Table VII.E.4(2002) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

17.3%

17.7%

15.3%

13.8%

13.7%

17.3%

18.1%

 
New England:
Connecticut

19.5%

20.5%

13.7%

16.7%

18.7%

20.8%

16.5%

Maine

18.7%

19.1%

18.5%

14.5%

16.8%

20.0%

16.8%

Massachusetts

11.6%

12.1%

12.7%

*

4.9%

*

9.1%

*

8.5%

18.5%

New Hampshire

19.8%

20.8%

19.2%

14.8%

16.5%

20.5%

19.0%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

16.9%

16.7%

18.9%

15.3%

16.5%

18.2%

15.4%

New York

13.8%

15.1%

9.2%

8.0%

9.5%

*

14.3%

14.6%

Pennsylvania

17.7%

18.0%

15.1%

17.5%

16.8%

18.2%

17.2%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

16.5%

17.1%

12.9%

13.1%

10.7%

18.3%

15.0%

Indiana

19.0%

19.3%

20.8%

13.0%

17.4%

19.0%

19.3%

Michigan

18.8%

19.0%

18.0%

19.3%

15.4%

19.9%

18.3%

Ohio

16.0%

16.6%

12.3%

10.9%

12.1%

15.2%

18.4%

Wisconsin

14.8%

15.3%

9.7%

16.9%

11.3%

13.9%

16.7%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

13.8%

13.8%

15.9%

10.9%

*

10.7%

14.1%

14.6%

Kansas

15.0%

15.8%

7.7%

*

17.3%

*

10.5%

15.1%

16.6%

Minnesota

14.1%

14.7%

11.8%

*

12.8%

13.0%

13.7%

15.7%

Missouri

19.0%

20.2%

13.1%

11.1%

13.5%

20.5%

18.1%

Nebraska

18.9%

19.0%

17.6%

20.1%

*

12.6%

19.6%

19.7%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

19.8%

20.4%

18.0%

11.2%

*

13.3%

18.6%

21.3%

Florida

18.6%

19.5%

10.4%

16.8%

11.0%

17.0%

21.6%

Georgia

15.8%

15.9%

15.5%

12.4%

11.7%

16.6%

15.3%

Maryland

19.2%

19.2%

20.4%

17.0%

17.5%

18.1%

20.8%

North Carolina

16.3%

16.6%

15.1%

10.9%

*

17.3%

15.3%

17.4%

South Carolina

17.7%

18.1%

13.7%

21.9%

16.0%

16.0%

20.2%

Virginia

16.4%

16.6%

12.6%

18.0%

16.2%

15.0%

17.9%

West Virginia

17.7%

17.7%

18.5%

*

17.0%

12.9%

18.7%

18.4%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

11.7%

11.2%

16.8%

11.4%

6.1%

*

11.0%

15.2%

Kentucky

18.8%

20.0%

7.8%

*

14.8%

11.8%

19.2%

20.2%

Mississippi

17.5%

17.7%

19.0%

12.7%

12.0%

18.9%

17.4%

Tennessee

17.4%

18.1%

11.3%

*

15.1%

*

15.5%

15.7%

21.6%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

16.5%

16.9%

10.8%

16.9%

*

18.6%

17.2%

15.4%

Oklahoma

16.4%

16.7%

15.3%

12.4%

*

13.8%

19.6%

12.9%

Texas

19.5%

19.4%

22.5%

10.8%

19.1%

18.3%

21.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

20.2%

20.5%

20.8%

13.5%

17.2%

23.1%

17.2%

Colorado

18.7%

18.8%

19.7%

15.9%

19.1%

19.3%

17.5%

Montana

18.9%

19.1%

19.6%

15.3%

20.4%

17.1%

21.9%

Nevada

20.0%

20.2%

20.7%

14.9%

*

17.2%

17.5%

24.1%

New Mexico

16.9%

16.5%

18.6%

18.5%

18.9%

17.7%

15.0%

Utah

19.7%

19.6%

25.6%

14.3%

17.8%

18.4%

21.1%

Wyoming

15.3%

15.3%

17.1%

8.4%

*

13.6%

14.4%

17.7%

 
Pacific:
California

18.4%

18.7%

17.2%

14.0%

12.1%

19.0%

19.4%

Hawaii

13.9%

15.1%

12.6%

7.9%

13.4%

12.5%

16.4%

Oregon

20.2%

21.9%

17.6%

13.1%

13.5%

21.5%

19.1%

Washington

23.1%

22.7%

29.5%

14.7%

*

19.5%

23.2%

24.3%

 
States not shown separately

14.9%

15.0%

15.0%

13.0%

9.2%

16.3%

13.4%

 
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.E.4(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

