Table II.A.2.f(2014) 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, 2014
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 73.0%    49.0%    77.6%    84.1%    89.6%    85.2%    60.5%    86.2%   
New England:
Connecticut 71.4%    38.4%    77.8%    91.3%    80.5%    88.6%    57.5%    86.4%   
Maine 78.6%    52.9%    90.3%    87.0%    94.4%    85.1%    68.4%    89.3%   
Massachusetts 55.7%    36.4%    52.8%    70.9%    74.9%    67.1%    46.4%    67.6%   
New Hampshire 73.5%    51.0%    88.0%    81.0%    94.6%    78.5%    64.6%    83.7%   
Rhode Island 67.0%    44.3%    77.1%    69.2%    90.1%    83.5%    56.1%    83.9%   
Vermont 67.6%    44.9%    58.5%    79.9%    91.1%    86.5%    53.0%    87.3%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 63.6%    47.1%    59.3%    83.3%    92.6%    88.5%    52.0%    88.6%   
New York 64.4%    42.6%    85.9%    76.1%    88.8%    78.3%    55.5%    80.0%   
Pennsylvania 75.5%    49.9%    77.2%    84.9%    96.7%    85.9%    61.9%    89.7%   
East North Central:
Illinois 70.6%    47.8%    66.2%    80.8%    79.3%    89.5%    56.1%    86.7%   
Indiana 78.5%    59.9%    79.7%    90.6%    90.0%    82.2%    69.1%    84.6%   
Michigan 77.5%    57.8%    84.5%    88.3%    90.1%    84.0%    70.5%    86.1%   
Ohio 75.1%    58.6%    61.2%    79.2%    89.3%    86.0%    62.1%    86.5%   
Wisconsin 70.6%    48.0%    80.6%    82.5%    83.2%    78.9%    61.5%    80.4%   
West North Central:
Iowa 66.2%    29.1%    --    81.2%    95.3%    89.9%    45.5%    90.2%   
Kansas 73.8%    46.2%    --    84.6%    85.5%    92.2%    56.8%    89.5%   
Minnesota 70.9%    36.4%    74.8%    77.6%    87.6%    90.2%    53.3%    88.1%   
Missouri 80.6%    60.5%    90.4%    93.5%    83.1%    85.0%    74.3%    86.0%   
Nebraska 69.3%    41.2%    59.2%    77.3%    83.0%    89.4%    52.3%    84.9%   
North Dakota 66.0%    39.1%    72.2%    71.0%    90.5%    88.6%    52.9%    85.5%   
South Dakota 72.9%    46.7%    69.9%    93.0%    81.1%    98.3%    58.0%    91.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 76.3%    55.9%    89.9%    87.9%    92.4%    77.3%    69.1%    81.9%   
District of Columbia 58.3%    36.9%    46.7%    56.2%    66.2%    77.8%    41.6%    72.1%   
Florida 71.3%    46.5%    82.3%    88.6%    93.8%    80.6%    58.4%    84.0%   
Georgia 78.5%    43.9%    86.4%    85.3%    95.9%    91.8%    59.5%    92.8%   
Maryland 71.1%    52.3%    81.2%    89.6%    89.2%    71.2%    65.5%    77.4%   
North Carolina 75.2%    50.6%    81.8%    88.5%    92.3%    81.4%    62.4%    86.1%   
South Carolina 84.8%    65.2%    75.9%    88.0%    91.8%    93.4%    71.1%    92.2%   
Virginia 71.5%    48.4%    68.8%    73.9%    91.0%    83.7%    59.1%    82.8%   
West Virginia 72.6%    55.0%    71.5%    82.5%    86.6%    75.9%    61.4%    80.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 71.2%    45.2%    60.4%    82.2%    90.8%    86.0%    56.1%    86.1%   
Kentucky 79.8%    55.6%    77.8%    84.3%    90.1%    93.8%    64.5%    92.0%   
Mississippi 85.1%    --    93.1%    79.1%    82.7%    97.2%    72.6%    92.4%   
