Table VII.C.3(2004) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector 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

18.1%

17.9%

18.0%

21.1%

22.8%

17.1%

 
New England:
Connecticut

20.0%

19.1%

23.6%

27.0%

23.9%

19.7%

Maine

21.7%

20.2%

30.0%

13.6%

16.8%

22.5%

Massachusetts

21.4%

22.3%

15.7%

26.6%

31.0%

20.4%

New Hampshire

23.1%

22.8%

25.1%

22.3%

26.0%

21.8%

Rhode Island

18.2%

19.5%

12.4%

14.1%

*

15.1%

18.8%

Vermont

18.3%

17.1%

22.9%

20.4%

24.0%

17.2%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

15.8%

17.6%

11.8%

12.5%

*

21.3%

14.8%

New York

18.5%

17.6%

21.7%

24.5%

27.0%

17.2%

Pennsylvania

18.0%

17.1%

21.4%

22.0%

20.3%

17.6%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

18.4%

18.2%

19.9%

18.2%

24.0%

17.4%

Indiana

18.0%

18.2%

18.4%

16.5%

*

23.7%

16.0%

Michigan

14.2%

13.5%

16.2%

*

19.2%

24.1%

12.7%

Ohio

18.2%

18.0%

17.5%

20.7%

20.3%

17.6%

Wisconsin

20.2%

20.5%

19.0%

19.6%

27.4%

18.9%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

18.3%

18.5%

19.3%

17.3%

21.1%

17.3%

Kansas

23.9%

22.2%

26.6%

41.4%

23.8%

23.9%

Minnesota

19.9%

19.9%

21.3%

18.8%

25.2%

19.2%

Missouri

18.0%

18.5%

16.6%

15.7%

*

18.3%

17.9%

Nebraska

19.7%

17.8%

29.4%

17.5%

19.3%

19.9%

North Dakota

19.1%

17.9%

27.9%

*

19.2%

20.5%

18.9%

South Dakota

20.9%

20.0%

25.9%

*

19.4%

27.6%

17.6%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

18.1%

16.5%

24.6%

25.8%

27.8%

15.3%

District of Columbia

15.0%

14.6%

25.3%

12.1%

*

22.7%

14.4%

Florida

19.0%

18.1%

22.6%

30.3%

24.2%

18.0%

Georgia

21.5%

20.3%

21.6%

38.5%

30.6%

19.2%

Maryland

21.6%

21.1%

22.9%

23.2%

23.1%

21.3%

North Carolina

19.0%

18.2%

20.7%

27.8%

23.8%

16.9%

South Carolina

19.4%

18.8%

22.5%

24.3%

26.5%

17.8%

Virginia

19.0%

19.0%

18.8%

23.4%

23.1%

18.3%

West Virginia

16.3%

16.3%

15.0%

17.6%

17.6%

15.3%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

21.3%

21.4%

21.2%

19.0%

24.9%

20.1%

Kentucky

19.8%

18.6%

24.1%

30.6%

30.6%

17.1%

Mississippi

17.7%

16.7%

24.9%

28.9%

18.4%

17.2%

Tennessee

23.5%

23.8%

22.2%

24.6%

26.7%

21.6%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

18.9%

19.3%

15.0%

21.6%

*

22.3%

17.8%

Louisiana

20.9%

21.2%

17.5%

24.1%

22.1%

20.6%

Oklahoma

15.8%

15.2%

16.9%

24.7%

18.2%

15.2%

Texas

17.5%

16.8%

24.1%

22.8%

20.9%

16.3%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

19.2%

19.4%

22.5%

13.2%

*

23.5%

18.7%

Colorado

18.4%

17.4%

23.0%

31.6%

24.6%

17.5%

Idaho

19.9%

18.1%

26.9%

15.9%

21.4%

19.0%

Montana

15.8%

13.4%

23.6%

25.4%

21.7%

13.7%

Nevada

16.0%

15.9%

13.6%

25.3%

*

18.7%

15.4%

New Mexico

18.0%

17.3%

21.8%

17.5%

25.0%

15.5%

Utah

20.2%

20.7%

15.3%

20.8%

20.7%

20.0%

Wyoming

17.2%

17.3%

20.2%

10.3%

*

13.7%

18.6%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

12.2%

12.0%

8.2%

*

27.5%

34.6%

10.5%

California

15.7%

16.6%

10.3%

16.3%

22.8%

14.5%

Hawaii

10.0%

10.0%

11.9%

4.0%

*

10.4%

9.8%

Oregon

11.5%

13.5%

4.9%

*

12.4%

*

8.5%

*

12.3%

Washington

11.8%

11.5%

8.0%

*

23.7%

15.7%

11.0%

 
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.
* 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.C.3(2004) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector 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

