Table V.A.2.g(2010) Average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-sector establishments that offer 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	8.0	8.3	8.9	9.0	7.1	7.3
New England:
Connecticut	7.6	5.8	8.3	8.3	7.5	7.0
Maine	7.3	7.5	6.5 *	7.5	7.2	7.1
Massachusetts	5.9	6.2	6.8	7.1	4.7	5.0
New Hampshire	7.3	7.6 *	6.5	9.0	5.4	6.0
Rhode Island	7.2	11.9	7.7	7.9	5.6	6.1
Vermont	7.6	12.4	11.5	8.2	5.6	6.1
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	8.4	11.5	10.4	8.9	7.2	7.7
New York	6.9	6.1	9.3	7.7	6.1	6.7
Pennsylvania	7.3	6.1	8.8	7.3	6.8	7.8
East North Central:
Illinois	8.2	11.3	10.2	9.2	6.6	7.2
Indiana	8.1	13.4	10.1	8.3	8.1	5.7
Michigan	8.3	5.8 *	9.9	8.8	7.3	8.8
Ohio	7.4	6.2	9.8	8.0	6.6	6.8
Wisconsin	8.8	12.5	8.8	9.2	7.4	7.8
West North Central:
Iowa	7.4	5.4	10.3	8.6	6.6	6.5
Kansas	7.0	4.2	7.1	6.8	8.9	7.2
Minnesota	7.1	4.8	7.7	8.5	6.5	6.3
Missouri	8.4	9.9	11.5	9.3	6.2	7.7
Nebraska	7.4	11.3	8.8	7.6	6.3	6.0
North Dakota	6.2	9.9	9.2	5.7	4.7	5.8
South Dakota	7.0	6.5 *	8.9	8.3	6.6	5.3
South Atlantic:
Delaware	8.1	10.1 *	13.3	8.3	7.3	7.7
District of Columbia	5.6	1.8 *	3.4 *	6.9	3.5	6.7
Florida	8.2	12.1	9.0	8.5	8.0	6.8
Georgia	9.3	7.5	9.3	10.2	9.3	8.6
Maryland	7.6	6.6	8.8	8.9	7.5	5.6
North Carolina	7.3	6.4	8.4	8.5	7.3	5.4
South Carolina	8.0	6.5 *	9.1	9.5	6.7	7.0
Virginia	7.2	7.2	11.0	9.2	5.6	5.9
West Virginia	8.4	8.9 *	8.7	9.5	7.8	7.2
East South Central:
Alabama	7.3	9.3	9.1	8.8	5.4	6.2
Kentucky	8.8	11.0	9.3	8.5	8.5	8.5
Mississippi	8.2	6.2	6.6	9.4	7.2	8.2
Tennessee	8.8	9.5	8.7	9.5	9.4	7.6
West South Central:
Arkansas	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.5	8.8	8.0
Louisiana	8.2	9.9	6.3	9.5	7.5	7.1
Oklahoma	9.7	7.9	11.0	10.6	8.7	9.6
Texas	8.5	9.4	6.3	9.8	7.5	7.7
Mountain:
Arizona	9.0	10.5	10.1	9.5	7.7	8.9
Colorado	7.8	9.8	8.9	8.9	6.2	7.2
Idaho	10.3	9.7 *	11.9	13.5	8.9	8.1
Montana	11.1	8.3 *	13.1	15.0	8.7	9.3
Nevada	10.3	8.4	10.9	11.2	9.6	9.4
New Mexico	9.5	9.7	6.2	11.3	8.0	8.9
Utah	8.9	7.6 *	8.9	10.6	7.1	8.9
Wyoming	11.0	11.7	11.2	12.9	8.4	10.1
Pacific:
Alaska	9.5	6.8 *	9.2	10.9	9.2	9.0
California	8.7	9.0	8.5	10.5	7.1	8.1
Hawaii	5.1	5.2	5.5	6.3	3.5	4.5
Oregon	9.6	9.1 *	8.3	12.6	8.6	7.1
Washington	8.6	6.2 *	7.6	10.3	8.6	7.5
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.g(2010) Standard error for average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-sector establishments that offer 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	0.08	0.35	0.24	0.14	0.14	0.15
