Table VII.D.3(2004) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in family 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

24.4%

24.2%

27.6%

21.4%

27.9%

23.8%

 
New England:
Connecticut

20.6%

20.7%

18.6%

28.4%

24.0%

*

20.2%

Maine

25.7%

25.2%

27.5%

31.8%

*

28.2%

25.4%

Massachusetts

26.4%

26.7%

22.8%

35.0%

29.3%

26.1%

New Hampshire

27.8%

28.6%

22.1%

38.2%

31.3%

27.0%

Rhode Island

22.6%

23.5%

21.6%

15.1%

*

30.9%

22.0%

Vermont

24.9%

25.9%

22.2%

18.0%

*

27.8%

24.5%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

16.5%

19.8%

18.4%

3.6%

*

20.6%

16.2%

New York

20.1%

19.9%

33.1%

12.5%

*

24.1%

19.7%

Pennsylvania

20.4%

19.0%

32.3%

34.2%

28.0%

19.6%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

22.7%

22.2%

25.2%

34.7%

26.9%

22.2%

Indiana

21.3%

21.7%

21.6%

*

16.9%

*

37.3%

18.8%

Michigan

18.1%

17.2%

22.0%

23.1%

22.7%

17.4%

Ohio

23.0%

21.7%

30.5%

26.1%

21.9%

23.2%

Wisconsin

21.6%

20.9%

23.2%

30.1%

29.3%

20.8%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

25.0%

24.6%

30.8%

25.7%

25.8%

24.8%

Kansas

25.0%

24.7%

30.7%

16.3%

*

24.5%

25.2%

Minnesota

22.0%

22.5%

16.7%

*

27.0%

15.9%

*

23.1%

Missouri

26.3%

26.0%

20.6%

36.2%

37.1%

24.5%

Nebraska

30.1%

29.3%

35.4%

28.3%

26.8%

30.8%

North Dakota

28.1%

28.5%

27.7%

22.9%

30.1%

27.8%

South Dakota

23.7%

30.1%

10.2%

*

31.2%

35.5%

21.3%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

22.3%

21.2%

32.0%

23.0%

*

30.4%

21.2%

District of Columbia

22.6%

21.8%

30.4%

29.9%

31.6%

21.6%

Florida

28.5%

28.0%

31.5%

30.7%

32.6%

27.9%

Georgia

27.9%

27.0%

38.1%

42.2%

34.0%

26.7%

Maryland

30.3%

28.9%

39.1%

30.2%

28.8%

30.5%

North Carolina

29.1%

29.0%

46.2%

17.7%

*

23.0%

31.0%

South Carolina

27.6%

26.5%

38.0%

30.7%

*

31.6%

27.1%

Virginia

26.4%

26.1%

27.6%

29.6%

27.3%

26.2%

West Virginia

21.8%

21.7%

23.1%

22.0%

24.0%

21.2%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

29.1%

29.3%

22.6%

32.8%

31.1%

28.7%

Kentucky

21.4%

20.8%

27.7%

30.6%

26.3%

20.8%

Mississippi

32.9%

32.7%

37.2%

29.0%

26.2%

35.3%

Tennessee

29.1%

28.9%

29.6%

33.6%

37.3%

26.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

28.8%

28.8%

26.4%

39.4%

30.7%

28.3%

Louisiana

27.1%

27.7%

22.8%

27.7%

31.2%

26.6%

Oklahoma

27.5%

26.5%

37.4%

27.9%

37.8%

26.2%

Texas

27.6%

27.0%

29.7%

44.6%

33.9%

26.4%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

25.1%

25.8%

22.6%

*

16.1%

24.1%

25.2%

Colorado

27.1%

26.3%

35.6%

30.9%

27.2%

27.0%

Idaho

26.1%

26.2%

25.2%

27.3%

21.4%

*

27.8%

Montana

24.6%

23.7%

29.2%

28.2%

*

29.7%

23.7%

Nevada

26.9%

26.5%

29.5%

29.9%

*

23.1%

27.7%

New Mexico

20.1%

18.1%

32.0%

23.7%

