Table V.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 industry groupings** and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 74.4%    61.1%    83.2%    79.2%    67.7%    76.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.6%    --    97.2%    80.6%    71.5%    75.3%   
Maine 74.1%    --    84.9%    74.5%    72.9%    78.8%   
Massachusetts 58.9%    --    72.7%    64.3%    54.6%    59.9%   
New Hampshire 77.8%    --    85.3%    81.1%    58.8%    84.3%   
Rhode Island 69.7%    --    94.1%    75.7%    70.3%    60.6%   
Vermont 61.2%    --    78.2%    66.4%    41.7%    78.1%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 66.4%    --    --    73.2%    59.8%    76.0%   
New York 69.2%    56.4%    65.0%    76.8%    65.8%    66.0%   
Pennsylvania 69.7%    58.5%    87.4%    71.9%    60.6%    75.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 71.1%    --    93.7%    75.4%    70.9%    70.9%   
Indiana 82.7%    --    100.0%    84.3%    72.8%    86.9%   
Michigan 75.3%    --    89.6%    79.9%    67.9%    77.1%   
Ohio 78.2%    --    84.6%    86.1%    68.0%    78.3%   
Wisconsin 81.8%    --    92.6%    82.5%    84.0%    81.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 66.9%    47.5%    84.0%    64.6%    66.1%    77.1%   
Kansas 73.9%    46.4%    90.4%    72.8%    69.8%    82.6%   
Minnesota 71.6%    --    95.5%    76.4%    64.0%    66.0%   
Missouri 69.6%    --    92.8%    69.7%    53.9%    77.9%   
Nebraska 76.4%    --    83.4%    87.8%    64.2%    74.0%   
North Dakota 67.1%    61.3%    54.3%    67.0%    59.2%    76.2%   
South Dakota 67.7%    45.9%    90.4%    67.6%    72.9%    74.0%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 72.2%    --    --    81.4%    72.7%    62.2%   
District of Columbia 57.2%    --    --    61.6%    50.4%    64.0%   
Florida 72.1%    45.6%    95.5%    81.7%    68.1%    68.5%   
Georgia 75.6%    --    61.5%    89.1%    77.5%    60.8%   
Maryland 71.5%    48.4%    --    71.9%    72.5%    76.4%   
North Carolina 79.3%    --    95.4%    82.9%    71.8%    75.1%   
South Carolina 76.7%    --    56.1%    94.0%    63.1%    67.1%   
Virginia 73.6%    --    83.6%    78.5%    60.5%    75.9%   
West Virginia 73.6%    --    77.8%    77.9%    76.8%    58.5%   
East South Central:
Alabama 69.8%    48.9%    67.6%    73.0%    57.3%    84.5%   
Kentucky 83.9%    --    79.6%    84.6%    93.8%    76.1%   
Mississippi 82.3%    --    89.7%    82.3%    86.5%    79.9%   
Tennessee 77.7%    --    92.9%    78.9%    62.9%    79.2%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 76.4%    --    92.9%    81.7%    68.2%    84.1%   
Louisiana 82.3%    --    80.4%    90.5%    73.6%    75.3%   
Oklahoma 80.2%    46.2%    96.5%    81.0%    76.0%    92.1%   
Texas 79.6%    69.0%    81.2%    82.0%    73.9%    81.9%   
Mountain:
Arizona 80.5%    --    --    86.2%    70.6%    81.4%   
Colorado 75.5%    --    69.3%    81.0%    69.7%    78.4%   
Idaho 79.1%    --    87.9%    87.7%    81.9%    78.2%   
Montana 77.3%    --    --    89.3%    66.8%    79.6%   
Nevada 87.6%    --    --    92.6%    72.0%    90.7%   
New Mexico 76.2%    --    84.3%    79.8%    72.0%    73.8%   
Utah 80.2%    --    85.1%    80.9%    70.9%    79.4%   
Wyoming 80.4%    75.7%    74.3%    81.8%    73.5%    89.2%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.7%    54.2%    --    80.4%    72.4%    87.0%   
California 76.9%    71.6%    78.9%    83.6%    65.5%    82.6%   
Hawaii 69.3%    64.0%    --    71.8%    73.7%    63.9%   
Oregon 80.0%    73.2%    94.6%    81.2%    76.2%    83.2%   
Washington 70.8%    72.4%    93.6%    65.1%    67.2%    78.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

