Table VII.C.4(2002) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage 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

47.7%

46.4%

53.9%

57.5%

63.0%

48.6%

42.3%
 
New England:
Connecticut

47.4%

45.6%

52.7%

58.1%

58.7%

48.8%

42.3%
Maine

52.1%

49.6%

62.6%

62.1%

65.9%

54.0%

43.5%
Massachusetts

47.2%

45.1%

55.5%

64.0%

63.0%

47.0%

44.2%
New Hampshire

50.5%

48.9%

52.9%

57.1%

63.0%

49.4%

49.5%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

47.0%

45.5%

57.0%

55.6%

63.3%

47.6%

43.8%
New York

50.2%

47.9%

54.9%

66.7%

61.2%

49.0%

47.4%
Pennsylvania

48.0%

46.7%

54.2%

58.0%

59.5%

49.1%

43.9%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

45.4%

42.8%

59.3%

60.2%

65.8%

46.6%

40.9%
Indiana

46.2%

45.9%

48.1%

49.3%

58.3%

45.9%

44.9%
Michigan

43.9%

40.0%

57.0%

53.3%

61.9%

43.4%

39.4%
Ohio

42.6%

40.7%

55.2%

57.7%

69.1%

40.5%

38.4%
Wisconsin

39.3%

37.5%

47.4%

52.4%

58.6%

40.9%

33.4%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

44.7%

43.9%

46.2%

51.1%

62.7%

43.9%

39.1%
Kansas

44.5%

42.2%

53.5%

58.7%

64.0%

42.5%

42.3%
Minnesota

46.3%

44.0%

50.0%

57.6%

63.2%

45.2%

42.8%
Missouri

46.3%

44.6%

57.1%

54.5%

67.5%

45.4%

40.5%
Nebraska

44.7%

42.6%

53.8%

55.9%

61.0%

42.5%

43.3%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

44.1%

42.0%

55.5%

57.7%

60.3%

53.4%

36.6%
Florida

49.6%

48.2%

60.5%

55.4%

72.3%

53.5%

41.5%
Georgia

56.5%

56.7%

59.2%

43.2%

64.5%

58.4%

51.0%
Maryland

47.9%

46.8%

56.1%

54.6%

62.9%

53.3%

39.2%
North Carolina

49.9%

48.8%

57.5%

69.4%

68.9%

49.1%

45.4%
South Carolina

48.6%

47.7%

49.4%

63.4%

65.8%

50.5%

41.2%
Virginia

50.7%

49.5%

59.4%

53.8%

60.6%

55.1%

43.4%
West Virginia

43.8%

43.0%

44.5%

62.3%

55.5%

38.7%

46.6%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

49.0%

47.7%

58.0%

55.8%

54.9%

48.0%

47.4%
Kentucky

42.3%

39.6%

65.3%

58.8%

62.3%

41.6%

38.3%
Mississippi

48.2%

47.6%

55.3%

49.7%

65.0%

48.7%

40.6%
Tennessee

46.3%

45.1%

54.4%

54.2%

59.2%

46.8%

40.8%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

45.5%

44.7%

55.8%

48.7%

57.1%

44.4%

43.5%
Oklahoma

48.9%

47.4%

62.2%

68.2%

61.1%

48.3%

44.5%
Texas

49.0%

49.6%

38.0%

62.2%

57.6%

52.6%

42.1%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

51.8%

52.4%

45.7%

59.3%

61.3%

49.0%

53.2%
Colorado

46.2%

44.6%

60.2%

55.5%

59.1%

48.4%

39.9%
Montana

51.9%

50.7%

55.5%

60.2%

62.7%

48.0%

54.5%
Nevada

49.1%

48.1%

53.3%

61.2%

64.5%

52.3%

40.7%
New Mexico

47.7%

47.8%

41.2%

56.8%

63.5%

49.8%

39.2%
Utah

31.3%

30.6%

40.7%

42.1%

46.0%

34.5%

26.8%
Wyoming

47.0%

45.1%

55.2%

65.9%

59.3%

47.6%

39.5%
 
Pacific:
California

48.9%

47.9%

56.7%

48.9%

65.4%

50.7%

39.4%
Hawaii

59.2%

58.9%

55.6%

65.0%

72.4%

58.7%

52.4%
Oregon

51.1%

47.9%

46.3%

73.8%

63.6%

51.7%

42.6%
Washington

48.5%

48.1%

49.1%

53.5%

59.7%

47.7%

45.9%
 
States not shown separately

47.9%

46.7%

52.0%

61.4%

64.0%

47.7%

44.5%
 
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.C.4(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage 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

