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, 2017
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 74.2%    50.5%    75.8%    86.6%    90.1%    83.6%    61.6%    85.9%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.9%    55.7%    67.4%    91.1%    95.4%    87.4%    64.2%    90.2%   
Maine 76.8%    49.7%    --    94.9%    87.0%    88.4%    63.8%    89.0%   
Massachusetts 61.9%    49.7%    54.3%    68.3%    77.4%    78.1%    52.6%    76.7%   
New Hampshire 78.7%    59.1%    85.5%    88.3%    87.0%    88.3%    68.3%    88.9%   
Rhode Island 60.6%    35.2%    65.5%    70.4%    88.8%    82.6%    46.5%    83.4%   
Vermont 70.3%    44.7%    62.9%    76.3%    92.2%    91.9%    52.9%    91.2%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 68.4%    47.6%    58.9%    96.0%    82.8%    90.7%    54.8%    89.2%   
New York 64.8%    38.4%    72.7%    74.3%    91.7%    82.1%    52.4%    84.2%   
Pennsylvania 72.2%    44.8%    76.4%    87.6%    85.4%    84.4%    58.7%    85.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.2%    --    76.0%    90.7%    85.1%    82.0%    65.1%    84.4%   
Indiana 76.0%    34.9%    86.1%    88.6%    95.0%    88.0%    56.1%    90.1%   
Michigan 84.1%    73.1%    64.2%    91.0%    97.7%    92.9%    73.2%    94.7%   
Ohio 78.8%    59.7%    71.5%    85.0%    89.1%    87.5%    67.3%    87.4%   
Wisconsin 74.8%    47.6%    --    92.7%    97.8%    74.4%    61.3%    85.2%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.9%    36.5%    80.2%    86.7%    95.1%    78.8%    53.2%    83.3%   
Kansas 71.6%    48.7%    71.8%    84.8%    85.0%    85.1%    56.6%    85.4%   
Minnesota 72.9%    56.5%    72.4%    73.7%    90.8%    83.0%    62.3%    84.5%   
Missouri 79.3%    60.5%    91.7%    91.2%    94.5%    76.6%    75.3%    82.3%   
Nebraska 71.2%    42.9%    75.4%    75.2%    88.1%    82.9%    57.1%    83.9%   
North Dakota 67.3%    48.5%    60.7%    77.8%    93.7%    80.4%    55.5%    84.7%   
South Dakota 79.6%    45.3%    83.3%    93.5%    93.9%    91.2%    64.5%    92.6%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 79.6%    66.2%    81.2%    93.6%    93.1%    80.4%    72.3%    85.5%   
District of Columbia 58.3%    30.2% * 49.8%    61.6%    82.7%    71.7%    41.8%    73.8%   
Florida 74.5%    43.7%    93.5%    89.2%    82.9%    83.2%    62.2%    84.5%   
Georgia 76.2%    --    --    86.3%    86.9%    82.4%    63.9%    83.7%   
Maryland 71.2%    39.3%    77.1%    80.9%    93.9%    83.5%    54.4%    86.0%   
North Carolina 82.0%    57.8%    86.6%    95.1%    93.1%    86.7%    69.8%    89.2%   
South Carolina 80.4%    54.9%    76.7%    92.0%    91.4%    85.5%    69.2%    87.4%   
Virginia 68.3%    35.7%    64.2%    90.9%    88.9%    79.9%    50.0%    83.4%   
West Virginia 76.2%    --    54.8%    91.9%    74.5%    88.0%    59.0%    85.6%   
East South Central:
Alabama 64.8%    24.5% * 40.1%    73.8%    93.3%    83.7%    33.9%    86.8%   
Kentucky 79.7%    64.9%    73.9%    93.4%    84.7%    81.6%    72.4%    84.4%   
Mississippi 78.1%    59.7%    74.6%    81.3%    90.5%    82.4%    68.3%    84.5%   
