Table II.A.2.f(2010) 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, 2010
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 74.6%    54.4%    80.5%    86.5%    90.7%    84.2%    64.7%    86.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 73.2%    49.1%    86.2%    88.5%    93.2%    84.2%    62.7%    88.9%   
Maine 77.2%    53.5%    87.4%    92.4%    94.8%    89.1%    66.7%    91.2%   
Massachusetts 58.5%    39.5%    68.9%    59.7%    80.6%    73.0%    48.7%    73.8%   
New Hampshire 74.7%    49.6%    87.8%    84.7%    91.3%    83.8%    65.3%    86.3%   
Rhode Island 70.0%    53.7%    79.3%    80.7%    89.2%    80.3%    61.6%    86.0%   
Vermont 68.1%    43.6%    74.6%    85.9%    92.8%    90.4%    55.6%    91.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.8%    59.6%    82.8%    81.7%    88.7%    90.1%    66.9%    87.7%   
New York 65.7%    48.4%    71.1%    84.9%    91.6%    81.0%    57.0%    84.2%   
Pennsylvania 71.2%    50.2%    70.4%    78.9%    90.4%    88.7%    58.8%    88.1%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    56.1%    83.6%    77.9%    91.2%    89.1%    65.8%    88.6%   
Indiana 78.6%    52.4%    92.5%    85.6%    95.2%    80.5%    69.8%    85.7%   
Michigan 76.5%    56.9%    75.7%    84.6%    95.0%    90.6%    65.0%    91.0%   
Ohio 77.0%    56.4%    67.8%    87.9%    88.9%    94.6%    63.4%    92.3%   
Wisconsin 82.4%    67.1%    83.0%    90.7%    97.7%    84.6%    75.8%    89.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.9%    39.5%    87.8%    85.9%    84.4%    80.2%    56.9%    82.9%   
Kansas 73.6%    44.7%    96.2%    85.7%    93.3%    89.2%    59.5%    90.8%   
Minnesota 72.7%    48.4%    74.9%    91.3%    89.2%    84.9%    61.2%    86.9%   
Missouri 76.6%    54.2%    82.6%    89.3%    94.4%    83.7%    66.9%    87.1%   
Nebraska 74.1%    39.1%    82.4%    84.7%    95.9%    90.8%    57.3%    92.5%   
North Dakota 60.9%    44.1%    56.4%    58.5%    77.9%    87.3%    48.8%    80.1%   
South Dakota 65.8%    31.2%    84.0%    80.4%    91.4%    86.7%    51.9%    86.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.1%    54.3%    86.4%    90.9%    94.4%    72.9%    68.1%    80.3%   
District of Columbia 62.9%    40.1%    58.9%    71.3%    79.6%    76.1%    49.0%    77.4%   
Florida 76.8%    59.0%    88.8%    91.8%    85.9%    83.1%    70.1%    84.1%   
Georgia 80.5%    66.7%    81.6%    87.4%    89.2%    83.9%    74.3%    85.2%   
Maryland 76.0%    59.0%    68.7%    88.3%    93.7%    90.4%    63.9%    91.6%   
North Carolina 71.3%    46.5%    85.3%    91.2%    76.0%    82.0%    61.6%    80.9%   
South Carolina 71.8%    43.6%    65.1%    84.4%    92.9%    83.4%    54.5%    86.3%   
Virginia 69.1%    43.3%    78.7%    78.3%    83.6%    80.8%    58.3%    79.9%   
West Virginia 75.5%    57.4%    77.0%    92.8%    89.2%    75.2%    69.2%    80.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.6%    56.1%    80.3%    79.5%    77.4%    79.9%    66.0%    79.5%   
Kentucky 78.5%    63.2%    80.2%    89.0%    90.7%    81.9%    70.4%    85.3%   
Mississippi 79.0%    55.0%    82.1%    88.5%    86.0%    88.2%    67.4%    87.4%   
