Table II.B.2.a(2008) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2008
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 78.1%    82.2%    78.3%    75.2%    75.4%    79.4%    78.5%    78.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 79.6%    79.7%    70.8%    83.4%    79.6%    80.3%    75.7%    80.7%   
Maine 80.3%    74.2%    73.2%    76.7%    76.2%    88.6%    76.3%    81.8%   
Massachusetts 74.6%    78.5%    73.1%    69.4%    69.3%    77.9%    71.1%    75.5%   
New Hampshire 76.0%    77.4%    69.1%    76.7%    80.1%    74.9%    71.0%    77.8%   
Rhode Island 74.5%    76.4%    66.6%    80.4%    71.4%    75.5%    73.9%    74.7%   
Vermont 79.0%    77.9%    73.5%    76.1%    77.7%    82.7%    76.8%    79.8%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 76.6%    81.0%    84.6%    79.5%    61.0%    79.4%    83.0%    74.4%   
New York 78.5%    81.5%    74.1%    75.7%    77.8%    80.1%    77.0%    79.0%   
Pennsylvania 76.5%    77.0%    75.0%    69.6%    72.0%    80.8%    73.0%    77.3%   
East North Central:
Illinois 78.6%    82.5%    83.7%    74.7%    70.3%    82.3%    80.1%    78.3%   
Indiana 81.1%    80.6%    80.3%    78.2%    81.2%    82.0%    76.8%    82.0%   
Michigan 76.5%    72.1%    72.3%    75.8%    77.5%    77.6%    72.8%    77.5%   
Ohio 78.6%    80.2%    78.6%    76.5%    75.7%    80.2%    75.6%    79.2%   
Wisconsin 77.2%    76.7%    70.5%    73.2%    69.8%    82.9%    74.2%    77.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 79.4%    74.0%    84.1%    70.5%    78.5%    82.6%    78.3%    79.7%   
Kansas 77.5%    80.0%    78.6%    81.4%    76.6%    76.0%    80.6%    76.8%   
Minnesota 77.8%    78.9%    74.8%    70.7%    72.2%    82.4%    75.5%    78.3%   
Missouri 77.0%    80.1%    71.2%    78.1%    74.3%    78.0%    74.4%    77.6%   
Nebraska 79.6%    77.9%    65.4%    72.5%    77.5%    84.1%    69.3%    81.9%   
North Dakota 75.9%    70.2%    71.8%    65.0%    74.7%    83.7%    68.5%    78.4%   
South Dakota 73.4%    80.1%    65.4%    56.9%    75.1%    79.5%    62.7%    77.1%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 79.1%    88.4%    67.5%    70.7%    83.7%    80.7%    71.2%    80.9%   
District of Columbia 82.2%    92.9%    88.4%    80.5%    80.5%    81.8%    87.8%    81.1%   
Florida 78.6%    88.9%    84.1%    71.2%    78.1%    78.4%    83.5%    77.6%   
Georgia 81.4%    83.8%    80.6%    77.7%    82.8%    81.5%    84.4%    80.8%   
Maryland 79.7%    81.6%    86.0%    76.9%    72.9%    81.7%    77.7%    80.2%   
North Carolina 79.4%    86.2%    81.6%    76.7%    77.4%    79.9%    78.7%    79.5%   
South Carolina 78.0%    83.1%    73.6%    74.5%    70.6%    81.7%    79.6%    77.7%   
Virginia 78.0%    84.2%    73.3%    65.3%    78.5%    81.2%    75.1%    78.7%   
West Virginia 77.2%    83.8%    78.2%    71.5%    73.7%    79.2%    78.6%    76.9%   
East South Central:
Alabama 78.0%    88.6%    78.8%    79.9%    71.6%    78.5%    82.8%    76.8%   
Kentucky 80.4%    81.1%    85.5%    78.3%    86.9%    78.3%    82.1%    80.0%   
Mississippi 80.4%    79.6%    80.8%    78.9%    80.0%    81.0%    79.9%    80.5%   
