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, 2018
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 74.8%    50.5%    77.7%    86.7%    91.5%    83.6%    62.4%    86.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 81.1%    65.4%    83.9%    94.1%    100.0%    84.4%    73.2%    90.0%   
Maine 81.0%    59.9%    76.7%    96.6%    95.6%    90.5%    68.6%    92.8%   
Massachusetts 61.1%    35.1%    51.5%    67.1%    80.7%    82.5%    44.5%    79.0%   
New Hampshire 70.0%    33.2%    73.5%    91.9%    93.1%    85.6%    53.4%    87.6%   
Rhode Island 74.2%    50.1%    75.7%    76.7%    85.2%    89.3%    61.9%    86.5%   
Vermont 66.2%    28.7%    71.2%    75.4%    93.2%    85.0%    46.9%    87.0%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 74.5%    52.6%    81.7%    91.7%    88.5%    89.4%    62.4%    90.0%   
New York 62.8%    42.6%    64.2%    80.7%    85.1%    75.2%    52.7%    78.4%   
Pennsylvania 75.2%    42.3%    88.4%    82.4%    96.4%    82.2%    63.1%    85.3%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.0%    57.9%    87.3%    82.2%    92.3%    78.2%    67.1%    82.7%   
Indiana 79.3%    58.0%    59.3%    94.0%    96.5%    83.6%    65.2%    87.6%   
Michigan 73.1%    37.9%    73.9%    93.0%    96.9%    85.7%    54.1%    89.8%   
Ohio 72.4%    34.3%    73.3%    84.1%    92.8%    76.7%    56.3%    82.3%   
Wisconsin 81.3%    --    81.7%    88.0%    95.9%    88.5%    70.0%    89.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 76.1%    43.7%    79.4%    85.9%    98.3%    90.1%    60.0%    92.7%   
Kansas 72.8%    48.7%    87.6%    85.9%    87.3%    80.5%    62.9%    83.6%   
Minnesota 79.7%    69.0%    73.0%    89.7%    92.4%    82.1%    73.6%    85.4%   
Missouri 76.5%    57.0%    80.8%    93.4%    95.8%    79.9%    65.5%    85.6%   
Nebraska 72.0%    40.9%    --    73.7%    86.2%    87.6%    50.7%    86.6%   
North Dakota 66.8%    40.6%    79.2%    71.9%    82.8%    82.0%    54.4%    82.0%   
South Dakota 79.5%    68.2%    72.2%    85.7%    97.5%    82.1%    70.9%    88.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 82.1%    --    --    92.4%    89.9%    88.8%    72.5%    89.4%   
District of Columbia 60.9%    34.1%    75.7%    69.5%    59.3%    79.0%    48.7%    72.3%   
Florida 72.2%    31.5%    84.9%    97.0%    98.0%    88.3%    51.8%    90.8%   
Georgia 74.5%    45.5%    83.8%    91.4%    92.1%    79.1%    60.5%    83.7%   
Maryland 70.6%    45.7%    77.1%    80.4%    93.1%    82.6%    56.3%    85.3%   
North Carolina 77.4%    50.5%    79.4%    91.3%    94.2%    78.3%    64.7%    83.7%   
South Carolina 77.5%    --    72.7%    86.2%    87.3%    77.9%    68.5%    81.3%   
Virginia 76.0%    58.1%    71.2%    81.0%    80.6%    83.2%    67.3%    81.7%   
West Virginia 79.4%    59.6%    87.4%    84.4%    89.6%    83.5%    70.4%    85.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.1%    40.8%    63.6%    65.1%    86.7%    86.8%    52.5%    84.9%   
Kentucky 82.4%    69.9%    89.1%    87.2%    91.1%    81.1%    79.1%    85.0%   
Mississippi 80.5%    67.1%    81.4%    89.0%    91.5%    79.0%    75.0%    84.1%   
