Table VII.C.4.a(2004) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution 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

23.7%

24.4%

20.4%

21.8%

17.7%

25.2%
 
New England:
Connecticut

18.1%

18.7%

16.8%

12.3%

7.3%

 *

19.4%
Maine

26.1%

24.1%

41.7%

7.3%

 *

11.3%

 *

28.7%
Massachusetts

11.3%

11.1%

10.9%

 *

14.9%

 *

11.5%

 *

11.3%
New Hampshire

17.5%

16.2%

16.3%

 *

35.1%

 *

10.5%

 *

20.2%
Rhode Island

26.6%

24.1%

35.5%

 *

35.5%

 *

33.3%

25.4%
Vermont

26.8%

26.3%

11.7%

47.0%

15.3%

 *

28.9%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

30.0%

26.1%

18.7%

 *

59.0%

20.1%

 *

32.0%
New York

26.1%

25.7%

33.2%

20.6%

 *

15.0%

28.0%
Pennsylvania

21.8%

22.9%

21.8%

 *

12.4%

 *

17.0%

22.8%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

19.0%

19.9%

13.1%

 *

15.4%

 *

13.0%

 *

20.3%
Indiana

14.4%

15.7%

11.4%

 *

6.8%

 *

16.6%

 *

13.6%
Michigan

33.8%

35.2%

26.0%

 *

31.6%

31.5%

34.2%
Ohio

20.0%

21.6%

17.3%

 *

8.9%

 *

21.5%

19.6%
Wisconsin

13.7%

12.0%

7.5%

 *

31.9%

10.6%

 *

14.3%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

19.0%

19.2%

41.4%

9.4%

 *

16.6%

 *

19.8%
Kansas

17.8%

17.9%

17.3%

 *

18.2%

 *

14.5%

 *

18.9%
Minnesota

18.9%

18.2%

25.7%

 *

17.7%

 *

13.4%

 *

19.7%
Missouri

18.7%

19.0%

15.7%

 *

18.7%

 *

26.7%

 *

16.7%
Nebraska

22.7%

28.8%

3.3%

 *

9.9%

 *

16.0%

24.2%
North Dakota

29.2%

30.1%

30.1%

 *

22.7%

 *

23.9%

 *

30.3%
South Dakota

27.6%

24.7%

34.0%

 *

38.4%

13.1%

 *

33.7%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

21.5%

22.8%

21.9%

 *

3.8%

 *

6.2%

 *

26.6%
District of Columbia

34.2%

34.3%

29.6%

 *

45.6%

 *

5.1%

 *

37.1%
Florida

22.4%

24.3%

9.6%

 *

15.4%

 *

8.7%

25.1%
Georgia

17.9%

19.2%

15.2%

 *

3.4%

 *

11.7%

 *

19.5%
Maryland

15.4%

16.4%

12.7%

 *

11.2%

 *

4.3%

 *

17.6%
North Carolina

24.1%

25.4%

18.1%

 *

16.5%

 *

15.9%

 *

27.9%
South Carolina

21.3%

21.3%

23.9%

 *

12.6%

 *

12.5%

 *

23.6%
Virginia

18.5%

18.7%

17.1%

 *

18.2%

 *

9.5%

 *

20.4%
West Virginia

26.5%

29.5%

12.4%

 *

13.3%

 *

24.5%

27.9%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

36.6%

37.2%

28.4%

 *

30.9%

 *

15.0%

43.2%
Kentucky

18.9%

19.6%

21.2%

 *

2.9%

 *

15.5%

 *

19.7%
Mississippi

29.4%

31.6%

9.0%

 *

14.1%

 *

30.3%

 *

28.9%
Tennessee

14.2%

14.6%

14.9%

 *

3.0%

 *

8.5%

 *

17.6%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

19.8%

19.9%

14.3%

 *

28.7%

 *

10.5%

 *

23.4%
Louisiana

26.4%

28.8%

13.7%

 *

8.9%

 *

29.8%

 *

25.7%
Oklahoma

26.0%

27.3%

20.7%

 *

14.2%

 *

31.3%

24.6%
Texas

21.7%

23.4%

12.2%

 *

3.5%

 *

14.3%

24.7%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

20.6%

17.5%

15.5%

 *

67.7%

14.1%

 *

21.6%
Colorado

20.9%

21.4%

18.2%

 *

14.8%

 *

13.7%

22.2%
Idaho

29.1%

34.0%

12.6%

 *

19.5%

 *

24.7%

31.5%
Montana

41.7%

45.0%

35.4%

 *

23.3%

 *

29.3%

45.9%
Nevada

24.2%

25.8%

24.1%

 *

3.9%

 *

22.3%

 *

24.7%
New Mexico

23.4%

23.8%

21.5%

 *

22.1%

 *

14.5%

 *

26.7%
Utah

22.3%

20.5%

28.8%

 *

38.8%

25.7%

 *

20.8%
Wyoming

39.0%

39.9%

27.7%

 *

49.0%

49.7%

34.4%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

36.6%

38.2%

29.8%

 *

36.3%

 *

19.2%

 *

38.3%
California

29.6%

30.5%

21.3%

35.5%

24.3%

30.7%
Hawaii

44.8%

47.8%

30.7%

51.5%

43.3%

45.5%
Oregon

44.0%

37.7%

66.7%

45.0%

56.7%

41.0%
Washington

46.9%

48.0%

54.4%

19.2%

 *

28.3%

 *

51.6%
 
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.
* 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.4.a(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution 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%

