Table II.A.2.f(2012) 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, 2012
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 74.1%    52.3%    79.7%    87.4%    90.5%    84.5%    63.2%    86.5%   
New England:
Connecticut 79.7%    56.3%    92.6%    85.3%    91.2%    92.3%    69.9%    90.7%   
Maine 82.9%    60.6%    91.3%    88.3%    97.6%    94.3%    72.1%    94.4%   
Massachusetts 59.6%    41.0%    60.1%    67.4%    72.1%    78.1%    47.6%    75.3%   
New Hampshire 73.1%    54.9%    76.0%    86.0%    89.9%    78.0%    64.7%    82.9%   
Rhode Island 71.2%    58.4%    74.9%    90.5%    87.6%    74.4%    65.6%    82.2%   
Vermont 69.6%    51.4%    69.3%    86.6%    92.5%    91.3%    59.5%    92.1%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 65.8%    52.3%    68.2%    88.3%    87.9%    78.2%    58.5%    82.5%   
New York 65.8%    45.2%    74.6%    87.9%    87.5%    86.5%    55.7%    86.5%   
Pennsylvania 68.0%    41.0%    73.7%    84.0%    85.6%    80.5%    55.3%    83.3%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.1%    52.6%    85.1%    84.9%    87.4%    86.9%    63.9%    86.7%   
Indiana 74.3%    44.2%    82.7%    87.9%    90.4%    78.3%    62.9%    82.4%   
Michigan 81.6%    62.9%    76.1%    84.6%    95.0%    93.9%    70.3%    93.4%   
Ohio 77.9%    54.8%    73.4%    91.0%    92.0%    91.9%    63.2%    92.2%   
Wisconsin 76.5%    48.8%    76.3%    91.7%    97.8%    83.3%    63.7%    89.4%   
West North Central:
Iowa 72.9%    32.0%    84.1%    90.9%    93.7%    91.0%    54.6%    91.9%   
Kansas 70.4%    42.0%    79.2%    86.9%    96.6%    82.8%    57.0%    86.4%   
Minnesota 67.7%    38.4%    72.3%    92.5%    93.0%    82.5%    51.7%    87.1%   
Missouri 77.7%    58.9%    76.9%    90.6%    91.5%    84.3%    68.6%    86.6%   
Nebraska 76.3%    53.2%    77.9%    86.9%    91.3%    86.5%    62.8%    88.0%   
North Dakota 66.5%    53.9%    62.4%    80.3%    88.4%    64.0%    59.6%    75.9%   
South Dakota 73.5%    45.2%    87.0%    90.9%    99.4%    87.3%    61.0%    91.4%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 76.3%    60.9%    74.6%    84.5%    92.3%    84.7%    68.5%    85.7%   
District of Columbia 63.4%    44.0%    46.7%    74.2%    78.3%    76.3%    50.5%    75.6%   
Florida 74.3%    52.1%    86.9%    93.0%    94.9%    81.8%    63.7%    85.8%   
Georgia 82.8%    61.0%    87.7%    89.7%    88.4%    92.3%    73.6%    90.9%   
Maryland 73.8%    56.8%    78.7%    96.8%    81.9%    76.7%    67.2%    81.5%   
North Carolina 82.9%    71.5%    93.4%    86.4%    90.2%    84.1%    79.8%    85.3%   
South Carolina 79.3%    47.4%    77.2%    87.0%    88.8%    97.3%    58.4%    94.6%   
Virginia 68.3%    45.3%    68.2%    84.8%    84.0%    76.5%    56.8%    79.5%   
West Virginia 75.8%    58.7%    72.3%    84.4%    80.2%    85.9%    66.2%    83.9%   
East South Central:
Alabama 65.0%    37.7%    70.2%    57.4%    78.0%    85.8%    48.1%    80.3%   
Kentucky 75.5%    49.5%    81.9%    89.8%    94.2%    82.1%    63.4%    86.5%   
Mississippi 79.6%    45.8%    91.7%    84.9%    84.2%    90.0%    69.2%    87.2%   
