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, 2019
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 77.3%    57.9%    81.2%    87.1%    91.5%    82.8%    68.4%    85.7%   
New England:
Connecticut 79.6%    70.4%    68.5%    90.6%    91.0%    84.5%    72.8%    87.2%   
Maine 73.2%    48.5%    70.2%    95.8%    94.7%    78.5%    60.5%    86.7%   
Massachusetts 66.4%    52.8%    62.1%    64.7%    75.9%    81.9%    56.6%    79.0%   
New Hampshire 77.4%    74.5%    61.0%    88.6%    82.2%    78.4%    74.2%    80.6%   
Rhode Island 63.2%    38.8% * 66.5%    76.4%    84.4%    82.2%    48.0%    85.0%   
Vermont 75.1%    46.0%    67.0%    80.8%    98.0%    83.0%    59.6%    87.6%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.1%    63.5%    72.9%    84.9%    91.8%    70.5%    69.5%    77.2%   
New York 73.3%    56.0%    85.5%    80.5%    89.7%    82.7%    66.0%    85.3%   
Pennsylvania 81.8%    75.0%    79.9%    86.3%    92.7%    84.3%    77.3%    86.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.5%    61.2%    83.0%    89.8%    89.3%    82.4%    69.9%    85.8%   
Indiana 82.6%    --    82.9%    82.2%    92.0%    88.2%    69.0%    89.2%   
Michigan 84.8%    73.3%    75.1%    86.8%    94.9%    90.8%    76.3%    91.8%   
Ohio 77.5%    72.9%    80.4%    77.5%    88.5%    76.0%    74.7%    79.5%   
Wisconsin 80.5%    71.7%    77.3%    96.7%    94.9%    70.1%    78.6%    81.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 72.0%    50.8%    66.3%    91.2%    93.0%    77.0%    59.1%    85.8%   
Kansas 82.0%    66.0%    93.7%    89.2%    84.7%    92.1%    74.5%    90.4%   
Minnesota 76.3%    39.4%    81.1%    77.0%    96.1%    97.2%    58.3%    92.8%   
Missouri 78.0%    54.3%    92.3%    86.7%    92.6%    85.5%    66.6%    88.1%   
Nebraska 71.1%    --    76.8%    90.3%    84.8%    76.1%    59.5%    80.7%   
North Dakota 70.7%    54.1%    71.1%    74.1%    80.3%    87.4%    62.0%    82.5%   
South Dakota 72.1%    50.4%    80.0%    89.7%    91.4%    86.5%    60.3%    89.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 79.2%    73.7%    69.1%    86.4%    80.6%    84.0%    75.2%    83.1%   
District of Columbia 60.0%    41.0%    63.0%    68.2%    72.6%    64.2%    51.8%    66.9%   
Florida 77.5%    62.2%    73.4%    93.6%    88.0%    82.6%    69.5%    84.7%   
Georgia 80.8%    --    100.0%    87.1%    87.1%    89.3%    69.9%    88.6%   
Maryland 74.2%    --    71.2%    86.1%    92.7%    75.2%    68.3%    80.2%   
North Carolina 83.8%    68.7%    82.5%    97.0%    89.0%    85.4%    78.2%    87.5%   
South Carolina 82.3%    67.5%    84.9%    91.5%    88.0%    85.9%    76.2%    87.0%   
Virginia 82.4%    --    76.4%    82.6%    95.0%    92.7%    66.8%    92.3%   
West Virginia 75.2%    --    95.6%    87.6%    90.9%    78.0%    63.7%    82.6%   
East South Central:
Alabama 74.1%    62.8%    51.4%    78.0%    77.4%    86.4%    62.4%    83.5%   
Kentucky 84.3%    85.7%    65.9%    86.9%    98.5%    82.6%    81.0%    86.6%   
Mississippi 84.9%    76.5%    80.6%    83.7%    87.4%    90.2%    77.7%    89.4%   
