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, 2018
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 74.8%    75.8%    75.6%    67.2%    58.1%    76.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 81.1%    81.0%    78.3%    84.5%    --    83.4%   
Maine 81.0%    79.8%    87.2%    82.1%    --    82.8%   
Massachusetts 61.1%    60.6%    55.2%    67.3%    --    65.2%   
New Hampshire 70.0%    74.0%    64.9%    59.8%    --    71.7%   
Rhode Island 74.2%    76.8%    66.7%    63.8%    --    73.0%   
Vermont 66.2%    65.7%    74.6%    56.6%    --    67.6%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 74.5%    78.3%    61.0%    88.2%    60.8%    75.5%   
New York 62.8%    61.7%    60.6%    70.7%    56.5%    63.4%   
Pennsylvania 75.2%    78.8%    68.6%    64.2%    --    77.6%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.0%    75.3%    72.1%    76.1%    --    76.4%   
Indiana 79.3%    79.6%    82.7%    72.7%    --    81.2%   
Michigan 73.1%    72.7%    79.2%    67.6%    --    71.8%   
Ohio 72.4%    72.3%    79.9%    65.0%    45.6%    74.5%   
Wisconsin 81.3%    79.1%    100.0%    74.3%    --    83.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 76.1%    77.5%    83.6%    63.9%    --    75.9%   
Kansas 72.8%    74.7%    70.4%    63.9%    --    73.6%   
Minnesota 79.7%    83.5%    77.8%    56.9%    --    81.4%   
Missouri 76.5%    75.7%    85.8%    66.0%    --    76.5%   
Nebraska 72.0%    75.5%    66.1%    57.0%    --    73.9%   
North Dakota 66.8%    71.8%    65.2%    48.0%    64.4%    67.1%   
South Dakota 79.5%    81.4%    76.2%    77.5%    --    81.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 82.1%    81.5%    99.3%    68.6%    --    83.7%   
District of Columbia 60.9%    67.8%    52.8%    52.1%    59.0%    61.2%   
Florida 72.2%    72.0%    73.4%    72.2%    48.4% * 74.3%   
Georgia 74.5%    78.3%    64.1%    61.7%    --    74.7%   
Maryland 70.6%    72.6%    75.6%    41.9%    --    74.2%   
North Carolina 77.4%    79.5%    76.3%    62.5%    --    79.4%   
South Carolina 77.5%    80.7%    80.7%    57.4%    --    76.5%   
Virginia 76.0%    74.8%    91.9%    63.3%    --    77.3%   
West Virginia 79.4%    84.8%    75.4%    57.5%    --    78.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.1%    74.9%    59.9%    67.2%    --    73.0%   
Kentucky 82.4%    86.0%    73.4%    69.9%    --    82.6%   
Mississippi 80.5%    82.0%    91.8%    57.1%    --    81.4%   
Tennessee 77.0%    82.9%    71.3%    56.2%    --    80.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 80.6%    80.0%    94.2%    67.2%    --    79.6%   
Louisiana 76.4%    76.0%    84.8%    53.7%    --    74.4%   
Oklahoma 84.3%    88.3%    84.7%    51.7%    --    84.1%   
Texas 80.1%    80.5%    81.3%    69.7%    60.7%    82.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.1%    77.5%    85.7%    68.8%    58.1%    80.4%   
Colorado 84.4%    86.3%    84.6%    65.3%    78.9%    85.1%   
Idaho 90.5%    89.7%    100.0%    78.3%    --    91.6%   
Montana 75.1%    80.7%    46.9% * 75.9%    --    79.2%   
Nevada 80.5%    74.6%    95.7%    --    --    81.4%   
New Mexico 74.9%    73.3%    89.3%    68.4%    --    79.8%   
Utah 86.9%    85.4%    89.3%    91.1%    --    88.1%   
Wyoming 72.7%    70.1%    85.3%    63.5%    --    75.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.4%    76.4%    68.2%    85.2%    --    78.1%   
California 73.1%    72.5%    74.5%    75.2%    45.1%    76.3%   
Hawaii 59.8%    60.8%    60.3%    51.9%    --    59.7%   
Oregon 83.5%    83.3%    87.6%    77.6%    --    82.3%   
Washington 75.3%    83.5%    70.1%    38.7%    --    74.6%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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, 2018
