Table VII.D.4(2003) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family 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

36.2%

37.2%

30.8%

30.1%

25.6%

35.5%

39.6%

 
New England:
Connecticut

38.1%

39.0%

36.4%

26.2%

27.3%

37.2%

41.5%

Maine

31.0%

32.3%

25.5%

23.5%

25.0%

28.7%

36.8%

Massachusetts

38.7%

39.8%

37.1%

31.4%

23.2%

*

39.2%

39.2%

New Hampshire

37.0%

37.3%

36.7%

32.5%

16.9%

35.2%

44.2%

Rhode Island

38.7%

41.0%

28.0%

26.6%

28.6%

39.6%

40.3%

Vermont

36.4%

39.2%

24.5%

24.5%

24.4%

34.7%

42.2%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

35.2%

38.3%

23.7%

24.7%

19.1%

32.1%

42.6%

New York

39.5%

41.0%

31.1%

27.7%

24.8%

39.0%

43.3%

Pennsylvania

34.5%

37.1%

22.5%

24.6%

23.6%

35.7%

35.7%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

38.0%

38.4%

34.5%

37.2%

29.8%

37.2%

41.1%

Indiana

40.4%

40.8%

39.4%

35.2%

31.2%

39.6%

42.8%

Michigan

39.3%

41.2%

28.5%

30.5%

25.6%

40.8%

40.0%

Ohio

40.6%

41.0%

41.5%

30.5%

26.5%

43.4%

40.2%

Wisconsin

41.2%

43.1%

31.6%

35.6%

36.4%

42.5%

40.1%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

42.6%

44.0%

35.9%

37.4%

31.2%

47.4%

38.5%

Kansas

36.6%

37.4%

32.4%

31.7%

*

23.8%

37.5%

40.2%

Minnesota

39.8%

41.2%

30.3%

35.5%

33.9%

39.3%

41.4%

Missouri

35.3%

38.2%

20.4%

28.6%

12.1%

36.5%

38.3%

Nebraska

37.8%

39.0%

34.1%

29.1%

33.5%

38.0%

39.0%

North Dakota

41.4%

44.6%

39.5%

27.0%

*

36.8%

44.6%

38.3%

South Dakota

42.8%

44.9%

37.7%

27.3%

32.5%

44.5%

43.2%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

33.3%

33.4%

31.7%

34.6%

28.7%

28.0%

37.5%

District of Columbia

29.7%

29.8%

29.4%

27.2%

20.1%

28.8%

32.3%

Florida

33.1%

33.1%

33.4%

33.3%

39.0%

28.7%

36.0%

Georgia

36.7%

37.3%

34.2%

29.1%

15.5%

38.6%

39.1%

Maryland

35.4%

36.8%

29.1%

24.3%

30.0%

34.8%

37.1%

North Carolina

33.8%

34.9%

26.8%

23.2%

27.8%

33.5%

37.2%

South Carolina

35.4%

36.7%

25.0%

28.0%

20.4%

30.7%

46.9%

Virginia

32.9%

33.6%

35.2%

21.3%

29.5%

32.7%

34.2%

West Virginia

41.3%

42.0%

38.9%

28.1%

25.3%

43.4%

46.0%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

42.8%

43.5%

24.8%

47.4%

31.7%

45.3%

44.2%

Kentucky

35.2%

37.7%

24.6%

28.8%

20.3%

40.6%

33.4%

Mississippi

31.9%

32.5%

28.9%

24.4%

23.1%

30.8%

37.9%

Tennessee

35.7%

35.4%

38.0%

38.0%

22.7%

34.0%

40.6%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

40.3%

41.3%

32.7%

41.0%

27.9%

39.8%

44.9%

Louisiana

35.2%

36.7%

26.3%

28.4%

22.2%

36.1%

38.7%

Oklahoma

34.6%

35.9%

24.2%

27.3%

24.0%

35.5%

35.8%

Texas

33.2%

33.4%

28.6%

33.3%

22.7%

31.5%

38.9%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

36.2%

37.7%

27.4%

28.1%

25.0%

32.2%

42.1%

Colorado

34.0%

34.0%

34.0%

32.3%

24.9%

29.3%

41.8%

Idaho

37.0%

39.2%

30.3%

31.0%

24.8%

36.5%

40.4%

Montana

34.8%

35.7%

27.6%

37.8%

20.8%

36.6%

38.3%

Nevada

33.0%

33.3%

33.8%

25.9%

20.2%

31.8%

36.8%

New Mexico

34.0%

34.4%

32.3%

32.0%

21.2%

31.2%

43.0%

Utah

45.7%

46.9%

39.0%

44.0%

43.9%

51.5%

35.1%

Wyoming

38.9%

39.9%

32.2%

38.2%

30.5%

35.3%

45.6%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

38.1%

41.2%

21.9%

16.2%

*

28.9%

38.3%

39.1%

California

34.3%

35.0%

30.6%

25.7%

23.4%

32.3%

39.9%

Hawaii

26.8%

27.6%

24.8%

21.7%

12.7%

27.0%

33.6%

Oregon

34.3%

35.3%

29.2%

23.6%

23.3%

29.1%

47.8%

Washington

30.3%

32.2%

19.4%

22.2%

*

17.3%

*

26.8%

39.9%

 
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.D.4(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family 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