Tennessee 78.6%    56.5%    81.8%    86.9%    93.1%    83.7%    66.0%    87.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 92.0%    --    85.3%    98.8%    97.1%    91.0%    87.5%    93.9%   
Louisiana 79.6%    70.5%    89.2%    84.6%    93.3%    77.1%    76.6%    82.4%   
Oklahoma 79.9%    51.5%    78.9%    96.2%    92.7%    89.6%    65.4%    92.0%   
Texas 84.7%    74.3%    89.0%    94.9%    93.1%    83.5%    81.8%    86.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 76.2%    --    79.1%    95.6%    99.3%    81.2%    62.5%    86.3%   
Colorado 72.9%    39.7%    82.8%    88.4%    93.9%    88.7%    56.8%    89.2%   
Idaho 77.4%    46.3%    89.4%    95.6%    98.1%    87.8%    64.6%    91.6%   
Montana 75.6%    55.0%    83.5%    81.5%    93.2%    99.3%    63.6%    94.0%   
Nevada 88.3%    74.4%    96.0%    100.0%    99.0%    85.8%    85.6%    90.8%   
New Mexico 82.2%    --    100.0%    85.7%    87.7%    82.1%    79.1%    84.1%   
Utah 78.2%    --    96.1%    79.6%    94.2%    73.7%    77.0%    79.3%   
Wyoming 77.9%    53.1%    99.0%    89.0%    89.3%    83.1%    69.6%    86.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.4%    65.0%    80.5%    79.1%    95.6%    71.1%    71.0%    80.7%   
California 71.0%    40.3%    87.9%    88.2%    93.3%    82.4%    58.3%    86.1%   
Hawaii 66.1%    49.8%    77.8%    72.8%    89.2%    85.9%    57.3%    84.1%   
Oregon 78.7%    64.4%    86.3%    92.6%    96.0%    71.1%    75.1%    82.7%   
Washington 71.6%    52.5%    95.5%    85.4%    96.7%    66.9%    66.0%    77.8%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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, 2019
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 0.70%    1.93%    1.36%    0.77%    0.61%    0.89%    1.24%    0.59%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.83%    9.78%    9.02%    4.44%    5.64%    5.86%    6.22%    3.98%   
Maine 4.32%    10.55%    9.14%    3.05%    2.81%    6.05%    7.25%    3.30%   
Massachusetts 4.34%    10.94%    9.58%    6.93%    6.10%    4.68%    7.01%    3.61%   
New Hampshire 3.64%    9.96%    9.31%    4.54%    5.81%    5.49%    6.21%    3.78%   
Rhode Island 5.81%    12.31% * 10.67%    7.32%    6.78%    6.72%    8.63%    4.50%   
Vermont 4.12%    11.21%    9.65%    5.33%    1.01%    6.95%    6.84%    4.24%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 4.18%    10.08%    9.98%    5.42%    4.54%    6.88%    6.47%    4.93%   
New York 2.90%    6.34%    3.86%    3.93%    2.43%    3.37%    4.32%    2.16%   
Pennsylvania 2.82%    7.25%    6.70%    3.58%    3.49%    4.02%    4.73%    2.80%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.25%    8.00%    5.36%    2.82%    3.37%    4.99%    5.31%    3.30%   
Indiana 3.50%    --    8.56%    5.57%    4.41%    4.01%    8.20%    2.80%   
Michigan 2.99%    10.08%    9.62%    4.59%    2.17%    3.78%    5.78%    2.41%   
Ohio 3.80%    10.39%    9.56%    5.71%    4.30%    6.44%    6.60%    4.51%   
Wisconsin 3.52%    11.05%    8.81%    1.95%    2.32%    7.09%    6.32%    4.04%   
West North Central:
Iowa 4.34%    10.56%    8.63%    3.99%    3.20%    7.40%    7.02%    3.97%   
