Table VII.E.3(2003) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at 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

23.7%

23.4%

25.2%

26.1%

28.5%

25.4%

20.8%

 
New England:
Connecticut

25.0%

26.1%

20.2%

22.4%

26.0%

25.7%

23.2%

Maine

27.2%

26.1%

32.8%

40.2%

30.2%

27.8%

25.4%

Massachusetts

21.6%

20.6%

28.2%

*

22.6%

42.1%

20.4%

21.6%

New Hampshire

28.1%

27.9%

31.8%

20.5%

*

38.9%

28.2%

25.2%

Rhode Island

27.0%

26.2%

31.1%

32.5%

27.2%

29.5%

22.9%

Vermont

22.1%

22.1%

19.3%

*

24.4%

*

20.3%

24.0%

16.8%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

19.6%

19.8%

18.7%

18.7%

*

29.8%

*

22.6%

13.9%

New York

18.2%

17.3%

32.0%

20.5%

*

20.5%

19.3%

16.1%

Pennsylvania

18.0%

17.7%

20.1%

18.2%

*

14.5%

*

19.6%

16.2%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

20.2%

19.8%

24.1%

22.3%

29.6%

22.2%

15.6%

Indiana

26.6%

27.4%

22.8%

19.4%

*

24.4%

29.8%

22.8%

Michigan

18.7%

17.9%

25.3%

18.8%

17.2%

*

20.1%

16.5%

Ohio

19.8%

19.6%

20.2%

*

24.0%

*

28.2%

19.1%

19.6%

Wisconsin

27.3%

27.1%

25.8%

32.5%

21.1%

32.8%

22.1%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

24.2%

22.6%

34.8%

28.2%

32.7%

30.1%

16.4%

Kansas

30.3%

29.0%

40.2%

36.9%

45.5%

33.6%

21.3%

Minnesota

21.9%

21.7%

28.3%

18.5%

*

24.6%

*

23.3%

19.9%

Missouri

25.7%

26.1%

26.8%

5.5%

*

36.0%

27.5%

21.3%

Nebraska

26.5%

25.4%

37.1%

17.8%

31.1%

28.4%

22.3%

North Dakota

25.9%

19.7%

25.7%

45.0%

38.8%

21.6%

27.7%

South Dakota

28.0%

28.6%

22.8%

34.9%

27.0%

31.7%

23.1%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

23.2%

22.4%

30.4%

44.3%

52.0%

22.8%

22.5%

District of Columbia

23.9%

23.1%

30.3%

31.0%

31.6%

*

24.5%

22.2%

Florida

29.4%

28.7%

28.4%

39.7%

34.4%

30.4%

28.2%

Georgia

24.8%

23.9%

30.5%

32.0%

17.5%

*

31.5%

21.2%

Maryland

27.5%

26.7%

32.0%

35.3%

33.4%

33.2%

18.3%

North Carolina

28.0%

27.6%

39.2%

25.2%

*

34.5%

29.2%

23.3%

South Carolina

28.9%

27.8%

38.2%

*

36.5%

35.6%

32.4%

22.4%

Virginia

26.3%

24.4%

37.6%

42.1%

24.0%

*

27.4%

25.2%

West Virginia

18.6%

18.3%

18.9%

31.2%

29.0%

17.5%

17.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

21.0%

21.3%

22.6%

14.7%

*

22.4%

*

18.7%

23.0%

Kentucky

24.7%

24.6%

26.1%

22.7%

28.6%

25.6%

21.1%

Mississippi

24.5%

24.5%

21.0%

38.1%

25.5%

27.3%

21.3%

Tennessee

27.5%

27.1%

32.8%

39.1%

45.3%

29.7%

21.5%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

30.1%

28.8%

32.1%

42.8%

*

44.0%

31.4%

25.4%

Louisiana

24.2%

24.5%

15.9%

*

32.0%

21.8%

*

25.8%

22.9%

Oklahoma

26.5%

26.6%

29.6%

*

14.3%

*

23.8%

28.0%

25.3%

Texas

26.3%

25.8%

32.9%

29.1%

36.9%

27.0%

23.3%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

24.2%

25.3%

18.3%

*

14.1%

*

19.5%

*

30.8%

19.3%

Colorado

23.2%

23.6%

19.6%

*

34.5%

39.1%

26.1%

18.3%

Idaho

26.9%

26.6%

27.4%

27.4%

33.0%

27.5%

25.1%

Montana

30.0%

30.2%

34.4%

20.8%

34.1%

31.8%

25.6%

Nevada

20.9%

21.4%

11.3%

*

32.0%

15.4%

*

25.4%

17.7%

New Mexico

26.2%

25.8%

29.0%

28.0%

30.9%

28.0%

22.8%

Utah

25.8%

27.4%

18.5%

20.1%

27.7%

*

26.1%

24.9%

Wyoming

20.4%

20.5%

18.6%

29.3%

35.3%

22.9%

15.8%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

20.0%

20.0%

19.2%

*

24.2%

43.1%

21.3%

17.9%

California

24.3%

24.5%

21.9%

25.2%

29.8%

26.3%

20.7%

Hawaii

22.2%

23.2%

13.2%

*

28.8%

25.1%

*

24.8%

17.4%

Oregon

28.6%

28.8%

25.2%

*

33.1%

41.4%

30.3%

22.2%

Washington

21.9%

20.5%

30.1%

29.1%

51.0%

21.6%

17.4%

 
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.E.3(2003) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at 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

