Table II.A.2.f(2009) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2009
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 74.0%    55.2%    79.4%    86.2%    89.4%    83.7%    64.7%    85.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 76.7%    57.2%    90.3%    92.9%    90.1%    85.0%    69.6%    87.1%   
Maine 73.5%    50.4%    87.6%    93.5%    92.2%    81.9%    64.7%    87.4%   
Massachusetts 62.3%    39.9%    54.8%    78.5%    82.2%    85.4%    47.7%    83.5%   
New Hampshire 72.0%    49.2%    80.6%    93.7%    92.2%    85.0%    62.4%    88.1%   
Rhode Island 67.7%    47.8%    67.6%    86.3%    95.6%    86.7%    55.7%    89.6%   
Vermont 72.8%    54.6%    78.3%    88.3%    90.9%    91.5%    64.6%    89.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 68.3%    50.8%    93.0%    81.4%    93.2%    76.3%    61.9%    81.8%   
New York 63.2%    48.8%    68.4%    84.0%    82.8%    76.0%    56.4%    78.0%   
Pennsylvania 68.5%    43.4%    74.0%    83.8%    90.9%    83.1%    55.4%    85.5%   
East North Central:
Illinois 74.4%    61.0%    74.5%    84.9%    84.1%    81.9%    66.9%    83.6%   
Indiana 81.4%    57.7%    80.4%    82.5%    95.0%    91.9%    68.5%    90.9%   
Michigan 76.0%    52.3%    86.3%    86.8%    86.8%    93.4%    63.8%    91.6%   
Ohio 73.2%    57.4%    71.4%    83.9%    86.4%    83.2%    64.0%    84.0%   
Wisconsin 74.0%    45.4%    72.6%    93.0%    91.3%    84.2%    61.6%    88.4%   
West North Central:
Iowa 74.5%    42.2%    83.2%    91.1%    98.8%    89.4%    58.5%    93.8%   
Kansas 74.0%    52.9%    75.6%    75.8%    87.0%    90.8%    62.3%    87.0%   
Minnesota 69.1%    41.3%    76.0%    86.0%    93.2%    86.0%    54.6%    89.1%   
Missouri 80.6%    62.2%    84.8%    84.5%    92.6%    90.9%    70.7%    90.9%   
Nebraska 72.3%    42.3%    77.5%    84.6%    89.6%    91.7%    54.4%    90.5%   
North Dakota 69.8%    45.4%    85.9%    86.2%    92.2%    83.5%    60.1%    86.0%   
South Dakota 70.3%    46.6%    76.5%    93.1%    89.1%    84.9%    59.5%    88.1%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 73.8%    50.9%    75.0%    93.8%    87.8%    84.8%    61.6%    87.5%   
District of Columbia 62.3%    41.8%    58.1%    72.8%    82.4%    75.4%    48.8%    77.7%   
Florida 75.4%    52.5%    77.5%    90.6%    95.2%    87.5%    62.8%    89.4%   
Georgia 69.5%    50.1%    76.0%    73.3%    88.6%    77.8%    59.0%    80.1%   
Maryland 71.0%    50.2%    76.3%    88.6%    91.4%    84.7%    60.6%    86.7%   
North Carolina 75.0%    63.2%    83.1%    91.9%    87.8%    69.2%    74.0%    75.8%   
South Carolina 77.3%    73.1%    85.2%    88.1%    86.5%    70.5%    78.5%    76.2%   
Virginia 76.4%    64.8%    75.1%    85.0%    90.3%    79.3%    70.6%    82.0%   
West Virginia 76.5%    65.7%    88.2%    83.8%    82.9%    75.1%    73.2%    79.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.7%    58.1%    75.2%    76.7%    84.4%    79.1%    64.3%    81.1%   
Kentucky 77.7%    51.0%    80.9%    89.8%    92.9%    87.0%    65.9%    88.3%   
Mississippi 81.6%    65.2%    75.9%    85.3%    92.2%    89.1%    72.3%    89.7%   