** 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 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 industry groupings** and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 0.57%    2.54%    1.85%    0.90%    1.22%    1.11%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.55%    --    2.22%    5.52%    7.26%    7.03%   
Maine 3.55%    --    8.25%    6.26%    6.51%    6.48%   
Massachusetts 3.60%    --    12.46%    6.27%    6.60%    8.14%   
New Hampshire 3.09%    --    11.37%    4.61%    7.34%    6.04%   
Rhode Island 3.85%    --    5.75%    6.07%    6.60%    10.08%   
Vermont 3.74%    --    13.02%    6.67%    6.28%    6.61%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.70%    --    --    5.46%    7.10%    6.75%   
New York 2.50%    11.88%    12.29%    3.94%    4.58%    5.45%   
Pennsylvania 3.22%    12.47%    6.23%    5.14%    6.75%    6.53%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.42%    --    2.76%    5.59%    7.35%    6.31%   
Indiana 3.21%    --    0.00%    5.16%    7.90%    5.02%   
Michigan 3.60%    --    7.11%    5.60%    8.38%    7.02%   
Ohio 2.83%    --    6.96%    4.34%    6.88%    5.67%   
Wisconsin 3.64%    --    4.21%    7.21%    5.08%    7.43%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.70%    12.80%    13.80%    6.83%    7.18%    6.53%   
Kansas 3.42%    13.36%    6.80%    5.92%    7.15%    6.08%   
Minnesota 3.38%    --    2.02%    5.37%    7.46%    7.43%   
Missouri 3.96%    --    4.78%    6.98%    8.54%    6.40%   
Nebraska 3.93%    --    10.09%    4.69%    9.53%    7.50%   
North Dakota 3.84%    12.03%    13.05%    7.05%    8.74%    6.35%   
South Dakota 4.21%    12.33%    7.71%    7.38%    7.30%    7.46%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.91%    --    --    6.38%    6.98%    8.33%   
District of Columbia 3.79%    --    --    5.69%    5.80%    11.28%   
Florida 2.83%    13.40%    2.34%    4.20%    5.38%    5.72%   
Georgia 3.91%    --    16.88%    4.22%    8.10%    8.19%   
Maryland 3.67%    13.73%    --    6.49%    6.99%    6.61%   
North Carolina 3.63%    --    2.48%    5.61%    7.67%    7.45%   
South Carolina 3.77%    --    13.90%    2.64%    9.69%    7.62%   
Virginia 3.26%    --    10.07%    4.91%    6.69%    7.07%   
West Virginia 3.31%    --    8.88%    4.52%    6.56%    8.02%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.40%    13.80%    11.26%    5.62%    6.96%    5.53%   
Kentucky 2.89%    --    9.02%    4.73%    3.05%    6.83%   
Mississippi 3.16%    --    6.48%    4.94%    5.89%    6.44%   
Tennessee 3.25%    --    4.64%    4.83%    8.74%    6.38%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.55%    --    5.32%    5.63%    7.34%    5.86%   
Louisiana 3.14%    --    8.68%    3.57%    7.55%    6.98%   
Oklahoma 3.15%    13.49%    1.79%    5.17%    6.59%    4.12%   
Texas 2.30%    13.06%    7.15%    3.82%    5.28%    3.92%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.54%    --    --    5.24%    7.91%    7.17%   
Colorado 3.31%    --    13.32%    5.15%    6.52%    6.90%   
Idaho 3.88%    --    9.03%    5.12%    6.78%    7.54%   
Montana 4.15%    --    --    4.88%    8.77%    6.95%   
Nevada 2.84%    --    --    3.53%    8.06%    4.30%   
New Mexico 3.64%    --    8.56%    5.81%    6.87%    7.93%   
Utah 3.56%    --    7.74%    5.86%    8.97%    6.91%   
Wyoming 3.43%    11.05%    10.44%    6.37%    7.65%    5.76%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.65%    13.40%    --    6.48%    6.43%    5.59%   
California 1.98%    8.92%    7.28%    3.09%    4.06%    3.42%   
Hawaii 3.09%    9.86%    --    4.38%    6.26%    7.79%   
Oregon 3.20%    11.72%    4.69%    5.27%    6.41%    6.40%   
Washington 4.26%    14.06%    5.20%    7.37%    9.61%    6.82%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.

** 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.