Table VII.A.2(2000) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees **

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50 %

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

 

United States

59.3%

66.9%

57.3%

35.9%

42.5%

64.7%

78.6%

New England:

Massachusetts

68.2%

81.3%

62.7%

35.3%

52.0%

69.2%

87.8%

New Hampshire

65.1%

68.5%

72.6%

47.9%

49.5%

68.1%

78.7%

Connecticut

69.4%

75.2%

70.2%

49.9%

53.2%

72.3%

82.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

62.5%

69.2%

69.4%

30.7%

49.0%

67.7%

70.6%

New Jersey

65.1%

71.4%

66.1%

37.6%

39.2%

75.5%

70.5%

Pennsylvania

68.5%

81.1%

60.4%

39.9%

49.9%

76.3%

83.8%

East North Central:

Ohio

66.1%

73.7%

64.8%

43.0%

55.9%

66.9%

84.7%

Indiana

58.4%

66.9%

53.3%

40.2%

45.7%

60.7%

91.7%

Illinois

59.6%

65.8%

64.8%

36.7%

46.5%

63.4%

73.2%

Michigan

63.9%

76.8%

53.1%

35.3%

47.2%

67.3%

89.8%

Wisconsin

58.3%

68.0%

64.1%

34.2%

43.5%

65.2%

77.3%

West North Central:

Minnesota

55.4%

64.6%

60.3%

32.2%

38.7%

60.8%

71.1%

Iowa

53.3%

61.0%

57.4%

34.3%

43.6%

56.5%

72.1%

Missouri

58.8%

66.7%

44.6%

42.6%

39.5%

69.3%

73.5%

Nebraska

46.3%

53.0%

41.7%

31.5%

32.4%

56.2%

63.3%

Kansas

58.1%

66.4%

68.5%

33.2%

43.4%

68.4%

68.1%

North Dakota

46.1%

60.1%

52.5%

25.5%

32.1%

62.2%

73.7%

South Dakota

42.4%

48.3%

43.1%

27.9%

35.0%

43.1%

76.0%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

57.7%

62.9%

59.8%

41.7%

40.7%

59.1%

79.0%

Virginia

60.0%

66.6%

63.0%

38.2%

45.9%

61.9%

86.1%

West Virginia

55.0%

63.6%

48.3%

29.0%

39.9%

62.6%

85.9%

North Carolina

61.4%

69.3%

50.8%

38.5%

44.3%

64.3%

83.7%

South Carolina

56.7%

60.9%

57.1%

36.4%

47.9%

55.4%

80.6%

Georgia

54.7%

56.8%

54.9%

48.3%

41.5%

55.6%

78.6%

Florida

57.7%

61.6%

56.4%

37.8%

44.8%

60.0%

78.6%

East South Central:

Kentucky

61.5%

66.4%

75.7%

41.3%

46.3%

68.3%

95.0%

Tennessee

58.3%

64.7%

43.6%

47.2%

39.8%

60.5%

81.2%

Alabama

62.1%

67.6%

62.7%

30.1%

48.7%

67.6%

84.3%

Mississippi

52.4%

57.7%

60.5%

23.8%

39.1%

57.6%

84.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

46.4%

53.2%

39.7%

28.1%

32.3%

54.8%

63.4%

Louisiana

50.4%

58.8%

43.3%

20.5%

38.8%

53.8%

69.9%

Oklahoma

51.9%

59.6%

48.0%

30.5%

35.1%

58.1%

80.0%

Texas

52.8%

58.8%

45.3%

32.9%

30.7%

62.0%

75.7%

Mountain:

Colorado

64.6%

71.1%

62.1%

32.6%

39.0%

68.6%

84.9%

New Mexico

52.6%

64.3%

31.0%

34.8%

37.0%

58.0%

81.8%

Arizona

62.9%

68.6%

66.2%

35.0%

43.2%

69.9%

80.2%

Utah

54.7%

65.8%

52.7%

34.2%

44.3%

52.8%

81.9%

Pacific:

Washington

59.3%

70.9%

54.5%

35.2%

38.2%

67.6%

75.1%

Oregon

55.3%

67.3%

45.1%

30.8%

36.5%

63.2%

71.8%

California

56.8%

65.1%

56.5%

31.9%

37.2%

62.5%

75.7%

States not shown separately

60.2%

71.1%

52.3%

35.5%

43.0%

68.7%

79.5%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.

