Table VII.B.3.b.(2)(2004) Percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

72.3%

73.1%

67.1%

68.2%

58.2%

76.0%

 
New England:
Connecticut

76.2%

77.4%

72.1%

62.4%

63.2%

78.0%

Maine

72.9%

73.9%

71.2%

63.2%

59.9%

75.6%

Massachusetts

68.7%

69.6%

64.3%

66.1%

50.5%

71.8%

New Hampshire

63.5%

64.1%

60.1%

61.5%

47.6%

70.4%

Rhode Island

73.5%

75.5%

59.3%

71.8%

55.9%

76.3%

Vermont

71.6%

73.2%

58.9%

74.0%

60.8%

73.4%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.0%

76.8%

77.0%

79.1%

62.5%

79.8%

New York

73.1%

73.5%

66.5%

76.0%

59.4%

75.5%

Pennsylvania

77.6%

78.5%

70.2%

74.2%

59.8%

80.9%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

70.6%

72.4%

56.7%

70.6%

53.1%

74.8%

Indiana

71.0%

72.4%

61.0%

70.3%

58.6%

74.8%

Michigan

71.2%

71.6%

67.8%

72.3%

57.1%

73.8%

Ohio

73.9%

73.5%

78.0%

71.8%

70.2%

74.9%

Wisconsin

70.7%

73.0%

60.7%

55.2%

48.9%

75.3%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

76.0%

78.1%

57.5%

70.8%

64.2%

79.5%

Kansas

68.3%

74.3%

38.6%

62.7%

50.6%

75.7%

Minnesota

75.0%

77.1%

76.9%

52.1%

55.9%

79.3%

Missouri

74.8%

75.5%

74.8%

66.3%

62.8%

77.9%

Nebraska

74.2%

74.2%

75.4%

70.7%

57.6%

78.3%

North Dakota

76.8%

77.7%

69.6%

75.6%

64.2%

79.6%

South Dakota

74.7%

74.0%

79.3%

71.7%

66.0%

78.0%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

70.7%

70.7%

69.0%

74.9%

65.3%

72.2%

District of Columbia

78.5%

78.6%

71.4%

95.6%

50.0%

83.2%

Florida

70.2%

69.9%

71.9%

72.8%

60.1%

72.3%

Georgia

68.5%

68.9%

56.3%

71.6%

54.7%

72.6%

Maryland

71.7%

72.3%

68.9%

68.1%

58.0%

74.1%

North Carolina

76.3%

77.3%

74.2%

59.4%

65.4%

80.9%

South Carolina

72.2%

71.9%

75.5%

71.4%

56.0%

76.8%

Virginia

73.5%

74.2%

70.0%

69.9%

66.5%

75.4%

West Virginia

69.4%

71.1%

62.1%

55.4%

55.9%

78.5%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

67.0%

67.0%

71.2%

61.1%

52.6%

71.4%

Kentucky

77.8%

79.7%

66.1%

59.4%

67.3%

80.3%

Mississippi

72.4%

72.9%

69.2%

62.9%

59.1%

81.7%

Tennessee

72.1%

74.5%

60.6%

67.3%

58.7%

80.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

71.8%

73.9%

51.6%

56.4%

57.5%

78.7%

Louisiana

69.1%

70.1%

60.3%

66.4%

48.2%

75.7%

Oklahoma

72.5%

72.1%

73.6%

78.3%

55.3%

77.2%

Texas

72.8%

74.3%

55.2%

73.9%

56.2%

79.9%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

62.2%

62.1%

59.5%

70.4%

35.3%

68.7%

Colorado

70.6%

72.0%

61.1%

54.6%

63.7%

71.8%

Idaho

76.0%

77.7%

69.0%

63.3%

60.7%

83.1%

Montana

70.5%

72.4%

60.1%

69.7%

51.6%

77.4%

Nevada

69.8%

70.8%

59.5%

78.2%

59.7%

72.5%

New Mexico

66.3%

67.0%

61.1%

67.0%

50.9%

73.0%

Utah

67.6%

69.9%

47.4%

63.4%

54.8%

73.0%

Wyoming

74.3%

75.8%

64.8%

66.8%

67.5%

76.5%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

61.1%

60.1%

74.8%

50.0%

48.6%

62.2%

California

71.9%

72.2%

71.0%

64.3%

57.4%

75.1%

Hawaii

77.5%

76.8%

81.7%

74.5%

72.4%

79.4%

Oregon

76.8%

77.4%

83.4%

55.4%

59.9%

80.7%

Washington

74.8%

77.2%

65.3%

58.7%

57.9%

78.6%

 
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.(2)(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