Tennessee 77.0%    --    86.7%    82.7%    84.6%    91.0%    56.8%    89.1%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 80.6%    --    82.5%    87.0%    92.9%    79.7%    74.8%    84.3%   
Louisiana 76.4%    56.8%    82.6%    89.4%    92.2%    74.5%    71.4%    79.9%   
Oklahoma 84.3%    70.5%    94.2%    94.4%    91.5%    88.7%    78.3%    90.3%   
Texas 80.1%    62.2%    79.6%    88.4%    89.7%    86.6%    70.0%    87.2%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.1%    53.4%    80.1%    85.2%    92.7%    79.7%    67.0%    84.4%   
Colorado 84.4%    68.2%    96.7%    81.3%    94.3%    93.7%    75.4%    92.8%   
Idaho 90.5%    82.3%    93.5%    96.5%    89.7%    94.6%    87.4%    93.4%   
Montana 75.1%    46.7%    100.0%    93.6%    88.6%    90.5%    62.5%    90.3%   
Nevada 80.5%    --    --    98.5%    98.4%    81.8%    72.2%    86.9%   
New Mexico 74.9%    --    77.8%    94.5%    88.2%    83.4%    57.6%    85.9%   
Utah 86.9%    --    82.3%    81.5%    92.4%    85.2%    86.5%    87.2%   
Wyoming 72.7%    46.3%    91.6%    94.4%    81.4%    73.0%    66.9%    77.9%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.4%    66.6%    83.2%    83.3%    82.3%    76.6%    73.0%    78.9%   
California 73.1%    49.7%    77.0%    90.4%    92.4%    87.5%    60.7%    89.5%   
Hawaii 59.8%    38.4%    63.1%    72.1%    95.2%    83.0%    46.6%    85.4%   
Oregon 83.5%    69.1%    91.6%    94.3%    93.4%    84.2%    78.7%    88.1%   
Washington 75.3%    64.0%    63.0%    90.3%    92.3%    79.7%    67.5%    83.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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 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, 2018
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 0.65%    1.67%    1.42%    0.80%    0.63%    0.79%    1.15%    0.54%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.93%    8.84%    7.01%    3.38%    0.00%    6.43%    6.15%    4.25%   
Maine 3.28%    8.14%    9.89%    2.02%    2.73%    4.92%    5.82%    2.86%   
Massachusetts 4.48%    9.79%    9.99%    6.50%    6.02%    4.82%    6.88%    3.61%   
New Hampshire 3.84%    8.02%    8.05%    3.73%    4.44%    4.30%    5.88%    3.07%   
Rhode Island 4.54%    10.82%    8.75%    7.10%    6.11%    4.95%    7.37%    3.78%   
Vermont 4.06%    7.71%    8.65%    5.83%    2.44%    6.11%    5.86%    3.81%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.32%    6.94%    6.25%    3.06%    5.12%    3.45%    5.17%    2.59%   
New York 3.40%    6.61%    7.51%    4.79%    4.30%    5.32%    4.91%    3.50%   
Pennsylvania 3.07%    8.54%    4.56%    4.42%    2.13%    3.89%    5.48%    2.72%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.09%    9.79%    7.07%    5.71%    4.42%    6.39%    6.85%    4.24%   
Indiana 3.40%    10.30%    10.05%    2.93%    3.11%    4.82%    6.66%    3.32%   
Michigan 3.68%    8.53%    7.67%    3.56%    1.42%    5.60%    6.03%    3.75%   
Ohio 3.23%    8.65%    7.63%    5.13%    2.32%    5.62%    5.73%    3.66%   
Wisconsin 3.64%    --    8.33%    4.99%    2.53%    4.23%    7.18%    2.84%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.58%    9.21%    6.79%    4.80%    1.05%    4.62%    5.95%    2.63%   