Tennessee 73.9%    43.8%    66.0%    90.6%    93.9%    80.7%    59.2%    84.8%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 73.8%    41.6%    74.7%    82.8%    80.2%    88.3%    57.1%    86.5%   
Louisiana 76.7%    34.8% * 84.6%    88.6%    91.9%    90.2%    59.2%    90.6%   
Oklahoma 85.0%    65.8%    91.2%    83.6%    96.4%    96.7%    73.8%    96.4%   
Texas 80.0%    59.8%    85.7%    88.4%    92.6%    83.5%    70.9%    86.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.1%    54.2%    73.0%    90.1%    98.9%    83.3%    62.1%    88.4%   
Colorado 72.4%    45.8%    94.0%    85.3%    96.4%    81.8%    61.8%    84.7%   
Idaho 84.3%    65.0%    90.6%    89.1%    95.7%    91.8%    76.5%    92.6%   
Montana 75.0%    75.4%    67.4%    87.3%    89.6%    65.6%    74.6%    75.7%   
Nevada 77.3%    57.8%    93.2%    89.1%    96.6%    80.3%    70.1%    85.3%   
New Mexico 80.7%    55.3%    91.8%    83.6%    94.6%    89.1%    68.6%    90.6%   
Utah 79.8%    60.0%    92.9%    93.1%    92.7%    87.5%    71.0%    89.7%   
Wyoming 73.4%    49.1%    87.7%    90.5%    91.7%    80.8%    63.9%    84.3%   
Pacific:
Alaska 84.6%    74.5%    80.5%    84.1%    95.9%    88.2%    78.4%    89.5%   
California 75.9%    60.6%    84.6%    90.5%    91.6%    84.0%    68.5%    86.8%   
Hawaii 68.2%    51.6%    71.6%    87.3%    94.9%    87.4%    57.5%    91.5%   
Oregon 74.4%    50.5%    92.9%    97.6%    98.6%    77.0%    66.1%    86.0%   
Washington 72.1%    52.4%    77.9%    86.5%    94.2%    79.6%    63.0%    84.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table II.A.2.f(2012) 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, 2012
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 0.49%    1.22%    1.05%    0.59%    0.65%    0.92%    0.76%    0.63%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.57%    6.60%    5.46%    4.93%    4.48%    2.94%    5.87%    1.49%   
Maine 2.03%    6.92%    3.81%    3.78%    1.94%    5.31%    3.83%    2.54%   
Massachusetts 3.55%    6.07%    11.24%    5.83%    4.88%    7.18%    3.52%    4.51%   
New Hampshire 4.11%    10.54%    6.37%    10.03%    3.94%    5.24%    7.07%    3.40%   
Rhode Island 4.36%    8.18%    8.92%    3.68%    5.53%    7.67%    7.24%    5.32%   
Vermont 2.91%    6.71%    8.14%    5.18%    3.68%    3.68%    3.21%    2.66%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.97%    4.11%    7.58%    4.02%    6.01%    6.54%    3.46%    4.47%   
New York 2.46%    4.76%    4.47%    4.22%    3.06%    3.59%    3.84%    2.15%   
Pennsylvania 4.28%    6.81%    7.23%    6.31%    5.42%    4.92%    5.49%    4.08%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.59%    5.59%    4.87%    5.13%    3.73%    3.90%    4.50%    3.09%   
Indiana 2.28%    10.02%    6.56%    4.00%    3.06%    6.89%    4.43%    3.14%   
Michigan 2.93%    10.60%    10.77%    5.82%    3.43%    1.26%    5.82%    1.35%   
Ohio 3.43%    7.78%    7.09%    3.65%    3.63%    2.64%    6.11%    2.09%   
Wisconsin 2.41%    9.86%    7.22%    3.83%    2.51%    6.31%    3.69%    3.34%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.68%    6.81%    5.92%    5.40%    3.53%    3.09%    6.12%    2.13%   
Kansas 5.06%    10.56%    6.72%    5.14%    5.16%    5.38%    7.70%    3.16%   
