Table VII.A.2.d(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

30.3%

30.7%

26.6%

32.8%

20.5%

22.6%

65.5%
 
New England:
Connecticut

34.3%

31.3%

39.9%

43.0%

27.2%

 *

26.9%

73.6%
Maine

27.5%

28.0%

19.7%

35.1%

28.4%

17.1%

62.8%
Massachusetts

27.2%

31.6%

18.9%

 *

12.5%

17.5%

 *

20.2%

73.5%
New Hampshire

26.6%

29.2%

22.5%

 *

21.4%

19.2%

21.8%

59.8%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

33.5%

35.2%

21.7%

 *

37.9%

16.7%

25.2%

73.0%
New York

28.2%

28.8%

29.3%

23.5%

20.3%

22.8%

60.1%
Pennsylvania

32.0%

30.8%

34.2%

35.2%

20.3%

24.5%

75.2%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

31.6%

34.8%

16.2%

31.8%

20.2%

19.3%

72.8%
Indiana

28.3%

26.0%

32.5%

34.5%

8.8%

 *

16.7%

67.4%
Michigan

26.6%

27.7%

19.8%

29.7%

19.5%

19.5%

63.2%
Ohio

28.2%

31.6%

12.7%

 *

28.4%

 *

18.8%

18.4%

67.8%
Wisconsin

22.3%

19.9%

36.5%

17.6%

 *

6.8%

 *

17.3%

59.2%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

26.0%

26.4%

22.7%

 *

27.4%

 *

22.7%

19.1%

60.4%
Kansas

23.6%

23.0%

13.3%

 *

34.5%

18.3%

 *

16.3%

53.8%
Minnesota

27.6%

27.9%

28.2%

 *

25.9%

 *

17.1%

 *

18.9%

72.6%
Missouri

25.3%

28.6%

13.0%

 *

23.9%

 *

19.7%

20.2%

45.1%
Nebraska

18.5%

17.9%

18.0%

21.4%

 *

9.9%

10.2%

 *

57.4%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

39.8%

41.3%

38.9%

32.0%

 *

28.1%

 *

28.0%

72.0%
Florida

32.3%

29.3%

35.9%

58.9%

23.3%

21.8%

64.2%
Georgia

35.0%

34.5%

29.3%

48.8%

35.1%

 *

20.2%

66.8%
Maryland

35.0%

35.6%

26.6%

38.7%

30.9%

23.9%

72.1%
North Carolina

29.2%

28.6%

5.3%

 *

55.0%

23.6%

22.5%

60.7%
South Carolina

33.2%

31.0%

38.2%

37.7%

24.1%

 *

22.3%

68.0%
Virginia

27.7%

22.5%

36.9%

42.2%

26.2%

16.9%

61.9%
West Virginia

24.2%

27.9%

13.1%

 *

25.8%

 *

15.3%

8.3%

 *

71.1%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

16.7%

14.3%

35.5%

 *

19.0%

 *

19.9%

8.2%

39.2%
Kentucky

30.6%

35.0%

7.2%

 *

30.5%

19.5%

 *

19.0%

59.5%
Mississippi

20.8%

20.9%

15.7%

 *

25.3%

 *

20.2%

 *

7.2%

46.7%
Tennessee

36.2%

35.0%

29.8%

55.4%

25.8%

27.7%

68.6%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

27.7%

24.7%

40.3%

32.9%

 *

18.8%

16.4%

63.6%
Oklahoma

28.0%

28.2%

25.7%

 *

30.4%

 *

22.3%

19.6%

62.3%
Texas

33.4%

33.1%

32.3%

39.4%

20.4%

21.3%

66.2%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

28.1%

29.2%

17.5%

33.2%

14.1%

17.4%

69.7%
Colorado

28.8%

33.2%

17.5%

16.5%

 *

10.7%

 *

22.6%

75.0%
Montana

15.8%

15.9%

13.4%

 *

17.5%

 *

6.4%

 *

13.0%

57.2%
Nevada

26.7%

26.7%

25.4%

 *

27.9%

24.4%

15.6%

65.5%
New Mexico

25.2%

24.9%

21.4%

 *

31.0%

16.8%

 *

14.4%

56.5%
Utah

29.1%

31.1%

21.6%

 *

22.9%

 *

15.9%

 *

24.2%

68.6%
Wyoming

21.9%

21.8%

26.7%

14.2%

 *

12.0%

 *

19.6%

51.6%
 
Pacific:
California

38.6%

39.0%

35.5%

41.0%

28.3%

35.2%

66.6%
Hawaii

40.2%

40.5%

34.7%

44.1%

31.6%

36.1%

72.3%
Oregon

25.3%

26.2%

21.5%

 *

24.7%

12.5%

 *

14.9%

77.1%
Washington

30.8%

32.4%

28.3%

21.0%

 *

19.1%

 *

26.2%

65.0%
 
States not shown separately

25.1%

24.8%

23.7%

27.9%

8.2%

 *

23.4%

56.6%
 
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.d(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

