New Hampshire

85.7%

94.6%

91.8%

80.2%

72.9%

91.4%

95.9%

Connecticut

89.4%

96.4%

86.0%

89.1%

88.3%

89.5%

92.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

81.6%

96.1%

86.5%

71.8%

70.1%

87.9%

88.9%

New Jersey

79.7%

93.3%

84.9%

71.5%

67.6%

90.8%

93.8%

Pennsylvania

80.3%

96.2%

86.6%

71.5%

72.5%

84.3%

95.0%

East North Central:

Ohio

78.7%

96.4%

84.7%

71.9%

74.5%

76.2%

94.5%

Indiana

80.8%

94.2%

86.5%

75.7%

68.9%

84.4%

99.3%

Illinois

78.3%

93.4%

89.4%

68.3%

72.3%

83.1%

90.1%

Michigan

79.1%

98.5%

75.9%

74.7%

68.8%

74.8%

98.4%

Wisconsin

76.2%

93.3%

90.8%

66.5%

67.3%

84.1%

94.3%

West North Central:

Minnesota

78.6%

97.5%

85.3%

74.2%

73.1%

84.4%

82.6%

Iowa

71.3%

96.6%

79.6%

61.1%

71.8%

61.5%

89.9%

Missouri

76.8%

94.5%

79.6%

66.0%

69.4%

81.9%

87.6%

Nebraska

69.4%

94.9%

79.8%

50.6%

54.9%

76.3%

90.9%

Kansas

73.2%

96.1%

88.9%

62.8%

61.9%

88.1%

87.4%

North Dakota

60.1%

86.5%

82.0%

47.8%

52.2%

76.2%

88.2%

South Dakota

63.5%

88.2%

80.5%

50.2%

48.7%

75.5%

95.5%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

76.7%

94.8%

91.3%

65.4%

67.7%

76.6%

90.9%

Virginia

79.5%

96.8%

90.1%

71.0%

64.8%

87.8%

99.6%

West Virginia

77.9%

95.9%

82.2%

67.7%

65.4%

88.1%

98.8%

North Carolina

77.1%

94.7%

82.3%

70.2%

70.4%

83.0%

89.0%

South Carolina

72.9%

89.4%

79.8%

64.7%

61.2%

72.2%

96.7%

Georgia

85.2%

92.8%

82.4%

84.5%

71.5%

80.0%

99.5%

Florida

86.2%

87.0%

92.2%

80.8%

78.9%

83.2%

97.4%

East South Central:

Kentucky

78.4%

90.9%

93.6%

67.7%

59.5%

88.5%

100.0%

Tennessee

83.7%

92.0%

73.2%

85.0%

72.1%

89.2%

95.3%

Alabama

73.9%

87.6%

87.0%

58.3%

65.2%

76.7%

95.8%

Mississippi

64.5%

80.5%

73.8%

47.8%

52.1%

66.9%

96.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

71.4%

88.1%

75.5%

64.7%

58.6%

77.0%

94.9%

Louisiana

66.5%

85.3%

76.9%

54.0%

61.5%

64.6%

89.4%

Oklahoma

62.3%

87.1%

61.1%

54.7%

54.4%

68.8%

79.6%

Texas

70.0%

82.5%

74.4%

63.4%

56.9%

73.1%

91.9%

Mountain:

Colorado

78.9%

96.3%

87.0%

63.1%

70.9%

81.4%

92.3%

New Mexico

73.2%

80.6%

82.2%

66.2%

59.6%

65.9%

98.0%

Arizona

79.3%

93.6%

93.2%

54.7%

57.9%

87.5%

95.9%

Utah

74.5%

93.4%

72.0%

71.0%

65.7%

74.2%

93.4%

Pacific:

Washington

72.3%

93.9%

78.3%

63.1%

52.1%

85.8%

95.3%

Oregon

72.2%

92.6%

76.1%

64.1%

62.7%

78.8%

93.9%

California

77.1%

93.0%

82.7%

70.6%

69.9%

79.5%

88.1%

States not shown separately

74.2%

95.4%

80.4%

64.7%

63.9%

80.4%

94.7%

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

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

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

0.64%

0.52%

0.79%

0.90%

0.95%

1.02%

0.69%

New England:

