Table VII.D.3(2002) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in family coverage at 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

23.5%

22.9%

26.5%

29.9%

31.7%

24.1%

21.5%

 
New England:
Connecticut

21.6%

21.2%

24.7%

22.1%

25.6%

20.5%

23.3%

Maine

29.6%

28.0%

37.3%

42.2%

44.6%

30.3%

26.0%

Massachusetts

23.2%

21.9%

29.4%

38.1%

32.9%

22.4%

24.0%

New Hampshire

24.9%

24.7%

22.8%

28.2%

30.8%

24.7%

24.1%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

22.6%

21.9%

27.5%

33.3%

16.6%

*

22.2%

23.3%

New York

21.7%

22.3%

18.9%

20.8%

30.4%

20.7%

20.7%

Pennsylvania

20.2%

19.8%

23.9%

19.1%

22.7%

18.6%

22.0%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

22.2%

20.9%

28.5%

44.0%

44.4%

24.4%

18.4%

Indiana

18.7%

17.4%

27.5%

27.1%

33.0%

19.3%

16.9%

Michigan

16.1%

14.9%

19.3%

25.4%

34.0%

14.2%

15.9%

Ohio

22.5%

22.1%

25.3%

30.9%

33.3%

24.6%

17.5%

Wisconsin

18.2%

17.1%

24.2%

26.9%

27.7%

*

19.8%

14.7%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

22.6%

21.9%

24.3%

28.5%

28.3%

25.5%

16.4%

Kansas

22.7%

22.2%

22.8%

32.8%

27.5%

21.5%

24.8%

Minnesota

22.8%

22.2%

23.9%

27.8%

30.4%

22.4%

22.4%

Missouri

24.8%

25.0%

27.0%

19.6%

*

27.0%

28.5%

18.9%

Nebraska

26.2%

25.2%

37.2%

22.4%

*

28.9%

26.7%

24.4%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

20.7%

19.2%

32.2%

32.5%

30.3%

26.3%

17.7%

Florida

24.9%

23.5%

36.2%

33.9%

29.0%

29.5%

21.2%

Georgia

28.3%

27.7%

41.3%

25.1%

43.8%

28.5%

25.4%

Maryland

29.3%

28.8%

37.6%

31.5%

38.4%

33.5%

25.2%

North Carolina

26.3%

26.0%

27.6%

*

37.3%

35.6%

27.0%

24.3%

South Carolina

26.9%

25.7%

32.3%

39.6%

20.5%

*

31.0%

23.6%

Virginia

31.6%

30.3%

38.0%

41.0%

34.1%

31.9%

30.9%

West Virginia

19.1%

18.9%

19.5%

29.2%

*

36.4%

13.8%

24.9%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

28.6%

28.1%

29.3%

36.6%

40.9%

28.3%

23.9%

Kentucky

22.6%

21.8%

31.2%

37.5%

27.8%

20.5%

23.7%

Mississippi

23.6%

23.6%

16.3%

29.0%

29.9%

27.3%

18.7%

Tennessee

24.9%

24.6%

29.0%

25.2%

28.3%

24.8%

24.5%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

27.0%

27.5%

22.0%

*

22.2%

36.0%

27.3%

25.5%

Oklahoma

30.5%

30.0%

30.3%

50.7%

32.9%

25.1%

34.6%

Texas

26.0%

25.7%

24.9%

46.6%

37.5%

28.2%

21.6%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

27.1%

26.6%

28.6%

32.5%

29.3%

30.0%

23.3%

Colorado

24.9%

24.6%

29.3%

27.5%

25.3%

25.7%

23.5%

Montana

25.3%

24.1%

33.8%

27.9%

34.8%

22.9%

29.7%

Nevada

23.0%

23.4%

18.4%

*

23.6%

32.7%

24.4%

19.8%

New Mexico

23.5%

21.2%

35.5%

34.2%

23.8%

24.2%

22.7%

*
Utah

20.0%

19.4%

33.6%

26.6%

23.6%

24.5%

16.8%

Wyoming

23.0%

22.6%

25.0%

33.7%

24.4%

24.1%

21.3%

 
Pacific:
California

23.8%

22.9%

31.6%

28.7%

31.2%

25.7%

20.3%

Hawaii

25.5%

24.1%

20.9%

35.4%

29.7%

25.3%

24.9%

Oregon

22.6%

22.3%

23.2%

*

25.1%

35.4%

22.5%

19.1%

Washington

18.8%

17.8%

25.1%

25.9%

15.2%

*

18.5%

20.9%

 
States not shown separately

25.1%

24.4%

29.7%

36.4%

37.7%

24.2%

25.5%

 
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.
* 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.D.3(2002) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in family coverage at 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