0.51%

0.72%

1.85%

1.69%

1.43%

0.69%

1.29%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3.11%

2.99%

6.33%

8.60%

8.17%

 *

2.32%

7.66%
Maine

2.64%

4.43%

5.07%

9.17%

6.78%

2.62%

8.96%
Massachusetts

3.41%

4.74%

9.33%

 *

3.10%

5.72%

 *

3.90%

7.47%
New Hampshire

3.57%

5.03%

9.85%

 *

5.36%

5.35%

3.99%

9.75%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.31%

3.45%

7.80%

 *

8.93%

4.55%

4.87%

4.81%
New York

1.91%

2.19%

4.38%

4.43%

2.77%

1.59%

6.62%
Pennsylvania

1.28%

2.65%

6.49%

6.63%

4.55%

2.58%

3.67%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

3.15%

4.75%

4.23%

8.28%

5.58%

3.09%

3.06%
Indiana

3.33%

4.23%

6.23%

9.51%

5.35%

 *

3.01%

6.86%
Michigan

1.89%

2.32%

5.71%

8.74%

4.20%

2.53%

8.04%
Ohio

1.88%

2.22%

5.00%

 *

11.03%

 *

5.06%

3.03%

5.68%
Wisconsin

3.22%

4.35%

7.17%

6.72%

 *

4.18%

 *

3.88%

8.32%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.50%

3.36%

8.05%

 *

8.98%

 *

3.77%

3.24%

9.93%
Kansas

2.77%

2.96%

7.20%

 *

6.61%

5.93%

 *

3.52%

9.14%
Minnesota

1.76%

2.89%

8.65%

 *

7.96%

 *

6.04%

 *

4.23%

7.83%
Missouri

4.39%

4.53%

7.05%

 *

11.44%

 *

4.62%

4.16%

12.23%
Nebraska

2.38%

3.32%

4.20%

8.46%

 *

2.82%

3.45%

 *

8.00%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.62%

2.65%

8.77%

10.42%

 *

9.41%

 *

3.55%

5.60%
Florida

2.10%

2.68%

6.70%

8.37%

4.15%

2.58%

5.74%
Georgia

3.74%

3.56%

7.13%

14.63%

11.60%

 *

2.02%

5.78%
Maryland

1.93%

2.03%

7.11%

7.12%

4.31%

2.12%

4.96%
North Carolina

3.05%

4.77%

3.81%

 *

12.86%

6.01%

5.67%

6.01%
South Carolina

3.22%

2.91%

8.83%

9.89%

8.10%

 *

4.17%

8.34%
Virginia

1.64%

2.60%

6.66%

9.07%

5.70%

2.91%

3.79%
West Virginia

2.74%

3.08%

8.53%

 *

8.75%

 *

4.32%

3.12%

 *

3.79%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.79%

2.37%

11.31%

 *

6.64%

 *

4.17%

1.80%

7.77%
Kentucky

3.73%

4.18%

2.94%

 *

8.52%

6.25%

 *

3.33%

8.56%
Mississippi

4.38%

4.46%

9.63%

 *

7.91%

 *

7.93%

 *

2.13%

8.22%
Tennessee

4.98%

6.56%

6.93%

12.67%

5.66%

5.23%

9.21%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.56%

2.00%

10.28%

10.51%

 *

5.54%

3.44%

6.51%
Oklahoma

3.54%

3.69%

8.12%

 *

14.95%

 *

4.68%

3.71%

6.64%
Texas

2.26%

2.62%

5.99%

9.49%

4.10%

2.46%

4.21%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

3.53%

3.47%

4.31%

9.67%

3.96%

3.71%

4.89%
Colorado

3.39%

4.66%

5.08%

5.88%

 *

3.68%

 *

3.74%

10.03%
Montana

2.65%

2.35%

4.97%

 *

9.66%

 *

3.97%

 *

3.87%

12.72%
Nevada

2.74%

4.54%

11.10%

 *

7.18%

4.81%

2.49%

9.33%
New Mexico

3.25%

3.49%

12.86%

 *

7.96%

6.56%

 *

3.21%

9.41%
Utah

3.64%

3.66%

8.64%

 *

7.75%

 *

4.91%

 *

4.95%

5.95%
Wyoming

2.50%

3.23%

7.33%

7.55%

 *

4.03%

 *

3.74%

11.04%
 
Pacific:
California

1.00%

1.42%

4.70%

5.44%

4.93%

1.72%

4.25%
Hawaii

3.63%

4.16%

4.17%

7.55%

5.11%

2.94%

9.98%
Oregon

2.88%

2.96%

7.44%

 *

6.19%

4.21%

 *

2.47%

7.42%
Washington

2.95%

3.15%

6.71%

7.60%

 *

7.60%

 *

3.96%

8.53%
 
States not shown separately

3.09%

3.20%

6.87%

6.87%

2.65%

 *

3.80%

6.40%
 
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.