Minnesota 2.68%    7.13%    8.49%    6.37%    2.97%    4.29%    3.36%    3.43%   
Missouri 3.76%    8.41%    6.99%    3.20%    3.31%    4.66%    4.83%    3.59%   
Nebraska 3.35%    11.34%    12.90%    5.35%    4.63%    4.33%    6.19%    3.31%   
North Dakota 2.53%    7.68%    7.02%    6.23%    5.65%    8.62%    5.36%    3.95%   
South Dakota 3.07%    7.38%    4.56%    3.60%    0.76%    9.37%    4.40%    3.01%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.51%    8.82%    8.93%    6.30%    4.10%    3.39%    4.80%    3.69%   
District of Columbia 2.64%    7.32%    4.23%    5.22%    5.14%    5.62%    5.44%    3.48%   
Florida 2.52%    5.39%    4.89%    3.06%    2.11%    4.16%    3.27%    2.84%   
Georgia 3.38%    11.49%    10.29%    4.61%    4.80%    2.10%    5.71%    2.52%   
Maryland 3.01%    6.00%    5.78%    4.47%    9.93%    6.24%    3.69%    4.29%   
North Carolina 2.04%    5.69%    10.43%    4.44%    4.78%    5.43%    3.62%    3.49%   
South Carolina 2.48%    7.47%    11.42%    5.96%    4.84%    1.10%    5.03%    1.37%   
Virginia 3.36%    10.22%    6.47%    5.21%    3.80%    3.32%    6.29%    2.12%   
West Virginia 2.85%    9.25%    11.37%    5.57%    5.99%    5.47%    3.56%    3.98%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.79%    7.13%    9.44%    6.51%    3.93%    4.67%    4.25%    3.18%   
Kentucky 3.36%    9.41%    8.79%    4.59%    2.18%    5.28%    5.75%    3.57%   
Mississippi 4.04%    12.70%    3.55%    5.95%    5.34%    3.33%    7.22%    2.86%   
Tennessee 2.53%    10.01%    7.18%    5.65%    3.28%    6.62%    4.98%    3.61%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.92%    11.79%    6.17%    4.98%    5.81%    3.63%    6.58%    2.80%   
Louisiana 3.39%    11.32% * 10.23%    5.07%    2.61%    4.24%    5.62%    2.46%   
Oklahoma 2.26%    5.45%    6.34%    7.48%    2.12%    0.87%    3.94%    1.06%   
Texas 2.48%    6.29%    5.77%    4.19%    2.88%    3.51%    4.42%    2.19%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.44%    11.84%    10.37%    4.44%    1.59%    5.58%    6.61%    3.90%   
Colorado 3.66%    10.08%    4.05%    3.73%    3.86%    6.47%    6.47%    3.78%   
Idaho 2.69%    10.29%    5.15%    3.77%    2.57%    3.65%    5.47%    2.09%   
Montana 3.63%    4.95%    10.47%    6.72%    4.60%    7.64%    4.12%    5.55%   
Nevada 3.32%    9.88%    4.25%    5.15%    3.62%    4.82%    6.96%    3.57%   
New Mexico 3.39%    8.62%    6.84%    5.81%    3.65%    4.13%    6.52%    2.99%   
Utah 3.97%    8.88%    10.37%    2.75%    3.23%    4.91%    7.17%    3.17%   
Wyoming 2.90%    9.33%    6.86%    4.74%    3.26%    6.09%    5.56%    3.65%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.91%    8.47%    7.57%    7.40%    1.98%    4.25%    5.73%    3.59%   
California 1.60%    2.85%    3.23%    2.31%    2.09%    3.32%    2.01%    2.61%   
Hawaii 2.14%    3.42%    4.87%    4.67%    2.07%    3.78%    2.98%    2.05%   
Oregon 2.09%    7.04%    3.83%    2.47%    0.80%    9.26%    4.51%    5.54%   
Washington 3.03%    4.88%    8.57%    4.51%    7.00%    6.77%    3.15%    4.38%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.