Table VII.B.3.b.(2)(2002) Percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

72.6%

73.9%

65.5%

61.9%

53.4%

77.5%

72.1%
 
New England:
Connecticut

72.1%

72.2%

69.1%

75.0%

47.0%

78.6%

65.6%
Maine

69.1%

69.9%

66.3%

63.9%

48.1%

76.3%

66.5%
Massachusetts

73.3%

76.3%

67.7%

45.3%

51.6%

73.8%

78.0%
New Hampshire

73.4%

73.5%

78.4%

66.3%

58.8%

75.2%

74.9%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

71.1%

72.1%

66.0%

57.2%

53.2%

73.5%

71.9%
New York

71.1%

73.0%

64.5%

61.1%

57.3%

75.8%

70.0%
Pennsylvania

76.9%

79.1%

63.1%

66.3%

55.9%

80.7%

77.1%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

74.6%

77.5%

58.6%

63.2%

44.8%

80.1%

75.3%
Indiana

75.0%

75.7%

74.0%

65.1%

55.9%

80.4%

72.8%
Michigan

76.9%

77.2%

78.5%

72.1%

69.2%

79.4%

75.7%
Ohio

70.8%

71.0%

70.5%

66.0%

51.2%

77.9%

67.7%
Wisconsin

73.9%

77.0%

65.6%

47.6%

56.4%

74.6%

77.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

75.1%

77.3%

69.4%

60.6%

58.2%

78.2%

77.4%
Kansas

71.6%

71.4%

74.2%

70.1%

55.0%

78.0%

64.7%
Minnesota

72.6%

76.4%

59.4%

67.2%

57.3%

74.9%

72.3%
Missouri

69.0%

70.1%

59.9%

65.3%

47.0%

78.6%

63.8%
Nebraska

74.7%

76.8%

63.4%

69.9%

56.0%

79.9%

72.5%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

74.9%

76.1%

68.7%

65.5%

51.7%

75.6%

78.4%
Florida

73.3%

76.1%

57.3%

58.2%

55.4%

76.8%

74.8%
Georgia

70.4%

72.0%

54.7%

55.9%

47.2%

78.8%

65.5%
Maryland

68.0%

68.9%

63.8%

58.2%

45.6%

69.5%

70.9%
North Carolina

78.9%

80.7%

60.5%

60.2%

55.6%

85.2%

79.6%
South Carolina

72.7%

74.1%

70.3%

55.7%

59.2%

76.0%

74.3%
Virginia

64.6%

63.9%

69.5%

69.5%

52.3%

74.0%

59.4%
West Virginia

70.1%

70.7%

71.9%

51.1%

60.8%

77.2%

65.0%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

71.0%

72.2%

68.7%

58.1%

53.9%

75.4%

77.0%
Kentucky

79.0%

80.0%

74.7%

64.3%

56.5%

83.6%

82.3%
Mississippi

71.6%

71.7%

67.9%

74.5%

50.4%

79.8%

71.9%
Tennessee

72.8%

73.3%

67.9%

68.4%

53.7%

80.4%

67.3%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

69.0%

71.7%

44.1%

57.1%

49.1%

77.1%

69.2%
Oklahoma

66.7%

67.6%

57.9%

58.0%

52.2%

78.4%

60.5%
Texas

75.3%

75.7%

73.6%

66.4%

59.1%

78.7%

76.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

72.6%

73.5%

70.1%

64.0%

48.1%

75.8%

77.7%
Colorado

72.6%

73.6%

67.1%

58.6%

41.5%

76.6%

72.4%
Montana

76.6%

79.0%

66.4%

62.5%

62.7%

78.6%

82.2%
Nevada

69.1%

69.0%

74.7%

62.6%

46.3%

78.8%

66.1%
New Mexico

63.4%

65.3%

53.4%

58.9%

38.6%

68.4%

71.2%
Utah

72.8%

74.6%

55.3%

52.2%

39.5%

72.3%

81.1%
Wyoming

68.3%

68.6%

64.8%

71.6%

67.2%

76.0%

57.9%
 
Pacific:
California

69.7%

71.1%

63.0%

56.0%

52.0%

75.7%

67.1%
Hawaii

77.3%

78.1%

77.2%

66.2%

67.6%

80.6%

77.4%
Oregon

73.2%

74.7%

74.9%

56.4%

44.5%

79.3%

81.0%
Washington

72.1%

72.6%

67.1%

76.5%

46.3%

80.2%

67.9%
 
States not shown separately

75.4%

77.0%

65.4%

65.6%

57.3%

80.1%

72.2%
 
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.B.3.b.(2)(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