Kansas 3.95%    9.85%    5.59%    4.21%    4.57%    4.96%    6.69%    3.18%   
Minnesota 3.72%    9.96%    9.13%    4.06%    3.78%    5.91%    6.49%    3.79%   
Missouri 4.02%    9.96%    9.13%    2.99%    2.15%    5.83%    7.31%    3.86%   
Nebraska 4.51%    11.46%    --    6.55%    4.33%    3.89%    8.25%    2.80%   
North Dakota 4.21%    9.58%    6.92%    5.81%    4.75%    5.38%    6.50%    3.41%   
South Dakota 3.58%    8.33%    7.51%    4.90%    1.37%    7.34%    5.70%    3.83%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.99%    --    --    4.57%    5.33%    6.28%    7.11%    4.33%   
District of Columbia 3.91%    9.22%    8.56%    6.42%    8.31%    5.40%    6.29%    4.22%   
Florida 3.57%    7.47%    8.69%    2.11%    1.45%    2.98%    5.98%    2.12%   
Georgia 4.30%    11.75%    8.63%    3.51%    3.48%    4.45%    8.59%    3.14%   
Maryland 4.33%    10.00%    9.33%    5.47%    2.11%    4.95%    7.24%    3.29%   
North Carolina 3.45%    11.32%    8.84%    4.59%    3.03%    4.66%    7.49%    3.23%   
South Carolina 3.52%    --    10.02%    5.49%    6.44%    4.86%    7.55%    3.70%   
Virginia 3.61%    11.01%    8.16%    6.08%    5.97%    5.04%    6.59%    3.84%   
West Virginia 3.48%    10.99%    6.80%    4.91%    3.23%    4.11%    7.06%    2.77%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.52%    11.38%    9.46%    6.89%    4.31%    3.73%    6.84%    2.87%   
Kentucky 3.15%    9.44%    4.62%    4.39%    4.17%    6.13%    5.05%    4.04%   
Mississippi 3.54%    10.80%    7.86%    4.64%    3.98%    6.44%    6.41%    4.09%   
Tennessee 3.76%    --    6.62%    5.30%    5.62%    3.23%    7.75%    2.58%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 4.11%    --    8.03%    5.27%    3.90%    6.21%    8.02%    4.26%   
Louisiana 3.61%    11.43%    7.00%    4.28%    4.67%    5.83%    6.58%    3.93%   
Oklahoma 3.42%    8.87%    4.05%    2.76%    3.32%    3.62%    6.28%    2.33%   
Texas 2.44%    7.22%    6.51%    3.48%    2.92%    2.59%    4.98%    1.94%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.59%    12.70%    7.42%    5.79%    4.40%    4.90%    7.36%    3.34%   
Colorado 3.61%    9.67%    3.29%    6.63%    3.90%    2.20%    6.84%    2.06%   
Idaho 3.05%    9.46%    4.62%    2.46%    5.84%    2.12%    5.78%    2.18%   
Montana 4.87%    9.77%    0.00%    3.77%    5.35%    3.95%    7.70%    2.90%   
Nevada 4.94%    --    --    1.52%    1.14%    6.35%    9.33%    4.41%   
New Mexico 4.29%    --    9.79%    2.68%    5.66%    5.25%    8.09%    3.68%   
Utah 2.92%    --    9.27%    7.27%    3.65%    4.95%    5.42%    3.36%   
Wyoming 4.02%    10.19%    4.67%    2.75%    6.86%    6.50%    6.67%    4.45%   
Pacific:
Alaska 4.19%    11.15%    8.04%    5.60%    6.89%    6.85%    7.47%    4.67%   
California 2.29%    5.08%    4.22%    2.39%    2.24%    2.37%    3.58%    1.57%   
Hawaii 3.91%    7.30%    7.26%    6.47%    2.07%    5.27%    5.45%    3.18%   
Oregon 3.31%    8.96%    4.70%    2.51%    3.48%    5.06%    5.83%    3.01%   
Washington 3.61%    8.77%    9.69%    4.16%    4.91%    5.33%    6.01%    3.62%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.