Tennessee 69.0%    37.3%    86.8%    80.0%    91.1%    74.3%    56.3%    79.8%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 76.6%    54.5%    75.0%    84.8%    95.8%    83.3%    63.6%    87.4%   
Louisiana 72.3%    54.7%    80.6%    87.0%    80.6%    73.1%    67.2%    76.7%   
Oklahoma 77.3%    58.3%    84.1%    87.1%    89.3%    83.5%    68.7%    86.1%   
Texas 78.4%    66.5%    81.0%    83.0%    87.6%    82.9%    71.6%    84.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 83.6%    66.3%    85.6%    89.2%    98.3%    92.6%    72.5%    93.5%   
Colorado 71.7%    55.0%    84.8%    88.2%    88.4%    80.7%    64.5%    82.7%   
Idaho 83.7%    68.0%    91.0%    91.4%    96.1%    92.2%    76.0%    93.4%   
Montana 78.3%    63.1%    91.0%    88.4%    91.8%    83.5%    72.1%    87.3%   
Nevada 83.3%    66.2%    92.9%    93.4%    88.7%    88.2%    77.4%    88.6%   
New Mexico 80.2%    60.5%    92.0%    81.7%    96.5%    86.0%    72.7%    87.5%   
Utah 81.2%    61.2%    89.1%    96.1%    92.6%    87.0%    72.8%    90.1%   
Wyoming 75.3%    51.2%    90.5%    95.3%    82.4%    86.2%    67.0%    86.3%   
Pacific:
Alaska 75.4%    57.8%    91.7%    86.0%    90.5%    72.7%    69.7%    81.0%   
California 78.7%    64.3%    84.1%    91.0%    87.9%    88.1%    72.1%    88.5%   
Hawaii 69.7%    53.7%    80.8%    85.3%    87.1%    88.5%    61.8%    87.8%   
Oregon 82.9%    65.9%    92.6%    94.3%    94.3%    94.9%    74.9%    95.4%   
Washington 78.3%    57.9%    91.1%    84.4%    92.6%    94.2%    68.7%    93.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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.A.2.f(2009) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2009
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 0.40%    0.94%    0.83%    0.52%    0.69%    0.90%    0.54%    0.60%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.59%    8.10%    4.33%    3.17%    3.72%    4.49%    5.24%    2.86%   
Maine 1.83%    5.14%    4.54%    2.88%    3.04%    3.25%    1.95%    1.93%   
Massachusetts 2.90%    5.00%    7.19%    8.85%    4.63%    3.67%    2.81%    2.63%   
New Hampshire 2.63%    7.16%    3.66%    3.19%    2.81%    3.88%    4.10%    2.54%   
Rhode Island 2.25%    4.00%    5.41%    5.26%    1.96%    5.02%    3.67%    3.00%   
Vermont 1.98%    3.05%    4.27%    5.55%    8.58%    2.45%    3.05%    2.44%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.78%    5.33%    2.43%    5.63%    3.89%    7.95%    4.20%    4.05%   
New York 3.26%    4.44%    4.47%    4.92%    4.36%    4.56%    3.46%    3.64%   
Pennsylvania 2.19%    5.10%    6.21%    3.85%    3.76%    3.79%    3.76%    3.26%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.20%    6.69%    6.11%    3.51%    3.78%    5.02%    4.77%    3.18%   
Indiana 2.76%    7.90%    13.49%    6.67%    2.77%    3.60%    4.65%    2.45%   
Michigan 1.16%    4.38%    3.94%    4.13%    4.99%    1.96%    3.13%    0.95%   
Ohio 1.21%    5.62%    4.45%    3.90%    4.55%    2.85%    3.02%    2.44%   
Wisconsin 3.03%    8.08%    6.65%    2.70%    3.70%    4.40%    4.37%    3.00%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.62%    4.32%    6.12%    5.20%    0.69%    3.26%    4.33%    1.75%   
Kansas 2.64%    5.98%    12.47%    6.97%    3.26%    3.43%    5.23%    2.01%   
