Table VII.A.2.a(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan 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

32.1%

31.7%

31.1%

36.3%

24.4%

21.9%

72.8%
 
New England:
Connecticut

29.1%

25.2%

26.9%

47.4%

51.1%

17.4%

71.0%
Maine

30.2%

29.2%

26.9%

39.9%

24.6%

19.1%

76.1%
Massachusetts

27.3%

28.0%

30.5%

20.3%

21.2%

 *

22.6%

57.9%
New Hampshire

28.4%

26.6%

36.2%

25.8%

 *

26.9%

18.8%

77.8%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

31.7%

33.8%

16.1%

 *

38.7%

31.3%

21.5%

65.2%
New York

27.7%

24.8%

33.8%

36.1%

26.5%

21.9%

52.7%
Pennsylvania

27.6%

26.3%

34.1%

26.0%

17.2%

18.7%

74.4%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

33.7%

32.0%

35.3%

43.4%

30.6%

20.8%

70.9%
Indiana

38.0%

37.7%

39.3%

37.9%

21.2%

28.1%

71.7%
Michigan

27.7%

27.4%

28.7%

28.1%

 *

16.4%

 *

18.2%

79.0%
Ohio

35.2%

39.0%

21.1%

31.4%

22.1%

22.7%

87.1%
Wisconsin

30.9%

29.7%

40.6%

25.6%

12.6%

 *

22.8%

81.9%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

33.4%

32.9%

38.3%

30.9%

 *

34.8%

22.3%

76.7%
Kansas

34.7%

33.4%

11.5%

 *

58.4%

27.5%

22.3%

83.1%
Minnesota

32.8%

33.3%

22.6%

 *

38.5%

28.5%

 *

21.4%

81.1%
Missouri

36.3%

36.2%

27.0%

47.4%

28.3%

23.8%

77.4%
Nebraska

28.3%

25.5%

34.0%

32.2%

 *

23.8%

17.9%

66.3%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

35.8%

38.2%

31.2%

26.2%

 *

27.1%

23.3%

67.2%
Florida

34.2%

33.3%

25.7%

 *

56.7%

25.9%

19.1%

76.5%
Georgia

34.0%

30.4%

53.1%

37.9%

 *

21.8%

 *

17.0%

81.6%
Maryland

33.4%

33.6%

32.0%

33.4%

32.7%

19.5%

76.5%
North Carolina

38.6%

33.9%

42.0%

65.0%

37.3%

28.3%

78.2%
South Carolina

37.3%

33.9%

43.2%

46.2%

29.0%

25.2%

73.6%
Virginia

30.5%

29.2%

30.4%

37.0%

24.9%

17.7%

74.6%
West Virginia

33.5%

35.7%

22.9%

 *

41.4%

34.1%

15.3%

71.4%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

31.9%

29.3%

42.9%

39.3%

30.2%

19.4%

76.4%
Kentucky

40.6%

44.6%

17.3%

 *

42.1%

27.1%

20.5%

85.2%
Mississippi

35.7%

36.9%

14.3%

 *

50.5%

24.0%

24.0%

69.8%
Tennessee

39.5%

37.8%

37.5%

55.4%

24.0%

32.9%

71.5%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

30.5%

29.4%

34.3%

33.0%

 *

14.7%

22.5%

63.4%
Oklahoma

32.9%

31.7%

30.5%

 *

48.5%

29.2%

23.2%

68.8%
Texas

37.7%

36.5%

41.3%

45.0%

23.8%

21.5%

78.8%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

33.8%

30.3%

45.9%

40.5%

27.6%

20.3%

74.1%
Colorado

36.9%

41.1%

28.8%

21.9%

 *

28.3%

27.7%

85.3%
Montana

25.4%

26.2%

22.5%

24.2%

17.5%

23.7%

55.8%
Nevada

31.2%

28.5%

31.3%

44.4%

36.1%

17.5%

69.3%
New Mexico

34.2%

32.3%

39.9%

 *

37.1%

15.5%

21.2%

82.1%
Utah

26.2%

26.4%

22.9%

 *

28.0%

23.3%

18.6%

63.8%
Wyoming

35.8%

34.2%

43.7%

35.6%

26.1%

32.8%

68.4%
 
Pacific:
California

28.8%

28.4%

29.5%

30.5%

27.6%

21.3%

63.4%
Hawaii

22.1%

21.6%

25.5%

21.1%

15.6%

25.0%

21.5%

 *
Oregon

25.4%

26.3%

22.5%

24.1%

10.1%

 *

18.6%

67.1%
Washington

33.5%

35.3%

30.7%

 *

23.0%

17.0%

 *

29.3%

70.2%
 
States not shown separately

30.9%

32.2%

23.9%

31.1%

9.1%

27.9%

74.0%
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
** 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.a(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan 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

