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, 2020
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 76.4%    54.0%    80.7%    87.5%    90.5%    79.3%    67.2%    83.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 83.7%    83.2%    79.8%    86.7%    85.7%    83.1%    82.2%    84.6%   
Maine 78.2%    68.4%    73.8%    82.7%    88.4%    79.8%    71.3%    83.2%   
Massachusetts 62.5%    35.9%    61.9%    75.8%    64.8%    75.2%    49.4%    73.1%   
New Hampshire 76.4%    47.3%    83.9%    86.1%    86.6%    85.1%    64.2%    86.1%   
Rhode Island 82.4%    66.0%    89.2%    79.1%    88.4%    90.7%    73.7%    89.2%   
Vermont 77.2%    45.1%    74.6%    76.5%    92.2%    96.1%    57.5%    93.4%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 76.4%    59.4%    78.5%    86.3%    95.6%    78.4%    68.8%    84.0%   
New York 68.9%    42.8%    82.3%    82.4%    87.3%    76.1%    58.3%    80.4%   
Pennsylvania 74.6%    47.1%    85.0%    81.3%    96.4%    75.2%    65.4%    81.4%   
East North Central:
Illinois 82.3%    56.7%    81.1%    86.1%    90.8%    87.9%    70.7%    89.0%   
Indiana 84.4%    --    76.5%    79.3%    95.5%    90.2%    71.5%    90.1%   
Michigan 70.0%    --    84.4%    79.9%    88.7%    65.6%    65.5%    72.3%   
Ohio 76.6%    --    76.8%    80.8%    87.0%    78.7%    68.2%    81.1%   
Wisconsin 80.9%    --    77.3%    87.7%    98.5%    79.4%    70.1%    86.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 74.1%    47.1%    83.5%    82.2%    93.7%    78.1%    63.1%    83.6%   
Kansas 70.9%    --    75.1%    74.5%    88.7%    80.4%    58.2%    81.8%   
Minnesota 73.4%    53.7%    46.0%    92.3%    89.7%    83.6%    57.5%    86.2%   
Missouri 78.6%    74.9%    71.5%    84.0%    91.4%    75.3%    73.4%    81.2%   
Nebraska 75.5%    50.3%    77.8%    95.7%    88.3%    77.1%    65.9%    82.4%   
North Dakota 70.3%    38.3%    79.4%    65.5%    91.2%    83.7%    55.7%    83.0%   
South Dakota 70.4%    43.4%    79.6%    95.9%    95.9%    68.8%    58.6%    83.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.8%    --    78.6%    85.9%    95.0%    78.1%    62.8%    82.4%   
District of Columbia 61.1%    42.4%    --    72.1%    80.7%    65.2%    48.7%    70.7%   
Florida 77.9%    43.9%    74.8%    93.3%    88.1%    88.9%    60.6%    88.8%   
Georgia 84.6%    --    88.3%    98.0%    90.2%    88.5%    71.9%    89.9%   
Maryland 66.9%    43.9%    72.5%    83.5%    92.5%    65.2%    57.7%    74.7%   
North Carolina 74.5%    --    69.5%    87.8%    95.5%    72.3%    63.6%    78.6%   
South Carolina 86.1%    --    88.6%    97.1%    94.0%    85.5%    79.4%    88.6%   
Virginia 72.3%    39.6%    60.5%    91.1%    86.8%    84.2%    53.7%    86.1%   
West Virginia 81.8%    78.4%    67.6%    92.9%    79.7%    83.1%    77.5%    83.4%   
East South Central:
Alabama 76.3%    --    78.2%    82.1%    76.6%    86.1%    63.1%    84.4%   
Kentucky 88.0%    76.5%    88.9%    93.8%    96.4%    89.5%    81.8%    91.3%   
Mississippi 83.4%    91.4%    69.3%    88.3%    93.0%    79.1%    83.8%    83.2%   
