Table VII.B.3.b.(2)(2000) Percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

74.1%

75.4%

68.0%

60.1%

58.5%

78.7%

73.8%

New England:

Massachusetts

77.5%

77.7%

80.0%

63.4%

61.7%

81.0%

72.6%

New Hampshire

69.5%

71.5%

67.8%

50.8%

57.2%

74.9%

62.5%

Connecticut

76.0%

78.1%

63.1%

65.1%

50.3%

76.6%

82.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

75.1%

76.0%

66.5%

70.6%

54.6%

79.2%

78.5%

New Jersey

74.4%

74.5%

73.2%

73.8%

62.2%

74.5%

78.0%

Pennsylvania

77.5%

78.3%

77.8%

58.8%

70.0%

80.1%

76.1%

East North Central:

Ohio

72.0%

73.2%

64.8%

61.8%

60.0%

78.7%

68.9%

Indiana

74.2%

78.2%

54.6%

55.2%

57.7%

80.5%

73.3%

Illinois

77.2%

78.2%

68.9%

63.7%

61.9%

79.3%

79.1%

Michigan

78.0%

79.0%

68.2%

72.8%

59.8%

79.9%

81.0%

Wisconsin

74.4%

75.6%

73.1%

61.1%

61.5%

75.4%

79.6%

West North Central:

Minnesota

76.9%

78.3%

72.2%

65.9%

55.6%

79.1%

79.7%

Iowa

74.6%

75.6%

62.9%

75.5%

61.7%

79.8%

74.5%

Missouri

75.4%

76.3%

65.3%

74.8%

60.1%

80.5%

75.8%

Nebraska

70.1%

71.3%

60.3%

71.8%

62.1%

68.8%

74.0%

Kansas

73.2%

73.4%

66.1%

83.0%

63.2%

79.0%

70.1%

North Dakota

77.3%

78.2%

76.6%

64.8%

62.6%

81.4%

81.1%

South Dakota

72.6%

74.8%

65.1%

62.5%

68.1%

78.2%

68.4%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

69.2%

70.8%

62.3%

55.6%

50.2%

67.2%

75.5%

Virginia

74.8%

77.6%

65.3%

56.0%

60.9%

79.9%

73.5%

West Virginia

71.0%

73.0%

53.2%

61.1%

63.6%

77.4%

68.4%

North Carolina

77.1%

78.8%

73.3%

47.9%

56.2%

84.7%

76.3%

South Carolina

74.3%

75.0%

70.8%

63.3%

57.4%

84.3%

70.8%

Georgia

75.8%

79.0%

66.5%

37.6%

60.1%

81.3%

74.2%

Florida

68.6%

69.7%

64.0%

64.2%

56.5%

74.6%

66.9%

East South Central:

Kentucky

74.0%

76.2%

70.5%

41.7%

62.1%

79.4%

74.1%

Tennessee

74.1%

77.4%

75.8%

30.7%

*

60.2%

75.3%

78.5%

Alabama

74.1%

75.0%

64.5%

54.8%

62.8%

82.2%

70.5%

Mississippi

66.6%

67.7%

60.0%

38.1%

57.6%

80.7%

54.4%

West South Central:

Arkansas

68.8%

71.6%

49.1%

54.9%

67.5%

79.2%

60.9%

Louisiana

66.2%

65.4%

77.5%

47.2%

55.5%

73.7%

63.7%

Oklahoma

71.0%

71.1%

75.1%

61.0%

52.7%

80.6%

69.0%

Texas

74.3%

75.2%

71.6%

51.9%

58.5%

80.6%

73.7%

Mountain:

Colorado

74.7%

74.9%

73.2%

74.3%

50.8%

73.1%

84.2%

New Mexico

55.6%

64.5%

20.4%

*

39.6%

44.0%

69.1%

47.7%

Arizona

65.8%

65.6%

66.6%

65.1%

43.3%

75.5%

63.2%

Utah

76.6%

77.1%

69.2%

82.8%

64.0%

76.0%

80.3%

Pacific:

Washington

74.1%

75.3%

70.1%

62.3%

54.9%

79.2%

71.5%

Oregon

81.8%

83.2%

72.2%

68.2%

62.0%

83.6%

87.0%

California

72.6%

74.0%

64.4%

63.8%

55.8%

78.1%

69.7%

States not shown separately

77.3%

78.3%

77.3%

54.5%

60.7%

82.0%

76.9%

 

