Table VII.C.4(2003) 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, 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

47.3%

46.0%

53.6%

55.3%

61.3%

48.7%

41.8%
 
New England:
Connecticut

44.7%

43.6%

47.0%

60.5%

61.8%

44.8%

41.8%
Maine

49.7%

47.6%

58.2%

63.0%

58.3%

52.8%

41.7%
Massachusetts

47.7%

46.6%

51.4%

52.8%

63.1%

50.0%

43.3%
New Hampshire

46.7%

45.8%

49.5%

52.2%

69.2%

46.3%

44.0%
Rhode Island

46.9%

44.4%

57.1%

61.9%

65.8%

46.6%

41.1%
Vermont

44.8%

41.6%

61.9%

53.1%

65.3%

43.9%

42.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

46.4%

43.2%

57.2%

61.6%

56.9%

51.9%

36.5%
New York

46.4%

44.4%

58.9%

60.4%

65.3%

47.6%

40.5%
Pennsylvania

45.1%

42.6%

56.3%

55.8%

60.8%

44.8%

40.9%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

46.3%

45.5%

51.7%

51.6%

56.6%

48.7%

39.9%
Indiana

41.3%

40.5%

42.7%

52.3%

57.5%

42.6%

36.9%
Michigan

42.5%

40.6%

54.4%

47.8%

55.8%

41.7%

40.6%
Ohio

41.6%

40.7%

40.7%

59.2%

62.9%

41.2%

38.0%
Wisconsin

43.9%

42.5%

48.4%

50.1%

48.6%

44.4%

42.2%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

44.2%

42.3%

53.7%

50.8%

58.2%

41.6%

43.6%
Kansas

46.7%

45.5%

51.7%

60.2%

66.4%

46.0%

39.9%
Minnesota

46.7%

44.5%

58.3%

55.7%

54.7%

49.1%

41.6%
Missouri

49.6%

47.7%

59.8%

54.8%

76.4%

49.0%

45.0%
Nebraska

44.9%

43.3%

50.6%

54.1%

50.0%

44.8%

43.3%
North Dakota

45.7%

44.0%

45.9%

54.0%

55.3%

44.5%

43.7%
South Dakota

45.6%

44.1%

47.1%

59.3%

58.7%

46.1%

35.7%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

49.4%

48.7%

55.2%

55.4%

65.2%

53.7%

44.7%
District of Columbia

55.4%

55.3%

56.0%

57.6%

62.3%

58.0%

50.2%
Florida

49.1%

47.8%

56.4%

52.3%

50.0%

55.2%

43.4%
Georgia

47.0%

46.3%

48.9%

57.7%

70.2%

46.8%

42.6%
Maryland

47.9%

47.0%

51.1%

57.4%

54.8%

49.7%

44.0%
North Carolina

48.7%

47.6%

56.4%

58.7%

58.3%

49.2%

43.1%
South Carolina

49.4%

48.1%

66.5%

51.7%

65.0%

54.2%

37.6%
Virginia

49.4%

48.2%

52.5%

60.4%

59.7%

49.8%

46.2%
West Virginia

41.3%

40.5%

42.9%

59.7%

61.7%

37.3%

37.7%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

46.9%

46.7%

59.3%

41.8%

62.0%

45.9%

41.2%
Kentucky

49.8%

48.2%

57.8%

53.0%

66.2%

45.2%

49.3%
Mississippi

52.9%

52.5%

51.3%

65.7%

62.4%

55.3%

44.8%
Tennessee

47.6%

46.9%

50.1%

57.9%

65.5%

47.3%

44.5%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

46.7%

45.7%

54.6%

45.7%

62.3%

47.8%

40.4%
Louisiana

47.7%

46.1%

49.9%

59.2%

63.5%

46.5%

43.7%
Oklahoma

47.6%

46.5%

52.6%

60.1%

64.4%

47.8%

43.6%
Texas

49.3%

48.8%

57.9%

50.9%

65.3%

50.6%

42.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

47.8%

46.2%

58.2%

54.9%

61.5%

52.7%

40.6%
Colorado

50.2%

49.7%

50.0%

59.3%

66.4%

54.7%

41.5%
Idaho

45.0%

42.8%

53.8%

48.0%

59.7%

45.6%

40.9%
Montana

49.0%

47.3%

60.2%

48.4%

63.2%

46.8%

46.3%
Nevada

50.0%

49.1%

53.1%

60.9%

61.8%

52.2%

45.5%
New Mexico

48.6%

47.9%

52.2%

50.6%

65.9%

51.5%

37.9%
Utah

38.4%

36.9%

47.5%

38.4%

37.5%

35.7%

43.8%
Wyoming

46.3%

45.2%

52.7%

52.2%

62.7%

49.0%

38.5%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

46.9%

44.4%

60.4%

65.1%

63.4%

50.6%

37.8%
California

49.1%

48.1%

54.2%

59.3%

61.6%

51.4%

42.5%
Hawaii

59.9%

59.2%

59.5%

68.5%

80.3%

60.0%

49.4%
Oregon

49.7%

48.6%

54.9%

62.6%

62.1%

54.5%

36.8%
Washington

52.7%

50.9%

62.8%

62.7%

71.3%

55.7%

42.7%
 
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.
** 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(2003) 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, 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