Tennessee 84.9%    72.6%    --    82.3%    89.5%    86.9%    79.9%    87.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 72.1%    46.8%    --    93.0%    97.7%    73.8%    57.7%    82.8%   
Louisiana 75.7%    40.7%    83.6%    86.3%    94.5%    81.4%    63.1%    86.2%   
Oklahoma 75.0%    45.3%    80.4%    90.5%    83.8%    82.2%    61.9%    84.7%   
Texas 74.7%    48.2%    73.8%    91.0%    94.3%    81.3%    59.7%    85.9%   
Mountain:
Arizona 76.7%    42.7%    --    82.8%    95.7%    83.4%    62.1%    86.6%   
Colorado 82.5%    69.2%    96.5%    76.6%    98.6%    87.2%    75.3%    89.8%   
Idaho 79.6%    55.3%    --    90.0%    98.4%    88.3%    66.3%    91.4%   
Montana 77.2%    60.9%    83.8%    90.9%    94.6%    87.3%    67.9%    90.8%   
Nevada 72.0%    44.1%    --    88.1%    98.8%    75.3%    60.1%    81.6%   
New Mexico 80.6%    49.4%    76.3%    96.2%    93.4%    94.9%    65.0%    94.1%   
Utah 86.1%    63.7%    --    96.6%    97.0%    92.6%    75.4%    94.1%   
Wyoming 75.4%    46.9%    85.9%    83.8%    96.3%    90.1%    60.4%    92.4%   
Pacific:
Alaska 85.0%    --    77.8%    93.8%    93.3%    85.9%    77.8%    88.9%   
California 74.1%    57.5%    75.2%    89.7%    85.6%    82.7%    65.3%    84.3%   
Hawaii 64.9%    44.2%    64.1%    86.7%    91.0%    86.3%    53.1%    87.2%   
Oregon 83.3%    67.1%    86.8%    87.0%    94.2%    86.0%    76.9%    88.8%   
Washington 76.2%    53.9%    84.5%    81.3%    91.1%    84.8%    65.0%    86.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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, 2017
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 0.66%    1.70%    1.48%    0.83%    0.82%    0.77%    1.16%    0.54%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.74%    9.74%    9.70%    4.67%    4.02%    5.17%    6.40%    3.49%   
Maine 4.43%    11.30%    --    3.32%    4.23%    4.55%    7.96%    2.81%   
Massachusetts 3.69%    7.39%    8.69%    6.64%    6.95%    5.16%    5.46%    3.86%   
New Hampshire 3.35%    8.48%    7.85%    4.33%    7.16%    3.34%    5.89%    2.75%   
Rhode Island 4.97%    9.34%    9.73%    7.71%    4.82%    6.51%    6.91%    4.34%   
Vermont 4.06%    9.42%    9.21%    5.25%    3.28%    4.03%    6.37%    2.41%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.59%    7.32%    7.64%    2.31%    6.14%    2.90%    5.29%    2.48%   
New York 3.53%    6.82%    6.18%    5.12%    2.98%    4.39%    4.92%    2.82%   
Pennsylvania 3.04%    7.45%    7.00%    3.54%    5.47%    3.38%    5.12%    2.59%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.61%    --    8.94%    3.71%    6.58%    5.61%    8.21%    3.86%   
Indiana 3.78%    9.88%    6.60%    5.58%    2.36%    4.15%    7.10%    2.80%   
Michigan 2.92%    8.22%    9.71%    4.53%    1.16%    2.56%    5.63%    1.60%   
Ohio 3.09%    9.16%    8.81%    4.95%    4.72%    3.67%    5.82%    2.74%   
Wisconsin 3.98%    10.08%    --    3.20%    0.94%    7.27%    7.25%    3.88%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.93%    8.53%    8.40%    4.77%    2.55%    6.42%    6.32%    4.01%   
Kansas 4.12%    9.48%    10.76%    5.75%    4.81%    5.50%    7.17%    3.65%   