Tennessee 85.4%    74.3%    89.4%    82.7%    90.9%    87.0%    80.5%    87.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 84.4%    --    72.2%    93.2%    93.6%    96.5%    64.4%    95.1%   
Louisiana 83.2%    --    71.1%    94.5%    90.6%    92.2%    70.1%    91.3%   
Oklahoma 82.9%    --    81.9%    82.1%    90.2%    88.4%    73.4%    89.1%   
Texas 74.3%    59.1%    91.8%    91.6%    87.7%    70.3%    72.2%    75.9%   
Mountain:
Arizona 82.5%    --    90.4%    89.3%    99.5%    82.0%    74.6%    86.3%   
Colorado 68.3%    --    86.0%    87.1%    97.3%    62.3%    61.4%    74.5%   
Idaho 78.5%    --    84.6%    93.2%    98.3%    71.4%    72.9%    83.5%   
Montana 78.8%    65.3%    64.5%    92.0%    97.8%    86.4%    69.0%    92.1%   
Nevada 84.6%    68.5%    93.8%    93.0%    98.4%    87.2%    79.2%    90.1%   
New Mexico 78.0%    61.3%    87.0%    89.5%    95.5%    72.3%    71.6%    82.0%   
Utah 76.0%    --    67.7%    92.3%    91.9%    85.3%    62.2%    87.2%   
Wyoming 80.4%    83.6%    75.7%    75.1%    92.9%    76.0%    79.8%    80.8%   
Pacific:
Alaska 91.8%    78.9%    84.9%    100.0%    91.8%    96.9%    85.4%    95.5%   
California 76.0%    60.2%    88.0%    91.2%    90.2%    75.1%    71.7%    80.8%   
Hawaii 78.8%    58.8%    87.7%    92.2%    98.9%    93.6%    67.7%    94.5%   
Oregon 80.4%    51.4%    91.6%    98.4%    96.7%    81.8%    71.8%    88.1%   
Washington 74.8%    58.8%    84.7%    86.2%    95.2%    70.0%    69.5%    80.0%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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, 2020
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 0.71%    2.18%    1.36%    0.84%    0.81%    1.01%    1.32%    0.70%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.02%    8.02%    9.64%    4.80%    5.87%    5.17%    5.11%    3.71%   
Maine 3.59%    10.30%    9.61%    5.38%    4.66%    5.74%    6.84%    3.53%   
Massachusetts 4.64%    9.65%    9.84%    7.11%    8.60%    8.09%    6.76%    5.76%   
New Hampshire 4.15%    11.36%    8.38%    5.74%    5.91%    5.32%    7.43%    3.71%   
Rhode Island 3.61%    10.45%    6.12%    6.76%    7.31%    4.05%    6.71%    3.33%   
Vermont 3.71%    10.59%    8.11%    5.60%    3.23%    1.79%    6.75%    1.81%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.86%    10.07%    8.23%    5.24%    2.46%    6.46%    6.35%    4.08%   
New York 2.88%    6.79%    5.26%    4.18%    3.74%    4.17%    4.63%    2.82%   
Pennsylvania 3.35%    10.25%    5.35%    5.05%    1.31%    4.95%    6.22%    3.20%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.41%    9.73%    6.22%    4.25%    3.68%    3.13%    5.03%    2.27%   
Indiana 3.07%    --    11.63%    5.86%    1.92%    2.99%    8.15%    2.20%   
Michigan 4.20%    --    7.25%    5.68%    3.14%    7.35%    7.00%    5.23%   
Ohio 3.53%    --    10.42%    7.45%    6.49%    5.33%    6.63%    4.04%   
Wisconsin 4.02%    --    8.73%    5.01%    0.84%    8.32%    6.38%    5.20%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.79%    9.93%    6.96%    5.93%    2.83%    6.99%    6.24%    4.25%   
Kansas 4.69%    --    9.13%    6.67%    4.43%    5.71%    8.26%    3.88%   
