Table VII.E.4(2003) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

16.5%

16.8%

15.6%

14.6%

13.1%

15.7%

18.6%
 
New England:
Connecticut

17.2%

17.5%

16.7%

13.3%

10.8%

17.9%

16.6%
Maine

19.3%

20.1%

16.3%

13.6%

16.7%

18.4%

21.5%
Massachusetts

13.6%

13.6%

11.5%

15.8%

13.8%

 *

10.8%

17.5%
New Hampshire

16.4%

16.9%

13.8%

15.3%

13.9%

18.4%

11.8%
Rhode Island

14.4%

14.6%

14.9%

11.5%

5.6%

 *

13.8%

18.5%
Vermont

18.8%

19.2%

13.6%

22.4%

 *

10.3%

 *

21.4%

15.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

18.4%

18.6%

19.1%

13.7%

24.0%

16.1%

20.9%
New York

14.1%

14.6%

10.0%

11.9%

9.9%

13.5%

16.2%
Pennsylvania

20.4%

20.4%

21.3%

19.7%

15.7%

19.5%

23.4%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

15.7%

16.0%

13.9%

11.1%

13.6%

14.1%

19.0%
Indiana

18.3%

18.7%

17.9%

12.5%

 *

11.3%

17.8%

20.2%
Michigan

18.3%

18.2%

17.1%

21.7%

18.6%

17.4%

19.4%
Ohio

17.8%

18.2%

17.8%

10.3%

 *

10.7%

 *

15.4%

21.8%
Wisconsin

15.0%

14.4%

20.0%

14.2%

 *

15.1%

13.1%

17.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

13.2%

13.7%

10.5%

11.8%

 *

10.6%

11.0%

17.9%
Kansas

16.6%

17.1%

15.9%

8.1%

9.8%

16.4%

19.8%
Minnesota

13.5%

14.3%

11.5%

8.8%

11.4%

11.6%

17.0%
Missouri

15.0%

14.1%

19.8%

16.6%

11.5%

14.5%

16.7%
Nebraska

17.3%

17.7%

15.3%

16.8%

16.4%

17.3%

17.7%
North Dakota

12.9%

11.4%

14.6%

19.0%

7.9%

10.9%

18.0%
South Dakota

11.7%

10.9%

15.2%

13.4%

8.8%

9.4%

21.1%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

17.4%

18.0%

13.1%

10.0%

6.1%

 *

18.4%

17.8%
District of Columbia

14.9%

14.9%

14.6%

15.2%

17.6%

13.2%

17.5%
Florida

17.8%

19.1%

10.2%

14.5%

11.0%

16.2%

20.5%
Georgia

16.3%

16.4%

16.9%

13.2%

14.3%

14.6%

18.4%
Maryland

16.7%

16.2%

19.7%

18.3%

15.2%

15.5%

18.8%
North Carolina

17.5%

17.5%

16.7%

18.1%

13.9%

17.3%

19.7%
South Carolina

15.2%

15.2%

8.5%

20.2%

14.6%

15.1%

15.5%
Virginia

17.6%

18.3%

12.3%

 *

18.3%

10.8%

17.6%

19.6%
West Virginia

17.4%

17.5%

18.2%

12.1%

13.0%

19.3%

16.3%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

10.2%

9.8%

15.9%

10.9%

 *

6.3%

 *

8.9%

14.7%
Kentucky

15.0%

14.2%

17.6%

18.2%

13.5%

14.2%

17.3%
Mississippi

15.2%

15.1%

19.8%

9.9%

14.5%

13.9%

17.2%
Tennessee

16.7%

17.7%

11.9%

 *

4.1%

 *

11.8%

18.8%

14.9%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

13.0%

13.0%

12.7%

13.3%

 *

9.8%

 *

12.4%

14.8%
Louisiana

17.1%

17.3%

23.9%

12.3%

14.3%

17.4%

17.6%
Oklahoma

17.8%

17.6%

23.2%

 *

12.6%

11.7%

16.6%

20.6%
Texas

17.5%

17.8%

13.5%

15.9%

12.0%

17.9%

18.6%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

16.0%

16.1%

14.4%

17.1%

13.5%

15.1%

17.3%
Colorado

15.9%

16.3%

16.0%

8.3%

 *

8.8%

 *

16.0%

16.7%
Idaho

18.0%

17.9%

15.9%

21.1%

15.4%

17.9%

18.7%
Montana

16.1%

17.0%

12.2%

13.8%

16.0%

16.6%

15.4%
Nevada

17.0%

17.6%

13.1%

13.2%

18.0%

16.0%

17.8%
New Mexico

17.4%

17.8%

15.5%

17.4%

 *

12.9%

17.3%

19.1%
Utah

15.9%

16.2%

13.5%

17.6%

18.6%

12.7%

21.1%
Wyoming

14.8%

15.0%

15.1%

9.5%

6.7%

 *

15.7%

15.9%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

15.0%

14.5%

17.7%

18.7%

7.8%

 *

11.1%

23.1%
California

16.7%

16.9%

15.3%

15.0%

15.0%

16.3%

17.7%
Hawaii

13.3%

13.3%

15.7%

9.7%

7.0%

13.1%

17.0%
Oregon

16.0%

16.1%

15.9%

13.8%

14.6%

16.4%

15.4%
Washington

16.9%

16.9%

17.8%

15.2%

11.4%

17.4%

17.3%
 
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.4(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