Minnesota 4.42%    10.66%    9.41%    7.41%    4.01%    5.81%    7.35%    3.91%   
Missouri 3.81%    11.68%    5.73%    3.31%    3.32%    5.59%    7.24%    3.63%   
Nebraska 4.19%    11.28%    9.09%    6.77%    4.52%    5.64%    7.11%    3.77%   
North Dakota 4.24%    9.51%    8.96%    4.98%    2.18%    4.72%    6.48%    2.80%   
South Dakota 3.63%    9.68%    7.00%    3.73%    2.98%    4.91%    6.31%    2.80%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.95%    10.87%    8.57%    3.65%    2.62%    5.87%    7.24%    3.93%   
District of Columbia 3.98%    9.45% * 10.64%    7.55%    4.41%    6.25%    6.42%    4.01%   
Florida 4.01%    11.18%    6.22%    4.98%    7.07%    4.03%    7.47%    3.17%   
Georgia 4.34%    --    --    6.61%    6.24%    4.95%    8.94%    3.80%   
Maryland 4.15%    8.86%    7.77%    7.33%    4.37%    4.78%    6.70%    3.47%   
North Carolina 3.03%    10.30%    6.54%    2.43%    4.17%    2.87%    6.82%    2.16%   
South Carolina 3.20%    11.81%    7.26%    3.51%    4.25%    3.42%    6.64%    2.60%   
Virginia 4.00%    9.82%    9.43%    4.72%    5.72%    5.49%    6.81%    3.94%   
West Virginia 3.37%    --    9.73%    3.48%    6.64%    3.35%    7.39%    2.73%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.80%    9.11% * 10.70%    6.61%    3.74%    4.46%    6.33%    3.15%   
Kentucky 3.37%    10.69%    8.98%    2.65%    7.19%    5.25%    6.27%    3.74%   
Mississippi 3.70%    11.06%    8.68%    6.11%    5.53%    6.45%    6.47%    4.46%   
Tennessee 3.15%    10.93%    --    5.38%    4.22%    4.84%    6.41%    3.27%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 4.79%    11.06%    --    5.28%    1.97%    5.82%    9.05%    3.81%   
Louisiana 3.60%    10.21%    6.85%    5.06%    2.50%    4.82%    6.42%    3.06%   
Oklahoma 4.00%    11.42%    8.48%    3.97%    6.00%    4.55%    7.50%    3.17%   
Texas 2.75%    7.77%    7.02%    2.70%    2.44%    2.96%    5.33%    2.06%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.78%    11.57%    --    6.46%    2.08%    4.44%    7.59%    3.07%   
Colorado 3.85%    9.51%    3.48%    8.03%    0.82%    4.34%    6.74%    3.15%   
Idaho 4.01%    11.21%    --    4.43%    1.40%    3.78%    7.63%    2.40%   
Montana 4.40%    9.12%    7.44%    4.51%    2.45%    4.51%    6.80%    2.62%   
Nevada 4.56%    12.04%    --    6.05%    1.02%    5.90%    8.35%    4.14%   
New Mexico 3.87%    10.63%    9.11%    2.29%    3.75%    2.83%    7.11%    2.16%   
Utah 3.52%    10.82%    --    2.40%    1.59%    2.37%    7.55%    1.61%   
Wyoming 4.34%    10.17%    6.34%    5.89%    1.90%    4.03%    7.11%    2.40%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.23%    --    8.19%    3.65%    2.79%    4.75%    6.90%    3.15%   
California 2.19%    4.94%    5.72%    2.30%    3.37%    2.85%    3.58%    1.99%   
Hawaii 3.43%    6.31%    7.15%    4.47%    4.42%    5.20%    4.76%    3.29%   
Oregon 3.36%    10.36%    6.42%    5.58%    3.77%    4.79%    6.25%    2.99%   
Washington 3.64%    9.53%    6.71%    5.77%    4.17%    4.60%    6.37%    3.11%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.