Tennessee 73.8%    82.2%    83.3%    72.8%    78.6%    71.2%    79.5%    72.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 78.6%    79.5%    80.5%    70.1%    76.7%    81.1%    72.6%    79.6%   
Louisiana 75.4%    83.5%    77.7%    72.8%    70.6%    77.1%    77.9%    74.8%   
Oklahoma 72.6%    82.7%    65.8%    70.9%    75.2%    71.6%    75.5%    71.9%   
Texas 77.0%    87.1%    88.5%    80.0%    73.3%    75.9%    85.6%    75.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 74.5%    88.8%    84.6%    70.9%    72.9%    73.7%    84.1%    72.8%   
Colorado 76.5%    84.4%    79.2%    72.0%    71.1%    78.1%    79.7%    75.7%   
Idaho 79.1%    79.0%    74.4%    75.0%    70.1%    83.8%    76.8%    79.8%   
Montana 75.6%    80.7%    78.6%    79.3%    69.7%    76.7%    82.1%    73.4%   
Nevada 80.0%    87.3%    69.9%    72.3%    75.0%    84.3%    82.3%    79.7%   
New Mexico 73.0%    80.3%    64.0%    66.6%    72.1%    75.8%    70.4%    73.6%   
Utah 74.4%    83.1%    77.3%    74.7%    68.7%    75.4%    78.1%    73.5%   
Wyoming 77.8%    72.6%    80.2%    75.0%    69.4%    82.6%    76.9%    78.2%   
Pacific:
Alaska 75.8%    71.1%    77.0%    71.6%    77.2%    76.6%    76.0%    75.8%   
California 80.5%    85.3%    80.1%    78.7%    81.0%    80.2%    80.8%    80.4%   
Hawaii 77.8%    82.4%    78.1%    76.5%    68.9%    83.7%    80.5%    76.7%   
Oregon 81.7%    76.8%    83.6%    80.2%    75.0%    84.9%    79.7%    82.2%   
Washington 78.6%    80.8%    82.0%    74.1%    77.9%    79.5%    79.1%    78.5%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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(2008) 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, 2008
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 0.38%    0.47%    0.98%    0.83%    0.74%    0.55%    0.36%    0.43%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.89%    2.89%    3.91%    3.88%    4.35%    3.20%    1.77%    2.32%   
Maine 1.19%    4.13%    8.84%    7.16%    4.72%    2.16%    5.05%    2.10%   
Massachusetts 0.94%    2.18%    5.17%    2.86%    3.55%    1.73%    3.07%    0.75%   
New Hampshire 2.64%    3.33%    7.06%    4.98%    4.67%    3.99%    2.84%    3.28%   
Rhode Island 1.09%    3.23%    8.76%    4.49%    2.75%    3.42%    3.15%    1.93%   
Vermont 1.97%    2.35%    4.20%    3.25%    2.55%    4.85%    1.31%    2.55%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.38%    2.26%    4.60%    3.95%    8.59%    3.55%    2.38%    2.65%   
New York 1.27%    2.55%    4.78%    3.06%    2.52%    2.02%    2.33%    1.31%   
Pennsylvania 2.09%    2.41%    3.73%    4.47%    5.08%    2.90%    3.65%    2.26%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.60%    2.28%    3.22%    5.05%    3.59%    1.99%    1.99%    1.81%   
Indiana 2.33%    4.56%    9.19%    3.95%    3.74%    3.61%    2.95%    2.84%   
Michigan 2.16%    3.65%    3.77%    2.81%    5.16%    3.08%    2.51%    2.73%   
Ohio 1.88%    2.68%    3.68%    2.70%    2.92%    2.65%    2.72%    2.07%   
Wisconsin 1.30%    3.86%    6.57%    3.38%    2.98%    2.23%    2.60%    1.30%   
West North Central:
Iowa 0.61%    4.15%    2.79%    6.48%    3.50%    1.76%    2.90%    0.95%   
Kansas 2.66%    1.76%    6.55%    3.16%    3.72%    4.58%    2.41%    3.40%   
