Table VII.A.2.d(2000) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

29.1%

30.2%

24.7%

28.1%

21.7%

23.2%

57.5%

New England:

Massachusetts

29.3%

26.9%

41.5%

26.1%

19.1%

*

23.9%

59.7%

New Hampshire

23.9%

26.1%

14.5%

*

23.3%

8.5%

*

18.3%

61.2%

Connecticut

32.1%

30.9%

36.1%

32.4%

*

30.9%

26.7%

54.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

33.3%

34.5%

28.1%

34.8%

29.6%

28.6%

62.2%

New Jersey

27.7%

28.2%

14.4%

*

42.7%

26.2%

21.6%

52.4%

Pennsylvania

29.6%

32.2%

22.8%

22.6%

21.1%

27.1%

49.4%

East North Central:

Ohio

27.6%

28.5%

24.4%

26.1%

25.1%

17.2%

54.5%

Indiana

27.2%

23.3%

30.0%

41.3%

23.4%

16.6%

65.2%

Illinois

30.6%

31.3%

31.6%

25.8%

31.1%

24.0%

53.7%

Michigan

25.2%

26.7%

14.5%

*

29.4%

*

12.0%

21.5%

56.8%

Wisconsin

17.2%

19.0%

16.2%

11.1%

20.1%

10.2%

38.5%

West North Central:

Minnesota

22.2%

26.4%

13.1%

*

14.9%

*

18.0%

*

19.9%

40.0%

Iowa

17.4%

21.5%

8.5%

*

9.1%

*

10.3%

13.0%

42.9%

Missouri

24.7%

25.6%

19.5%

24.1%

*

16.6%

20.3%

50.9%

Nebraska

14.2%

14.9%

14.4%

*

10.6%

*

7.5%

12.8%

*

33.3%

Kansas

16.2%

18.6%

15.4%

*

5.4%

*

8.7%

16.0%

34.5%

North Dakota

9.8%

13.4%

7.3%

*

1.0%

*

2.3%

*

9.6%

33.6%

South Dakota

11.5%

11.2%

*

13.4%

10.8%

4.8%

*

8.8%

*

33.9%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

33.5%

33.7%

32.8%

33.1%

27.8%

25.3%

55.9%

Virginia

28.8%

29.9%

25.1%

27.1%

*

22.7%

17.0%

62.7%

West Virginia

21.6%

23.2%

15.4%

*

17.0%

*

12.5%

*

18.0%

41.1%

North Carolina

28.4%

28.2%

37.9%

19.0%

*

24.7%

11.4%

65.4%

South Carolina

26.4%

25.4%

30.5%

*

28.8%

18.4%

*

18.7%

52.8%

Georgia

30.3%

28.7%

26.5%

*

38.3%

24.0%

21.7%

56.4%

Florida

31.1%

30.9%

32.1%

30.9%

19.5%

25.5%

61.5%

East South Central:

Kentucky

20.0%

20.8%

25.7%

10.7%

*

12.3%

*

8.6%

*

56.7%

Tennessee

33.8%

37.0%

5.8%

*

42.1%

26.8%

14.3%

68.4%

Alabama

23.9%

24.4%

24.3%

*

17.0%

*

16.7%

*

19.7%

50.4%

Mississippi

27.0%

32.0%

8.9%

*

15.0%

*

13.6%

*

25.5%

55.4%

West South Central:

Arkansas

21.7%

19.8%

18.4%

37.6%

18.0%

12.5%

42.2%

Louisiana

24.8%

27.7%

14.3%

*

8.7%

*

8.1%

*

30.9%

34.5%

Oklahoma

23.3%

25.5%

4.4%

*

28.5%

*

14.2%

*

14.2%

49.1%

Texas

31.5%

31.5%

28.0%

*

35.7%

26.5%

23.7%

55.2%

Mountain:

Colorado

29.9%

28.8%

36.5%

30.7%

*

27.2%

20.0%

61.9%

New Mexico

25.2%

27.8%

7.0%

*

25.0%

11.1%

*

25.9%

44.1%

Arizona

35.1%

37.9%

30.4%

19.3%

*

11.1%

*

30.7%

84.1%

Utah

29.2%

35.7%

28.1%

5.5%

*

11.4%

*

22.1%

62.9%

Pacific:

Washington

28.0%

27.6%

30.2%

27.5%

20.1%

22.8%

75.4%

Oregon

22.5%

23.7%

10.2%

*

29.0%

*

17.4%

15.7%

66.5%

California

37.6%

39.8%

24.3%

39.3%

31.6%

32.7%

62.8%

States not shown separately

29.8%

32.0%

21.7%

25.4%

17.9%

25.2%

70.9%

 

