Table VII.A.2(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003
 
 

 

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

56.2%

63.8%

51.0%

36.1%

37.5%

62.3%

67.6%
 
New England:
Connecticut

65.3%

75.9%

60.8%

27.9%

47.5%

69.0%

73.6%
Maine

53.5%

63.4%

51.7%

27.6%

38.7%

58.7%

66.8%
Massachusetts

65.6%

76.9%

63.2%

43.0%

40.3%

71.1%

69.1%
New Hampshire

68.8%

75.9%

63.2%

50.3%

41.9%

72.7%

79.4%
Rhode Island

63.6%

73.5%

61.9%

39.4%

40.9%

69.9%

73.3%
Vermont

54.9%

60.5%

57.7%

38.6%

29.6%

62.1%

68.2%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

60.8%

67.1%

58.8%

43.1%

40.1%

68.0%

62.6%
New York

59.7%

66.1%

55.6%

41.8%

39.1%

68.9%

57.5%
Pennsylvania

65.4%

74.6%

60.4%

42.9%

42.3%

76.4%

77.4%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

55.0%

64.0%

49.7%

34.2%

29.8%

62.2%

70.3%
Indiana

53.4%

62.4%

54.5%

29.8%

34.3%

56.0%

73.8%
Michigan

61.1%

66.7%

66.5%

41.2%

46.5%

66.9%

62.5%
Ohio

59.6%

71.3%

47.5%

34.8%

35.5%

67.5%

77.9%
Wisconsin

55.7%

65.6%

51.6%

35.6%

40.5%

59.6%

71.3%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

50.8%

56.1%

53.6%

40.2%

41.8%

55.6%

59.9%
Kansas

54.5%

63.0%

58.5%

31.0%

38.6%

63.9%

65.2%
Minnesota

55.9%

65.6%

52.0%

38.9%

35.7%

59.9%

72.8%
Missouri

53.3%

61.4%

50.3%

26.2%

34.1%

58.9%

74.2%
Nebraska

44.7%

51.0%

41.6%

30.6%

34.4%

49.8%

53.8%
North Dakota

44.7%

60.3%

37.5%

26.9%

33.1%

51.6%

61.4%
South Dakota

44.2%

55.9%

37.0%

26.7%

30.8%

54.2%

46.8%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

61.1%

68.5%

68.2%

30.5%

31.4%

67.3%

77.6%
District of Columbia

79.3%

84.0%

71.3%

55.1%

49.0%

81.9%

89.0%
Florida

55.3%

61.4%

48.4%

31.9%

42.2%

59.1%

63.1%
Georgia

54.6%

57.8%

61.1%

40.2%

38.4%

54.7%

79.4%
Maryland

59.9%

69.8%

45.2%

37.1%

44.9%

62.3%

71.7%
North Carolina

56.5%

60.2%

59.7%

37.8%

46.9%

59.4%

64.9%
South Carolina

54.6%

61.3%

42.8%

42.9%

45.5%

60.3%

58.8%
Virginia

59.4%

66.9%

57.4%

37.3%

38.6%

64.8%

73.1%
West Virginia

52.8%

57.7%

52.2%

38.1%

38.2%

62.6%

73.3%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

58.3%

64.7%

59.3%

32.7%

45.9%

67.5%

59.6%
Kentucky

57.5%

67.1%

46.1%

34.6%

40.4%

69.4%

62.4%
Mississippi

45.9%

56.7%

27.8%

 *

31.4%

34.7%

50.5%

64.9%
Tennessee

53.0%

58.9%

39.5%

43.3%

36.6%

56.9%

72.9%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

42.2%

46.8%

38.6%

30.8%

23.4%

50.8%

63.9%
Louisiana

50.0%

55.9%

27.4%

45.7%

35.6%

53.7%

75.4%
Oklahoma

46.4%

53.2%

37.5%

32.5%

30.3%

53.7%

66.1%
Texas

48.7%

54.1%

37.8%

37.3%

31.5%

56.5%

60.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

52.4%

59.0%

51.8%

32.5%

35.1%

56.0%

68.3%
Colorado

52.6%

61.2%

60.4%

26.4%

31.7%

55.3%

75.7%
Idaho

51.0%

55.5%

47.9%

43.9%

30.4%

59.5%

63.9%
Montana

45.1%

57.9%

40.9%

18.8%

32.0%

55.6%

47.3%
Nevada

58.7%

67.5%

43.4%

37.9%

40.5%

59.9%

75.1%
New Mexico

50.5%

59.6%

44.5%

21.5%

33.6%

54.3%

74.9%
Utah

48.6%

55.5%

45.5%

28.8%

36.4%

49.6%

65.5%
Wyoming

42.5%

53.4%

41.2%

18.4%

32.0%

44.6%

62.6%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

47.0%

59.4%

42.5%

20.6%

24.2%

49.3%

74.6%
California

55.9%

64.8%

47.7%

33.0%

34.7%

61.2%

64.3%
Hawaii

86.2%

91.2%

79.4%

73.2%

82.7%

87.8%

86.1%
Oregon

58.3%

70.7%

45.4%

25.6%

33.8%

67.3%

68.9%
Washington

57.1%

65.8%

51.9%

37.3%

34.2%

63.5%

70.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003
 
 

