Table II.A.2.f 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, 2015
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 74.4%    49.3%    79.0%    85.9%    90.2%    84.5%    61.8%    86.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.6%    56.9%    88.1%    87.9%    91.7%    79.6%    70.6%    85.0%   
Maine 74.1%    51.2%    75.6%    88.7%    84.1%    91.9%    60.3%    88.7%   
Massachusetts 58.9%    28.6%    71.1%    69.3%    73.4%    81.3%    45.9%    76.9%   
New Hampshire 77.8%    57.8%    83.6%    78.6%    84.3%    90.6%    68.7%    87.7%   
Rhode Island 69.7%    48.4%    74.4%    83.4%    83.5%    87.5%    58.9%    86.0%   
Vermont 61.2%    22.0% * 64.4%    83.7%    85.5%    86.3%    40.7%    86.6%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 66.4%    56.4%    64.6%    77.0%    80.6%    75.1%    60.6%    75.9%   
New York 69.2%    50.2%    74.7%    75.2%    89.2%    88.9%    58.8%    87.4%   
Pennsylvania 69.7%    45.0%    67.6%    78.6%    88.3%    85.6%    54.8%    85.8%   
East North Central:
Illinois 71.1%    41.0%    67.9%    87.6%    92.6%    83.2%    55.0%    85.6%   
Indiana 82.7%    52.9%    83.4%    93.9%    94.7%    88.2%    69.2%    90.6%   
Michigan 75.3%    43.2%    86.2%    87.4%    93.2%    91.7%    60.9%    90.5%   
Ohio 78.2%    46.5%    66.3%    90.4%    87.8%    96.2%    58.7%    93.7%   
Wisconsin 81.8%    66.2%    70.7%    95.0%    95.5%    83.2%    73.3%    88.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 66.9%    30.5%    66.2%    82.0%    85.7%    91.6%    45.8%    88.3%   
Kansas 73.9%    50.7%    74.2%    84.1%    84.4%    91.0%    59.8%    88.7%   
Minnesota 71.6%    35.9%    80.9%    80.8%    89.3%    90.3%    54.5%    88.4%   
Missouri 69.6%    39.2%    91.2%    85.8%    91.3%    73.6%    56.6%    80.1%   
Nebraska 76.4%    50.9%    --    86.7%    85.2%    85.0%    64.2%    85.2%   
North Dakota 67.1%    42.7%    68.4%    68.0%    90.0%    80.4%    52.7%    82.8%   
South Dakota 67.7%    39.2%    61.9%    83.8%    95.8%    73.6%    53.0%    82.1%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 72.2%    42.2%    61.2%    86.5%    93.2%    83.5%    53.4%    86.7%   
District of Columbia 57.2%    43.6%    46.8%    56.0%    72.8%    70.9%    45.7%    70.3%   
Florida 72.1%    39.3%    92.3%    88.1%    96.0%    83.5%    55.5%    87.5%   
Georgia 75.6%    53.0%    --    86.8%    85.8%    82.2%    60.0%    84.8%   
Maryland 71.5%    27.5%    87.9%    80.6%    92.6%    83.1%    53.8%    84.7%   
North Carolina 79.3%    60.7%    93.0%    93.8%    90.0%    81.2%    73.4%    84.1%   
South Carolina 76.7%    44.9%    81.6%    87.1%    88.5%    83.0%    63.7%    84.4%   
Virginia 73.6%    53.6%    76.4%    82.6%    93.0%    75.7%    64.7%    80.9%   
West Virginia 73.6%    49.5%    76.6%    78.5%    77.2%    81.4%    63.2%    80.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 69.8%    35.2%    68.0%    64.0%    86.0%    87.0%    50.7%    83.5%   
Kentucky 83.9%    61.6%    87.1%    88.1%    91.2%    92.2%    72.9%    91.1%   
Mississippi 82.3%    65.5%    65.7%    83.5%    96.6%    89.9%    68.2%    91.3%   
