Table VII.C.4.a(2000) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that have single coverage that required no employee contribution 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

32.9%

33.0%

34.6%

28.6%

33.7%

41.7%

16.7%

New England:

Massachusetts

23.4%

23.6%

25.1%

*

16.0%

*

28.4%

28.6%

6.6%

*

New Hampshire

30.7%

31.7%

23.4%

36.7%

27.8%

37.6%

14.1%

*

Connecticut

27.8%

28.7%

30.9%

14.8%

*

20.1%

*

35.6%

18.2%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New York

37.5%

35.7%

42.8%

58.4%

41.5%

44.3%

21.0%

*

New Jersey

31.6%

33.8%

25.8%

*

13.5%

*

22.0%

40.2%

21.7%

Pennsylvania

36.4%

35.5%

42.0%

37.2%

39.9%

47.3%

16.3%

*

East North Central:

Ohio

22.9%

20.8%

32.0%

34.2%

36.5%

31.2%

7.4%

*

Indiana

31.7%

32.0%

26.9%

33.2%

*

22.0%

*

44.8%

17.1%

*

Illinois

27.4%

26.6%

37.6%

23.9%

31.9%

36.6%

8.8%

*

Michigan

43.1%

45.3%

53.4%

12.1%

*

37.6%

52.8%

31.8%

Wisconsin

16.4%

15.6%

20.6%

17.3%

17.3%

23.7%

4.4%

*

West North Central:

Minnesota

19.5%

20.1%

20.4%

15.6%

*

21.0%

*

26.5%

1.2%

*

Iowa

20.6%

21.2%

20.1%

*

14.3%

*

17.5%

25.0%

15.1%

*

Missouri

42.5%

43.7%

38.4%

21.3%

*

35.4%

45.0%

42.5%

Nebraska

17.4%

16.6%

18.7%

*

24.4%

*

28.9%

24.0%

4.5%

*

Kansas

30.9%

31.9%

22.1%

*

30.0%

*

32.2%

42.2%

6.4%

*

North Dakota

41.7%

45.7%

24.0%

*

41.6%

46.5%

48.3%

30.9%

*

South Dakota

33.4%

31.2%

47.5%

20.1%

*

33.9%

46.3%

10.8%

*

South Atlantic:

Maryland

24.2%

22.8%

29.2%

*

34.7%

23.3%

*

27.3%

19.6%

*

Virginia

28.6%

30.0%

22.7%

*

20.5%

*

22.9%

*

38.3%

12.4%

*

West Virginia

28.6%

26.8%

42.7%

32.7%

31.4%

43.4%

13.0%

*

North Carolina

30.5%

29.4%

35.8%

*

43.8%

40.4%

36.9%

12.8%

*

South Carolina

22.4%

21.1%

31.3%

*

30.2%

*

27.2%

30.1%

6.5%

*

Georgia

23.3%

22.6%

33.5%

*

22.3%

*

27.6%

*

31.3%

11.4%

*

Florida

28.8%

29.6%

29.0%

16.5%

*

33.9%

31.9%

20.7%

East South Central:

Kentucky

29.7%

30.5%

21.5%

*

39.6%

34.4%

37.5%

19.2%

*

Tennessee

25.4%

26.0%

29.4%

*

8.9%

*

17.5%

*

34.5%

13.2%

*

Alabama

25.4%

25.2%

24.3%

*

43.0%

31.4%

29.8%

10.1%

*

Mississippi

41.7%

42.0%

44.9%

*

10.7%

*

39.9%

52.5%

23.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

32.7%

33.6%

29.2%

22.9%

*

30.1%

47.3%

16.8%

Louisiana

34.1%

35.9%

21.9%

*

40.3%

48.6%

40.0%

16.8%

*

Oklahoma

32.5%

32.9%

24.7%

*

32.1%

*

44.9%

41.8%

12.3%

*

Texas

32.6%

31.7%

37.7%

44.8%

28.8%

45.3%

16.5%

Mountain:

Colorado

32.4%

32.3%

35.6%

27.7%

*

40.5%

41.3%

19.5%

*

New Mexico

26.2%

26.4%

21.5%

*

31.4%

34.0%

35.9%

8.5%

*

Arizona

32.7%

34.7%

25.0%

*

51.4%

34.8%

46.3%

5.5%

*

Utah

20.7%

19.4%

31.1%

24.6%

*

35.4%

28.8%

10.0%

*

Pacific:

Washington

59.3%

58.6%

62.4%

61.4%

64.1%

63.5%

36.7%

Oregon

51.1%

53.5%

49.3%

21.9%

*

33.8%

66.0%

13.6%

*

California

41.4%

43.0%

41.5%

18.5%

36.2%

51.1%

20.6%

States not shown separately

42.9%

42.1%

47.1%

49.2%

45.3%

52.3%

18.7%

*

 

