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

58.3%

65.9%

54.4%

36.5%

40.7%

64.7%

74.8%

New England:

Maine

55.2%

61.7%

55.0%

37.2%

39.2%

66.3%

57.1%

Rhode Island

62.0%

73.8%

66.7%

33.6%

45.7%

63.0%

83.6%

Vermont

57.4%

64.6%

48.0%

46.4%

43.4%

61.3%

74.9%

Massachusetts

66.6%

73.7%

64.6%

46.1%

46.7%

69.4%

83.1%

Connecticut

67.2%

79.1%

62.8%

38.2%

43.3%

71.0%

81.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

61.1%

65.6%

65.4%

38.9%

46.3%

70.1%

55.7%

New Jersey

65.7%

72.5%

64.7%

42.9%

46.7%

71.0%

75.7%

Pennsylvania

66.0%

75.6%

71.6%

37.7%

45.7%

75.9%

83.1%

East North Central:

Ohio

64.3%

75.0%

62.6%

35.6%

48.5%

72.0%

75.0%

Indiana

58.1%

66.4%

52.5%

37.7%

40.7%

66.2%

75.3%

Illinois

62.1%

69.1%

55.5%

43.2%

42.7%

66.7%

78.1%

Michigan

67.6%

76.0%

57.0%

50.9%

49.1%

76.7%

83.6%

Wisconsin

60.8%

73.2%

59.1%

35.6%

48.2%

66.6%

73.5%

West North Central:

Minnesota

61.1%

71.5%

59.5%

39.6%

47.3%

66.6%

71.3%

Iowa

50.7%

57.1%

56.4%

30.3%

31.0%

58.6%

86.1%

Missouri

57.1%

65.2%

56.6%

29.3%

34.2%

68.4%

75.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

65.3%

74.9%

66.1%

34.1%

43.3%

71.5%

73.9%

Maryland

62.0%

69.1%

60.0%

38.3%

53.8%

62.4%

73.2%

District of Columbia

74.2%

82.2%

64.6%

37.7%

53.6%

78.6%

79.3%

Virginia

62.3%

66.0%

67.2%

43.0%

50.6%

61.5%

87.2%

North Carolina

57.2%

63.4%

54.1%

35.8%

40.9%

62.3%

83.5%

South Carolina

48.8%

59.5%

35.7%

30.6%

32.5%

54.1%

84.1%

Georgia

51.7%

56.4%

46.1%

40.6%

35.3%

54.0%

73.6%

Florida

56.7%

60.3%

53.9%

39.5%

38.6%

62.8%

70.8%

East South Central:

Kentucky

56.5%

62.7%

62.1%

34.4%

43.7%

63.0%

78.6%

Tennessee

57.2%

65.3%

42.8%

41.2%

34.3%

65.2%

80.7%

Alabama

56.6%

64.3%

47.6%

40.9%

45.9%

64.2%

69.1%

Mississippi

45.6%

49.3%

44.4%

34.2%

36.1%

49.3%

63.5%

West South Central:

Arkansas

44.0%

49.6%

28.1%

32.6%

33.9%

54.6%

47.0%

Louisiana

51.9%

57.1%

44.1%

37.4%

36.7%

57.6%

69.7%

Oklahoma

50.9%

59.1%

32.4%

37.5%

34.4%

63.1%

66.0%

Texas

49.4%

57.1%

34.2%

34.1%

32.3%

53.5%

80.3%

Mountain:

Idaho

43.9%

54.3%

42.2%

24.7%

27.1%

51.9%

75.3%

Colorado

66.5%

75.0%

59.0%

37.6%

37.0%

71.2%

90.3%

Arizona

58.9%

64.8%

49.4%

35.9%

40.3%

64.0%

75.1%

Utah

53.5%

59.2%

55.5%

34.5%

31.7%

61.5%

76.0%

Nevada

56.7%

60.8%

58.2%

36.5%

38.4%

61.9%

78.0%

Pacific:

Washington

52.8%

63.0%

48.4%

28.8%

31.0%

61.8%

63.8%

Oregon

57.6%

69.5%

51.1%

31.4%

35.2%

66.1%

77.2%

California

57.3%

67.3%

50.7%

28.7%

38.0%

61.8%

69.9%

Alaska

45.7%

58.2%

32.1%

27.4%

27.3%

48.5%

77.3%

Hawaii

81.8%

84.5%

91.1%

57.3%

63.8%

90.6%

91.9%

States not shown separately

52.4%

60.5%

53.7%

32.3%

40.7%

58.8%

70.3%

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.