Tennessee 77.7%    49.2%    67.5%    85.0%    90.7%    88.3%    58.5%    88.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 76.4%    44.4%    --    88.3%    99.6%    84.8%    58.3%    88.4%   
Louisiana 82.3%    63.2%    84.4%    86.2%    85.6%    89.3%    76.7%    86.6%   
Oklahoma 80.2%    56.7%    90.9%    88.8%    90.1%    91.8%    67.1%    91.7%   
Texas 79.6%    50.0%    84.3%    89.5%    92.3%    87.3%    66.5%    88.3%   
Mountain:
Arizona 80.5%    48.5%    --    97.8%    89.4%    86.7%    66.8%    88.3%   
Colorado 75.5%    47.5%    78.5%    89.4%    87.6%    89.3%    59.1%    89.8%   
Idaho 79.1%    55.2%    82.0%    86.9%    94.1%    86.3%    66.6%    89.8%   
Montana 77.3%    48.6%    94.8%    92.8%    94.1%    82.9%    68.3%    86.7%   
Nevada 87.6%    73.7%    95.4%    94.1%    96.7%    92.7%    81.4%    93.5%   
New Mexico 76.2%    51.4%    --    92.8%    89.5%    79.0%    65.7%    83.1%   
Utah 80.2%    59.0%    75.8%    92.5%    90.9%    87.8%    68.6%    89.4%   
Wyoming 80.4%    63.8%    89.9%    81.9%    88.9%    89.9%    74.1%    86.7%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.7%    57.3%    90.0%    92.2%    90.8%    81.0%    66.9%    86.3%   
California 76.9%    58.7%    84.7%    93.9%    92.9%    78.5%    69.9%    85.3%   
Hawaii 69.3%    56.5%    76.4%    84.8%    95.9%    71.6%    63.0%    81.9%   
Oregon 80.0%    63.1%    84.1%    88.3%    93.4%    89.4%    71.4%    89.7%   
Washington 70.8%    44.7%    82.3%    83.7%    92.6%    71.6%    61.5%    78.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

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

 

Table II.A.2.f Standard errors 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, 2015
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 0.57%    1.36%    1.30%    0.90%    0.72%    0.83%    0.95%    0.57%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.55%    8.47%    6.68%    5.95%    4.71%    6.82%    5.43%    4.37%   
Maine 3.55%    7.54%    10.67%    4.80%    5.35%    4.60%    5.79%    3.16%   
Massachusetts 3.60%    6.69%    8.43%    6.82%    7.27%    5.94%    4.98%    4.20%   
New Hampshire 3.09%    7.89%    6.88%    6.72%    5.69%    3.70%    5.04%    3.06%   
Rhode Island 3.85%    7.84%    8.83%    5.83%    6.84%    4.73%    5.66%    3.56%   
Vermont 3.74%    6.63% * 9.22%    5.18%    5.02%    5.92%    5.16%    3.71%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.70%    6.79%    9.25%    7.74%    7.54%    5.87%    5.19%    4.46%   
New York 2.50%    4.93%    5.25%    5.00%    3.76%    2.80%    3.56%    2.29%   
Pennsylvania 3.22%    7.06%    7.71%    5.81%    4.13%    4.84%    5.03%    3.39%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.42%    7.84%    9.66%    5.16%    4.51%    4.32%    5.71%    3.07%   
Indiana 3.21%    11.20%    8.14%    4.18%    3.67%    4.09%    6.87%    2.75%   
Michigan 3.60%    8.30%    6.65%    5.58%    4.60%    3.24%    5.95%    2.73%   
Ohio 2.83%    7.91%    9.43%    4.55%    4.77%    1.70%    5.41%    1.72%   
Wisconsin 3.64%    8.64%    9.13%    2.89%    3.83%    7.91%    5.42%    4.87%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.70%    7.22%    10.28%    5.52%    5.05%    5.25%    5.65%    3.46%   