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.C.4.a(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that have single coverage that required no employee contribution 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%

0.67%

1.85%

2.42%

0.86%

0.96%

1.76%

New England:

Massachusetts

3.90%

4.52%

8.72%

*

5.65%

*

7.77%

5.01%

3.44%

*

New Hampshire

4.19%

5.03%

6.60%

8.03%

5.83%

5.97%

5.31%

*

Connecticut

4.05%

4.25%

8.25%

10.45%

*

7.31%

*

4.47%

7.36%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New York

4.80%

5.20%

6.75%

6.71%

6.99%

5.44%

7.29%

*

New Jersey

4.48%

4.69%

8.12%

*

8.10%

*

5.78%

5.89%

5.95%

Pennsylvania

4.72%

4.61%

8.79%

7.78%

5.50%

4.62%

6.40%

*

East North Central:

Ohio

2.27%

2.49%

7.39%

6.96%

5.73%

3.70%

2.63%

*

Indiana

4.04%

3.73%

6.68%

10.64%

*

7.32%

*

4.12%

8.45%

*

Illinois

1.64%

2.04%

6.02%

5.71%

5.95%

2.40%

3.00%

*

Michigan

3.55%

3.79%

9.48%

6.08%

*

6.67%

4.01%

7.82%

Wisconsin

1.71%

1.54%

4.77%

3.78%

4.89%

2.67%

1.93%

*

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.79%

3.01%

5.19%

6.22%

*

9.40%

*

3.41%

1.11%

*

Iowa

4.03%

5.14%

6.83%

*

9.89%

*

4.49%

3.68%

7.29%

*

Missouri

6.43%

6.59%

6.12%

9.20%

*

5.69%

4.87%

11.81%

Nebraska

2.63%

2.97%

8.40%

*

7.50%

*

5.00%

3.84%

4.74%

*

Kansas

2.74%

2.95%

7.36%

*

10.85%

*

7.78%

3.91%

7.61%

*

North Dakota

5.46%

6.12%

9.02%

*

11.09%

4.54%

6.90%

9.87%

*

South Dakota

4.42%

5.37%

10.25%

7.41%

*

5.01%

6.12%

3.50%

*

South Atlantic:

Maryland

5.28%

5.61%

10.82%

*

8.16%

7.49%

*

6.23%

6.74%

*

Virginia

4.81%

5.64%

6.84%

*

9.59%

*

9.30%

*

4.67%

5.78%

*

West Virginia

3.79%

3.67%

7.93%

9.75%

6.96%

6.40%

8.89%

*

North Carolina

4.08%

4.57%

12.25%

*

11.10%

3.82%

7.97%

6.57%

*

South Carolina

4.41%

4.26%

10.60%

*

11.76%

*

5.02%

6.20%

4.25%

*

Georgia

4.14%

4.45%

13.24%

*

11.82%

*

9.61%

*

6.65%

6.54%

*

Florida

3.32%

3.19%

7.90%

9.78%

*

7.12%

3.72%

6.12%

East South Central:

Kentucky

3.21%

3.31%

6.52%

*

10.75%

5.57%

6.84%

6.86%

*

Tennessee

2.81%

3.08%

11.93%

*

7.69%

*

8.94%

*

6.55%

5.64%

*

Alabama

4.46%

4.43%

9.47%

*

11.56%

7.38%

8.06%

4.59%

*

Mississippi

6.18%

6.55%

13.79%

*

5.59%

*

6.62%

8.09%

6.16%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.03%

3.12%

8.17%

8.64%

*

4.23%

3.56%

4.50%

Louisiana

2.90%

3.58%

6.76%

*

10.96%

5.55%

4.72%

7.86%

*

Oklahoma

3.84%

3.63%

12.96%

*

12.19%

*

6.43%

3.89%

6.87%

*

Texas

2.39%

2.11%

9.22%

11.03%

4.29%

3.72%

4.26%

Mountain:

Colorado

4.72%

4.82%

8.28%

15.49%

*

11.53%

3.64%

6.64%

*

New Mexico

3.69%

2.96%

10.21%

*

7.90%

8.02%

5.02%

8.09%

*

Arizona

4.47%

4.87%

11.41%

*

9.67%

8.97%

7.09%

2.82%

*

Utah

2.18%

2.08%

6.83%

8.68%

*

7.69%

2.94%

4.65%

*

Pacific:

Washington

4.25%

4.86%

6.27%

14.79%

10.43%

5.77%

10.49%

Oregon

3.67%

4.00%

11.43%

10.98%

*

9.72%

4.48%

5.75%

*

California

2.04%

2.18%

6.23%

4.67%

5.08%

2.65%

3.82%

States not shown separately

4.06%

4.30%

6.26%

7.98%

6.29%

6.88%

7.17%

*

 

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.