Table V.A.2.f(2010) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2010
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 74.6%    67.6%    83.3%    78.0%    69.4%    75.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 73.2%    83.8%    73.2%    66.0%    76.6%    77.8%   
Maine 77.2%    53.1%    87.8%    78.0%    81.1%    79.9%   
Massachusetts 58.5%    62.4%    85.4%    70.7%    42.6%    50.9%   
New Hampshire 74.7%    59.2%    84.8%    86.1%    56.0%    78.5%   
Rhode Island 70.0%    53.5%    73.0%    77.0%    61.1%    74.4%   
Vermont 68.1%    69.0%    76.9%    71.7%    62.8%    64.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.8%    68.4%    84.4%    78.0%    67.5%    74.2%   
New York 65.7%    46.0%    63.6%    68.0%    64.5%    71.4%   
Pennsylvania 71.2%    64.8%    87.4%    72.1%    60.5%    79.0%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    88.7%    79.2%    80.0%    68.2%    77.4%   
Indiana 78.6%    85.3%    89.1%    76.8%    78.6%    76.3%   
Michigan 76.5%    66.4%    84.5%    79.5%    64.6%    86.9%   
Ohio 77.0%    60.7%    90.4%    80.2%    66.9%    82.4%   
Wisconsin 82.4%    82.7%    96.2%    75.5%    82.5%    87.5%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.9%    37.7% * 92.4%    70.9%    69.1%    77.0%   
Kansas 73.6%    50.9%    78.4%    69.7%    87.9%    77.5%   
Minnesota 72.7%    53.5%    80.9%    78.5%    75.8%    63.9%   
Missouri 76.6%    69.4%    89.6%    74.8%    71.8%    83.3%   
Nebraska 74.1%    81.6%    85.6%    70.0%    70.7%    78.9%   
North Dakota 60.9%    70.0%    81.6%    59.9%    55.8%    57.3%   
South Dakota 65.8%    43.2%    100.0%    69.0%    72.8%    61.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.1%    74.2%    92.1%    76.5%    66.6%    77.5%   
District of Columbia 62.9%    20.8% * 50.7% * 69.0%    51.7%    73.8%   
Florida 76.8%    78.7%    84.9%    75.7%    80.2%    73.2%   
Georgia 80.5%    78.6%    82.0%    84.2%    76.0%    78.8%   
Maryland 76.0%    59.2%    85.1%    81.4%    74.4%    75.3%   
North Carolina 71.3%    66.2%    85.4%    74.2%    70.1%    67.3%   
South Carolina 71.8%    58.0%    92.5%    74.8%    68.4%    71.0%   
Virginia 69.1%    81.4%    83.9%    78.1%    58.7%    63.4%   
West Virginia 75.5%    70.4%    70.0%    79.6%    73.5%    73.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.6%    90.6%    90.1%    77.1%    58.6%    71.7%   
Kentucky 78.5%    79.4%    83.7%    73.1%    81.3%    82.6%   
Mississippi 79.0%    57.5%    87.0%    83.5%    78.0%    77.0%   
Tennessee 81.3%    79.2%    81.4%    82.9%    78.9%    81.5%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.4%    77.6%    73.1%    78.7%    80.8%    80.9%   
Louisiana 75.1%    81.2%    82.5%    79.5%    72.6%    68.3%   
Oklahoma 80.9%    76.3%    86.5%    82.7%    73.2%    87.3%   
Texas 78.6%    90.2%    74.3%    86.6%    73.3%    71.0%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.2%    81.1%    99.2%    81.6%    67.7%    84.1%   
Colorado 68.9%    58.6%    81.3%    76.4%    54.4%    76.7%   
Idaho 78.5%    45.2%    97.1%    88.0%    74.0%    83.0%   
Montana 74.7%    59.8%    71.7%    92.3%    61.2%    73.0%   
Nevada 86.8%    68.9%    88.5%    87.3%    89.5%    86.9%   
New Mexico 78.9%    82.8%    58.7%    83.6%    72.8%    81.3%   
Utah 77.3%    60.5%    78.1%    83.0%    75.0%    76.8%   
Wyoming 76.7%    61.8%    72.0%    83.3%    74.3%    79.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.5%    65.9%    98.7%    83.1%    79.8%    85.1%   
California 75.7%    69.2%    87.1%    79.8%    69.9%    76.7%   
Hawaii 67.4%    53.2%    84.0%    77.8%    55.5%    64.8%   
Oregon 88.0%    83.6%    88.5%    95.4%    88.3%    77.8%   
Washington 77.9%    45.5% * 77.5%    85.4%    76.9%    86.4%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table V.A.2.f(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2010
