Table VII.A.2(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2002: (43 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

57.2%

64.5%

54.3%

35.0%

38.6%

62.4%

75.6%
 
New England:
Connecticut

62.4%

72.3%

59.1%

40.7%

29.6%

72.1%

64.3%
Maine

55.7%

60.3%

66.8%

34.7%

39.9%

58.1%

84.6%
Massachusetts

62.8%

70.9%

59.4%

40.6%

48.9%

64.6%

76.5%
New Hampshire

67.0%

72.5%

64.2%

53.7%

47.1%

70.3%

92.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

62.4%

67.9%

62.4%

40.9%

42.6%

67.1%

70.4%
New York

57.1%

64.6%

54.6%

35.5%

40.8%

61.4%

71.2%
Pennsylvania

65.6%

75.7%

64.3%

39.4%

44.9%

74.9%

82.5%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

59.0%

67.4%

59.3%

31.1%

36.3%

63.0%

78.6%
Indiana

59.4%

68.7%

56.7%

35.4%

35.4%

66.6%

79.8%
Michigan

63.3%

68.5%

62.9%

50.0%

52.6%

66.7%

71.9%
Ohio

67.4%

75.6%

64.3%

41.8%

49.4%

71.8%

85.7%
Wisconsin

60.0%

72.7%

55.3%

33.1%

43.4%

65.4%

74.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

46.9%

56.3%

46.0%

28.5%

32.2%

57.3%

49.5%
Kansas

53.6%

60.1%

48.8%

40.5%

38.4%

62.4%

67.8%
Minnesota

56.5%

70.9%

51.0%

31.2%

38.3%

62.9%

67.4%
Missouri

56.4%

63.6%

53.4%

38.1%

39.0%

63.1%

74.4%
Nebraska

43.6%

48.4%

53.0%

28.8%

33.0%

45.6%

75.6%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

56.5%

64.8%

54.1%

32.8%

32.0%

66.0%

77.9%
Florida

55.0%

59.8%

48.8%

32.6%

33.6%

59.6%

79.3%
Georgia

53.9%

58.0%

51.6%

33.8%

39.4%

55.3%

75.5%
Maryland

61.0%

66.1%

56.5%

46.0%

43.2%

63.1%

76.5%
North Carolina

50.7%

56.3%

43.8%

34.3%

33.5%

56.7%

70.7%
South Carolina

48.3%

52.7%

47.6%

34.5%

36.8%

50.6%

67.1%
Virginia

58.9%

63.7%

65.7%

38.4%

40.7%

63.4%

80.9%
West Virginia

55.2%

58.8%

59.1%

39.2%

37.7%

69.4%

73.1%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

60.9%

67.8%

45.9%

45.4%

51.4%

63.5%

75.9%
Kentucky

59.3%

68.2%

51.6%

33.9%

41.4%

64.0%

81.9%
Mississippi

48.5%

55.0%

37.7%

34.8%

31.6%

58.7%

64.1%
Tennessee

53.6%

58.9%

55.0%

30.8%

35.0%

62.2%

62.3%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

53.9%

60.6%

48.2%

27.4%

29.7%

65.3%

70.1%
Oklahoma

52.5%

62.0%

49.8%

22.0%

32.9%

61.7%

77.0%
Texas

51.9%

59.6%

39.4%

26.6%

31.0%

55.4%

79.6%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

52.4%

57.2%

44.6%

41.2%

38.8%

52.2%

84.6%
Colorado

58.1%

63.4%

53.1%

41.8%

36.0%

63.4%

86.6%
Montana

46.9%

56.2%

41.6%

28.0%

29.6%

61.4%

55.3%
Nevada

61.7%

69.5%

46.9%

45.3%

46.5%

66.1%

75.8%
New Mexico

47.1%

54.0%

47.5%

29.5%

30.3%

55.7%

72.5%
Utah

55.3%

66.1%

44.9%

30.3%

36.4%

60.4%

81.0%
Wyoming

47.4%

59.6%

44.1%

18.3%

30.8%

58.1%

65.0%
 
Pacific:
California

56.6%

65.3%

55.4%

29.2%

37.8%

61.6%

76.0%
Hawaii

89.6%

94.8%

86.8%

71.1%

82.9%

92.3%

91.8%
Oregon

59.1%

67.2%

57.2%

35.7%

46.6%

61.8%

70.0%
Washington

57.0%

68.2%

59.3%

23.4%

32.5%

62.3%

75.7%
 
States not shown separately

50.3%

57.5%

48.9%

32.6%

33.0%

55.9%

75.9%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

Table VII.A.2(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2002: (43 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

