Table VII.B.4.b(2003) Percent of private-sector part-time employees at 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

75.5%

91.2%

81.2%

69.3%

64.5%

80.4%

87.5%
 
New England:
Connecticut

67.2%

98.0%

87.6%

39.8%

67.1%

87.0%

37.3%

 *
Maine

60.8%

93.9%

77.5%

47.4%

55.5%

48.1%

93.0%
Massachusetts

80.6%

98.2%

89.6%

74.0%

73.0%

88.8%

70.9%
New Hampshire

79.9%

98.5%

91.0%

66.8%

62.4%

82.8%

97.0%
Rhode Island

77.8%

96.6%

86.8%

67.6%

69.6%

81.6%

94.1%
Vermont

73.8%

90.3%

84.0%

65.8%

58.9%

77.9%

89.5%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

80.5%

93.5%

89.0%

70.0%

71.4%

85.4%

84.6%
New York

78.9%

91.0%

76.8%

76.2%

75.5%

78.1%

87.7%
Pennsylvania

83.5%

96.5%

89.5%

79.4%

77.2%

86.1%

93.6%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

70.2%

89.0%

82.0%

59.4%

43.0%

79.2%

88.2%
Indiana

71.9%

91.9%

84.4%

62.3%

52.0%

83.5%

90.6%
Michigan

78.3%

92.8%

89.6%

69.3%

72.1%

86.0%

76.7%
Ohio

76.6%

92.5%

85.8%

67.1%

67.9%

80.6%

92.8%
Wisconsin

71.8%

87.7%

76.2%

66.2%

52.7%

81.7%

85.8%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

72.4%

89.8%

84.5%

64.0%

65.4%

75.8%

93.2%
Kansas

69.4%

90.8%

83.2%

53.8%

60.1%

77.1%

81.2%
Minnesota

74.8%

97.0%

69.7%

72.1%

59.2%

84.4%

85.5%
Missouri

75.5%

92.2%

88.8%

51.5%

50.8%

81.2%

95.3%
Nebraska

63.3%

91.4%

78.7%

47.8%

51.7%

77.1%

85.3%
North Dakota

68.6%

93.5%

71.5%

65.1%

58.3%

74.1%

90.7%
South Dakota

65.8%

85.0%

73.8%

58.3%

59.7%

74.4%

73.2%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

77.4%

94.3%

90.6%

60.1%

57.8%

82.6%

94.0%
District of Columbia

91.6%

98.5%

93.0%

80.0%

78.1%

93.7%

97.6%
Florida

81.6%

88.5%

83.2%

79.4%

68.7%

80.6%

93.2%
Georgia

80.9%

89.6%

84.9%

77.9%

78.9%

70.4%

93.4%
Maryland

71.7%

91.5%

88.5%

61.7%

64.1%

78.9%

75.5%
North Carolina

75.7%

89.6%

84.5%

68.5%

66.8%

84.4%

76.4%
South Carolina

74.6%

86.9%

68.7%

73.4%

68.9%

79.3%

81.5%
Virginia

70.0%

92.8%

81.2%

63.4%

48.0%

76.8%

93.9%
West Virginia

70.1%

95.5%

74.4%

58.4%

57.4%

78.5%

93.6%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

78.2%

92.9%

80.9%

74.0%

60.3%

90.5%

92.9%
Kentucky

75.1%

92.8%

82.7%

67.5%

58.6%

84.9%

91.1%
Mississippi

62.9%

84.9%

59.4%

59.0%

47.4%

75.1%

86.5%
Tennessee

75.7%

90.3%

76.3%

70.6%

66.5%

80.6%

86.0%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

69.0%

79.7%

80.0%

63.2%

48.7%

67.5%

94.7%
Louisiana

79.9%

86.2%

62.1%

83.4%

70.6%

64.3%

99.2%
Oklahoma

72.7%

83.5%

73.2%

68.8%

59.0%

80.9%

92.3%
Texas

80.4%

90.1%

64.9%

81.9%

72.1%

81.7%

91.6%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

71.3%

87.6%

82.9%

61.7%

61.0%

75.6%

83.4%
Colorado

73.0%

89.9%

86.0%

65.7%

52.0%

79.0%

97.5%
Idaho

74.1%

90.1%

81.4%

69.1%

60.7%

72.9%

97.2%
Montana

53.4%

87.4%

66.2%

43.7%

40.2%

66.6%

85.0%
Nevada

79.0%

91.9%

76.8%

75.9%

77.2%

77.7%

83.8%
New Mexico

68.7%

76.1%

85.5%

55.5%

61.8%

70.3%

87.5%
Utah

74.6%

89.2%

79.7%

69.1%

73.9%

71.4%

81.9%
Wyoming

52.4%

87.5%

69.6%

35.5%

41.7%

52.6%

80.8%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

65.2%

82.8%

75.4%

55.8%

64.2%

56.6%

94.8%
California

72.0%

91.0%

75.5%

65.2%

60.9%

76.4%

84.0%
Hawaii

92.8%

99.6%

94.4%

88.4%

87.0%

97.3%

93.1%
Oregon

66.0%

93.8%

77.6%

51.1%

54.3%

74.6%

86.1%
Washington

72.2%

90.0%

72.5%

67.6%

62.2%

78.1%

89.7%
 
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.B.4.b(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector part-time employees at 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