Table VII.A.2(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees **

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50 %

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

 

United States

0.43%

0.37%

1.34%

0.77%

0.87%

0.61%

0.90%

New England:

Massachusetts

2.79%

2.58%

4.64%

5.27%

8.32%

3.21%

4.47%

New Hampshire

2.47%

3.63%

7.78%

5.01%

2.75%

4.23%

5.58%

Connecticut

2.89%

2.99%

7.89%

6.91%

7.24%

3.29%

5.45%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.45%

1.67%

4.67%

4.41%

3.13%

1.62%

6.62%

New Jersey

2.53%

3.17%

8.25%

5.89%

6.02%

3.41%

9.92%

Pennsylvania

1.37%

1.89%

4.55%

4.18%

3.05%

1.19%

3.80%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.36%

3.54%

3.97%

4.92%

4.76%

2.62%

7.26%

Indiana

2.27%

3.28%

7.69%

3.17%

4.58%

2.04%

2.86%

Illinois

1.74%

2.22%

6.10%

3.99%

3.21%

2.48%

4.85%

Michigan

2.63%

2.51%

7.40%

3.25%

5.12%

1.98%

4.85%

Wisconsin

1.69%

1.73%

4.76%

3.91%

3.51%

1.01%

3.30%

West North Central:

Minnesota

3.14%

3.00%

8.40%

4.56%

6.85%

3.07%

5.94%

Iowa

2.06%

2.34%

6.28%

5.47%

2.99%

2.06%

8.22%

Missouri

1.40%

1.93%

7.22%

2.55%

3.93%

3.22%

5.03%

Nebraska

2.05%

3.23%

6.95%

6.11%

3.24%

3.53%

11.38%

Kansas

2.01%

3.45%

7.35%

5.14%

2.92%

2.86%

5.32%

North Dakota

3.33%

3.71%

4.41%

3.49%

4.68%

4.49%

6.59%

South Dakota

2.89%

3.90%

5.11%

3.74%

3.36%

4.92%

9.15%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.36%

3.26%

7.41%

4.57%

2.28%

4.11%

4.44%

Virginia

1.45%

2.78%

5.68%

4.57%

3.33%

2.94%

5.17%

West Virginia

1.97%

3.22%

4.52%

3.64%

2.47%

3.31%

4.73%

North Carolina

1.91%

2.82%

7.12%

6.44%

3.36%

3.04%

7.72%

South Carolina

1.76%

2.15%

6.19%

8.54%

2.74%

1.86%

6.78%

Georgia

3.41%

4.18%

9.11%

6.93%

6.25%

3.25%

6.09%

Florida

2.01%

2.52%

5.19%

4.92%

1.80%

3.58%

3.10%

East South Central:

Kentucky

3.35%

4.08%

5.09%

6.76%

4.28%

3.17%

2.49%

Tennessee

1.56%

2.41%

5.61%

7.78%

4.48%

2.89%

4.86%

Alabama

2.95%

3.08%

9.47%

5.95%

5.29%

4.17%

8.88%

Mississippi

2.16%

2.01%

6.49%

5.37%

4.45%

2.57%

4.65%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.41%

2.80%

4.74%

4.63%

2.93%

2.11%

7.50%

Louisiana

2.50%

3.64%

8.66%

4.04%

1.85%

3.27%

7.20%

Oklahoma

2.88%

3.36%

8.75%

4.91%

3.89%

4.06%

6.95%

Texas

1.74%

2.23%

4.41%

3.56%

2.67%

3.28%

4.22%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.74%

3.61%

7.97%

4.89%

4.99%

2.92%

4.17%

New Mexico

3.10%

3.61%

8.44%

4.45%

2.66%

3.56%

5.31%

Arizona

2.68%

3.15%

5.57%

6.28%

4.21%

4.74%

4.90%

Utah

3.16%

3.17%

5.48%

6.32%

4.57%

3.41%

7.24%

Pacific:

Washington

2.48%

3.76%

5.82%

3.87%

4.32%

3.37%

9.61%

Oregon

1.89%

2.83%

8.43%

4.96%

3.89%

2.38%

5.33%

California

1.37%

1.16%

2.19%

3.36%

2.43%

2.02%

3.25%

States not shown separately

3.19%

3.27%

4.82%

4.61%

3.25%

3.45%

5.94%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.