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** 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.d(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

0.41%

0.57%

0.79%

1.64%

0.83%

0.68%

1.42%

New England:

Massachusetts

2.80%

4.37%

10.27%

5.73%

8.31%

*

2.63%

7.71%

New Hampshire

2.03%

2.67%

8.78%

*

5.72%

2.81%

*

2.29%

10.69%

Connecticut

3.31%

4.98%

9.46%

10.43%

*

7.65%

3.97%

11.84%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.73%

1.04%

4.86%

6.68%

6.13%

1.66%

4.62%

New Jersey

3.08%

3.29%

7.90%

*

7.92%

4.11%

2.18%

11.02%

Pennsylvania

2.28%

2.92%

4.91%

6.45%

3.58%

3.81%

6.73%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.80%

3.64%

4.94%

6.82%

3.09%

2.50%

8.39%

Indiana

3.15%

5.13%

6.33%

9.37%

4.34%

4.04%

6.46%

Illinois

2.56%

3.57%

6.52%

7.45%

5.37%

2.84%

7.62%

Michigan

1.50%

1.45%

4.52%

*

9.63%

*

3.24%

2.37%

8.00%

Wisconsin

1.63%

2.54%

4.14%

2.86%

4.84%

1.91%

4.33%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.42%

3.60%

4.13%

*

5.21%

*

8.20%

*

2.85%

11.12%

Iowa

2.35%

3.13%

5.23%

*

2.95%

*

2.85%

2.15%

8.32%

Missouri

3.63%

4.28%

4.97%

9.63%

*

3.17%

4.45%

7.46%

Nebraska

2.70%

4.01%

9.67%

*

4.89%

*

1.91%

5.32%

*

7.30%

Kansas

1.72%

2.57%

6.34%

*

3.87%

*

2.44%

2.95%

5.80%

North Dakota

2.14%

3.51%

3.87%

*

1.41%

*

1.36%

*

2.80%

8.61%

South Dakota

2.52%

3.46%

*

3.62%

2.82%

3.15%

*

2.84%

*

9.17%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.73%

4.59%

7.69%

8.14%

6.08%

3.81%

8.31%

Virginia

2.44%

2.95%

3.93%

11.18%

*

4.00%

3.22%

7.83%

West Virginia

2.14%

2.78%

6.54%

*

10.21%

*

3.81%

*

3.52%

9.78%

North Carolina

3.68%

3.75%

9.11%

7.36%

*

5.36%

3.11%

8.74%

South Carolina

2.08%

2.35%

9.30%

*

8.54%

5.78%

*

2.23%

8.22%

Georgia

3.71%

3.48%

10.83%

*

10.66%

6.88%

3.67%

10.21%

Florida

3.33%

3.42%

6.32%

8.60%

2.81%

3.50%

6.95%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.89%

3.09%

6.38%

4.58%

*

4.07%

*

3.37%

*

5.31%

Tennessee

2.79%

3.44%

4.42%

*

9.53%

5.97%

2.57%

5.52%

Alabama

3.21%

3.34%

7.93%

*

7.12%

*

5.69%

*

4.09%

10.13%

Mississippi

4.45%

5.62%

3.20%

*

10.54%

*

4.92%

*

7.53%

9.83%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.02%

2.88%

4.27%

9.53%

3.64%

1.61%

5.60%

Louisiana

5.32%

6.11%

13.20%

*

10.37%

*

2.74%

*

6.42%

8.08%

Oklahoma

2.86%

3.33%

4.08%

*

10.67%

*

5.39%

*

3.20%

10.27%

Texas

2.44%

3.01%

9.01%

*

8.68%

4.65%

3.87%

4.72%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.19%

3.03%

9.45%

10.94%

*

6.46%

2.31%

8.61%

New Mexico

5.21%

5.57%

4.18%

*

7.27%

3.41%

*

6.78%

8.81%

Arizona

3.97%

4.99%

8.60%

10.33%

*

4.04%

*

5.41%

11.16%

Utah

5.03%

6.20%

6.57%

3.12%

*

4.93%

*

5.78%

8.46%

Pacific:

Washington

3.49%

4.10%

7.25%

6.37%

5.15%

3.84%

11.32%

Oregon

2.77%

2.78%

6.33%

*

9.52%

*

4.75%

1.61%

8.37%

California

1.59%

2.23%

3.12%

8.48%

4.94%

2.52%

5.89%

States not shown separately

2.17%

2.85%

6.47%

6.28%

4.34%

3.20%

7.50%

 

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

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