Tennessee 81.3%    59.1%    76.1%    84.9%    91.3%    91.8%    69.2%    90.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.4%    60.5%    70.5%    96.2%    93.3%    86.2%    68.7%    89.0%   
Louisiana 75.1%    54.4%    90.8%    86.8%    87.2%    75.4%    69.9%    80.1%   
Oklahoma 80.9%    54.7%    98.2%    89.4%    90.0%    91.3%    69.9%    91.2%   
Texas 78.6%    60.1%    84.3%    96.5%    94.2%    78.6%    70.7%    84.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.2%    60.5%    90.2%    98.0%    94.7%    80.1%    71.7%    84.7%   
Colorado 68.9%    45.2%    91.1%    85.5%    89.1%    82.7%    57.5%    84.3%   
Idaho 78.5%    56.5%    84.6%    88.9%    98.0%    85.7%    67.0%    90.7%   
Montana 74.7%    52.4%    88.6%    92.5%    97.5%    97.3%    62.6%    96.9%   
Nevada 86.8%    77.8%    88.6%    90.6%    90.6%    91.5%    82.0%    91.5%   
New Mexico 78.9%    65.0%    85.0%    82.4%    92.1%    80.4%    70.7%    85.4%   
Utah 77.3%    50.4%    80.1%    95.6%    95.0%    88.0%    63.3%    91.7%   
Wyoming 76.7%    64.1%    74.5%    92.4%    84.1%    79.7%    71.5%    82.9%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.5%    62.1%    85.1%    90.8%    94.0%    86.6%    73.4%    90.0%   
California 75.7%    58.0%    83.7%    91.5%    93.1%    82.6%    67.9%    86.9%   
Hawaii 67.4%    52.8%    76.4%    80.5%    93.4%    76.1%    59.9%    82.8%   
Oregon 88.0%    78.1%    92.5%    96.6%    96.8%    93.9%    83.2%    94.8%   
Washington 77.9%    56.9%    85.2%    88.4%    99.0%    87.5%    68.4%    91.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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(2010) 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, 2010
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 0.37%    1.31%    1.23%    0.94%    0.70%    0.84%    0.82%    0.57%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.60%    8.02%    5.93%    4.19%    3.48%    4.33%    5.85%    2.53%   
Maine 3.13%    5.81%    4.02%    3.00%    2.50%    5.04%    4.33%    3.51%   
Massachusetts 1.72%    6.58%    9.23%    6.56%    8.36%    5.10%    3.34%    3.70%   
New Hampshire 2.62%    2.95%    5.25%    5.11%    3.46%    3.94%    3.19%    3.13%   
Rhode Island 1.95%    4.06%    4.45%    5.66%    5.18%    6.96%    1.70%    4.38%   
Vermont 3.71%    6.10%    6.62%    3.54%    3.32%    6.15%    5.15%    2.12%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.62%    2.76%    5.91%    3.89%    4.44%    3.11%    2.16%    2.96%   
New York 2.00%    3.59%    3.98%    3.26%    2.36%    3.18%    2.86%    2.15%   
Pennsylvania 2.30%    4.68%    6.10%    4.93%    4.22%    3.06%    4.77%    2.43%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.20%    5.92%    6.73%    5.97%    3.23%    3.09%    3.14%    1.77%   
Indiana 2.62%    9.68%    4.64%    4.61%    2.41%    6.76%    4.62%    4.14%   
Michigan 2.96%    6.96%    6.80%    6.29%    2.57%    4.07%    5.35%    2.66%   
Ohio 1.81%    5.23%    5.60%    4.18%    2.68%    2.04%    3.81%    1.85%   
Wisconsin 2.28%    10.10%    5.02%    2.07%    2.61%    3.82%    3.30%    2.37%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.89%    7.21%    4.73%    5.42%    2.86%    5.25%    5.39%    3.01%   
Kansas 3.80%    7.56%    10.30%    4.67%    3.47%    3.83%    5.52%    2.48%   