0.32%

0.35%

1.02%

1.32%

1.34%

0.38%

0.52%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.77%

1.90%

5.21%

7.68%

4.67%

1.32%

4.27%

Maine

1.20%

1.44%

3.03%

5.05%

3.87%

1.64%

2.38%

Massachusetts

1.60%

1.59%

3.91%

3.72%

9.04%

*

1.77%

3.12%

New Hampshire

1.06%

1.21%

3.15%

6.81%

2.71%

1.30%

2.36%

Rhode Island

1.61%

1.95%

4.05%

4.54%

2.43%

1.64%

2.98%

Vermont

1.12%

1.11%

3.55%

5.41%

4.30%

1.54%

3.97%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.37%

1.52%

3.80%

6.24%

5.00%

1.52%

2.56%

New York

1.75%

1.68%

4.05%

5.41%

3.95%

2.35%

1.77%

Pennsylvania

1.73%

1.82%

2.82%

4.33%

4.49%

2.37%

2.32%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.74%

1.90%

3.86%

8.30%

4.59%

2.45%

2.37%

Indiana

1.94%

1.92%

7.04%

5.20%

4.99%

3.37%

3.80%

Michigan

1.54%

1.40%

4.73%

5.07%

3.41%

1.34%

3.39%

Ohio

1.39%

1.40%

5.01%

5.15%

5.11%

2.79%

2.49%

Wisconsin

1.12%

1.33%

5.00%

4.97%

4.44%

1.90%

3.23%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.01%

2.49%

4.90%

5.80%

4.99%

1.74%

3.15%

Kansas

2.02%

2.71%

5.55%

9.79%

*

2.64%

3.64%

2.68%

Minnesota

1.83%

2.03%

4.90%

5.71%

6.85%

1.51%

4.23%

Missouri

1.96%

2.02%

4.14%

5.73%

2.50%

2.40%

2.60%

Nebraska

1.87%

2.58%

4.06%

5.15%

5.46%

1.69%

3.67%

North Dakota

1.98%

2.13%

3.72%

8.66%

*

4.96%

1.72%

4.25%

South Dakota

2.61%

3.18%

5.35%

4.89%

2.79%

3.63%

2.83%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.01%

1.99%

7.49%

7.97%

6.61%

2.16%

3.27%

District of Columbia

1.96%

1.95%

5.50%

6.61%

4.78%

1.96%

3.58%

Florida

2.16%

2.10%

5.14%

9.07%

5.34%

0.99%

2.82%

Georgia

2.71%

2.71%

6.64%

7.28%

3.66%

3.61%

3.05%

Maryland

2.34%

2.61%

4.84%

6.19%

7.61%

2.73%

3.74%

North Carolina

1.52%

1.84%

4.74%

4.16%

6.00%

1.93%

2.71%

South Carolina

1.97%

2.57%

5.62%

5.25%

4.49%

2.55%

2.26%

Virginia

1.70%

1.51%

5.01%

4.10%

5.26%

1.93%

2.68%

West Virginia

3.45%

3.68%

5.88%

4.54%

2.62%

3.87%

5.26%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.32%

1.59%

5.80%

9.02%

2.67%

1.84%

3.51%

Kentucky

1.57%

1.75%

2.91%

5.14%

4.13%

2.04%

4.64%

Mississippi

1.33%

1.57%

7.65%

4.78%

2.50%

2.51%

2.74%

Tennessee

1.36%

1.33%

7.59%

7.86%

4.04%

1.01%

3.06%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.84%

1.99%

5.96%

9.31%

4.25%

2.42%

2.82%

Louisiana

1.81%

2.18%

7.22%

3.29%

2.93%

3.26%

2.74%

Oklahoma

1.89%

2.06%

5.13%

7.83%

3.37%

2.90%

2.28%

Texas

1.07%

1.19%

5.36%

3.69%

6.12%

1.14%

1.80%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.65%

1.81%

3.36%

3.97%

4.07%

1.95%

2.35%

Colorado

1.40%

1.45%

4.52%

7.65%

6.92%

1.89%

2.17%

Idaho

2.18%

2.60%

4.65%

7.57%

1.33%

3.11%

4.00%

Montana

2.96%

3.11%

3.48%

9.20%

3.75%

3.54%

9.68%

Nevada

1.60%

0.96%

5.62%

4.93%

3.68%

2.36%

2.09%

New Mexico

2.64%

2.84%

4.17%

6.34%

4.20%

3.60%

2.19%

Utah

1.68%

1.85%

6.64%

6.44%

8.42%

2.75%

2.30%

Wyoming

2.41%

2.70%

5.02%

8.54%

6.74%

2.64%

5.93%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.51%

3.31%

3.51%

6.92%

*

6.00%

6.16%

3.92%

California

1.05%

0.89%

3.07%

5.43%

1.67%

1.25%

1.71%

Hawaii

0.66%

0.53%

5.12%

4.73%

1.86%

1.57%

2.13%

Oregon

2.13%

1.92%

6.70%

4.13%

3.78%

1.98%

5.34%

Washington

1.80%

2.23%

3.76%

6.68%

*

5.27%

*

2.67%

3.12%

 
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.