0.38%

0.46%

1.13%

0.96%

0.96%

0.68%

0.31%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.34%

2.71%

2.80%

4.17%

4.14%

3.03%

3.85%
Maine

1.80%

2.42%

3.82%

3.63%

3.69%

2.37%

6.05%
Massachusetts

1.95%

2.03%

4.26%

7.46%

2.64%

2.40%

1.93%
New Hampshire

1.45%

2.34%

3.44%

5.36%

3.54%

1.93%

6.11%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.93%

2.01%

2.95%

4.52%

3.96%

2.41%

3.32%
New York

0.83%

0.71%

4.03%

3.74%

3.16%

0.52%

1.94%
Pennsylvania

2.28%

2.63%

1.81%

5.96%

2.88%

3.08%

2.12%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.49%

1.55%

2.43%

3.56%

4.29%

1.73%

2.24%
Indiana

1.39%

1.75%

6.54%

3.29%

6.25%

2.45%

3.99%
Michigan

1.55%

1.61%

3.92%

4.15%

3.50%

2.24%

2.07%
Ohio

1.31%

1.42%

5.43%

4.75%

3.21%

1.70%

2.62%
Wisconsin

1.43%

1.60%

6.33%

4.76%

3.17%

1.97%

2.54%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.54%

1.84%

2.43%

4.08%

3.01%

1.36%

4.09%
Kansas

2.02%

2.28%

3.57%

5.14%

2.87%

2.13%

2.85%
Minnesota

1.99%

2.57%

4.39%

3.46%

4.01%

2.88%

4.35%
Missouri

1.65%

1.55%

5.55%

4.77%

2.35%

1.94%

4.25%
Nebraska

2.14%

2.18%

3.30%

5.80%

1.74%

3.21%

2.32%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.12%

1.79%

3.65%

6.51%

2.99%

2.13%

1.94%
Florida

1.73%

1.88%

8.16%

3.79%

2.40%

2.46%

2.43%
Georgia

3.62%

3.69%

9.36%

7.87%

5.06%

4.48%

3.64%
Maryland

1.45%

1.61%

3.40%

2.82%

2.88%

1.90%

2.34%
North Carolina

2.48%

2.50%

8.19%

9.70%

2.89%

2.18%

4.65%
South Carolina

1.30%

1.29%

7.43%

5.85%

3.24%

2.13%

2.69%
Virginia

2.39%

2.56%

5.23%

7.31%

2.76%

2.06%

3.77%
West Virginia

1.68%

1.32%

6.19%

3.47%

4.16%

2.85%

3.46%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.08%

2.26%

4.05%

5.88%

4.12%

2.77%

3.73%
Kentucky

2.53%

1.50%

6.09%

7.47%

3.51%

3.06%

3.66%
Mississippi

2.32%

2.40%

7.74%

8.15%

3.14%

2.94%

4.73%
Tennessee

1.36%

1.47%

4.78%

3.41%

3.27%

1.96%

3.57%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.60%

2.70%

5.18%

6.93%

5.52%

3.01%

3.77%
Oklahoma

1.76%

1.76%

5.12%

9.44%

5.42%

3.40%

4.94%
Texas

1.49%

1.17%

8.67%

4.95%

4.43%

1.38%

2.60%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.94%

2.94%

5.65%

6.28%

5.17%

3.49%

3.22%
Colorado

2.41%

2.70%

3.21%

6.87%

5.38%

2.63%

4.02%
Montana

2.99%

3.20%

4.96%

7.30%

5.25%

4.26%

6.73%
Nevada

1.25%

1.47%

6.26%

5.55%

3.84%

2.88%

3.50%
New Mexico

2.33%

2.83%

6.43%

7.38%

3.40%

3.60%

3.92%
Utah

2.26%

2.42%

2.87%

4.65%

2.80%

1.62%

6.05%
Wyoming

2.84%

2.93%

5.92%

5.67%

4.93%

3.40%

4.28%
 
Pacific:
California

1.08%

1.14%

3.59%

4.37%

2.90%

1.58%

1.95%
Hawaii

1.41%

2.02%

3.20%

4.35%

4.21%

1.28%

5.18%
Oregon

2.19%

2.27%

4.81%

8.05%

3.85%

2.66%

3.67%
Washington

1.75%

2.62%

5.79%

4.53%

5.03%

2.35%

3.10%
 
States not shown separately

2.06%

2.38%

3.67%

6.42%

5.08%

1.58%

4.80%
 
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.