0.58%

1.06%

2.13%

0.88%

0.44%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.82%

3.69%

4.74%

3.53%

3.64%

 *

3.64%
Maine

2.86%

2.53%

7.69%

4.02%

 *

7.30%

 *

2.99%
Massachusetts

1.58%

2.04%

8.71%

 *

5.94%

 *

4.96%

 *

1.52%
New Hampshire

2.66%

3.01%

6.54%

 *

11.35%

 *

5.68%

 *

3.40%
Rhode Island

3.87%

4.18%

10.81%

 *

10.99%

 *

7.07%

4.39%
Vermont

3.23%

4.36%

2.81%

10.91%

4.82%

 *

3.52%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

5.01%

2.99%

10.62%

 *

14.28%

7.94%

 *

5.64%
New York

2.78%

3.32%

9.24%

8.88%

 *

3.12%

3.09%
Pennsylvania

2.79%

3.35%

9.95%

 *

4.19%

 *

3.39%

3.44%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

3.47%

4.29%

10.28%

 *

9.72%

 *

6.68%

 *

3.85%
Indiana

2.10%

2.53%

10.13%

 *

10.02%

 *

7.85%

 *

1.88%
Michigan

3.31%

4.08%

8.56%

 *

9.47%

8.25%

4.17%
Ohio

2.21%

2.98%

8.22%

 *

11.57%

 *

6.10%

3.17%
Wisconsin

3.27%

3.09%

7.58%

 *

7.76%

8.49%

 *

3.30%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.66%

2.53%

7.93%

6.48%

 *

6.20%

 *

3.02%
Kansas

2.65%

3.17%

9.77%

 *

6.51%

 *

5.99%

 *

3.87%
Minnesota

2.75%

3.63%

11.74%

 *

8.27%

 *

6.49%

 *

3.14%
Missouri

3.10%

3.62%

7.00%

 *

10.39%

 *

9.20%

 *

2.79%
Nebraska

4.84%

5.24%

10.46%

 *

4.65%

 *

4.44%

6.83%
North Dakota

6.19%

7.71%

11.61%

 *

9.91%

 *

9.24%

 *

6.73%
South Dakota

5.52%

4.08%

10.85%

 *

9.82%

5.11%

 *

7.24%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.54%

3.45%

9.30%

 *

10.32%

 *

14.48%

 *

3.79%
District of Columbia

3.67%

3.59%

12.81%

 *

14.36%

 *

9.91%

 *

3.46%
Florida

4.66%

5.05%

4.34%

 *

13.68%

 *

2.23%

5.18%
Georgia

2.70%

2.69%

7.06%

 *

4.64%

 *

4.09%

 *

2.87%
Maryland

1.94%

3.84%

9.93%

 *

16.51%

 *

1.97%

 *

2.55%
North Carolina

4.32%

4.84%

12.08%

 *

6.79%

 *

9.55%

 *

5.07%
South Carolina

3.21%

4.16%

8.37%

 *

8.48%

 *

4.95%

 *

6.07%
Virginia

3.78%

4.56%

10.35%

 *

5.93%

 *

4.48%

 *

4.50%
West Virginia

3.77%

4.23%

14.48%

 *

13.42%

 *

5.39%

4.92%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

3.77%

3.95%

13.19%

 *

11.93%

 *

3.57%

4.06%
Kentucky

2.40%

3.21%

7.38%

 *

10.33%

 *

5.74%

 *

2.77%
Mississippi

4.62%

5.33%

14.11%

 *

13.44%

 *

9.91%

 *

6.11%
Tennessee

2.54%

3.63%

8.08%

 *

1.85%

 *

7.22%

 *

2.39%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

3.61%

4.26%

10.59%

 *

10.42%

 *

5.60%

 *

4.09%
Louisiana

4.16%

4.89%

16.24%

 *

10.18%

 *

11.86%

 *

4.46%
Oklahoma

2.50%

2.33%

12.71%

 *

10.72%

 *

5.69%

3.02%
Texas

3.20%

3.70%

6.49%

 *

1.11%

 *

4.11%

3.38%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.74%

2.92%

9.73%

 *

16.11%

5.50%

 *

3.56%
Colorado

3.12%

3.46%

11.47%

 *

9.28%

 *

3.92%

3.42%
Idaho

5.35%

7.43%

3.82%

 *

7.32%

 *

7.38%

6.76%
Montana

4.67%

6.24%

13.21%

 *

12.45%

 *

6.71%

5.63%
Nevada

3.80%

3.86%

9.41%

 *

13.21%

 *

10.40%

 *

3.85%
New Mexico

4.69%

5.38%

9.64%

 *

15.22%

 *

7.94%

 *

5.25%
Utah

5.33%

5.83%

11.46%

 *

11.08%

9.65%

 *

5.99%
Wyoming

4.63%

5.67%

13.18%

 *

12.43%

10.27%

5.70%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

5.73%

5.01%

14.25%

 *

12.71%

 *

12.73%

 *

5.80%
California

2.29%

2.79%

6.01%

8.48%

3.54%

2.46%
Hawaii

3.29%

4.17%

8.43%

11.21%

5.48%

3.59%
Oregon

2.62%

4.11%

11.52%

10.14%

12.21%

2.88%
Washington

4.01%

5.06%

10.59%

10.86%

 *

10.92%

 *

4.35%
 
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.