 

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

0.74%

0.70%

1.61%

0.89%

1.31%

0.57%

1.34%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.60%

2.98%

7.48%

4.50%

5.82%

2.92%

6.68%
Maine

2.67%

1.49%

8.91%

6.83%

5.40%

2.98%

6.31%
Massachusetts

2.78%

3.14%

9.92%

5.76%

9.18%

5.20%

6.54%
New Hampshire

1.72%

2.98%

3.85%

5.24%

4.95%

2.70%

7.73%
Rhode Island

2.64%

2.79%

6.99%

5.47%

5.21%

2.11%

8.83%
Vermont

2.73%

3.50%

6.95%

4.63%

4.66%

3.35%

8.06%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.76%

1.80%

8.17%

7.26%

4.21%

2.43%

7.92%
New York

1.33%

1.93%

4.26%

3.75%

2.14%

2.36%

5.02%
Pennsylvania

2.78%

3.32%

5.65%

3.58%

5.46%

3.87%

7.63%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.87%

3.67%

5.81%

5.36%

3.27%

3.40%

8.16%
Indiana

3.66%

3.86%

7.25%

4.68%

6.58%

4.84%

9.18%
Michigan

2.79%

5.16%

5.37%

6.15%

4.49%

3.44%

7.50%
Ohio

2.34%

2.91%

5.48%

5.92%

4.45%

2.84%

3.89%
Wisconsin

1.98%

2.71%

6.71%

5.57%

3.85%

2.11%

8.67%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.16%

3.91%

5.13%

8.02%

5.56%

4.28%

10.32%
Kansas

1.56%

1.55%

9.53%

6.58%

4.34%

2.16%

7.10%
Minnesota

3.26%

4.22%

7.14%

4.04%

5.42%

4.29%

7.23%
Missouri

2.12%

2.69%

5.18%

5.12%

3.22%

3.21%

4.78%
Nebraska

3.00%

3.65%

5.61%

6.68%

5.58%

3.67%

6.72%
North Dakota

2.45%

2.42%

5.90%

5.08%

2.10%

4.90%

7.00%
South Dakota

3.21%

3.31%

5.93%

4.44%

3.85%

3.45%

9.66%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.27%

3.55%

4.70%

7.17%

6.31%

3.37%

4.38%
District of Columbia

1.86%

2.19%

6.00%

7.71%

7.89%

2.96%

10.51%
Florida

2.28%

2.02%

4.33%

3.19%

3.62%

2.75%

5.74%
Georgia

1.58%

1.90%

5.22%

6.10%

3.34%

3.52%

3.73%
Maryland

3.04%

2.55%

11.11%

5.34%

5.97%

3.79%

8.29%
North Carolina

1.24%

1.68%

5.18%

5.99%

6.38%

2.31%

6.86%
South Carolina

2.61%

3.09%

7.56%

7.06%

5.13%

3.79%

7.46%
Virginia

2.11%

2.38%

3.99%

4.67%

4.03%

1.74%

4.24%
West Virginia

2.64%

4.06%

5.42%

4.49%

6.00%

1.85%

4.11%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.15%

3.25%

7.36%

5.92%

4.27%

3.26%

6.49%
Kentucky

2.31%

3.03%

6.38%

6.85%

4.17%

4.24%

9.63%
Mississippi

2.33%

2.41%

10.43%

 *

6.10%

2.54%

2.55%

8.12%
Tennessee

1.75%

2.06%

8.22%

5.40%

5.27%

3.58%

6.22%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

3.20%

2.90%

8.95%

7.40%

3.37%

2.19%

8.06%
Louisiana

2.18%

2.95%

7.89%

9.39%

4.77%

4.75%

5.34%
Oklahoma

2.67%

3.00%

8.25%

7.85%

3.64%

3.04%

8.83%
Texas

2.02%

1.97%

6.00%

5.80%

4.21%

2.02%

3.78%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.56%

3.11%

5.97%

6.10%

5.59%

3.26%

4.36%
Colorado

2.26%

2.02%

7.27%

4.88%

3.53%

2.82%

9.20%
Idaho

2.54%

3.08%

6.29%

6.87%

3.31%

4.16%

5.53%
Montana

3.07%

4.18%

7.20%

2.58%

2.72%

4.87%

8.63%
Nevada

3.31%

2.74%

8.57%

8.09%

3.76%

3.89%

9.48%
New Mexico

2.99%

3.94%

6.93%

2.96%

3.62%

5.30%

3.86%
Utah

2.54%

3.41%

4.98%

5.16%

5.15%

3.15%

9.20%
Wyoming

1.33%

3.17%

6.09%

4.22%

3.83%

1.78%

9.74%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.62%

3.02%

5.63%

4.11%

5.27%

2.79%

9.41%
California

0.88%

1.50%

4.37%

2.76%

3.24%

1.01%

4.25%
Hawaii

1.82%

2.43%

10.25%

5.14%

4.52%

1.75%

5.78%
Oregon

2.29%

2.46%

6.40%

4.69%

4.73%

2.50%

8.03%
Washington

2.20%

2.22%

6.13%

5.31%

6.25%

2.61%

7.17%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.