1.14%

0.98%

0.95%

1.67%

1.89%

0.86%

1.94%
 
New England:
Connecticut

6.19%

2.00%

7.66%

7.90%

6.98%

3.12%

13.36%

 *
Maine

4.37%

2.10%

7.03%

7.38%

8.40%

7.96%

12.07%
Massachusetts

3.74%

0.87%

4.75%

6.99%

15.33%

6.61%

10.93%
New Hampshire

4.46%

1.47%

3.27%

6.59%

8.68%

6.41%

6.30%
Rhode Island

3.53%

1.26%

3.12%

7.06%

7.78%

5.36%

4.33%
Vermont

4.01%

2.73%

3.75%

6.88%

8.65%

3.53%

14.00%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

5.58%

1.94%

5.60%

10.31%

11.15%

4.68%

10.83%
New York

2.94%

3.37%

2.93%

4.67%

5.72%

2.47%

4.45%
Pennsylvania

2.81%

1.26%

7.49%

6.05%

10.77%

3.31%

5.52%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

5.64%

2.95%

6.04%

8.53%

7.06%

7.09%

6.29%
Indiana

3.53%

3.46%

6.44%

6.95%

6.31%

3.95%

6.76%
Michigan

3.06%

3.91%

4.16%

5.31%

5.80%

4.63%

7.51%
Ohio

2.07%

2.64%

3.55%

5.09%

5.16%

2.17%

4.66%
Wisconsin

5.34%

3.79%

7.29%

8.09%

6.02%

2.90%

12.57%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

4.96%

4.28%

4.81%

9.10%

8.51%

3.64%

10.47%
Kansas

4.81%

3.24%

5.47%

9.20%

6.98%

5.82%

9.71%
Minnesota

2.60%

1.80%

6.81%

3.90%

9.87%

3.93%

8.63%
Missouri

2.66%

2.89%

4.55%

9.47%

7.24%

5.80%

8.37%
Nebraska

4.70%

2.36%

3.07%

7.02%

6.53%

3.68%

9.37%
North Dakota

3.00%

2.66%

5.10%

5.98%

4.75%

6.33%

13.41%
South Dakota

2.98%

4.29%

6.70%

5.43%

4.09%

6.01%

14.89%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.73%

1.74%

5.49%

10.22%

9.95%

6.81%

10.22%
District of Columbia

1.83%

0.57%

9.28%

7.94%

10.16%

2.63%

2.76%
Florida

4.55%

3.47%

3.73%

9.81%

6.67%

3.90%

8.46%
Georgia

4.68%

1.95%

7.91%

8.02%

6.10%

7.55%

11.67%
Maryland

4.70%

3.65%

4.86%

6.26%

8.51%

5.89%

7.88%
North Carolina

3.08%

2.25%

6.87%

5.65%

6.68%

6.42%

8.37%
South Carolina

2.91%

2.71%

6.78%

4.74%

5.06%

4.49%

10.41%
Virginia

5.13%

2.12%

6.24%

7.49%

7.66%

1.63%

9.51%
West Virginia

3.50%

1.42%

5.04%

7.87%

8.15%

4.68%

4.74%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

5.33%

3.09%

9.82%

10.17%

7.68%

2.69%

6.14%
Kentucky

4.80%

2.76%

6.35%

10.96%

6.99%

5.07%

11.06%
Mississippi

5.17%

3.50%

9.38%

7.36%

7.44%

5.91%

3.50%
Tennessee

5.41%

3.31%

10.30%

10.64%

6.80%

8.32%

7.72%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

7.49%

4.80%

8.88%

11.80%

8.55%

7.16%

6.27%
Louisiana

4.85%

2.40%

12.38%

8.01%

9.08%

6.66%

2.41%
Oklahoma

4.46%

5.80%

12.08%

9.40%

6.53%

7.41%

8.35%
Texas

3.55%

2.35%

6.80%

7.67%

7.51%

4.85%

7.37%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

3.50%

2.49%

6.17%

7.80%

9.93%

4.05%

5.09%
Colorado

5.31%

2.00%

5.00%

10.80%

9.09%

3.93%

11.64%
Idaho

4.20%

4.60%

4.23%

7.42%

6.80%

7.33%

1.84%
Montana

4.89%

4.28%

7.63%

8.02%

5.21%

4.79%

16.98%
Nevada

3.94%

2.65%

7.29%

7.76%

7.54%

4.71%

11.57%
New Mexico

2.24%

4.96%

4.19%

6.87%

5.71%

7.21%

9.96%
Utah

4.35%

3.01%

5.74%

7.02%

8.71%

8.26%

14.11%
Wyoming

3.20%

2.48%

5.15%

5.71%

3.71%

6.64%

15.26%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

5.78%

6.36%

6.02%

9.81%

11.16%

4.17%

14.46%
California

3.10%

2.06%

3.34%

5.59%

5.18%

2.19%

3.26%
Hawaii

1.67%

0.33%

2.80%

7.08%

4.35%

0.95%

5.59%
Oregon

3.74%

1.54%

10.69%

5.08%

6.47%

5.46%

8.00%
Washington

3.98%

4.68%

8.13%

6.11%

8.11%

4.92%

10.74%
 
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.