Minnesota 2.04%    4.25%    2.88%    2.80%    4.70%    3.40%    1.71%    2.56%   
Missouri 2.03%    3.28%    5.21%    3.66%    4.50%    2.67%    3.86%    2.09%   
Nebraska 1.69%    5.62%    5.07%    4.53%    4.45%    2.94%    3.39%    1.73%   
North Dakota 1.89%    4.21%    6.05%    5.27%    5.17%    3.59%    2.26%    2.66%   
South Dakota 2.90%    3.16%    3.97%    8.16%    3.36%    4.46%    3.91%    3.13%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.07%    2.69%    9.50%    4.57%    2.88%    2.59%    4.24%    2.12%   
District of Columbia 2.14%    1.59%    3.22%    7.06%    3.50%    2.86%    2.18%    2.46%   
Florida 2.62%    3.21%    2.96%    2.86%    5.18%    3.19%    1.56%    3.18%   
Georgia 1.29%    3.68%    12.45%    5.09%    5.17%    2.62%    2.57%    1.47%   
Maryland 1.50%    2.99%    7.16%    3.31%    5.73%    1.84%    4.02%    1.65%   
North Carolina 1.38%    2.73%    4.59%    3.91%    4.78%    2.59%    2.33%    1.48%   
South Carolina 0.99%    3.27%    9.92%    3.89%    4.22%    2.34%    2.90%    1.15%   
Virginia 2.07%    3.63%    4.39%    6.21%    3.57%    2.71%    2.58%    2.32%   
West Virginia 2.37%    3.18%    4.74%    5.39%    9.13%    2.67%    1.46%    2.98%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.41%    3.49%    4.80%    4.85%    4.08%    3.39%    2.85%    2.87%   
Kentucky 2.24%    7.39%    8.77%    3.87%    3.55%    3.73%    4.67%    2.47%   
Mississippi 3.08%    5.71%    4.94%    5.90%    7.31%    3.67%    2.82%    3.52%   
Tennessee 3.04%    3.27%    3.98%    6.38%    3.45%    4.79%    3.18%    3.42%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.17%    4.06%    9.03%    7.76%    4.71%    3.32%    3.37%    2.43%   
Louisiana 2.34%    4.42%    5.13%    5.83%    3.98%    3.14%    3.01%    2.62%   
Oklahoma 2.05%    3.08%    6.43%    4.79%    3.86%    3.86%    2.32%    2.55%   
Texas 1.51%    2.26%    2.08%    3.88%    5.14%    2.82%    1.37%    1.65%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.63%    3.54%    4.46%    5.67%    3.99%    3.60%    2.91%    3.01%   
Colorado 1.18%    3.60%    9.33%    4.46%    5.18%    2.94%    2.64%    1.26%   
Idaho 2.44%    3.96%    11.51%    3.83%    6.38%    4.79%    4.37%    2.76%   
Montana 2.24%    4.06%    3.89%    3.05%    4.13%    4.24%    2.92%    2.74%   
Nevada 1.91%    3.25%    9.88%    7.29%    7.10%    2.41%    4.11%    2.18%   
New Mexico 2.64%    3.94%    5.15%    6.77%    4.96%    4.39%    2.91%    3.28%   
Utah 1.78%    1.73%    5.88%    6.46%    5.66%    3.09%    2.46%    2.04%   
Wyoming 1.95%    4.51%    7.46%    4.81%    3.63%    3.30%    3.60%    2.29%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.73%    2.79%    3.24%    5.57%    3.02%    4.69%    1.15%    2.07%   
California 1.59%    1.60%    2.14%    3.00%    2.75%    1.93%    1.63%    1.78%   
Hawaii 2.78%    1.98%    5.78%    3.19%    5.92%    3.70%    2.27%    4.03%   
Oregon 1.16%    4.09%    3.57%    3.21%    4.92%    1.48%    1.98%    1.31%   
Washington 2.23%    3.21%    3.99%    4.60%    3.47%    3.86%    2.36%    2.97%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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