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

6,144,887

3,978,592

956,004

1,210,291

1,980,893

3,344,866

819,128

New England:

Maine

34,036

21,612

4,642

7,782

12,783

17,897

3,356

Rhode Island

25,491

14,434

4,279

6,778

5,590

16,538

3,362

Vermont

18,663

10,966

3,090

4,606

5,510

11,331

1,822

Massachusetts

152,516

94,413

28,520

29,583

29,700

104,368

18,448

Connecticut

73,506

44,962

11,867

16,678

13,211

51,774

8,521

Middle Atlantic:

New York

425,432

281,021

72,722

71,689

139,343

249,922

36,167

New Jersey

201,103

129,872

33,722

37,510

48,719

129,626

22,759

Pennsylvania

258,223

159,855

37,010

61,358

92,065

136,053

30,105

East North Central:

Ohio

245,248

156,621

32,372

56,255

84,290

127,051

33,907

Indiana

124,294

80,198

15,565

28,532

44,692

65,854

13,748

Illinois

274,215

181,559

38,493

54,163

72,252

161,750

40,213

Michigan

198,560

124,047

32,420

42,093

71,312

105,260

21,988

Wisconsin

124,137

70,777

19,917

33,443

44,170

66,757

13,210

West North Central:

Minnesota

120,797

67,137

22,864

30,797

37,495

71,087

12,215

Iowa

81,434

51,859

10,384

19,191

33,057

38,450

9,928

Missouri

128,272

86,825

16,409

25,038

46,191

63,213

18,868

South Atlantic:

Delaware

18,940

12,004

3,140

3,795

4,503

10,612

3,825

Maryland

115,176

73,875

20,825

20,476

26,880

71,231

17,066

District of Columbia

16,559

12,274

2,181

2,103

2,983

10,546

3,030

Virginia

149,326

100,643

23,437

25,246

45,692

79,449

24,185

North Carolina

174,690

119,163

25,070

30,457

65,311

85,050

24,329

South Carolina

83,393

50,221

14,088

19,084

34,277

39,058

10,058

Georgia

181,050

117,347

29,165

34,537

55,568

93,710

31,771

Florida

345,012

253,765

46,732

44,515

104,850

185,222

54,940

East South Central:

Kentucky

78,723

47,727

13,937

17,059

34,376

34,886

9,461

Tennessee

116,609

76,357

18,818

21,434

40,557

55,275

20,777

Alabama

84,414

52,239

15,865

16,311

38,184

33,674

12,556

Mississippi

49,905

32,790

7,414

9,701

21,997

20,429

7,479

West South Central:

Arkansas

55,179

38,871

7,432

8,876

26,001

22,650

6,527

Louisiana

88,613

60,597

13,312

14,705

32,619

41,735

14,259

Oklahoma

71,497

46,998

10,157

14,341

31,306

30,813

9,378

Texas

408,902

270,808

68,126

69,968

153,527

197,137

58,237

Mountain:

Idaho

35,703

19,526

6,147

10,030

15,209

16,609

3,885

Colorado

115,047

78,963

17,121

18,963

24,014

76,457

14,576

Arizona

97,012

71,433

12,019

13,560

29,118

50,275

17,620

Utah

47,329

29,760

7,947

9,623

15,793

25,247

6,289

Nevada

37,274

26,276

5,275

5,723

11,705

20,533

5,035

Pacific:

Washington

140,902

86,880

21,335

32,687

41,974

83,334

15,594

Oregon

86,007

50,476

16,861

18,670

27,102

49,006

9,899

California

703,170

461,813

103,250

138,107

168,089

428,974

106,107

Alaska

14,704

8,329

2,542

3,833

3,873

9,443

1,388

Hawaii

26,927

18,885

4,322

3,720

9,037

13,971

3,920

States not shown separately

316,897

184,416

55,212

77,270

135,966

142,611

38,320

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. 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

44,951

37,931

18,655

10,517

24,232

29,857

28,659

New England:

Maine

2,121

2,361

483

364

1,377

1,821

377

Rhode Island

2,116

1,013

477

1,852

344

2,060

528

Vermont

555

583

253

342

271

530

206

Massachusetts

7,352

6,711

2,551

3,612

2,307

5,221

3,187

Connecticut

2,752

1,833

1,089

1,283

1,118

2,695

1,399

Middle Atlantic:

New York

11,279

18,503

6,130

6,128

8,728

13,058

4,091

New Jersey

8,866

6,108

6,400

4,613

5,704

7,661

3,531

Pennsylvania

5,264

3,084

4,684

3,064

6,258

5,675

4,291

East North Central:

Ohio

8,082

8,115

3,419

5,370

6,094

4,420

5,473

Indiana

3,167

3,690

1,605

2,044

3,061

2,729

1,993

Illinois

9,323

7,309

4,715

3,879

4,944

5,216

5,426

Michigan

5,658

4,674

3,078

4,861

4,102

4,427

4,628

Wisconsin

2,114

2,171

1,281

2,054

1,624

2,557

1,976

West North Central:

Minnesota

2,626

3,285

2,442

2,469

2,050

3,316

3,421

Iowa

2,287

2,968

1,291

1,439

1,598

1,558

927

Missouri

5,120

5,128

1,926

1,908

3,701

3,408

3,610

South Atlantic:

Delaware

540

467

193

478

599

648

344

Maryland

4,175

3,581

2,584

1,805

2,137

4,735

2,599

District of Columbia

795

690

335

285

538

566

357

Virginia

4,944

4,323

2,179

3,469

3,783

2,915

4,879

North Carolina

5,734

5,069

3,037

3,749

3,713

3,932

2,440

South Carolina

4,340

1,575

1,934

3,082

2,942

2,330

1,288

Georgia

4,435

5,609

3,031

4,815

5,586

4,755

4,312

Florida

9,029

7,986

5,385

6,108

4,774

8,699

4,652

East South Central:

Kentucky

2,302

1,643

1,080

1,859

1,676

2,527

821

Tennessee

4,644

5,244

2,193

1,946

3,401

2,519

5,009

Alabama

4,708

2,816

3,069

1,325

3,796

1,928

1,899

Mississippi

894

1,377

843

991

1,499

955

534

West South Central:

Arkansas

2,126

2,966

956

1,076

1,321

1,396

1,030

Louisiana

2,193

2,710

1,439

1,378

1,665

1,884

2,280

Oklahoma

1,871

1,419

1,016

1,202

1,606

1,497

916

Texas

8,502

7,351

6,937

6,062

8,624

6,882

6,731

Mountain:

Idaho

950

1,193

784

902

811

745

530

Colorado

3,874

4,301

1,686

2,472

2,622

3,886

2,991

Arizona

4,417

4,214

2,205

1,763

1,973

2,801

2,786

Utah

2,483

2,042

1,127

1,847

2,690

923

1,014

Nevada

2,341

2,430

785

370

1,753

1,815

928

Pacific:

Washington

5,040

4,803

1,954

1,717

2,307

5,116

1,845

Oregon

2,677

2,685

1,892

1,317

1,777

1,414

1,256

California

14,856

10,278

5,279

7,612

8,693

9,295

12,239

Alaska

367

609

297

470

258

357

178

Hawaii

1,673

1,925

520

345

1,683

728

595

States not shown separately

4,529

5,655

3,358

2,014

5,097

5,558

5,026

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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