0.20%

0.22%

0.54%

0.74%

0.74%

0.27%

0.56%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.28%

1.26%

2.91%

3.40%

3.13%

1.15%

2.05%
Maine

1.15%

1.42%

3.28%

3.11%

2.26%

1.22%

1.62%
Massachusetts

1.53%

1.73%

2.70%

3.01%

4.62%

 *

1.43%

2.77%
New Hampshire

1.32%

1.28%

3.16%

3.37%

3.01%

1.34%

1.89%
Rhode Island

1.08%

1.26%

3.33%

2.56%

1.71%

 *

1.55%

1.67%
Vermont

1.25%

0.88%

2.87%

7.06%

 *

5.08%

 *

1.23%

2.52%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

0.81%

1.04%

3.45%

3.10%

5.12%

1.36%

1.73%
New York

1.05%

1.35%

2.26%

2.38%

1.08%

1.32%

1.13%
Pennsylvania

1.07%

1.13%

4.16%

3.72%

3.36%

1.02%

2.75%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.13%

1.34%

2.62%

3.34%

3.43%

0.88%

2.66%
Indiana

1.19%

1.43%

2.56%

4.24%

 *

2.16%

2.10%

1.88%
Michigan

0.76%

0.88%

1.75%

4.05%

3.96%

1.16%

2.73%
Ohio

0.87%

1.00%

2.69%

3.22%

 *

3.79%

 *

1.45%

1.59%
Wisconsin

0.97%

1.05%

3.91%

4.30%

 *

3.50%

0.97%

1.30%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.56%

1.81%

2.07%

3.83%

 *

2.33%

1.26%

2.45%
Kansas

1.09%

1.19%

3.39%

2.07%

1.78%

1.69%

2.55%
Minnesota

1.41%

1.67%

2.55%

2.46%

2.66%

1.10%

2.39%
Missouri

0.96%

1.08%

3.43%

3.99%

1.95%

1.49%

1.98%
Nebraska

1.30%

1.60%

3.71%

3.16%

2.23%

1.52%

2.07%
North Dakota

1.32%

1.26%

1.93%

4.81%

1.24%

1.39%

3.11%
South Dakota

1.22%

1.37%

3.05%

3.54%

2.53%

1.32%

2.93%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.18%

1.29%

2.60%

2.78%

2.79%

 *

2.03%

2.53%
District of Columbia

1.13%

1.23%

2.91%

4.33%

4.29%

1.19%

1.55%
Florida

1.44%

1.58%

1.98%

2.33%

1.88%

0.86%

2.21%
Georgia

0.96%

1.04%

3.97%

3.43%

4.09%

1.45%

1.25%
Maryland

0.89%

0.80%

3.12%

3.41%

3.68%

1.06%

2.62%
North Carolina

1.08%

1.22%

4.38%

2.97%

2.40%

1.69%

2.43%
South Carolina

1.41%

1.57%

2.49%

3.48%

2.88%

1.47%

2.65%
Virginia

1.00%

0.88%

3.72%

 *

4.10%

3.18%

0.84%

1.56%
West Virginia

1.91%

2.15%

3.53%

3.31%

2.23%

2.76%

1.23%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.13%

1.31%

4.58%

5.07%

 *

2.08%

 *

1.39%

1.95%
Kentucky

1.30%

1.42%

2.84%

4.47%

2.15%

1.56%

3.04%
Mississippi

0.96%

0.85%

5.34%

2.62%

2.29%

1.52%

1.68%
Tennessee

1.07%

1.09%

4.50%

 *

1.43%

 *

2.63%

1.82%

1.86%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

0.88%

1.07%

2.39%

4.60%

 *

3.03%

 *

1.45%

1.20%
Louisiana

0.79%

1.11%

6.67%

2.63%

2.68%

1.07%

2.18%
Oklahoma

1.40%

1.82%

10.21%

 *

3.35%

1.90%

1.32%

2.80%
Texas

0.62%

0.61%

2.28%

1.53%

2.88%

0.90%

0.68%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.23%

1.28%

4.08%

3.63%

2.32%

1.11%

2.15%
Colorado

1.04%

1.33%

3.08%

2.59%

 *

4.10%

 *

1.33%

2.29%
Idaho

1.30%

1.16%

2.84%

4.54%

2.89%

1.14%

2.27%
Montana

1.04%

1.50%

1.72%

3.86%

2.28%

0.95%

3.10%
Nevada

1.09%

1.30%

3.37%

2.47%

2.53%

1.88%

1.24%
New Mexico

1.04%

1.26%

1.95%

9.70%

 *

2.81%

1.81%

1.92%
Utah

1.11%

1.64%

2.01%

3.98%

2.96%

1.21%

1.69%
Wyoming

1.02%

1.21%

3.03%

2.41%

2.43%

 *

2.13%

2.22%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.06%

1.27%

2.93%

4.32%

3.98%

 *

1.74%

2.58%
California

0.71%

0.73%

1.17%

1.74%

1.06%

0.58%

1.48%
Hawaii

1.52%

1.56%

3.75%

2.60%

1.31%

1.65%

2.62%
Oregon

1.32%

1.53%

2.57%

2.94%

3.00%

1.48%

3.19%
Washington

1.00%

0.94%

3.43%

3.50%

2.81%

1.41%

1.48%
 
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.