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 0.65%    0.77%    1.67%    1.84%    3.06%    0.65%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.93%    4.62%    11.71%    9.74%    --    3.87%   
Maine 3.28%    4.14%    8.47%    6.58%    --    3.15%   
Massachusetts 4.48%    5.52%    14.47%    7.63%    --    4.41%   
New Hampshire 3.84%    4.78%    9.48%    9.88%    --    3.89%   
Rhode Island 4.54%    4.65%    15.41%    17.69%    --    4.72%   
Vermont 4.06%    5.28%    9.73%    8.48%    --    4.14%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.32%    3.57%    8.33%    5.99%    14.52%    3.41%   
New York 3.40%    4.25%    8.00%    8.54%    15.33%    3.46%   
Pennsylvania 3.07%    3.42%    10.28%    7.42%    --    3.00%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.09%    4.68%    12.57%    8.29%    --    4.10%   
Indiana 3.40%    4.01%    9.20%    9.01%    --    3.23%   
Michigan 3.68%    4.53%    8.73%    9.94%    --    3.84%   
Ohio 3.23%    3.95%    6.38%    8.12%    13.05%    3.30%   
Wisconsin 3.64%    4.60%    0.00%    8.63%    --    3.34%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.58%    4.62%    7.94%    8.58%    --    3.70%   
Kansas 3.95%    4.73%    9.80%    10.61%    --    4.05%   
Minnesota 3.72%    3.80%    12.69%    11.48%    --    3.56%   
Missouri 4.02%    4.72%    9.30%    12.73%    --    4.19%   
Nebraska 4.51%    5.21%    13.06%    10.45%    --    4.53%   
North Dakota 4.21%    4.75%    13.79%    10.15%    13.74%    4.44%   
South Dakota 3.58%    3.90%    9.53%    7.44%    --    3.60%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.99%    4.91%    0.46%    9.72%    --    3.95%   
District of Columbia 3.91%    5.20%    10.80%    7.14%    13.24%    4.08%   
Florida 3.57%    4.19%    9.06%    12.31%    14.76% * 3.56%   
Georgia 4.30%    4.36%    13.13%    16.93%    --    4.33%   
Maryland 4.33%    5.08%    10.30%    11.56%    --    4.31%   
North Carolina 3.45%    3.88%    8.88%    11.68%    --    3.17%   
South Carolina 3.52%    4.06%    8.25%    10.07%    --    3.63%   
Virginia 3.61%    4.46%    4.59%    10.27%    --    3.59%   
West Virginia 3.48%    3.01%    9.82%    12.01%    --    3.64%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.52%    3.66%    11.45%    11.29%    --    3.63%   
Kentucky 3.15%    3.36%    10.05%    9.76%    --    3.20%   
Mississippi 3.54%    3.94%    4.50%    12.87%    --    3.63%   
Tennessee 3.76%    4.09%    10.51%    9.69%    --    3.78%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 4.11%    5.02%    3.29%    10.07%    --    4.28%   
Louisiana 3.61%    4.32%    7.45%    12.62%    --    3.83%   
Oklahoma 3.42%    3.45%    7.15%    15.04%    --    3.56%   
Texas 2.44%    2.87%    5.14%    11.66%    11.27%    2.38%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.59%    4.28%    5.42%    11.40%    15.41%    3.41%   
Colorado 3.61%    3.84%    10.56%    12.10%    12.99%    3.72%   
Idaho 3.05%    3.94%    0.00%    9.99%    --    2.73%   
Montana 4.87%    5.43%    14.79% * 8.27%    --    4.90%   
Nevada 4.94%    6.23%    2.17%    --    --    5.06%   
New Mexico 4.29%    5.38%    5.98%    9.89%    --    4.03%   
Utah 2.92%    3.96%    4.92%    5.51%    --    2.70%   
Wyoming 4.02%    4.72%    7.33%    16.70%    --    3.98%   
Pacific:
Alaska 4.19%    4.90%    13.63%    7.02%    --    4.12%   
California 2.29%    2.73%    5.56%    6.43%    8.79%    2.27%   
Hawaii 3.91%    4.55%    11.18%    11.60%    --    4.08%   
Oregon 3.31%    4.22%    5.58%    9.09%    --    3.51%   
Washington 3.61%    3.64%    9.19%    11.16%    --    3.81%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.