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

0.33%

0.41%

1.09%

0.96%

0.51%

0.53%

0.98%

New England:

Maine

2.23%

4.34%

5.20%

3.86%

3.87%

2.49%

8.49%

Rhode Island

3.53%

1.35%

4.25%

6.77%

5.63%

4.03%

5.17%

Vermont

1.30%

2.72%

6.87%

5.90%

2.92%

1.92%

10.27%

Massachusetts

1.35%

1.97%

3.72%

6.03%

4.59%

2.81%

7.58%

Connecticut

1.78%

2.90%

5.15%

4.32%

5.48%

2.20%

4.81%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.69%

2.08%

5.05%

5.57%

5.40%

1.88%

4.55%

New Jersey

2.56%

2.36%

8.71%

6.96%

5.45%

2.36%

5.69%

Pennsylvania

2.13%

1.28%

5.52%

4.25%

4.84%

2.12%

4.94%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.24%

2.29%

5.56%

5.23%

3.55%

1.97%

5.44%

Indiana

1.66%

2.02%

4.89%

3.74%

3.92%

2.93%

5.47%

Illinois

1.88%

2.60%

4.71%

5.13%

3.00%

2.80%

8.27%

Michigan

2.62%

1.88%

7.68%

5.92%

5.17%

3.06%

4.74%

Wisconsin

0.96%

1.21%

4.29%

2.68%

3.33%

1.59%

7.00%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.01%

3.52%

4.47%

3.60%

3.26%

3.98%

6.55%

Iowa

2.35%

2.03%

7.07%

6.06%

4.81%

1.45%

4.77%

Missouri

2.32%

4.01%

5.51%

2.83%

2.37%

2.51%

5.71%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.12%

3.14%

5.89%

4.13%

5.68%

3.47%

5.31%

Maryland

1.89%

1.34%

7.06%

6.55%

5.24%

3.23%

10.57%

District of Columbia

1.57%

2.03%

6.01%

7.78%

6.21%

3.62%

5.41%

Virginia

2.34%

3.28%

8.09%

6.64%

5.58%

2.55%

7.65%

North Carolina

2.01%

3.36%

7.52%

6.41%

3.94%

3.38%

4.58%

South Carolina

1.77%

2.43%

6.65%

6.86%

3.57%

3.42%

5.48%

Georgia

2.52%

3.27%

5.90%

9.07%

6.54%

2.91%

7.21%

Florida

1.96%

1.80%

5.82%

8.17%

3.16%

2.99%

5.99%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.58%

3.31%

6.28%

3.49%

4.33%

5.32%

3.56%

Tennessee

3.30%

3.60%

8.99%

6.10%

4.65%

4.17%

5.21%

Alabama

2.25%

3.22%

5.64%

4.90%

4.56%

3.87%

6.88%

Mississippi

2.29%

2.95%

7.37%

4.12%

2.97%

3.49%

7.61%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.06%

3.27%

4.82%

6.36%

3.68%

3.30%

7.32%

Louisiana

2.48%

2.32%

7.53%

7.64%

4.77%

3.80%

4.76%

Oklahoma

0.82%

1.74%

4.83%

6.00%

3.50%

2.53%

6.39%

Texas

1.50%

1.52%

4.07%

3.90%

2.73%

2.68%

3.55%

Mountain:

Idaho

2.22%

2.82%

4.97%

1.98%

2.08%

4.31%

6.56%

Colorado

2.45%

2.62%

3.70%

5.07%

4.70%

1.80%

6.04%

Arizona

1.96%

2.57%

7.24%

6.17%

3.79%

3.01%

4.58%

Utah

4.25%

3.94%

7.12%

7.05%

5.55%

3.77%

5.96%

Nevada

2.27%

3.50%

4.80%

6.00%

4.47%

2.77%

3.37%

Pacific:

Washington

2.63%

3.26%

8.29%

5.90%

3.06%

2.30%

10.32%

Oregon

2.45%

3.59%

5.23%

6.69%

3.00%

3.29%

7.42%

California

1.41%

2.12%

2.77%

3.49%

2.58%

1.74%

3.17%

Alaska

3.55%

4.39%

6.11%

6.54%

5.66%

3.96%

4.88%

Hawaii

3.82%

4.94%

2.59%

5.70%

6.64%

1.58%

3.05%

States not shown separately

1.41%

2.38%

4.61%

2.35%

2.33%

2.79%

4.91%

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.