Table VI.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 ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 74.2%    75.7%    75.0%    63.2%    59.5%    75.4%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.9%    81.9%    68.7%    75.5%    --    78.8%   
Maine 76.8%    79.2%    77.9%    65.0%    --    76.4%   
Massachusetts 61.9%    65.3%    50.3%    59.9%    --    64.0%   
New Hampshire 78.7%    81.6%    72.4%    67.0%    --    78.1%   
Rhode Island 60.6%    61.8%    63.0% * 49.9%    --    59.5%   
Vermont 70.3%    72.8%    68.0%    60.7%    --    73.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 68.4%    68.8%    62.5%    82.4%    --    69.6%   
New York 64.8%    67.0%    70.3%    49.4%    53.3%    66.0%   
Pennsylvania 72.2%    74.6%    81.0%    52.6%    58.0%    73.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.2%    79.1%    59.1%    68.2%    --    80.5%   
Indiana 76.0%    74.5%    72.0%    87.3%    --    78.5%   
Michigan 84.1%    88.8%    76.3%    69.4%    --    84.6%   
Ohio 78.8%    82.1%    73.3%    54.9%    --    77.5%   
Wisconsin 74.8%    78.2%    69.3%    63.0%    --    74.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.9%    69.0%    76.1%    60.2%    --    70.5%   
Kansas 71.6%    73.7%    65.7%    66.6%    --    71.4%   
Minnesota 72.9%    80.9%    59.9%    52.8%    54.5% * 74.9%   
Missouri 79.3%    80.0%    78.1%    75.0%    --    81.0%   
Nebraska 71.2%    71.2%    83.8%    52.8%    --    71.5%   
North Dakota 67.3%    73.3%    64.7%    45.1%    29.0% * 71.5%   
South Dakota 79.6%    83.0%    72.9%    72.5%    --    80.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 79.6%    79.7%    92.9%    55.5%    70.9%    80.9%   
District of Columbia 58.3%    67.3%    68.9%    37.3%    --    60.8%   
Florida 74.5%    72.6%    81.6%    76.9%    --    74.2%   
Georgia 76.2%    75.6%    90.8%    54.4%    --    75.1%   
Maryland 71.2%    75.3%    66.0%    47.3%    --    75.5%   
North Carolina 82.0%    84.7%    77.4%    67.0%    --    81.4%   
South Carolina 80.4%    80.9%    80.6%    76.0%    --    82.9%   
Virginia 68.3%    67.4%    87.4%    50.9%    --    70.6%   
West Virginia 76.2%    78.9%    79.0%    57.8%    --    75.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 64.8%    68.4%    58.8%    35.2% * --    65.2%   
Kentucky 79.7%    84.3%    82.0%    57.8%    --    80.3%   
Mississippi 78.1%    78.6%    85.7%    63.1%    --    78.7%   
Tennessee 84.9%    84.3%    89.0%    80.8%    --    86.5%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 72.1%    69.6%    90.3%    71.4%    --    72.6%   
Louisiana 75.7%    72.8%    99.3%    57.0%    --    75.2%   
Oklahoma 75.0%    76.1%    70.4%    74.5%    --    75.7%   
Texas 74.7%    73.0%    84.3%    67.7%    57.5%    76.4%   
Mountain:
Arizona 76.7%    77.0%    80.5%    63.7%    --    78.7%   
Colorado 82.5%    79.4%    92.0%    91.3%    --    81.7%   
Idaho 79.6%    80.2%    82.1%    71.9%    --    80.8%   
Montana 77.2%    76.3%    84.8%    69.4%    --    77.3%   
Nevada 72.0%    69.1%    86.8%    73.2%    --    72.4%   
New Mexico 80.6%    82.8%    87.0%    55.1%    --    81.4%   
Utah 86.1%    84.1%    92.0%    --    70.6%    88.9%   
Wyoming 75.4%    75.9%    67.1%    83.1%    --    80.0%   
Pacific:
Alaska 85.0%    82.9%    91.7%    88.8%    --    85.1%   
California 74.1%    76.3%    68.2%    65.2%    61.2%    75.6%   
Hawaii 64.9%    64.3%    68.2%    60.8%    66.4%    64.7%   
Oregon 83.3%    83.4%    78.0%    88.5%    --    84.2%   
