Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2004) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2004
 
 

 

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%

 
 
United States

81.8%

82.5%

77.1%

77.7%

72.3%

83.9%

 
New England:
Connecticut

84.3%

85.1%

79.7%

77.5%

84.7%

84.2%

Maine

80.1%

82.0%

77.2%

63.9%

67.5%

82.6%

Massachusetts

78.6%

79.4%

74.6%

76.1%

64.5%

80.7%

New Hampshire

77.4%

78.3%

76.4%

64.8%

68.8%

80.4%

Rhode Island

82.2%

83.3%

75.8%

79.2%

76.1%

83.0%

Vermont

79.5%

80.8%

70.7%

78.7%

68.4%

81.4%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

85.7%

86.2%

82.8%

84.2%

80.5%

86.5%

New York

82.4%

83.2%

73.5%

84.9%

68.9%

84.8%

Pennsylvania

85.7%

86.6%

79.6%

80.1%

74.5%

87.4%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

80.7%

81.6%

72.6%

80.2%

69.5%

83.0%

Indiana

79.9%

79.9%

77.7%

83.7%

75.5%

81.0%

Michigan

80.1%

80.0%

77.1%

87.8%

71.8%

81.4%

Ohio

80.9%

81.0%

81.3%

77.3%

78.4%

81.5%

Wisconsin

79.7%

80.9%

74.5%

69.1%

63.0%

82.7%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

83.7%

85.8%

64.3%

78.8%

75.1%

86.1%

Kansas

73.7%

80.1%

41.4%

72.1%

56.2%

80.7%

Minnesota

83.2%

84.7%

83.9%

65.5%

73.9%

84.9%

Missouri

82.0%

82.1%

83.5%

80.1%

76.5%

83.3%

Nebraska

82.7%

82.9%

81.8%

81.6%

74.4%

84.4%

North Dakota

85.0%

85.5%

80.9%

83.4%

77.8%

86.4%

South Dakota

83.8%

84.5%

82.9%

79.5%

82.9%

84.1%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

83.3%

84.4%

77.9%

78.0%

75.0%

85.6%

District of Columbia

87.0%

87.6%

74.1%

98.5%

76.1%

88.3%

Florida

79.2%

79.0%

83.2%

73.7%

72.2%

80.6%

Georgia

81.1%

81.5%

73.6%

80.0%

72.1%

83.5%

Maryland

80.8%

80.4%

82.2%

83.5%

73.0%

82.0%

North Carolina

83.4%

84.5%

79.8%

67.8%

74.7%

86.8%

South Carolina

81.4%

81.9%

79.0%

76.1%

70.6%

84.0%

Virginia

82.0%

82.7%

80.1%

72.8%

78.7%

82.9%

West Virginia

80.2%

81.2%

74.7%

73.4%

71.1%

85.4%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

75.1%

75.1%

82.1%

62.1%

61.5%

79.0%

Kentucky

84.5%

86.3%

72.7%

65.8%

78.0%

85.9%

Mississippi

81.8%

82.4%

78.8%

66.8%

69.7%

89.6%

Tennessee

81.4%

82.2%

77.4%

76.5%

71.7%

86.7%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

82.1%

83.7%

67.4%

61.6%

76.8%

84.1%

Louisiana

78.9%

78.3%

87.9%

77.9%

58.1%

85.0%

Oklahoma

78.8%

78.9%

77.1%

80.3%

67.3%

81.5%

Texas

81.9%

83.5%

64.0%

80.2%

70.1%

86.3%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

79.9%

80.4%

69.9%

89.0%

71.2%

81.1%

Colorado

80.9%

83.3%

64.0%

60.3%

74.3%

82.0%

Idaho

84.0%

85.8%

75.8%

78.6%

74.5%

87.9%

Montana

82.1%

85.3%

68.5%

72.7%

68.7%

86.2%

Nevada

83.7%

84.5%

77.1%

85.3%

80.4%

84.5%

New Mexico

76.9%

78.4%

68.1%

71.6%

64.4%

81.8%

Utah

81.3%

82.8%

72.7%

67.9%

74.7%

83.6%

Wyoming

82.7%

83.4%

76.9%

81.8%

81.7%

83.0%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

82.0%

83.3%

84.7%

54.3%

75.5%

82.4%

California

82.8%

83.0%

81.3%

79.0%

74.1%

84.5%

Hawaii

84.8%

84.5%

86.6%

82.4%

83.5%

85.3%

Oregon

88.3%

88.8%

91.1%

73.3%

81.7%

89.5%

Washington

84.8%

87.2%

73.5%

72.7%

67.6%

88.7%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.B.3.b.(1).a(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2004
 