0.36%

0.40%

1.10%

1.36%

1.13%

0.46%

0.80%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.21%

2.29%

5.58%

5.95%

5.72%

3.56%

2.68%

Maine

2.11%

2.59%

5.21%

9.32%

5.95%

2.46%

3.34%

Massachusetts

1.60%

2.07%

10.23%

*

5.23%

11.04%

1.58%

2.77%

New Hampshire

2.35%

2.61%

4.99%

12.55%

*

9.52%

3.01%

2.08%

Rhode Island

2.21%

2.33%

8.59%

6.71%

6.05%

3.07%

2.53%

Vermont

1.92%

2.23%

6.34%

*

8.13%

*

5.71%

2.42%

2.23%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.23%

1.53%

5.15%

7.31%

*

12.19%

*

2.31%

1.72%

New York

1.06%

1.27%

6.30%

8.72%

*

5.27%

1.95%

1.38%

Pennsylvania

1.39%

1.54%

4.80%

7.35%

*

7.21%

*

2.23%

1.35%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.64%

2.92%

5.12%

4.40%

8.33%

3.04%

1.14%

Indiana

2.77%

3.33%

3.63%

6.68%

*

6.18%

3.84%

2.82%

Michigan

1.59%

1.88%

4.95%

5.59%

9.49%

*

2.82%

1.91%

Ohio

1.26%

1.22%

6.22%

*

7.69%

*

7.36%

3.31%

2.10%

Wisconsin

3.36%

3.93%

3.90%

6.13%

3.74%

4.46%

3.02%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.96%

2.19%

9.69%

7.37%

6.14%

2.53%

3.03%

Kansas

1.71%

1.47%

8.54%

9.99%

7.23%

2.02%

3.33%

Minnesota

1.48%

1.61%

8.05%

10.48%

*

9.91%

*

2.38%

1.96%

Missouri

2.85%

2.89%

7.58%

5.73%

*

5.48%

3.31%

3.25%

Nebraska

1.71%

2.84%

4.76%

5.31%

5.60%

2.60%

2.50%

North Dakota

2.74%

2.21%

3.97%

9.94%

5.80%

2.59%

3.84%

South Dakota

1.87%

2.61%

5.29%

8.33%

8.02%

2.77%

3.24%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.81%

2.15%

7.77%

12.04%

10.08%

2.38%

3.32%

District of Columbia

1.51%

1.72%

6.33%

8.16%

10.66%

*

2.08%

4.18%

Florida

1.12%

1.33%

8.30%

6.67%

6.22%

1.56%

1.99%

Georgia

1.46%

1.81%

7.22%

8.00%

5.95%

*

2.38%

2.01%

Maryland

2.69%

3.36%

8.50%

7.48%

6.64%

3.19%

2.45%

North Carolina

1.65%

2.27%

9.85%

9.62%

*

8.28%

2.63%

1.82%

South Carolina

2.70%

2.84%

12.40%

*

6.08%

7.01%

4.17%

3.68%

Virginia

1.98%

2.18%

6.23%

5.42%

7.38%

*

3.06%

2.22%

West Virginia

2.56%

2.70%

3.76%

6.99%

5.65%

3.20%

3.08%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.39%

0.81%

6.03%

5.76%

*

7.27%

*

2.42%

3.19%

Kentucky

1.66%

1.85%

4.97%

5.52%

6.94%

2.30%

3.13%

Mississippi

1.49%

1.63%

6.07%

9.96%

5.94%

4.23%

2.32%

Tennessee

2.43%

2.87%

6.18%

10.52%

9.64%

3.17%

1.31%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.83%

3.85%

5.47%

13.08%

*

7.10%

4.23%

2.25%

Louisiana

2.19%

1.67%

7.19%

*

5.79%

8.48%

*

2.82%

1.83%

Oklahoma

1.99%

1.86%

10.18%

*

5.58%

*

5.62%

3.01%

2.84%

Texas

1.25%

1.22%

6.54%

4.67%

2.93%

1.74%

1.51%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.44%

1.63%

9.54%

*

6.51%

*

8.67%

*

2.33%

2.11%

Colorado

1.97%

1.74%

7.77%

*

9.68%

8.30%

2.32%

2.59%

Idaho

1.45%

2.41%

5.70%

4.75%

2.74%

2.20%

2.22%

Montana

3.00%

3.24%

4.46%

5.92%

3.88%

3.45%

4.73%

Nevada

1.69%

1.93%

5.72%

*

9.19%

10.67%

*

2.67%

3.06%

New Mexico

1.96%

2.12%

4.64%

8.16%

5.63%

2.96%

2.63%

Utah

1.51%

2.16%

4.49%

5.21%

8.65%

*

3.41%

2.32%

Wyoming

3.04%

3.26%

5.42%

7.94%

6.38%

3.26%

3.87%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.68%

1.77%

6.68%

*

6.27%

10.61%

2.22%

2.19%

California

1.29%

1.13%

4.06%

5.21%

2.80%

2.02%

1.27%

Hawaii

1.99%

2.38%

10.42%

*

8.01%

9.91%

*

2.98%

3.25%

Oregon

1.16%

1.23%

8.17%

*

7.52%

6.95%

1.96%

3.53%

Washington

2.00%

2.32%

7.00%

8.71%

10.99%

2.28%

3.02%

 
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.