Minnesota 3.74%    6.53%    6.30%    3.54%    2.76%    6.08%    4.96%    3.17%   
Missouri 4.16%    10.56%    4.41%    3.82%    3.13%    3.98%    6.63%    3.20%   
Nebraska 3.28%    6.65%    5.00%    5.64%    3.39%    3.65%    5.47%    2.77%   
North Dakota 3.04%    4.73%    9.65%    8.22%    5.63%    3.84%    3.45%    3.46%   
South Dakota 2.49%    6.60%    6.32%    6.25%    3.42%    4.33%    5.23%    3.04%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.56%    6.89%    6.06%    3.74%    4.95%    5.91%    4.35%    3.91%   
District of Columbia 3.13%    5.16%    8.41%    6.25%    2.06%    5.71%    3.00%    3.54%   
Florida 1.54%    6.16%    3.68%    5.36%    1.94%    3.90%    3.77%    2.53%   
Georgia 2.61%    7.74%    8.35%    5.37%    3.41%    3.82%    5.91%    2.83%   
Maryland 3.58%    6.57%    10.43%    3.36%    2.67%    2.72%    5.43%    2.19%   
North Carolina 3.33%    5.58%    6.76%    3.11%    5.21%    4.71%    4.68%    3.86%   
South Carolina 2.15%    8.15%    8.02%    5.17%    2.25%    3.77%    6.85%    2.45%   
Virginia 2.10%    4.71%    7.29%    6.38%    4.80%    5.44%    3.21%    4.26%   
West Virginia 3.43%    6.21%    11.65%    3.93%    3.43%    5.60%    3.92%    4.28%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.08%    5.68%    5.97%    4.62%    2.78%    3.85%    2.68%    2.63%   
Kentucky 3.78%    5.71%    5.62%    9.89%    2.76%    8.65%    4.14%    4.87%   
Mississippi 2.66%    7.97%    12.55%    5.39%    4.90%    3.07%    6.32%    2.67%   
Tennessee 2.26%    6.82%    10.24%    3.86%    2.55%    2.49%    4.75%    2.20%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.51%    9.72%    13.01%    2.48%    3.14%    3.16%    4.47%    1.81%   
Louisiana 3.58%    5.10%    6.28%    4.68%    4.25%    5.36%    4.95%    3.92%   
Oklahoma 3.00%    7.89%    3.91%    3.99%    2.86%    1.75%    6.12%    1.25%   
Texas 2.13%    6.57%    4.74%    2.28%    2.74%    4.76%    4.82%    2.98%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.72%    11.15%    11.34%    1.95%    2.00%    3.08%    6.42%    1.98%   
Colorado 2.87%    4.52%    4.26%    5.74%    3.14%    3.15%    3.60%    2.46%   
Idaho 2.47%    8.50%    4.65%    7.09%    1.19%    4.94%    5.54%    2.96%   
Montana 4.01%    5.75%    5.19%    4.17%    2.15%    1.59%    4.55%    1.59%   
Nevada 2.47%    5.87%    11.04%    4.77%    3.36%    3.35%    5.24%    2.53%   
New Mexico 2.87%    9.43%    14.60%    4.62%    2.72%    5.29%    6.82%    3.04%   
Utah 2.02%    6.27%    8.36%    3.91%    2.96%    4.69%    3.54%    1.87%   
Wyoming 2.30%    8.87%    7.49%    3.31%    5.47%    7.63%    5.02%    5.17%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.04%    9.41%    7.57%    4.07%    2.49%    4.14%    4.35%    1.86%   
California 1.78%    3.43%    2.50%    1.93%    2.89%    3.58%    2.56%    2.23%   
Hawaii 2.36%    3.66%    4.53%    3.90%    2.23%    5.81%    2.87%    3.52%   
Oregon 2.13%    5.73%    3.32%    4.96%    1.62%    2.29%    3.23%    1.46%   
Washington 3.21%    8.06%    5.65%    4.58%    0.73%    5.19%    6.24%    3.40%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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