 

 

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%

 
 
United States

0.32%

0.34%

0.74%

1.54%

0.91%

0.30%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.25%

1.97%

5.21%

5.58%

9.83%

2.32%

Maine

1.72%

1.76%

3.25%

8.97%

5.08%

2.19%

Massachusetts

2.56%

2.92%

5.59%

3.84%

8.05%

2.31%

New Hampshire

2.17%

2.19%

5.26%

8.75%

6.18%

1.00%

Rhode Island

1.13%

1.27%

5.00%

3.78%

5.00%

1.38%

Vermont

2.46%

2.44%

4.51%

3.81%

5.23%

2.09%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

0.85%

1.18%

3.98%

3.56%

2.40%

0.97%

New York

0.91%

1.02%

4.17%

5.12%

3.77%

0.96%

Pennsylvania

1.03%

1.35%

4.60%

3.89%

3.27%

1.14%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.70%

2.13%

4.31%

10.05%

3.81%

1.96%

Indiana

3.43%

4.21%

5.12%

6.19%

4.44%

3.51%

Michigan

3.14%

3.76%

2.79%

4.20%

4.17%

3.63%

Ohio

1.12%

1.25%

2.92%

4.53%

5.65%

2.08%

Wisconsin

1.70%

1.70%

4.85%

5.62%

5.25%

1.45%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.33%

1.50%

5.34%

2.80%

5.23%

1.85%

Kansas

4.98%

2.68%

12.24%

11.83%

8.12%

2.27%

Minnesota

1.30%

1.86%

3.70%

6.14%

6.07%

1.29%

Missouri

1.39%

1.66%

4.63%

6.29%

3.70%

2.18%

Nebraska

1.67%

2.41%

5.32%

5.07%

4.39%

2.15%

North Dakota

0.94%

1.23%

3.13%

3.71%

2.70%

1.23%

South Dakota

0.94%

1.78%

10.92%

3.18%

1.81%

1.29%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.68%

1.31%

9.15%

5.89%

4.22%

1.53%

District of Columbia

1.25%

1.27%

4.48%

15.17%

8.22%

1.22%

Florida

1.84%

2.04%

2.87%

9.74%

4.13%

2.26%

Georgia

1.34%

1.32%

10.04%

7.04%

4.02%

1.36%

Maryland

1.81%

2.12%

3.09%

10.71%

3.83%

1.82%

North Carolina

1.67%

1.84%

3.19%

10.74%

3.66%

1.43%

South Carolina

2.05%

2.36%

4.59%

8.59%

4.85%

1.95%

Virginia

1.63%

1.69%

5.17%

9.68%

3.51%

1.50%

West Virginia

1.74%

2.06%

6.71%

8.12%

4.58%

1.95%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.70%

1.92%

7.25%

10.37%

2.44%

2.24%

Kentucky

1.66%

1.44%

5.87%

7.51%

3.37%

1.71%

Mississippi

2.33%

2.22%

10.01%

11.01%

4.56%

1.54%

Tennessee

1.53%

1.77%

3.66%

10.80%

2.75%

1.11%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

0.83%

0.86%

5.66%

11.45%

2.20%

1.35%

Louisiana

2.95%

3.23%

9.85%

13.12%

9.01%

1.67%

Oklahoma

1.16%

1.39%

6.23%

5.95%

3.68%

0.93%

Texas

1.21%

1.13%

5.05%

11.47%

3.26%

1.37%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.28%

2.32%

3.91%

11.18%

5.84%

2.33%

Colorado

1.85%

1.66%

6.29%

8.30%

9.14%

1.51%

Idaho

3.01%

2.81%

5.81%

13.74%

6.59%

2.17%

Montana

2.29%

2.37%

8.98%

9.70%

4.81%

2.47%

Nevada

1.65%

1.39%

5.44%

7.32%

4.48%

1.75%

New Mexico

2.36%

2.07%

6.20%

7.10%

5.07%

1.65%

Utah

1.56%

1.99%

7.74%

8.98%

4.50%

1.42%

Wyoming

1.79%

2.09%

4.87%

6.93%

5.48%

1.91%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.05%

2.60%

10.97%

7.08%

4.65%

2.29%

California

0.67%

0.89%

2.68%

4.95%

2.81%

0.67%

Hawaii

1.73%

1.59%

3.62%

5.64%

2.99%

1.84%

Oregon

1.08%

1.27%

1.91%

6.13%

3.61%

1.07%

Washington

2.40%

1.74%

6.73%

7.31%

8.28%

1.56%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.