0.30%

0.36%

0.70%

0.40%

0.71%

0.48%

0.44%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.01%

1.08%

2.94%

1.57%

3.83%

1.38%

1.35%

Maine

0.77%

0.89%

2.23%

2.21%

3.11%

1.78%

2.43%

Massachusetts

0.90%

1.03%

4.14%

*

1.83%

*

2.74%

*

1.10%

2.33%

New Hampshire

0.67%

0.94%

1.71%

2.69%

2.84%

1.39%

3.40%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

0.93%

1.23%

3.30%

3.57%

4.76%

1.10%

2.23%

New York

1.01%

1.24%

1.31%

1.55%

3.07%

*

1.30%

1.84%

Pennsylvania

0.75%

0.90%

1.22%

3.92%

2.05%

1.33%

2.24%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.19%

1.34%

1.58%

2.93%

2.37%

1.47%

1.46%

Indiana

1.24%

1.31%

2.24%

3.39%

4.10%

1.83%

2.04%

Michigan

0.90%

0.99%

1.92%

3.22%

2.59%

1.42%

1.98%

Ohio

0.79%

0.81%

2.28%

1.52%

1.91%

1.28%

1.76%

Wisconsin

1.78%

2.29%

2.68%

4.73%

2.76%

1.42%

3.21%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.37%

1.55%

4.02%

7.66%

*

2.11%

2.10%

1.87%

Kansas

1.69%

1.91%

3.19%

*

6.17%

*

2.66%

1.71%

2.84%

Minnesota

1.39%

1.56%

3.56%

*

3.08%

3.68%

1.48%

2.35%

Missouri

1.48%

1.68%

2.84%

2.73%

2.73%

1.61%

2.18%

Nebraska

1.80%

1.86%

3.29%

6.22%

*

1.74%

2.17%

1.53%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

0.75%

0.81%

2.51%

3.79%

*

2.14%

1.42%

1.09%

Florida

1.30%

1.35%

2.43%

2.32%

2.17%

1.13%

2.56%

Georgia

1.95%

2.02%

3.01%

3.48%

2.25%

2.86%

2.18%

Maryland

0.87%

0.90%

3.48%

1.16%

2.69%

0.94%

1.64%

North Carolina

1.97%

2.12%

3.42%

9.83%

*

2.45%

1.87%

2.94%

South Carolina

0.93%

1.33%

3.03%

4.56%

2.32%

1.21%

1.77%

Virginia

1.07%

1.11%

3.17%

2.53%

2.29%

1.06%

2.16%

West Virginia

2.21%

2.28%

6.04%

*

3.77%

2.36%

2.68%

2.32%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.63%

1.70%

4.60%

3.01%

2.06%

*

2.81%

1.43%

Kentucky

1.92%

2.09%

4.43%

*

2.97%

2.25%

2.81%

2.82%

Mississippi

2.11%

2.39%

3.88%

3.65%

1.94%

3.38%

2.11%

Tennessee

1.78%

2.07%

4.97%

*

6.64%

*

2.79%

1.80%

3.15%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

1.31%

1.55%

1.95%

5.41%

*

2.77%

2.31%

1.59%

Oklahoma

1.50%

1.71%

3.23%

4.03%

*

2.22%

2.47%

2.63%

Texas

1.42%

1.39%

3.95%

1.58%

2.71%

1.30%

1.97%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.55%

2.87%

2.32%

4.01%

2.56%

3.37%

3.15%

Colorado

1.60%

1.73%

3.29%

3.44%

3.07%

1.61%

1.99%

Montana

2.15%

2.50%

2.78%

3.59%

2.80%

2.49%

3.56%

Nevada

1.79%

2.01%

3.71%

5.01%

*

2.76%

2.38%

2.78%

New Mexico

0.87%

1.17%

3.20%

4.45%

3.32%

1.40%

2.56%

Utah

0.90%

1.05%

2.83%

3.31%

1.96%

1.25%

1.56%

Wyoming

1.27%

1.25%

3.12%

2.78%

*

3.68%

1.28%

2.79%

 
Pacific:
California

0.87%

1.00%

1.61%

2.87%

1.17%

0.81%

1.76%

Hawaii

1.24%

1.32%

2.40%

1.71%

2.16%

1.22%

2.84%

Oregon

1.19%

1.38%

3.73%

2.56%

1.73%

1.56%

2.16%

Washington

1.36%

1.39%

4.87%

5.27%

*

3.58%

1.53%

2.70%

 
States not shown separately

0.53%

0.81%

3.75%

2.36%

2.05%

0.88%

1.81%

 
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.