Minnesota 2.46%    4.57%    9.66%    4.73%    2.56%    3.24%    3.68%    2.42%   
Missouri 3.70%    8.77%    11.06%    5.61%    3.25%    1.84%    6.80%    1.59%   
Nebraska 2.51%    6.31%    8.62%    4.33%    3.38%    2.35%    5.01%    2.78%   
North Dakota 3.73%    6.30%    4.04%    4.08%    4.23%    5.31%    4.85%    2.48%   
South Dakota 3.56%    6.12%    7.23%    3.26%    3.99%    6.33%    5.01%    2.96%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.68%    7.63%    7.26%    3.19%    4.29%    4.96%    3.50%    2.84%   
District of Columbia 1.76%    4.61%    8.25%    6.00%    2.34%    3.50%    3.21%    2.31%   
Florida 3.47%    7.11%    4.36%    3.48%    2.80%    3.15%    4.82%    2.43%   
Georgia 2.98%    8.77%    6.03%    7.37%    5.89%    4.36%    4.77%    3.03%   
Maryland 3.80%    5.41%    6.19%    4.45%    4.45%    4.96%    5.07%    3.44%   
North Carolina 3.30%    6.12%    9.98%    3.56%    4.24%    7.97%    4.69%    5.73%   
South Carolina 1.55%    5.13%    11.20%    9.82%    3.25%    2.82%    2.56%    1.33%   
Virginia 1.99%    5.13%    10.80%    4.61%    3.31%    4.57%    4.64%    3.71%   
West Virginia 3.45%    8.56%    9.79%    4.29%    4.80%    5.79%    4.55%    3.37%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.69%    7.75%    6.99%    6.26%    4.24%    4.55%    4.24%    2.30%   
Kentucky 3.15%    7.35%    10.48%    3.49%    4.02%    3.95%    5.42%    3.13%   
Mississippi 2.54%    11.36%    4.40%    4.63%    2.75%    2.22%    5.78%    1.98%   
Tennessee 1.51%    6.05%    9.37%    6.39%    4.78%    4.95%    4.77%    3.88%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.39%    8.02%    8.83%    5.88%    1.64%    3.84%    4.73%    2.10%   
Louisiana 3.54%    8.03%    6.65%    3.35%    6.11%    6.19%    4.44%    4.05%   
Oklahoma 3.41%    8.22%    6.55%    4.09%    2.84%    3.46%    4.67%    2.33%   
Texas 1.71%    4.62%    6.36%    4.58%    3.03%    3.34%    2.81%    2.46%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.60%    4.31%    13.65%    3.45%    1.31%    1.70%    4.00%    1.29%   
Colorado 3.67%    8.62%    7.44%    3.22%    6.73%    3.70%    6.80%    2.85%   
Idaho 1.51%    3.97%    4.95%    4.58%    2.35%    2.92%    3.40%    2.08%   
Montana 3.24%    3.88%    3.93%    8.00%    4.42%    6.40%    3.43%    3.59%   
Nevada 3.77%    8.27%    10.34%    4.46%    4.66%    5.59%    4.89%    4.30%   
New Mexico 2.86%    6.53%    3.49%    4.61%    2.29%    4.82%    3.78%    3.24%   
Utah 3.23%    8.91%    3.39%    2.79%    2.92%    3.37%    5.91%    2.43%   
Wyoming 3.53%    9.80%    5.98%    4.26%    4.87%    5.54%    6.37%    2.32%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.60%    11.39%    5.54%    7.28%    2.52%    7.35%    7.95%    4.10%   
California 1.20%    2.21%    3.58%    2.09%    3.55%    1.66%    2.15%    1.26%   
Hawaii 2.59%    4.78%    6.16%    3.53%    3.66%    3.08%    3.20%    0.91%   
Oregon 1.53%    3.42%    4.15%    3.13%    2.94%    1.93%    2.42%    0.90%   
Washington 2.05%    4.60%    3.97%    5.01%    3.06%    2.44%    3.16%    1.77%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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