Tennessee 83.8%    59.3%    75.3%    91.0%    85.4%    93.8%    70.5%    90.8%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 77.8%    53.8%    --    82.8%    89.6%    89.6%    63.6%    87.6%   
Louisiana 73.7%    39.0%    81.9%    83.8%    94.6%    86.4%    55.0%    89.4%   
Oklahoma 80.5%    65.1%    92.6%    86.5%    93.0%    87.0%    73.3%    88.5%   
Texas 75.8%    53.7%    71.8%    86.6%    88.7%    83.3%    62.8%    85.2%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.8%    41.4%    --    94.0%    99.2%    89.2%    59.8%    92.3%   
Colorado 70.9%    45.8%    81.0%    84.3%    91.6%    82.4%    58.7%    84.5%   
Idaho 79.7%    58.0%    85.8%    87.3%    97.1%    84.8%    69.8%    89.9%   
Montana 69.5%    41.1%    91.4%    94.7%    92.9%    78.7%    60.1%    84.0%   
Nevada 79.6%    63.2%    100.0%    96.2%    92.2%    80.7%    74.6%    85.4%   
New Mexico 83.5%    62.1%    76.6%    95.2%    98.0%    92.3%    70.8%    93.7%   
Utah 77.8%    53.1%    92.2%    97.1%    83.9%    89.7%    67.6%    88.2%   
Wyoming 79.8%    68.8%    80.4%    94.3%    88.8%    81.8%    74.6%    86.2%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.7%    58.7%    72.2%    95.2%    87.2%    94.6%    69.0%    92.7%   
California 74.2%    51.6%    84.6%    84.5%    92.2%    89.0%    63.1%    88.9%   
Hawaii 64.3%    48.6%    70.6%    78.5%    88.2%    80.7%    54.8%    84.1%   
Oregon 78.6%    60.2%    93.8%    89.4%    91.2%    80.9%    72.8%    86.1%   
Washington 72.2%    45.4%    79.9%    86.1%    88.9%    91.4%    56.5%    90.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

 

Table II.A.2.f(2014) 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, 2014
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 0.56%    1.24%    1.29%    0.92%    0.72%    0.87%    0.89%    0.59%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.65%    7.92%    7.79%    4.96%    6.78%    5.65%    5.56%    4.02%   
Maine 3.15%    8.27%    4.77%    5.21%    2.91%    4.90%    5.28%    2.76%   
Massachusetts 3.58%    6.41%    9.20%    6.41%    5.83%    8.13%    4.78%    5.30%   
New Hampshire 3.68%    7.23%    5.53%    6.40%    3.12%    8.80%    4.89%    5.56%   
Rhode Island 3.79%    7.78%    7.95%    7.34%    5.42%    6.00%    5.37%    4.27%   
Vermont 3.59%    7.33%    8.40%    6.12%    3.27%    7.22%    5.16%    3.93%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.44%    5.73%    8.89%    5.66%    3.65%    4.00%    4.67%    2.87%   
New York 2.59%    4.56%    4.29%    4.55%    2.91%    5.58%    3.45%    3.53%   
Pennsylvania 2.84%    6.73%    5.92%    4.88%    1.31%    4.72%    4.51%    2.90%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.21%    6.70%    8.08%    5.74%    6.97%    4.40%    4.83%    3.44%   
Indiana 3.61%    7.89%    9.64%    3.98%    4.97%    6.80%    5.59%    4.69%   
Michigan 3.56%    8.79%    6.51%    5.27%    6.26%    5.75%    5.51%    3.92%   
Ohio 3.24%    7.85%    7.60%    6.69%    4.65%    5.69%    5.03%    4.05%   
Wisconsin 3.55%    7.67%    6.98%    5.74%    6.41%    6.18%    5.39%    4.16%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.63%    6.73%    --    5.06%    2.82%    4.19%    5.51%    2.67%   