Massachusetts

2.07%

0.76%

4.33%

3.53%

7.09%

3.28%

10.41%

New Hampshire

2.57%

3.29%

4.67%

5.46%

8.92%

2.52%

5.73%

Connecticut

2.21%

1.64%

5.29%

4.83%

5.73%

2.34%

2.64%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

2.68%

1.06%

3.36%

6.21%

2.69%

4.89%

7.69%

New Jersey

5.44%

3.94%

4.03%

9.16%

8.49%

2.17%

12.47%

Pennsylvania

1.84%

1.59%

5.66%

4.06%

2.71%

2.42%

3.27%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.75%

0.90%

2.98%

2.68%

3.91%

5.74%

5.51%

Indiana

3.31%

2.25%

6.54%

5.98%

5.98%

3.99%

0.72%

Illinois

1.33%

1.79%

2.85%

5.40%

3.03%

3.65%

4.16%

Michigan

3.68%

1.29%

6.60%

7.27%

7.26%

4.01%

1.84%

Wisconsin

3.25%

1.51%

2.24%

5.40%

5.42%

2.66%

3.03%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.66%

1.86%

4.69%

3.29%

9.45%

2.77%

5.53%

Iowa

3.56%

1.80%

5.91%

7.00%

4.04%

7.75%

9.01%

Missouri

2.39%

1.91%

3.79%

4.42%

5.82%

6.00%

9.98%

Nebraska

4.11%

3.33%

5.59%

6.35%

5.20%

9.10%

10.97%

Kansas

4.10%

1.36%

2.90%

7.94%

6.89%

3.67%

4.91%

North Dakota

4.15%

6.30%

4.21%

5.05%

5.38%

5.43%

13.60%

South Dakota

2.88%

2.64%

2.96%

4.12%

5.28%

4.71%

3.77%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

3.94%

3.13%

5.84%

4.98%

5.23%

5.86%

7.82%

Virginia

3.83%

2.04%

4.02%

7.79%

5.96%

4.24%

10.50%

West Virginia

2.65%

2.96%

5.51%

3.57%

4.73%

3.39%

10.42%

North Carolina

3.69%

3.64%

5.88%

6.27%

4.52%

6.54%

5.15%

South Carolina

4.03%

3.95%

2.73%

9.02%

4.77%

7.51%

1.43%

Georgia

4.64%

2.77%

10.66%

9.52%

5.42%

5.95%

10.54%

Florida

4.26%

2.91%

6.41%

7.25%

7.47%

8.41%

1.85%

East South Central:

Kentucky

4.26%

2.36%

6.08%

7.52%

5.19%

2.89%

0.00%

Tennessee

5.01%

3.19%

7.39%

11.08%

10.30%

6.21%

3.58%

Alabama

3.65%

4.26%

9.54%

7.10%

6.03%

5.99%

12.10%

Mississippi

6.93%

8.78%

7.21%

9.00%

8.66%

7.31%

10.55%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.87%

2.77%

3.42%

5.81%

4.70%

4.50%

4.00%

Louisiana

4.80%

3.78%

7.74%

8.15%

5.91%

6.88%

14.58%

Oklahoma

4.49%

3.35%

9.21%

8.09%

7.18%

3.73%

12.24%

Texas

2.95%

3.11%

3.76%

4.02%

6.02%

4.18%

3.05%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.95%

1.08%

3.86%

4.82%

6.31%

5.43%

10.88%

New Mexico

6.72%

4.20%

12.65%

8.83%

6.29%

7.83%

18.15%

Arizona

5.71%

1.90%

3.74%

9.17%

8.98%

3.77%

11.48%

Utah

5.64%

1.48%

6.32%

7.87%

8.39%

3.00%

6.11%

Pacific:

Washington

4.82%

2.87%

5.86%

5.57%

7.22%

3.84%

10.13%

Oregon

4.20%

1.96%

8.55%

5.24%

8.15%

7.39%

13.04%

California

3.01%

1.04%

4.84%

4.46%

4.12%

3.66%

4.76%

States not shown separately

2.31%

0.54%

4.04%

4.56%

3.82%

2.96%

5.33%

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.