0.33%

0.50%

0.84%

0.66%

0.69%

0.52%

0.81%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.66%

2.43%

7.05%

6.11%

7.07%

2.40%

5.18%
Maine

3.12%

4.36%

5.09%

3.80%

4.01%

4.58%

6.38%
Massachusetts

2.01%

3.99%

8.95%

6.66%

6.71%

3.59%

8.39%
New Hampshire

2.00%

2.90%

3.63%

7.08%

4.50%

2.82%

10.46%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.91%

4.43%

5.86%

4.64%

4.47%

3.54%

5.82%
New York

1.80%

2.36%

3.75%

3.63%

3.10%

1.95%

4.58%
Pennsylvania

1.77%

2.28%

5.78%

3.87%

3.40%

2.63%

4.12%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.40%

2.66%

6.98%

5.56%

3.35%

2.33%

4.36%
Indiana

1.42%

2.60%

4.53%

7.28%

5.22%

3.21%

6.58%
Michigan

1.58%

2.40%

4.73%

5.56%

5.27%

2.92%

6.40%
Ohio

1.01%

1.03%

2.20%

2.16%

3.81%

1.70%

5.16%
Wisconsin

2.29%

3.34%

6.13%

4.58%

4.81%

2.56%

5.75%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.70%

3.39%

6.70%

3.90%

3.67%

3.52%

6.97%
Kansas

2.44%

4.04%

4.19%

3.36%

2.62%

3.23%

6.94%
Minnesota

2.48%

2.88%

6.23%

4.92%

4.81%

2.98%

8.35%
Missouri

2.24%

3.56%

5.42%

5.73%

4.09%

3.45%

3.95%
Nebraska

3.07%

3.89%

6.48%

5.12%

4.42%

3.54%

7.34%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.41%

5.47%

7.30%

3.44%

6.31%

3.18%

3.63%
Florida

1.68%

1.69%

5.11%

5.11%

2.73%

2.15%

3.93%
Georgia

3.17%

4.65%

8.80%

6.63%

5.31%

4.48%

8.06%
Maryland

1.86%

2.34%

4.58%

5.44%

3.61%

2.61%

4.01%
North Carolina

2.49%

3.11%

4.45%

7.06%

3.48%

3.28%

4.95%
South Carolina

1.59%

2.65%

7.20%

4.87%

3.37%

2.75%

9.96%
Virginia

1.50%

1.94%

5.91%

5.76%

4.55%

2.83%

5.65%
West Virginia

1.73%

2.91%

6.56%

3.96%

2.28%

2.97%

5.07%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.82%

1.82%

5.72%

4.73%

5.18%

3.99%

6.74%
Kentucky

2.15%

3.51%

3.46%

5.60%

4.84%

3.27%

3.34%
Mississippi

1.61%

1.66%

4.69%

5.42%

2.26%

1.92%

5.80%
Tennessee

2.31%

3.25%

8.04%

4.90%

4.58%

3.45%

8.75%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.36%

3.09%

7.51%

4.75%

3.34%

4.33%

3.97%
Oklahoma

2.68%

4.00%

4.22%

5.12%

3.29%

3.64%

4.85%
Texas

1.30%

1.28%

4.86%

4.24%

2.82%

2.79%

2.99%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.98%

2.17%

7.31%

4.90%

5.90%

4.21%

4.83%
Colorado

3.86%

3.64%

8.72%

5.58%

4.20%

3.62%

5.37%
Montana

3.49%

5.28%

4.42%

4.43%

3.50%

4.80%

10.07%
Nevada

2.18%

2.18%

5.69%

3.76%

3.86%

3.48%

5.27%
New Mexico

3.40%

2.95%

6.82%

7.08%

4.09%

2.03%

6.24%
Utah

2.10%

3.10%

5.28%

4.40%

4.44%

3.57%

5.12%
Wyoming

2.30%

2.89%

5.59%

3.24%

2.69%

2.78%

8.63%
 
Pacific:
California

1.44%

1.38%

4.49%

1.99%

3.05%

1.66%

4.72%
Hawaii

1.53%

1.71%

3.46%

5.34%

2.74%

1.76%

3.18%
Oregon

2.21%

3.02%

6.50%

5.63%

4.26%

3.94%

10.54%
Washington

2.42%

2.07%

7.78%

3.34%

3.54%

2.85%

7.69%
 
States not shown separately

2.39%

2.87%

7.71%

3.78%

2.91%

3.47%

4.60%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.