Kansas 3.40%    7.44%    --    5.59%    5.08%    2.95%    5.89%    2.50%   
Minnesota 3.51%    8.22%    9.26%    7.13%    4.47%    3.64%    5.86%    2.77%   
Missouri 3.49%    9.36%    5.43%    3.61%    6.71%    5.76%    5.76%    4.08%   
Nebraska 4.00%    9.31%    10.66%    6.68%    6.15%    5.08%    6.60%    3.74%   
North Dakota 3.80%    7.55%    7.85%    6.47%    3.99%    4.95%    5.39%    3.33%   
South Dakota 3.76%    8.25%    7.79%    3.23%    5.76%    1.07%    5.82%    2.27%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 4.37%    10.12%    6.86%    5.61%    3.91%    8.24%    6.75%    5.66%   
District of Columbia 3.60%    6.98%    8.39%    7.99%    7.64%    6.64%    4.98%    4.78%   
Florida 2.84%    5.81%    6.87%    4.10%    2.90%    4.22%    4.49%    3.06%   
Georgia 3.63%    9.95%    7.55%    7.59%    1.86%    3.66%    6.94%    2.58%   
Maryland 3.47%    7.12%    7.12%    4.79%    5.33%    7.14%    4.86%    4.92%   
North Carolina 3.61%    8.81%    8.25%    5.55%    4.16%    5.22%    6.18%    3.49%   
South Carolina 2.87%    9.30%    9.35%    5.41%    3.69%    3.23%    6.38%    2.48%   
Virginia 3.05%    7.09%    7.91%    7.39%    4.09%    4.28%    5.03%    3.24%   
West Virginia 3.47%    8.16%    10.56%    5.80%    4.98%    6.41%    5.88%    4.08%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.12%    7.19%    8.10%    5.82%    4.96%    4.68%    4.88%    3.44%   
Kentucky 3.09%    8.35%    8.29%    6.20%    4.41%    2.47%    5.88%    2.17%   
Mississippi 2.92%    --    6.61%    6.86%    5.78%    1.61%    6.66%    2.03%   
Tennessee 2.63%    9.67%    7.91%    4.97%    5.40%    2.79%    5.69%    2.42%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.47%    9.52%    --    5.67%    4.90%    5.15%    6.50%    3.51%   
Louisiana 3.71%    8.71%    7.60%    6.36%    3.62%    4.24%    6.30%    2.85%   
Oklahoma 3.13%    7.14%    5.26%    5.68%    3.85%    4.42%    5.09%    3.13%   
Texas 2.33%    6.18%    6.37%    3.48%    3.36%    3.25%    4.23%    2.32%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.41%    8.68%    --    4.38%    0.78%    3.93%    6.55%    2.52%   
Colorado 3.73%    7.61%    6.70%    5.45%    3.96%    5.61%    5.68%    3.78%   
Idaho 3.69%    9.51%    7.37%    5.79%    2.47%    6.42%    6.16%    3.59%   
Montana 4.31%    7.95%    4.88%    2.97%    3.78%    7.87%    5.96%    4.99%   
Nevada 3.50%    7.23%    0.00%    3.77%    3.30%    7.19%    5.23%    4.36%   
New Mexico 2.80%    8.05%    8.49%    3.39%    1.34%    2.78%    5.50%    1.88%   
Utah 3.68%    8.74%    5.36%    2.05%    6.53%    4.07%    6.21%    3.18%   
Wyoming 3.35%    7.74%    6.96%    4.11%    5.55%    5.27%    5.28%    3.42%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.34%    10.68%    8.82%    3.29%    4.92%    2.26%    6.34%    2.02%   
California 1.99%    4.04%    4.20%    3.07%    2.44%    2.93%    2.98%    2.02%   
Hawaii 2.95%    4.73%    6.76%    5.35%    4.48%    8.15%    3.74%    4.58%   
Oregon 3.49%    7.72%    4.31%    4.87%    4.11%    7.57%    5.13%    4.27%   
Washington 3.48%    7.19%    8.15%    5.06%    4.66%    4.47%    5.44%    3.06%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.