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, 2016
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 74.9%    51.7%    77.7%    87.2%    91.4%    82.4%    63.2%    85.5%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.2%    56.9%    76.1%    87.0%    89.4%    78.3%    66.9%    83.2%   
Maine 75.6%    58.6%    76.9%    91.4%    94.4%    72.8%    68.2%    82.5%   
Massachusetts 72.0%    59.6%    70.1%    77.8%    84.9%    81.5%    63.1%    82.6%   
New Hampshire 80.6%    71.3%    94.5%    93.7%    79.9%    78.2%    80.4%    80.8%   
Rhode Island 63.3%    48.4%    71.4%    85.7%    83.1%    63.0%    58.0%    72.3%   
Vermont 65.0%    36.4%    57.1%    84.3%    91.6%    79.2%    49.2%    83.8%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 71.9%    53.7%    84.7%    90.4%    93.7%    76.7%    64.8%    82.7%   
New York 68.3%    47.0%    67.1%    82.0%    92.0%    83.9%    55.9%    86.6%   
Pennsylvania 70.5%    49.8%    71.3%    79.8%    91.5%    76.0%    60.7%    80.0%   
East North Central:
Illinois 72.8%    45.9%    75.1%    91.6%    93.7%    78.1%    60.5%    83.0%   
Indiana 84.0%    54.7%    78.3%    90.6%    98.4%    89.9%    69.1%    92.1%   
Michigan 75.5%    55.0%    79.9%    89.8%    93.3%    73.0%    69.1%    80.7%   
Ohio 72.2%    40.9%    75.2%    78.9%    93.1%    89.6%    54.0%    90.1%   
Wisconsin 76.6%    52.0%    67.7%    91.8%    97.4%    80.4%    64.6%    87.5%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    50.9%    85.2%    76.5%    89.0%    86.3%    64.6%    85.7%   
Kansas 67.6%    36.0%    77.5%    94.2%    85.7%    83.9%    51.6%    85.8%   
Minnesota 75.9%    47.5%    75.1%    89.1%    87.9%    83.0%    64.1%    85.2%   
Missouri 77.8%    57.1%    72.7%    85.4%    89.6%    86.8%    64.3%    88.0%   
Nebraska 69.8%    --    --    83.8%    79.7%    79.6%    54.1%    78.5%   
North Dakota 53.5%    21.9%    64.5%    69.1%    79.5%    86.8%    36.2%    80.2%   
South Dakota 73.6%    46.8%    90.5%    94.0%    89.1%    73.9%    65.5%    83.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 78.7%    --    86.4%    88.7%    89.0%    84.8%    67.3%    86.6%   
District of Columbia 59.8%    26.6% * 50.7%    76.5%    88.1%    68.2%    40.7%    75.4%   
Florida 81.6%    65.2%    80.2%    94.0%    91.5%    88.0%    71.8%    89.1%   
Georgia 84.5%    --    77.9%    88.1%    93.4%    86.4%    76.5%    89.2%   
Maryland 67.4%    48.5%    82.6%    78.6%    92.6%    68.7%    59.3%    75.2%   
North Carolina 79.6%    47.4%    96.5%    86.5%    90.3%    82.5%    68.0%    85.5%   
South Carolina 78.9%    53.2%    84.9%    79.6%    96.2%    83.9%    67.1%    86.3%   
Virginia 75.3%    52.4%    79.1%    86.3%    90.0%    82.9%    64.4%    85.2%   
West Virginia 78.2%    --    69.4%    70.2%    95.3%    87.2%    60.9%    87.5%   
East South Central:
Alabama 69.0%    30.5%    63.5%    79.0%    91.3%    86.1%    46.7%    86.4%   
Kentucky 80.3%    48.6%    80.9%    85.8%    91.0%    91.7%    63.2%    92.0%   
Mississippi 72.5%    57.1%    57.2%    93.2%    83.1%    79.0%    61.0%    82.7%   