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 0.37%    2.12%    1.24%    0.64%    0.83%    0.85%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.60%    14.33%    12.66%    6.30%    5.67%    6.76%   
Maine 3.13%    12.47%    9.87%    5.04%    4.85%    6.52%   
Massachusetts 1.72%    13.42%    5.46%    3.65%    3.44%    7.79%   
New Hampshire 2.62%    14.29%    6.30%    2.44%    7.28%    8.17%   
Rhode Island 1.95%    12.42%    11.58%    3.44%    3.10%    6.99%   
Vermont 3.71%    13.44%    7.87%    4.92%    5.19%    7.27%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.62%    12.15%    13.81%    3.89%    2.94%    4.13%   
New York 2.00%    5.35%    8.47%    4.29%    3.44%    3.99%   
Pennsylvania 2.30%    10.39%    5.87%    4.51%    3.51%    5.17%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.20%    10.23%    5.35%    4.23%    3.56%    5.44%   
Indiana 2.62%    10.61%    3.99%    6.52%    6.57%    6.13%   
Michigan 2.96%    12.96%    5.32%    5.61%    6.32%    5.32%   
Ohio 1.81%    11.22%    3.65%    4.43%    6.29%    5.34%   
Wisconsin 2.28%    13.57%    2.88%    3.34%    5.97%    4.02%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.89%    11.35% * 4.66%    5.77%    6.05%    4.95%   
Kansas 3.80%    13.55%    13.00%    4.01%    4.08%    4.11%   
Minnesota 3.74%    13.09%    9.26%    5.18%    7.16%    7.08%   
Missouri 4.16%    9.75%    11.59%    6.13%    5.73%    5.84%   
Nebraska 3.28%    11.00%    9.28%    6.24%    5.49%    4.69%   
North Dakota 3.04%    10.61%    6.25%    5.55%    6.45%    5.68%   
South Dakota 2.49%    11.90%    0.00%    5.54%    6.92%    6.57%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.56%    13.93%    14.76%    4.99%    6.95%    6.40%   
District of Columbia 3.13%    10.63% * 16.01% * 4.26%    3.97%    9.59%   
Florida 1.54%    9.94%    7.47%    4.46%    3.61%    4.82%   
Georgia 2.61%    15.53%    10.74%    4.17%    5.24%    5.59%   
Maryland 3.58%    12.92%    14.84%    4.79%    5.95%    4.75%   
North Carolina 3.33%    14.55%    9.72%    4.19%    6.46%    6.94%   
South Carolina 2.15%    14.63%    13.39%    5.04%    6.33%    6.46%   
Virginia 2.10%    8.87%    7.93%    3.75%    6.32%    6.60%   
West Virginia 3.43%    16.86%    8.54%    4.80%    5.22%    7.22%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.08%    11.78%    4.83%    3.14%    6.43%    4.44%   
Kentucky 3.78%    8.32%    7.20%    6.77%    4.17%    8.18%   
Mississippi 2.66%    14.21%    7.00%    4.16%    5.11%    5.28%   
Tennessee 2.26%    13.72%    8.87%    4.32%    6.41%    4.97%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.51%    16.08%    9.63%    5.24%    4.80%    4.71%   
Louisiana 3.58%    15.14%    7.69%    6.72%    4.71%    9.07%   
Oklahoma 3.00%    8.38%    6.03%    3.17%    5.66%    3.08%   
Texas 2.13%    5.93%    6.91%    2.43%    3.78%    2.74%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.72%    12.36%    20.91%    5.39%    7.86%    3.83%   
Colorado 2.87%    14.08%    7.38%    5.45%    5.60%    6.00%   
Idaho 2.47%    13.06%    3.04%    3.73%    4.27%    5.26%   
Montana 4.01%    11.94%    14.60%    3.16%    8.47%    5.83%   
Nevada 2.47%    10.29%    8.20%    2.88%    5.22%    6.95%   
New Mexico 2.87%    15.86%    15.86%    3.85%    6.45%    7.56%   
Utah 2.02%    15.70%    11.19%    4.16%    7.75%    6.35%   
Wyoming 2.30%    11.15%    8.63%    5.61%    4.92%    7.30%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.04%    13.26%    14.72%    2.74%    5.74%    5.65%   
California 1.78%    7.73%    5.44%    2.30%    2.60%    3.23%   
Hawaii 2.36%    10.09%    16.52%    2.61%    4.65%    6.83%   
Oregon 2.13%    13.94%    5.51%    2.18%    3.86%    6.08%   
Washington 3.21%    13.78% * 11.94%    2.99%    3.20%    3.26%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.