New England:
Connecticut	0.64	1.07	2.22	1.26	1.28	0.81
Maine	0.34	1.62	2.02 *	0.78	0.83	0.87
Massachusetts	0.41	1.27	0.50	0.93	0.81	1.38
New Hampshire	0.41	2.58 *	0.64	0.60	0.82	0.58
Rhode Island	0.47	3.24	2.08	0.80	0.65	0.99
Vermont	0.56	2.93	1.92	0.71	0.68	1.12
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	0.38	2.20	2.15	0.71	0.58	1.20
New York	0.34	1.21	2.49	0.50	0.52	0.46
Pennsylvania	0.41	1.32	1.58	0.65	0.64	1.19
East North Central:
Illinois	0.48	1.76	2.07	0.95	0.70	0.91
Indiana	0.59	2.70	1.18	0.63	1.14	0.68
Michigan	0.41	2.40 *	2.08	0.93	1.03	0.92
Ohio	0.31	1.70	0.85	0.60	0.51	1.05
Wisconsin	0.59	2.31	0.64	1.09	0.63	0.84
West North Central:
Iowa	0.52	1.25	1.62	1.34	0.90	0.98
Kansas	0.47	1.09	1.62	0.68	0.90	0.87
Minnesota	0.71	1.30	2.27	1.03	0.87	0.89
Missouri	0.73	2.02	2.18	1.35	0.51	0.68
Nebraska	0.44	3.17	1.94	0.80	0.68	0.59
North Dakota	0.35	2.15	2.13	0.73	0.67	0.65
South Dakota	0.63	2.80 *	1.38	0.79	1.16	0.88
South Atlantic:
Delaware	0.48	3.23 *	3.24	0.76	0.82	1.02
District of Columbia	0.51	0.92 *	1.03 *	0.55	0.70	1.14
Florida	0.29	1.79	1.78	0.61	0.51	0.80
Georgia	0.49	1.19	1.81	0.89	1.20	1.46
Maryland	0.44	1.53	1.92	0.96	1.38	0.51
North Carolina	0.54	1.37	1.36	1.13	0.94	0.51
South Carolina	0.47	2.47 *	1.97	0.89	1.28	1.22
Virginia	0.42	0.85	1.97	0.82	0.61	0.95
West Virginia	0.45	2.76 *	1.77	0.60	0.89	1.28
East South Central:
Alabama	0.24	1.45	1.11	0.39	0.71	1.07
Kentucky	0.62	2.12	1.48	1.12	0.83	0.75
Mississippi	0.59	1.60	0.95	0.85	0.59	0.72
Tennessee	0.42	2.36	1.78	0.61	1.04	0.70
West South Central:
Arkansas	0.49	2.26	1.20	0.63	1.11	1.15
Louisiana	0.52	2.48	0.85	0.86	1.18	1.48
Oklahoma	0.44	1.99	2.21	0.83	0.81	1.11
Texas	0.28	1.25	1.48	0.47	0.52	0.47
Mountain:
Arizona	0.70	1.82	2.32	1.13	1.20	1.28
Colorado	0.63	2.74	2.23	0.80	1.12	1.20
Idaho	0.56	3.08 *	2.53	1.31	1.39	1.10
Montana	0.85	2.62 *	3.22	1.16	1.01	1.32
Nevada	0.55	2.30	2.59	1.03	1.28	0.93
New Mexico	0.64	2.67	1.63	1.26	1.21	1.48
Utah	0.50	2.46 *	1.77	1.07	1.60	0.86
Wyoming	0.43	2.47	1.78	1.22	1.28	1.90
Pacific:
Alaska	0.38	2.42 *	2.62	0.64	1.05	0.83
California	0.38	1.32	0.93	0.69	0.38	0.39
Hawaii	0.36	1.49	1.27	0.48	0.29	0.73
Oregon	0.38	3.12 *	1.65	0.65	0.75	0.81
Washington	0.68	2.50 *	1.51	0.60	1.13	0.93
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.