Tennessee 83.1%    61.8%    --    83.2%    89.4%    87.8%    72.6%    87.5%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 73.9%    --    77.3%    94.0%    92.4%    75.4%    60.7%    82.1%   
Louisiana 72.7%    47.5%    74.8%    89.2%    84.6%    79.0%    60.8%    82.2%   
Oklahoma 69.0%    39.0%    79.2%    87.5%    95.2%    76.3%    54.4%    83.5%   
Texas 76.8%    52.7%    84.9%    88.3%    93.5%    81.0%    66.0%    84.9%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.7%    --    81.8%    94.8%    83.4%    85.1%    68.3%    85.2%   
Colorado 76.6%    55.9%    77.5%    87.3%    94.9%    90.2%    63.3%    91.8%   
Idaho 80.9%    56.9%    90.2%    83.9%    95.8%    86.9%    70.1%    89.9%   
Montana 72.2%    --    83.9%    86.4%    98.3%    71.9%    60.4%    83.0%   
Nevada 71.3%    43.9%    84.9%    89.8%    83.6%    84.7%    59.0%    84.5%   
New Mexico 84.8%    83.8%    79.0%    98.5%    87.7%    82.1%    84.5%    85.0%   
Utah 65.2%    24.4% * 86.7%    89.6%    95.3%    78.6%    43.7%    84.7%   
Wyoming 80.2%    70.5%    87.7%    89.3%    88.9%    79.4%    76.9%    83.9%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.3%    58.2%    --    86.0%    92.9%    88.8%    66.9%    91.1%   
California 75.6%    56.0%    81.3%    91.1%    93.9%    81.9%    66.7%    86.1%   
Hawaii 61.1%    37.6%    74.2%    80.8%    82.3%    84.4%    49.5%    84.3%   
Oregon 76.7%    48.8%    95.7%    92.4%    96.3%    90.8%    62.5%    92.3%   
Washington 77.9%    61.4%    68.9%    93.2%    89.2%    82.8%    70.3%    85.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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, 2016
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 0.64%    1.69%    1.38%    0.78%    0.66%    0.81%    1.13%    0.55%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.91%    9.77%    8.35%    4.91%    5.62%    7.14%    6.21%    4.60%   
Maine 3.74%    9.45%    7.90%    4.53%    3.24%    7.43%    6.08%    4.46%   
Massachusetts 4.10%    9.23%    8.15%    6.09%    6.38%    5.29%    6.73%    3.71%   
New Hampshire 3.25%    8.30%    3.83%    4.09%    7.24%    5.05%    5.42%    3.66%   
Rhode Island 4.73%    9.48%    8.46%    5.60%    6.07%    8.18%    6.76%    5.26%   
Vermont 4.02%    8.44%    8.78%    5.01%    4.12%    6.61%    5.85%    4.10%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.63%    7.77%    5.43%    3.29%    4.17%    4.80%    5.48%    3.32%   
New York 3.18%    7.04%    6.94%    4.56%    2.18%    4.26%    4.88%    2.62%   
Pennsylvania 3.03%    8.02%    6.74%    4.66%    3.64%    4.47%    5.03%    3.16%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.68%    11.67%    9.66%    3.79%    4.12%    5.55%    8.27%    3.84%   
Indiana 3.25%    12.22%    9.83%    4.16%    0.97%    3.50%    7.38%    2.22%   
Michigan 3.57%    10.26%    7.83%    4.20%    4.85%    6.07%    6.19%    3.99%   
Ohio 3.16%    7.04%    7.43%    5.41%    3.23%    3.42%    5.16%    2.46%   
Wisconsin 3.98%    11.39%    9.09%    3.22%    1.63%    6.40%    6.78%    3.73%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.85%    10.14%    6.35%    6.41%    3.91%    4.67%    6.75%    3.04%   