Kansas 3.42%    7.57%    8.21%    5.99%    5.84%    3.98%    5.51%    3.06%   
Minnesota 3.38%    7.28%    7.98%    6.29%    3.55%    3.55%    5.49%    2.67%   
Missouri 3.96%    8.25%    6.25%    6.01%    4.58%    6.98%    6.40%    4.54%   
Nebraska 3.93%    10.46%    --    5.40%    5.39%    5.59%    7.29%    3.68%   
North Dakota 3.84%    8.22%    8.16%    7.08%    5.24%    8.22%    5.55%    4.75%   
South Dakota 4.21%    8.93%    9.06%    5.85%    2.93%    9.51%    5.97%    5.48%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.91%    9.52%    11.02%    5.98%    4.60%    5.89%    6.57%    4.16%   
District of Columbia 3.79%    7.00%    9.14%    7.63%    6.36%    8.77%    5.15%    5.64%   
Florida 2.83%    5.89%    4.38%    5.04%    3.06%    3.61%    4.60%    2.62%   
Georgia 3.91%    11.28%    --    5.67%    5.77%    5.83%    7.68%    3.98%   
Maryland 3.67%    7.29%    6.03%    7.24%    3.72%    6.14%    5.49%    4.50%   
North Carolina 3.63%    9.39%    5.21%    3.64%    4.80%    5.37%    6.47%    3.69%   
South Carolina 3.77%    10.23%    8.40%    5.49%    4.37%    5.83%    6.60%    4.30%   
Virginia 3.26%    7.83%    7.83%    5.28%    2.60%    6.11%    5.09%    4.16%   
West Virginia 3.31%    9.46%    7.47%    6.92%    6.58%    5.15%    5.71%    3.81%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.40%    8.04%    8.93%    8.20%    5.97%    3.95%    5.76%    3.37%   
Kentucky 2.89%    9.38%    5.98%    5.76%    4.29%    2.85%    6.05%    2.34%   
Mississippi 3.16%    10.41%    10.25%    7.82%    1.68%    3.70%    6.58%    2.53%   
Tennessee 3.25%    9.79%    9.81%    6.67%    5.65%    3.73%    6.65%    2.96%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.55%    8.94%    --    5.73%    0.44%    5.20%    6.67%    3.47%   
Louisiana 3.14%    11.04%    7.50%    5.50%    5.80%    3.49%    5.92%    3.02%   
Oklahoma 3.15%    7.96%    5.07%    4.84%    4.50%    3.56%    5.69%    2.54%   
Texas 2.30%    6.97%    4.91%    3.36%    2.37%    2.87%    4.51%    2.05%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.54%    10.73%    --    2.21%    4.60%    4.23%    7.53%    2.97%   
Colorado 3.31%    7.93%    7.91%    6.08%    5.34%    3.76%    5.72%    2.83%   
Idaho 3.88%    11.00%    9.31%    6.28%    3.00%    5.57%    7.02%    3.34%   
Montana 4.15%    10.55%    3.63%    4.91%    3.52%    5.83%    6.97%    3.73%   
Nevada 2.84%    7.34%    4.51%    3.54%    3.34%    3.66%    5.03%    2.64%   
New Mexico 3.64%    9.10%    --    4.86%    4.83%    5.95%    6.59%    4.00%   
Utah 3.56%    9.86%    9.49%    4.30%    4.39%    4.81%    6.45%    3.26%   
Wyoming 3.43%    8.95%    5.84%    6.14%    5.28%    3.92%    5.99%    3.09%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.65%    8.07%    6.76%    5.35%    3.97%    6.37%    6.02%    3.85%   
California 1.98%    4.52%    3.72%    2.04%    2.21%    3.58%    3.03%    2.24%   
Hawaii 3.09%    5.21%    6.62%    4.51%    2.70%    8.87%    3.96%    4.86%   
Oregon 3.20%    7.15%    7.15%    5.96%    3.18%    4.64%    5.15%    3.10%   
Washington 4.26%    8.65%    7.50%    5.08%    4.44%    9.45%    5.92%    5.97%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

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