0.45%

0.49%

0.98%

2.00%

1.02%

0.36%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.31%

2.45%

7.70%

7.75%

10.25%

2.46%

Maine

2.22%

2.04%

4.97%

8.92%

5.54%

2.39%

Massachusetts

2.82%

3.53%

6.50%

5.45%

7.78%

2.78%

New Hampshire

2.92%

3.22%

6.25%

8.72%

5.33%

2.57%

Rhode Island

2.35%

3.10%

7.04%

4.22%

6.70%

2.12%

Vermont

2.54%

2.46%

5.64%

4.39%

5.00%

2.52%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.83%

2.20%

3.56%

3.38%

4.61%

1.66%

New York

1.40%

1.43%

4.41%

6.35%

3.77%

1.23%

Pennsylvania

1.14%

1.44%

4.88%

4.42%

4.19%

1.36%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.64%

2.15%

3.99%

9.90%

3.31%

1.72%

Indiana

3.66%

4.36%

8.17%

6.04%

5.67%

3.41%

Michigan

2.93%

3.52%

1.98%

5.82%

4.95%

3.21%

Ohio

1.75%

1.66%

2.83%

4.77%

5.69%

2.43%

Wisconsin

1.67%

1.54%

7.16%

7.53%

3.27%

1.55%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.13%

2.74%

6.17%

3.06%

4.95%

3.00%

Kansas

4.70%

3.09%

11.03%

10.81%

7.21%

2.27%

Minnesota

1.86%

2.73%

4.79%

6.14%

5.56%

1.70%

Missouri

1.65%

2.13%

7.46%

7.44%

4.57%

2.42%

Nebraska

2.40%

2.82%

6.52%

7.07%

5.33%

2.58%

North Dakota

1.92%

2.11%

4.60%

5.30%

3.56%

2.37%

South Dakota

1.38%

2.38%

10.46%

4.01%

3.75%

1.22%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.00%

3.22%

8.50%

6.93%

5.40%

3.77%

District of Columbia

2.54%

2.68%

4.05%

16.05%

9.56%

1.36%

Florida

2.66%

2.89%

3.84%

9.51%

4.32%

3.01%

Georgia

2.91%

3.15%

10.07%

9.36%

6.32%

2.65%

Maryland

2.03%

2.17%

5.18%

8.60%

3.97%

2.38%

North Carolina

1.67%

1.91%

6.59%

10.82%

5.31%

1.56%

South Carolina

2.97%

2.98%

5.06%

9.52%

7.30%

2.92%

Virginia

1.94%

1.80%

5.55%

9.54%

4.04%

2.12%

West Virginia

2.32%

3.21%

8.70%

11.00%

5.42%

2.26%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.80%

2.91%

7.91%

10.14%

2.45%

3.03%

Kentucky

1.80%

1.92%

5.59%

7.91%

3.85%

1.97%

Mississippi

2.25%

2.20%

8.88%

10.69%

3.30%

1.21%

Tennessee

1.98%

1.93%

6.13%

9.36%

3.31%

1.87%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.79%

1.78%

7.07%

11.07%

4.68%

1.40%

Louisiana

2.86%

3.11%

11.85%

13.21%

7.85%

2.37%

Oklahoma

1.78%

2.04%

6.15%

6.51%

5.17%

1.18%

Texas

1.15%

1.02%

5.15%

11.45%

3.41%

1.63%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.40%

3.46%

6.01%

11.83%

8.21%

2.57%

Colorado

3.33%

3.56%

6.86%

8.34%

8.91%

3.37%

Idaho

2.55%

3.12%

8.06%

13.40%

5.56%

2.05%

Montana

3.54%

4.03%

9.30%

10.41%

6.42%

2.98%

Nevada

3.18%

3.06%

6.02%

7.84%

7.23%

3.28%

New Mexico

2.91%

3.09%

5.18%

7.12%

4.92%

2.34%

Utah

3.27%

4.17%

9.35%

9.25%

4.93%

4.04%

Wyoming

2.55%

2.80%

6.66%

8.99%

4.96%

2.46%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.80%

5.52%

12.26%

7.70%

8.09%

5.03%

California

1.27%

1.63%

4.21%

7.43%

2.89%

1.41%

Hawaii

1.87%

1.75%

3.90%

4.74%

3.78%

1.97%

Oregon

1.67%

2.45%

3.76%

6.63%

7.33%

2.07%

Washington

2.73%

2.34%

6.87%

8.42%

8.19%

2.59%

 
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.