Kansas 4.29%    10.77%    4.59%    4.73%    5.19%    4.93%    7.30%    3.36%   
Minnesota 4.02%    11.13%    7.73%    6.13%    1.90%    1.39%    7.19%    1.84%   
Missouri 4.12%    10.45%    7.32%    4.37%    2.88%    5.24%    7.33%    3.45%   
Nebraska 4.90%    --    7.76%    4.67%    4.53%    8.21%    8.50%    5.21%   
North Dakota 4.16%    9.97%    9.88%    5.46%    5.62%    4.89%    6.46%    3.41%   
South Dakota 4.05%    8.77%    7.33%    4.25%    3.54%    4.58%    6.27%    2.41%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.79%    9.95%    11.61%    5.06%    10.39%    5.07%    6.33%    4.20%   
District of Columbia 4.61%    11.30%    10.47%    7.09%    7.72%    8.22%    7.55%    5.45%   
Florida 3.48%    9.39%    8.68%    3.94%    5.28%    4.71%    6.12%    3.50%   
Georgia 4.88%    --    0.00%    6.43%    7.07%    5.06%    9.62%    4.03%   
Maryland 4.52%    --    9.31%    4.87%    2.74%    6.71%    7.63%    4.35%   
North Carolina 3.29%    12.26%    7.44%    2.09%    4.51%    4.24%    6.73%    2.99%   
South Carolina 3.78%    11.80%    9.76%    4.33%    4.63%    5.21%    7.15%    3.72%   
Virginia 3.68%    --    8.40%    4.67%    1.89%    2.67%    7.97%    1.98%   
West Virginia 4.36%    --    4.35%    4.73%    5.64%    5.74%    8.65%    4.00%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.83%    10.60%    9.78%    5.86%    6.59%    4.71%    7.01%    3.66%   
Kentucky 3.27%    10.42%    11.10%    5.59%    0.71%    4.95%    6.44%    3.28%   
Mississippi 3.47%    11.95%    8.81%    6.72%    5.50%    4.62%    7.42%    3.26%   
Tennessee 3.95%    12.04%    10.03%    4.33%    2.93%    5.48%    8.04%    3.58%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.61%    --    7.21%    1.22%    1.41%    4.57%    5.97%    2.69%   
Louisiana 4.12%    11.04%    7.10%    5.09%    3.70%    6.35%    7.12%    4.24%   
Oklahoma 4.25%    12.76%    8.36%    2.18%    3.72%    4.68%    8.00%    2.92%   
Texas 2.27%    7.51%    5.55%    2.01%    2.10%    2.98%    4.62%    2.06%   
Mountain:
Arizona 5.12%    --    10.04%    2.66%    0.72%    5.76%    9.64%    3.97%   
Colorado 4.59%    10.76%    9.01%    4.63%    3.16%    4.44%    7.72%    3.22%   
Idaho 5.03%    11.90%    6.17%    3.17%    1.28%    4.70%    8.29%    2.72%   
Montana 5.03%    10.30%    7.76%    5.86%    3.01%    0.34%    7.66%    1.81%   
Nevada 3.57%    12.50%    3.93%    0.00%    1.00%    4.56%    6.64%    2.89%   
New Mexico 4.06%    --    0.00%    5.27%    4.53%    5.55%    8.31%    4.08%   
Utah 4.77%    --    2.87%    7.58%    3.61%    7.24%    8.46%    4.76%   
Wyoming 4.06%    10.65%    0.93%    4.64%    4.04%    5.42%    7.01%    3.26%   
Pacific:
Alaska 4.30%    12.80%    8.89%    7.15%    3.44%    6.62%    8.08%    4.06%   
California 3.22%    7.26%    4.46%    3.11%    1.72%    3.52%    5.15%    2.25%   
Hawaii 4.11%    7.42%    7.41%    6.81%    4.54%    5.31%    5.65%    3.88%   
Oregon 4.49%    11.82%    5.87%    3.76%    1.56%    9.45%    6.98%    5.37%   
Washington 4.64%    10.51%    3.20%    5.35%    1.65%    8.11%    7.30%    5.27%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.