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

64.7%

15.6%

19.7%

32.2%

54.4%

13.3%

New England:

Maine

34,036

63.5%

13.6%

22.9%

37.6%

52.6%

9.9%

Rhode Island

25,491

56.6%

16.8%

26.6%

21.9%

64.9%

13.2%

Vermont

18,663

58.8%

16.6%

24.7%

29.5%

60.7%

9.8%

Massachusetts

152,516

61.9%

18.7%

19.4%

19.5%

68.4%

12.1%

Connecticut

73,506

61.2%

16.1%

22.7%

18.0%

70.4%

11.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

425,432

66.1%

17.1%

16.9%

32.8%

58.7%

8.5%

New Jersey

201,103

64.6%

16.8%

18.7%

24.2%

64.5%

11.3%

Pennsylvania

258,223

61.9%

14.3%

23.8%

35.7%

52.7%

11.7%

East North Central:

Ohio

245,248

63.9%

13.2%

22.9%

34.4%

51.8%

13.8%

Indiana

124,294

64.5%

12.5%

23.0%

36.0%

53.0%

11.1%

Illinois

274,215

66.2%

14.0%

19.8%

26.3%

59.0%

14.7%

Michigan

198,560

62.5%

16.3%

21.2%

35.9%

53.0%

11.1%

Wisconsin

124,137

57.0%

16.0%

26.9%

35.6%

53.8%

10.6%

West North Central:

Minnesota

120,797

55.6%

18.9%

25.5%

31.0%

58.8%

10.1%

Iowa

81,434

63.7%

12.8%

23.6%

40.6%

47.2%

12.2%

Missouri

128,272

67.7%

12.8%

19.5%

36.0%

49.3%

14.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

18,940

63.4%

16.6%

20.0%

23.8%

56.0%

20.2%

Maryland

115,176

64.1%

18.1%

17.8%

23.3%

61.8%

14.8%

District of Columbia

16,559

74.1%

13.2%

12.7%

18.0%

63.7%

18.3%

Virginia

149,326

67.4%

15.7%

16.9%

30.6%

53.2%

16.2%

North Carolina

174,690

68.2%

14.4%

17.4%

37.4%

48.7%

13.9%

South Carolina

83,393

60.2%

16.9%

22.9%

41.1%

46.8%

12.1%

Georgia

181,050

64.8%

16.1%

19.1%

30.7%

51.8%

17.5%

Florida

345,012

73.6%

13.5%

12.9%

30.4%

53.7%

15.9%

East South Central:

Kentucky

78,723

60.6%

17.7%

21.7%

43.7%

44.3%

12.0%

Tennessee

116,609

65.5%

16.1%

18.4%

34.8%

47.4%

17.8%

Alabama

84,414

61.9%

18.8%

19.3%

45.2%

39.9%

14.9%

Mississippi

49,905

65.7%

14.9%

19.4%

44.1%

40.9%

15.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

55,179

70.4%

13.5%

16.1%

47.1%

41.0%

11.8%

Louisiana

88,613

68.4%

15.0%

16.6%

36.8%

47.1%

16.1%

Oklahoma

71,497

65.7%

14.2%

20.1%

43.8%

43.1%

13.1%

Texas

408,902

66.2%

16.7%

17.1%

37.5%

48.2%

14.2%

Mountain:

Idaho

35,703

54.7%

17.2%

28.1%

42.6%

46.5%

10.9%

Colorado

115,047

68.6%

14.9%

16.5%

20.9%

66.5%

12.7%

Arizona

97,012

73.6%

12.4%

14.0%

30.0%

51.8%

18.2%

Utah

47,329

62.9%

16.8%

20.3%

33.4%

53.3%

13.3%

Nevada

37,274

70.5%

14.2%

15.4%

31.4%

55.1%

13.5%

Pacific:

Washington

140,902

61.7%

15.1%

23.2%

29.8%

59.1%

11.1%

Oregon

86,007

58.7%

19.6%

21.7%

31.5%

57.0%

11.5%

California

703,170

65.7%

14.7%

19.6%

23.9%

61.0%

15.1%

Alaska

14,704

56.6%

17.3%

26.1%

26.3%

64.2%

9.4%

Hawaii

26,927

70.1%

16.0%

13.8%

33.6%

51.9%

14.6%

States not shown separately

316,897

58.2%

17.4%

24.4%

42.9%

45.0%

12.1%

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

Percents may not add to 100% 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