0.28%

0.34%

1.08%

1.18%

1.14%

0.51%

0.42%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.64%

1.97%

3.78%

4.81%

5.65%

2.16%

2.31%

Maine

1.16%

1.40%

5.96%

6.35%

8.13%

1.67%

3.71%

Massachusetts

1.61%

1.66%

3.12%

5.13%

5.76%

2.19%

2.03%

New Hampshire

2.34%

2.48%

3.77%

8.20%

6.77%

2.91%

3.55%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.14%

2.15%

6.51%

6.51%

5.75%

*

3.89%

2.80%

New York

1.08%

1.60%

3.63%

2.94%

6.61%

1.90%

2.13%

Pennsylvania

0.85%

1.16%

2.63%

4.85%

4.77%

1.37%

1.56%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.11%

1.02%

3.82%

6.84%

6.35%

1.30%

1.67%

Indiana

1.01%

0.90%

5.34%

4.88%

4.84%

1.37%

1.59%

Michigan

1.36%

1.32%

4.02%

3.68%

6.40%

2.25%

1.12%

Ohio

0.95%

1.40%

5.41%

5.97%

3.70%

1.77%

1.14%

Wisconsin

1.48%

1.53%

2.74%

6.95%

10.22%

*

1.61%

2.65%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.27%

2.29%

4.74%

5.94%

3.80%

2.85%

2.02%

Kansas

1.60%

1.83%

5.43%

6.17%

3.94%

2.61%

2.03%

Minnesota

1.35%

2.03%

5.69%

3.40%

3.59%

1.80%

2.34%

Missouri

1.67%

1.69%

6.39%

6.63%

*

4.24%

2.82%

1.86%

Nebraska

1.12%

1.17%

3.54%

9.44%

*

6.32%

2.23%

1.82%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.45%

1.54%

7.17%

6.30%

6.99%

3.87%

1.44%

Florida

2.46%

2.62%

7.42%

4.55%

4.85%

3.79%

2.96%

Georgia

1.14%

1.28%

9.54%

6.04%

7.74%

2.55%

2.84%

Maryland

1.23%

1.43%

2.96%

3.27%

7.40%

1.82%

1.53%

North Carolina

1.66%

1.68%

9.43%

*

7.27%

6.56%

2.42%

2.14%

South Carolina

2.19%

2.01%

7.32%

8.54%

7.56%

*

4.04%

2.44%

Virginia

2.40%

2.57%

8.33%

7.12%

4.97%

2.83%

3.07%

West Virginia

2.15%

2.57%

4.20%

9.26%

*

5.81%

2.94%

3.21%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.95%

2.01%

8.11%

6.69%

4.64%

2.33%

3.07%

Kentucky

2.07%

2.14%

6.85%

8.97%

6.46%

1.86%

2.69%

Mississippi

2.13%

2.78%

4.72%

7.76%

3.71%

3.18%

4.67%

Tennessee

1.95%

2.16%

8.04%

5.56%

4.60%

3.36%

2.96%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.36%

2.59%

7.76%

*

4.28%

8.90%

3.91%

2.23%

Oklahoma

2.36%

2.53%

6.03%

9.48%

5.60%

2.86%

4.20%

Texas

0.85%

0.99%

5.02%

6.59%

4.38%

1.68%

1.00%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.94%

2.02%

8.02%

7.44%

8.45%

2.41%

2.10%

Colorado

1.65%

1.64%

7.49%

6.97%

4.94%

2.62%

2.27%

Montana

2.94%

3.06%

7.68%

4.39%

6.23%

3.46%

4.92%

Nevada

2.37%

2.15%

7.84%

*

5.37%

4.59%

3.63%

2.40%

New Mexico

2.41%

2.30%

7.10%

8.13%

6.21%

3.79%

8.00%

*
Utah

1.61%

2.00%

6.95%

6.30%

5.47%

2.26%

4.25%

Wyoming

1.84%

2.17%

6.16%

7.63%

4.25%

4.07%

2.17%

 
Pacific:
California

2.37%

2.18%

4.88%

8.13%

4.95%

2.57%

3.47%

Hawaii

1.97%

2.54%

3.85%

5.17%

4.97%

2.45%

3.79%

Oregon

2.48%

2.42%

9.05%

*

7.02%

5.08%

2.67%

4.17%

Washington

2.65%

2.59%

6.40%

7.46%

10.25%

*

3.82%

3.29%

 
States not shown separately

1.70%

1.61%

4.33%

7.01%

7.27%

1.93%

3.32%

 
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.