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.B.3.b.(2)(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

0.57%

0.57%

1.88%

1.17%

0.97%

0.46%

1.24%

New England:

Massachusetts

1.40%

1.63%

5.00%

4.04%

4.49%

1.93%

3.37%

New Hampshire

2.18%

2.90%

2.67%

6.87%

3.49%

1.67%

4.07%

Connecticut

1.61%

1.46%

5.44%

8.06%

6.90%

1.88%

1.71%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.61%

1.90%

3.06%

5.42%

3.14%

1.97%

3.76%

New Jersey

1.89%

2.08%

6.69%

5.64%

3.30%

1.85%

3.82%

Pennsylvania

2.00%

2.10%

3.61%

6.20%

3.27%

1.86%

3.74%

East North Central:

Ohio

3.07%

3.49%

4.50%

2.78%

3.44%

1.52%

5.16%

Indiana

2.02%

1.89%

4.18%

6.25%

3.18%

2.70%

5.34%

Illinois

1.56%

1.63%

4.87%

3.52%

2.91%

2.14%

1.62%

Michigan

1.02%

0.91%

5.84%

4.30%

4.44%

1.70%

1.41%

Wisconsin

1.43%

1.77%

2.52%

4.80%

4.42%

1.78%

2.34%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.91%

1.89%

4.62%

4.48%

6.26%

2.32%

2.38%

Iowa

1.88%

2.11%

4.52%

8.91%

3.35%

1.23%

5.97%

Missouri

2.16%

2.46%

5.47%

5.61%

3.80%

1.57%

5.66%

Nebraska

3.00%

3.39%

4.27%

5.05%

3.38%

4.27%

6.43%

Kansas

3.70%

3.97%

4.60%

5.57%

4.91%

2.21%

5.68%

North Dakota

1.95%

1.99%

3.73%

4.42%

2.25%

2.50%

3.41%

South Dakota

3.37%

2.69%

5.95%

5.89%

4.83%

3.83%

5.20%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.79%

2.65%

6.23%

4.60%

7.01%

3.07%

2.56%

Virginia

1.93%

1.98%

4.50%

5.72%

6.64%

1.29%

3.15%

West Virginia

1.95%

2.24%

5.81%

5.69%

2.05%

2.21%

4.37%

North Carolina

1.13%

1.39%

6.13%

6.04%

3.17%

1.15%

4.50%

South Carolina

2.19%

2.31%

7.26%

8.53%

3.54%

1.63%

3.93%

Georgia

1.90%

1.93%

9.81%

7.94%

3.80%

1.96%

2.64%

Florida

2.95%

2.12%

5.75%

9.86%

3.59%

1.78%

6.64%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.37%

2.60%

4.02%

8.65%

2.98%

1.57%

3.98%

Tennessee

2.88%

1.58%

3.49%

9.34%

*

4.56%

3.86%

2.53%

Alabama

2.25%

2.45%

8.05%

8.87%

4.64%

2.25%

4.47%

Mississippi

3.88%

4.00%

7.78%

9.22%

4.12%

3.58%

7.98%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.62%

2.51%

6.27%

7.44%

3.13%

1.38%

5.61%

Louisiana

3.52%

3.70%

8.62%

11.10%

4.91%

2.97%

5.77%

Oklahoma

2.65%

2.80%

9.08%

7.99%

4.21%

2.34%

4.87%

Texas

1.88%

1.83%

6.16%

3.66%

4.11%

1.23%

3.50%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.36%

2.68%

6.28%

6.11%

5.38%

2.28%

3.37%

New Mexico

4.71%

2.68%

11.86%

*

7.19%

3.90%

3.09%

10.66%

Arizona

2.88%

2.63%

8.07%

8.04%

4.85%

2.84%

4.54%

Utah

1.40%

1.26%

4.61%

8.71%

5.48%

1.83%

2.41%

Pacific:

Washington

2.52%

2.71%

4.37%

6.50%

9.08%

2.48%

5.29%

Oregon

1.38%

1.39%

3.77%

6.43%

5.21%

1.29%

4.91%

California

1.40%

1.50%

3.65%

3.13%

3.41%

1.71%

2.41%

States not shown separately

1.82%

2.29%

3.86%

5.85%

3.49%

2.38%

3.27%

 

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.