0.31%

0.30%

1.26%

1.38%

1.54%

0.43%

0.58%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.29%

1.44%

6.86%

8.87%

4.89%

2.14%

3.88%
Maine

2.13%

2.64%

3.88%

7.30%

4.77%

2.19%

3.28%
Massachusetts

2.28%

2.41%

4.90%

5.43%

8.13%

2.70%

3.59%
New Hampshire

0.98%

1.28%

4.55%

6.00%

4.80%

1.94%

1.61%
Rhode Island

1.47%

1.56%

3.21%

6.52%

3.43%

1.47%

2.84%
Vermont

1.52%

1.44%

3.22%

8.03%

4.77%

2.40%

3.24%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.92%

1.87%

6.54%

8.24%

6.20%

1.81%

2.23%
New York

1.37%

1.36%

4.06%

5.56%

3.67%

2.65%

1.30%
Pennsylvania

1.13%

1.58%

2.41%

4.64%

5.88%

1.90%

1.79%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.76%

1.90%

5.33%

7.05%

5.04%

2.74%

3.02%
Indiana

1.51%

1.54%

5.65%

4.32%

4.70%

2.44%

3.16%
Michigan

1.28%

1.35%

4.88%

6.53%

5.35%

1.78%

1.83%
Ohio

1.21%

1.03%

6.06%

4.28%

5.45%

2.51%

1.64%
Wisconsin

1.07%

1.09%

4.64%

3.97%

3.22%

1.91%

2.81%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.90%

3.10%

4.00%

7.53%

4.35%

1.98%

5.18%
Kansas

1.86%

2.67%

6.92%

10.93%

3.77%

3.44%

2.32%
Minnesota

1.80%

1.68%

4.67%

5.01%

7.69%

1.70%

3.64%
Missouri

2.19%

2.17%

5.11%

7.79%

3.14%

2.07%

2.81%
Nebraska

1.38%

2.39%

3.44%

5.99%

4.47%

1.81%

3.56%
North Dakota

1.78%

2.15%

4.66%

6.80%

4.89%

1.54%

3.10%
South Dakota

1.99%

2.64%

4.94%

3.41%

2.99%

2.71%

2.73%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.71%

1.81%

6.36%

9.39%

8.97%

2.55%

2.55%
District of Columbia

1.62%

1.67%

7.46%

8.71%

8.34%

2.11%

3.45%
Florida

2.15%

2.34%

5.58%

7.02%

5.54%

1.36%

2.39%
Georgia

1.97%

1.94%

6.41%

8.98%

5.71%

3.03%

2.04%
Maryland

2.53%

2.68%

6.62%

7.23%

9.99%

2.14%

4.30%
North Carolina

1.42%

1.69%

5.43%

3.83%

6.10%

1.95%

2.69%
South Carolina

3.08%

3.77%

6.38%

6.22%

4.47%

3.35%

2.56%
Virginia

1.90%

1.69%

5.63%

5.79%

5.03%

2.19%

2.74%
West Virginia

3.24%

3.60%

3.98%

5.38%

3.62%

1.86%

5.20%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.37%

1.34%

10.13%

6.16%

2.82%

2.12%

2.46%
Kentucky

1.60%

1.89%

2.21%

6.17%

3.84%

2.13%

3.32%
Mississippi

1.86%

2.09%

5.39%

3.10%

2.60%

3.18%

3.41%
Tennessee

1.30%

1.02%

7.42%

7.84%

5.34%

1.47%

2.97%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.79%

2.38%

6.94%

10.09%

5.75%

2.68%

1.87%
Louisiana

1.26%

1.56%

7.90%

4.29%

4.00%

2.83%

3.06%
Oklahoma

1.96%

2.09%

10.38%

8.98%

3.34%

3.15%

3.49%
Texas

1.07%

1.19%

4.90%

4.33%

6.19%

1.48%

1.52%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.49%

1.55%

4.38%

6.60%

4.24%

1.84%

2.76%
Colorado

1.24%

1.44%

5.07%

9.66%

7.33%

2.40%

1.81%
Idaho

2.07%

2.75%

4.28%

7.64%

3.25%

3.19%

3.18%
Montana

2.67%

3.06%

3.83%

9.36%

3.31%

3.46%

8.33%
Nevada

1.63%

1.56%

5.59%

4.10%

3.70%

2.37%

1.76%
New Mexico

2.38%

2.69%

4.45%

6.86%

5.34%

3.86%

2.94%
Utah

1.76%

2.26%

6.32%

8.44%

7.11%

3.00%

3.45%
Wyoming

2.49%

3.04%

5.40%

8.75%

5.62%

3.21%

5.40%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.77%

3.64%

4.04%

9.82%

5.69%

5.39%

3.08%
California

1.01%

0.93%

2.94%

5.32%

2.25%

1.23%

1.67%
Hawaii

1.07%

1.48%

5.62%

6.86%

2.31%

1.66%

1.95%
Oregon

1.67%

1.35%

9.18%

6.45%

4.41%

1.39%

3.54%
Washington

2.40%

2.67%

5.06%

8.02%

9.18%

3.38%

2.78%
 
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.
** 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.