%

4.96%

1.99%

2.22%

1.57%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.51%

3.18%

7.58%

5.18%

6.41%

0.00%

3.42%

2.65%

Colorado

2.54%

4.14%

11.16%

2.25%

7.21%

0.23%

6.29%

2.14%

Idaho

3.56%

3.63%

9.92%

7.49%

0.00%

0.81%

4.91%

2.63%

Montana

2.05%

2.38%

7.47%

3.35%

0.00%

14.91%

2.36%

0.96%

Nevada

1.65%

5.35%

8.75%

5.22%

2.95%

0.86%

4.16%

1.00%

New Mexico

2.11%

2.80%

6.31%

5.80%

2.12%

0.00%

3.44%

0.88%

Utah

1.14%

5.03%

6.60%

2.99%

2.00%

0.55%

2.57%

1.28%

Wyoming

3.30%

4.75%

6.43%

10.70%

0.00%

0.66%

4.44%

1.31%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.55%

3.42%

6.85%

3.18%

0.55%

1.25%

3.27%

1.92%

California

0.79%

1.61%

4.42%

1.78%

2.62%

1.06%

1.98%

1.50%

Hawaii

1.54%

6.80%

0.00%

2.08%

0.00%

0.95%

5.37%

0.69%

Oregon

1.36%

5.74%

5.98%

2.65%

0.81%

1.05%

2.65%

1.03%

Washington

2.02%

3.19%

8.38%

6.92%

2.37%

0.18%

3.62%

0.65%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.