0.23%

0.21%

1.03%

1.04%

0.77%

0.24%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.12%

1.23%

3.22%

4.22%

6.21%

1.37%

Maine

2.35%

2.55%

8.09%

3.61%

3.23%

2.49%

Massachusetts

1.02%

0.96%

2.62%

4.30%

2.19%

1.10%

New Hampshire

1.04%

0.95%

3.62%

4.36%

4.31%

1.66%

Rhode Island

1.70%

1.95%

2.62%

5.61%

*

3.29%

1.73%

Vermont

2.40%

1.88%

4.09%

5.96%

5.74%

2.29%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.64%

1.37%

2.72%

7.46%

*

3.03%

1.80%

New York

1.21%

1.33%

4.14%

3.55%

2.94%

1.39%

Pennsylvania

0.99%

1.17%

3.81%

2.23%

1.41%

1.05%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.49%

1.64%

3.09%

4.46%

3.08%

1.83%

Indiana

1.66%

1.70%

3.17%

6.28%

*

3.99%

1.83%

Michigan

1.10%

0.97%

5.97%

*

3.64%

4.37%

0.75%

Ohio

0.70%

0.77%

2.03%

4.70%

3.20%

0.96%

Wisconsin

1.13%

1.50%

2.12%

4.23%

4.76%

0.92%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.05%

1.39%

4.07%

3.54%

2.51%

1.36%

Kansas

1.53%

1.80%

5.37%

8.03%

2.75%

2.18%

Minnesota

1.30%

1.74%

4.63%

3.68%

3.11%

1.48%

Missouri

1.67%

1.59%

4.16%

9.63%

*

2.75%

2.11%

Nebraska

1.94%

1.65%

5.13%

1.37%

2.91%

2.59%

North Dakota

2.48%

2.54%

8.49%

*

4.62%

4.45%

2.47%

South Dakota

1.70%

1.19%

10.23%

*

4.24%

2.66%

2.16%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.25%

0.82%

5.90%

5.74%

4.91%

1.14%

District of Columbia

1.30%

1.37%

4.44%

4.64%

*

4.08%

1.32%

Florida

1.89%

2.23%

2.82%

6.18%

1.57%

2.14%

Georgia

0.97%

1.36%

5.50%

6.68%

3.91%

1.29%

Maryland

1.36%

1.82%

3.41%

5.59%

2.82%

1.58%

North Carolina

1.57%

1.44%

3.54%

4.87%

3.05%

1.64%

South Carolina

1.53%

1.63%

3.72%

6.41%

3.04%

1.91%

Virginia

0.99%

1.43%

4.03%

5.87%

2.07%

1.43%

West Virginia

1.42%

1.57%

3.76%

4.98%

2.54%

1.30%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.55%

2.70%

4.70%

4.74%

2.12%

2.92%

Kentucky

1.50%

1.53%

4.29%

4.89%

3.93%

0.95%

Mississippi

1.31%

1.72%

6.59%

7.01%

3.90%

2.19%

Tennessee

1.48%

1.97%

2.43%

4.24%

2.15%

1.97%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.28%

1.79%

3.76%

6.67%

*

2.23%

1.47%

Louisiana

2.57%

3.02%

3.89%

6.21%

6.00%

2.36%

Oklahoma

0.84%

0.61%

4.03%

4.40%

2.74%

1.48%

Texas

1.14%

1.43%

4.14%

5.10%

1.97%

1.08%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

0.87%

0.95%

4.42%

7.55%

*

4.53%

0.98%

Colorado

1.08%

1.05%

4.72%

6.49%

4.12%

0.95%

Idaho

1.37%

2.57%

5.69%

3.48%

4.24%

2.72%

Montana

1.82%

2.47%

5.79%

6.04%

3.90%

2.67%

Nevada

1.16%

1.59%

3.85%

8.24%

*

3.63%

1.80%

New Mexico

1.95%

2.24%

3.21%

4.84%

3.35%

2.05%

Utah

1.41%

1.46%

4.47%

4.93%

3.72%

1.94%

Wyoming

2.59%

2.92%

3.35%

4.98%

*

3.66%

2.98%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.63%

1.46%

3.35%

*

7.22%

8.57%

1.68%

California

0.61%

0.60%

2.08%

4.01%

2.53%

0.60%

Hawaii

1.04%

0.93%

3.37%

1.38%

*

2.44%

1.39%

Oregon

1.12%

1.37%

3.14%

*

3.73%

*

4.11%

*

1.21%

Washington

2.62%

2.52%

3.11%

*

6.15%

3.04%

2.62%

 
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.
* 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.