Washington 76.2%    80.2%    89.4%    42.9%    --    76.6%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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 VI.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 ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 0.66%    0.77%    1.69%    2.04%    3.27%    0.66%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.74%    4.47%    9.60%    8.02%    --    3.57%   
Maine 4.43%    5.16%    12.84%    11.29%    --    4.53%   
Massachusetts 3.69%    4.27%    10.11%    9.60%    --    3.77%   
New Hampshire 3.35%    3.65%    9.54%    12.12%    --    3.43%   
Rhode Island 4.97%    5.59%    23.67% * 12.65%    --    5.08%   
Vermont 4.06%    4.68%    14.42%    9.73%    --    3.88%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.59%    4.34%    8.27%    8.09%    --    3.66%   
New York 3.53%    4.29%    8.91%    8.64%    12.46%    3.69%   
Pennsylvania 3.04%    3.65%    7.40%    7.81%    15.56%    3.08%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.61%    5.08%    13.77%    13.54%    --    3.96%   
Indiana 3.78%    4.70%    9.31%    6.74%    --    3.58%   
Michigan 2.92%    2.75%    7.74%    12.28%    --    2.99%   
Ohio 3.09%    3.24%    11.20%    11.06%    --    3.21%   
Wisconsin 3.98%    4.62%    11.83%    10.08%    --    4.04%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.93%    4.68%    9.86%    11.26%    --    3.98%   
Kansas 4.12%    4.77%    10.43%    12.59%    --    4.21%   
Minnesota 4.42%    4.03%    14.21%    11.08%    20.47% * 4.13%   
Missouri 3.81%    4.18%    11.64%    9.23%    --    3.56%   
Nebraska 4.19%    4.97%    9.82%    11.84%    --    4.23%   
North Dakota 4.24%    4.41%    11.10%    9.79%    12.32% * 4.31%   
South Dakota 3.63%    3.86%    12.06%    9.82%    --    3.61%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.95%    4.79%    4.16%    11.13%    13.95%    4.06%   
District of Columbia 3.98%    5.96%    8.08%    6.22%    --    4.05%   
Florida 4.01%    4.84%    7.13%    11.32%    --    4.16%   
Georgia 4.34%    5.04%    7.55%    12.69%    --    4.52%   
Maryland 4.15%    4.22%    15.57%    12.10%    --    3.79%   
North Carolina 3.03%    3.37%    9.79%    8.78%    --    3.16%   
South Carolina 3.20%    3.82%    7.67%    7.89%    --    2.94%   
Virginia 4.00%    4.68%    7.20%    11.97%    --    3.95%   
West Virginia 3.37%    3.72%    8.99%    9.68%    --    3.42%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.80%    4.18%    12.04%    13.35% * --    3.83%   
Kentucky 3.37%    3.58%    8.20%    9.83%    --    3.41%   
Mississippi 3.70%    4.56%    5.94%    11.26%    --    3.81%   
Tennessee 3.15%    4.26%    4.96%    8.37%    --    2.90%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 4.79%    5.65%    6.65%    10.06%    --    4.85%   
Louisiana 3.60%    4.35%    0.46%    13.63%    --    3.66%   
Oklahoma 4.00%    4.54%    12.43%    7.50%    --    4.09%   
Texas 2.75%    3.38%    4.26%    8.30%    11.67%    2.77%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.78%    4.35%    7.91%    18.03%    --    3.86%   
Colorado 3.85%    4.92%    5.33%    3.82%    --    4.15%   
Idaho 4.01%    4.93%    8.27%    11.50%    --    3.89%   
Montana 4.40%    5.32%    9.31%    13.57%    --    4.51%   
Nevada 4.56%    5.40%    8.04%    14.13%    --    4.67%   
New Mexico 3.87%    4.72%    6.76%    12.17%    --    3.85%   
Utah 3.52%    4.32%    5.37%    --    14.17%    3.16%   
Wyoming 4.34%    5.00%    13.67%    7.50%    --    4.01%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.23%    4.09%    7.19%    5.23%    --    3.29%   
California 2.19%    2.47%    6.13%    7.51%    8.49%    2.24%   
Hawaii 3.43%    4.09%    8.20%    11.85%    11.58%    3.58%   
Oregon 3.36%    4.01%    9.50%    6.17%    --    3.23%   
Washington 3.64%    4.25%    5.95%    9.77%    --    3.67%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.