Minnesota 4.25%    10.70%    10.27%    4.11%    3.47%    6.30%    7.18%    4.19%   
Missouri 3.44%    12.84%    10.15%    5.28%    4.43%    5.52%    6.93%    3.78%   
Nebraska 4.22%    11.89%    8.86%    3.04%    4.78%    7.00%    7.55%    4.40%   
North Dakota 3.89%    10.68%    6.92%    6.24%    4.02%    5.15%    6.72%    3.33%   
South Dakota 4.86%    10.48%    6.72%    3.07%    2.81%    10.45%    7.36%    5.73%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 4.59%    --    8.50%    5.21%    2.89%    5.73%    9.13%    4.01%   
District of Columbia 4.49%    11.54%    --    7.95%    6.29%    7.08%    7.98%    4.80%   
Florida 4.02%    11.96%    11.14%    2.98%    5.96%    3.53%    8.16%    2.81%   
Georgia 3.42%    --    6.78%    2.05%    6.88%    4.05%    8.00%    3.18%   
Maryland 5.03%    12.81%    9.29%    5.91%    3.09%    8.45%    8.20%    5.88%   
North Carolina 4.03%    --    8.65%    5.55%    3.57%    5.91%    8.74%    4.30%   
South Carolina 3.30%    --    8.00%    2.08%    4.75%    5.20%    6.85%    3.73%   
Virginia 3.95%    11.21%    11.12%    3.45%    5.31%    4.50%    7.26%    3.30%   
West Virginia 2.94%    12.56%    11.35%    4.48%    5.86%    3.92%    7.45%    2.99%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.91%    --    8.13%    5.40%    7.91%    4.97%    7.89%    3.78%   
Kentucky 3.02%    10.42%    7.53%    3.49%    2.04%    3.69%    6.98%    2.60%   
Mississippi 3.51%    5.97%    10.87%    5.15%    4.20%    6.72%    4.96%    4.76%   
Tennessee 2.93%    10.48%    5.27%    6.78%    4.50%    4.64%    5.78%    3.35%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.80%    --    10.95%    3.78%    3.55%    2.09%    8.58%    1.78%   
Louisiana 3.70%    --    11.04%    3.12%    4.62%    4.33%    7.74%    3.02%   
Oklahoma 3.56%    --    9.50%    6.19%    3.44%    4.07%    7.58%    2.78%   
Texas 3.16%    9.14%    4.00%    3.02%    3.70%    4.64%    5.86%    3.39%   
Mountain:
Arizona 4.15%    --    6.57%    4.89%    0.46%    5.59%    9.57%    3.81%   
Colorado 5.62%    --    6.69%    6.09%    1.44%    9.19%    9.05%    6.33%   
Idaho 4.51%    --    7.21%    4.28%    1.21%    7.11%    8.23%    3.85%   
Montana 4.51%    11.26%    10.57%    4.10%    1.44%    5.89%    7.20%    3.17%   
Nevada 4.63%    13.26%    6.03%    5.19%    1.57%    4.62%    8.41%    3.29%   
New Mexico 3.80%    11.66%    8.39%    5.23%    2.02%    6.92%    7.07%    4.31%   
Utah 4.75%    --    11.39%    4.57%    4.16%    5.48%    8.60%    3.83%   
Wyoming 3.55%    7.96%    9.53%    6.54%    3.01%    7.47%    5.49%    4.59%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.26%    11.49%    7.23%    0.00%    3.40%    1.67%    5.44%    1.50%   
California 2.86%    7.13%    4.17%    2.72%    3.37%    4.51%    4.65%    3.02%   
Hawaii 3.76%    8.47%    4.96%    3.58%    0.76%    2.60%    6.14%    1.77%   
Oregon 3.71%    10.85%    4.21%    1.56%    1.93%    5.68%    6.53%    3.37%   
Washington 4.32%    11.40%    5.67%    5.25%    1.57%    7.68%    6.97%    4.93%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.