0.33%

0.27%

0.19%

0.44%

0.22%

0.42%

New England:

Maine

2,121

2.68%

1.81%

1.65%

3.07%

3.00%

1.11%

Rhode Island

2,116

3.67%

2.28%

3.89%

1.87%

2.31%

2.01%

Vermont

555

1.78%

1.46%

1.87%

1.63%

1.57%

1.03%

Massachusetts

7,352

2.77%

1.91%

1.99%

1.36%

2.20%

1.57%

Connecticut

2,752

1.34%

1.28%

1.55%

1.69%

1.92%

1.72%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

11,279

2.91%

1.61%

1.63%

2.19%

2.01%

0.95%

New Jersey

8,866

3.12%

2.91%

2.03%

2.57%

2.05%

1.78%

Pennsylvania

5,264

1.21%

1.51%

1.22%

2.10%

2.31%

1.62%

East North Central:

Ohio

8,082

2.22%

1.27%

2.23%

2.25%

1.79%

2.08%

Indiana

3,167

1.77%

1.53%

1.58%

1.83%

2.41%

1.59%

Illinois

9,323

1.82%

1.47%

1.45%

1.41%

1.91%

1.73%

Michigan

5,658

1.96%

1.52%

2.16%

1.54%

2.68%

2.22%

Wisconsin

2,114

1.52%

0.96%

1.62%

1.58%

1.58%

1.47%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2,626

2.34%

2.09%

1.97%

1.57%

2.45%

2.66%

Iowa

2,287

2.16%

1.66%

2.01%

1.61%

1.52%

0.94%

Missouri

5,120

2.31%

1.33%

1.95%

2.36%

2.77%

2.36%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

540

1.96%

1.36%

2.20%

2.92%

2.67%

2.09%

Maryland

4,175

2.34%

1.95%

1.31%

1.67%

2.74%

2.25%

District of Columbia

795

2.70%

1.96%

1.55%

3.14%

2.19%

1.64%

Virginia

4,944

2.06%

1.30%

2.23%

2.50%

1.50%

2.85%

North Carolina

5,734

2.33%

1.73%

1.79%

1.65%

1.84%

1.25%

South Carolina

4,340

2.30%

1.78%

2.78%

1.93%

1.73%

1.68%

Georgia

4,435

2.29%

1.70%

2.50%

3.13%

1.90%

2.14%

Florida

9,029

1.98%

1.43%

1.76%

1.24%

1.83%

1.35%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2,302

1.85%

1.17%

2.14%

2.07%

2.53%

1.05%

Tennessee

4,644

2.41%

1.67%

2.10%

3.04%

1.76%

3.39%

Alabama

4,708

2.44%

2.51%

1.52%

2.37%

2.49%

2.13%

Mississippi

894

2.68%

1.62%

1.82%

2.52%

2.22%

1.09%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2,126

3.32%

1.95%

2.10%

1.86%

1.38%

1.95%

Louisiana

2,193

2.57%

1.60%

1.55%

2.03%

1.64%

2.43%

Oklahoma

1,871

1.42%

1.47%

1.60%

1.78%

1.96%

1.10%

Texas

8,502

1.47%

1.67%

1.40%

1.87%

2.04%

1.50%

Mountain:

Idaho

950

2.70%

2.36%

2.57%

2.14%

1.95%

1.28%

Colorado

3,874

2.43%

1.63%

2.05%

2.55%

2.49%

2.38%

Arizona

4,417

1.95%

2.03%

1.89%

2.43%

1.77%

2.16%

Utah

2,483

2.82%

2.47%

3.07%

3.70%

3.36%

2.05%

Nevada

2,341

2.74%

2.31%

1.11%

2.72%

3.48%

2.56%

Pacific:

Washington

5,040

2.04%

1.28%

1.29%

1.61%

2.38%

1.40%

Oregon

2,677

2.38%

2.14%

1.51%

1.51%

2.09%

1.24%

California

14,856

0.75%

0.82%

0.80%

1.09%

1.44%

1.50%

Alaska

367

3.47%

2.00%

3.30%

1.76%

1.91%

1.14%

Hawaii

1,673

2.78%

2.11%

1.64%

3.11%

3.73%

2.07%

States not shown separately

4,529

1.27%

1.14%

0.55%

1.45%

1.60%

1.55%

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.