Kansas 4.07%    8.01%    8.78%    2.82%    5.49%    5.67%    6.27%    3.61%   
Minnesota 4.10%    11.47%    8.81%    4.45%    4.42%    5.52%    7.39%    3.49%   
Missouri 4.11%    12.28%    10.15%    5.24%    4.59%    3.20%    8.26%    2.43%   
Nebraska 4.34%    --    --    7.26%    7.23%    5.86%    8.05%    4.38%   
North Dakota 4.11%    6.18%    8.71%    6.08%    6.35%    4.01%    5.24%    3.47%   
South Dakota 4.13%    9.24%    5.36%    3.03%    4.22%    7.69%    6.46%    3.74%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.93%    --    6.54%    5.25%    5.80%    4.46%    7.85%    3.27%   
District of Columbia 4.02%    8.06% * 10.58%    5.49%    3.06%    6.80%    6.04%    4.29%   
Florida 3.87%    10.74%    8.43%    4.62%    4.32%    3.13%    7.79%    2.44%   
Georgia 2.88%    --    8.25%    4.09%    3.16%    3.60%    6.37%    2.48%   
Maryland 4.33%    10.03%    8.21%    6.70%    2.75%    6.04%    7.34%    4.19%   
North Carolina 3.25%    10.43%    3.47%    5.81%    3.46%    4.24%    6.79%    3.01%   
South Carolina 3.53%    12.12%    6.36%    6.29%    2.03%    4.27%    7.45%    2.98%   
Virginia 3.68%    9.98%    7.22%    4.36%    5.92%    4.35%    6.46%    3.23%   
West Virginia 3.39%    --    8.78%    8.54%    1.84%    4.19%    7.23%    2.92%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.78%    9.00%    9.63%    6.12%    2.54%    3.57%    6.51%    2.66%   
Kentucky 3.39%    10.89%    10.02%    5.31%    5.26%    2.89%    6.79%    2.33%   
Mississippi 4.04%    10.25%    11.59%    3.93%    6.78%    4.70%    7.37%    3.44%   
Tennessee 2.87%    11.42%    --    4.95%    5.31%    3.68%    6.64%    2.84%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.88%    --    9.19%    3.37%    3.97%    5.10%    7.60%    3.34%   
Louisiana 4.34%    11.97%    8.31%    3.68%    6.29%    5.15%    7.87%    3.65%   
Oklahoma 3.86%    8.93%    7.34%    4.40%    3.06%    6.04%    6.32%    3.80%   
Texas 2.50%    7.15%    5.49%    3.05%    2.29%    3.33%    4.72%    2.28%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.68%    --    8.49%    3.64%    5.04%    4.73%    8.14%    3.48%   
Colorado 4.18%    9.70%    8.66%    4.93%    2.45%    4.19%    6.92%    2.90%   
Idaho 3.86%    11.44%    6.30%    6.02%    3.56%    5.25%    7.06%    3.41%   
Montana 4.88%    --    8.51%    5.92%    0.96%    7.12%    8.38%    4.00%   
Nevada 4.29%    9.50%    7.37%    5.26%    8.34%    5.11%    6.87%    4.12%   
New Mexico 2.65%    7.00%    7.81%    1.52%    6.23%    4.37%    4.52%    3.22%   
Utah 4.64%    7.45% * 9.03%    4.84%    2.49%    4.72%    6.99%    3.10%   
Wyoming 3.90%    9.59%    6.83%    4.92%    5.92%    5.97%    6.40%    3.95%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.69%    10.36%    --    5.34%    3.53%    5.42%    7.26%    3.48%   
California 2.24%    5.21%    4.22%    2.19%    1.81%    3.30%    3.57%    2.20%   
Hawaii 3.50%    6.35%    8.55%    5.21%    5.56%    5.81%    4.80%    3.63%   
Oregon 4.00%    8.66%    4.21%    4.23%    1.52%    2.95%    6.71%    1.92%   
Washington 3.92%    11.34%    8.78%    3.95%    5.01%    5.65%    6.75%    3.80%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.