0.34%

0.47%

1.66%

2.34%

0.64%

0.46%

1.04%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.47%

2.88%

4.24%

6.57%

8.95%

1.69%

6.11%
Maine

2.75%

3.71%

5.62%

7.05%

7.00%

1.78%

5.60%
Massachusetts

1.92%

1.55%

2.87%

8.14%

3.01%

2.48%

4.85%
New Hampshire

1.26%

1.81%

3.47%

5.30%

3.95%

1.04%

8.20%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.48%

3.36%

7.46%

3.73%

3.43%

3.51%

4.62%
New York

1.86%

1.81%

3.50%

7.24%

5.27%

1.74%

4.68%
Pennsylvania

1.67%

1.78%

4.92%

5.21%

3.64%

1.83%

2.72%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.77%

2.33%

4.51%

4.99%

6.39%

1.33%

3.50%
Indiana

1.57%

2.04%

5.12%

7.00%

5.98%

1.81%

3.16%
Michigan

1.97%

2.24%

2.60%

4.82%

5.20%

2.52%

3.29%
Ohio

2.05%

2.15%

2.58%

4.71%

5.26%

1.08%

3.98%
Wisconsin

1.98%

1.84%

4.41%

6.21%

5.73%

0.88%

3.92%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.80%

1.24%

5.46%

3.50%

4.96%

1.53%

1.81%
Kansas

2.18%

2.33%

3.87%

6.00%

5.34%

2.00%

6.03%
Minnesota

3.38%

2.52%

6.51%

3.76%

6.40%

5.23%

3.95%
Missouri

2.81%

3.01%

4.78%

6.44%

5.82%

1.45%

4.83%
Nebraska

1.75%

2.19%

4.39%

9.71%

5.12%

2.02%

4.40%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.76%

2.20%

7.50%

4.42%

5.18%

1.05%

3.09%
Florida

2.00%

1.54%

4.71%

7.96%

2.68%

1.24%

3.46%
Georgia

1.71%

2.01%

8.01%

11.38%

6.69%

2.03%

2.50%
Maryland

1.37%

1.42%

5.10%

5.67%

5.31%

1.67%

3.42%
North Carolina

1.86%

2.13%

6.94%

8.28%

5.41%

1.86%

5.08%
South Carolina

2.08%

2.59%

6.92%

5.55%

4.67%

2.90%

3.09%
Virginia

3.11%

3.19%

4.35%

9.70%

3.14%

1.73%

5.91%
West Virginia

1.55%

2.04%

3.48%

7.20%

4.98%

2.21%

4.26%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.27%

1.52%

9.08%

7.27%

5.64%

0.87%

2.64%
Kentucky

1.82%

2.16%

5.79%

7.76%

4.22%

1.81%

2.37%
Mississippi

2.99%

3.22%

7.84%

7.29%

5.44%

3.39%

4.30%
Tennessee

1.65%

2.07%

6.13%

5.40%

6.11%

0.86%

3.90%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.61%

2.80%

8.29%

9.31%

5.46%

2.39%

6.25%
Oklahoma

3.25%

3.53%

6.34%

6.86%

5.45%

2.52%

6.39%
Texas

1.46%

1.29%

7.20%

4.97%

2.26%

1.95%

2.82%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.49%

2.64%

7.44%

6.58%

4.84%

1.87%

4.89%
Colorado

1.84%

2.12%

7.48%

7.46%

7.60%

2.09%

3.66%
Montana

2.22%

2.59%

4.09%

6.85%

3.83%

2.07%

6.67%
Nevada

2.22%

2.44%

7.16%

6.93%

6.91%

1.46%

2.96%
New Mexico

1.02%

1.57%

6.46%

4.98%

4.08%

3.18%

4.55%
Utah

2.64%

2.73%

5.25%

6.28%

4.55%

2.87%

2.40%
Wyoming

3.11%

3.78%

4.62%

7.55%

4.83%

1.91%

7.38%
 
Pacific:
California

2.23%

2.15%

4.08%

6.67%

2.78%

2.37%

3.95%
Hawaii

1.94%

2.42%

2.88%

6.63%

4.23%

1.54%

4.51%
Oregon

2.89%

2.99%

3.11%

8.72%

7.05%

2.88%

3.94%
Washington

2.04%

2.18%

5.74%

4.58%

4.16%

1.66%

4.16%
 
States not shown separately

3.56%

4.33%

4.56%

4.95%

4.58%

2.57%

6.99%
 
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.