0.43%

0.57%

1.06%

0.88%

1.19%

0.55%

1.89%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3.06%

2.89%

7.56%

9.89%

12.19%

2.60%

8.61%
Maine

2.24%

4.26%

5.77%

11.82%

6.36%

1.23%

9.77%
Massachusetts

2.78%

3.82%

6.88%

5.16%

7.40%

 *

2.50%

8.15%
New Hampshire

3.57%

3.63%

9.94%

8.48%

 *

6.65%

3.50%

10.24%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.51%

3.12%

7.81%

 *

10.44%

7.95%

2.83%

8.39%
New York

3.30%

3.10%

4.43%

6.28%

5.08%

3.02%

7.15%
Pennsylvania

1.28%

2.02%

5.83%

3.92%

2.80%

2.58%

3.70%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.46%

3.79%

5.36%

9.71%

5.08%

2.23%

7.00%
Indiana

2.53%

2.55%

7.17%

11.19%

5.04%

3.39%

8.99%
Michigan

1.65%

2.92%

7.48%

8.48%

 *

5.42%

 *

2.80%

8.01%
Ohio

2.04%

2.18%

5.52%

8.82%

3.84%

2.63%

3.66%
Wisconsin

2.94%

3.64%

6.71%

6.36%

5.23%

 *

3.01%

7.58%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.27%

3.81%

8.42%

10.06%

 *

5.36%

4.70%

5.06%
Kansas

1.94%

4.50%

3.98%

 *

9.74%

5.76%

3.50%

6.27%
Minnesota

1.71%

4.14%

9.89%

 *

9.33%

9.34%

 *

3.97%

7.27%
Missouri

2.25%

3.12%

7.75%

8.72%

5.23%

4.34%

5.69%
Nebraska

3.66%

3.89%

5.78%

11.49%

 *

6.09%

3.40%

7.11%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.99%

2.67%

7.69%

10.51%

 *

6.84%

2.91%

7.52%
Florida

1.85%

2.48%

8.15%

 *

10.02%

5.08%

3.09%

3.88%
Georgia

3.41%

2.43%

10.66%

12.76%

 *

7.56%

 *

2.21%

3.93%
Maryland

3.32%

3.11%

6.80%

6.73%

7.11%

2.45%

3.28%
North Carolina

2.71%

2.91%

10.46%

11.27%

8.75%

4.21%

6.84%
South Carolina

2.20%

2.47%

7.39%

9.59%

6.75%

2.51%

6.07%
Virginia

2.31%

3.18%

7.54%

10.88%

6.40%

4.00%

3.46%
West Virginia

3.42%

3.18%

8.77%

 *

4.77%

6.17%

3.93%

5.20%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.45%

2.27%

10.91%

8.59%

5.48%

2.86%

5.17%
Kentucky

3.14%

4.10%

6.43%

 *

9.21%

6.94%

2.42%

4.96%
Mississippi

4.16%

4.45%

9.45%

 *

10.61%

5.18%

4.72%

6.24%
Tennessee

4.65%

5.55%

7.30%

13.87%

6.53%

5.86%

8.79%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

3.92%

4.28%

9.39%

10.00%

 *

3.34%

4.54%

8.20%
Oklahoma

3.93%

3.44%

11.35%

 *

14.47%

6.23%

3.23%

7.18%
Texas

3.14%

3.03%

7.92%

9.69%

5.14%

2.18%

7.33%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.55%

1.99%

11.30%

11.88%

6.22%

2.94%

6.04%
Colorado

2.80%

3.88%

5.65%

9.04%

 *

7.11%

4.09%

6.87%
Montana

3.35%

4.24%

6.25%

6.68%

4.06%

6.05%

7.61%
Nevada

2.28%

2.83%

8.30%

8.47%

7.47%

2.44%

8.98%
New Mexico

2.60%

3.50%

12.23%

 *

7.62%

4.08%

3.24%

6.89%
Utah

3.80%

5.04%

8.53%

 *

5.79%

4.87%

4.60%

8.91%
Wyoming

3.12%

3.58%

8.70%

9.86%

4.85%

4.39%

7.57%
 
Pacific:
California

1.73%

2.32%

3.68%

4.56%

5.59%

2.23%

5.28%
Hawaii

2.23%

2.17%

5.28%

5.70%

2.38%

3.07%

7.09%

 *
Oregon

3.69%

3.83%

6.71%

5.05%

4.11%

 *

4.04%

8.44%
Washington

3.00%

3.91%

9.86%

 *

6.10%

5.64%

 *

3.52%

10.99%
 
States not shown separately

2.91%

4.29%

6.64%

7.08%

2.71%

4.36%

8.27%
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
** 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.