32.1%

17.3%

Utah

27.9%

28.4%

22.8%

*

27.7%

30.2%

27.4%

Wyoming

24.2%

23.4%

29.2%

30.3%

31.1%

22.9%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

22.1%

21.7%

49.2%

9.8%

*

33.5%

21.4%

California

25.4%

25.0%

30.4%

21.8%

*

27.1%

25.2%

Hawaii

27.6%

28.2%

23.3%

40.5%

31.3%

26.9%

Oregon

23.9%

24.2%

23.3%

21.1%

*

28.3%

23.4%

Washington

28.3%

28.7%

29.2%

21.2%

27.6%

28.4%

 
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.D.3(2004) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in family 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

0.41%

0.36%

1.00%

2.98%

1.06%

0.37%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.26%

1.62%

3.07%

6.93%

7.62%

*

1.36%

Maine

2.53%

2.14%

6.26%

10.19%

*

4.76%

2.67%

Massachusetts

1.10%

1.28%

6.13%

5.88%

4.28%

1.39%

New Hampshire

2.57%

2.48%

3.74%

8.62%

3.92%

2.70%

Rhode Island

2.24%

2.24%

5.68%

9.23%

*

5.56%

2.35%

Vermont

1.63%

1.99%

4.75%

10.75%

*

6.66%

2.07%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.50%

1.79%

4.83%

7.50%

*

3.74%

2.65%

New York

1.84%

1.47%

5.80%

11.88%

*

3.49%

1.87%

Pennsylvania

1.38%

1.77%

5.74%

3.97%

4.71%

1.42%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.54%

1.58%

2.97%

9.42%

3.64%

1.56%

Indiana

2.02%

2.02%

7.46%

*

5.38%

*

7.05%

1.80%

Michigan

1.42%

1.19%

5.34%

5.00%

6.50%

0.99%

Ohio

1.42%

1.20%

6.61%

4.90%

5.18%

0.81%

Wisconsin

1.11%

1.26%

4.86%

7.57%

4.39%

1.16%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.23%

2.36%

8.98%

4.86%

4.19%

2.80%

Kansas

1.72%

2.12%

3.96%

7.66%

*

3.77%

2.00%

Minnesota

1.79%

1.77%

6.79%

*

6.58%

9.99%

*

1.77%

Missouri

1.91%

1.68%

5.55%

9.76%

6.09%

2.54%

Nebraska

2.28%

2.29%

6.11%

6.48%

4.76%

2.65%

North Dakota

2.65%

3.25%

5.84%

6.60%

6.20%

3.23%

South Dakota

4.20%

3.32%

8.53%

*

7.44%

4.68%

4.02%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.47%

1.01%

6.32%

7.60%

*

5.29%

1.68%

District of Columbia

2.15%

2.10%

6.27%

8.41%

7.27%

2.26%

Florida

2.09%

2.51%

2.69%

7.15%

3.53%

2.08%

Georgia

1.33%

1.55%

8.61%

8.48%

3.23%

1.76%

Maryland

3.08%

3.52%

6.59%

5.35%

4.65%

3.54%

North Carolina

3.89%

3.90%

7.51%

13.08%

*

5.81%

4.00%

South Carolina

1.84%

1.79%

5.78%

9.72%

*

4.07%

1.90%

Virginia

1.77%

2.06%

4.43%

7.33%

2.86%

1.89%

West Virginia

1.53%

1.66%

5.57%

5.66%

3.84%

1.91%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.32%

2.60%

4.74%

6.49%

3.20%

2.82%

Kentucky

1.95%

2.13%

5.65%

7.95%

4.24%

1.74%

Mississippi

2.53%

2.65%

8.27%

8.50%

6.27%

4.11%

Tennessee

1.23%

0.86%

7.11%

7.03%

3.32%

2.11%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.45%

1.51%

3.90%

10.43%

2.22%

2.07%

Louisiana

3.34%

3.37%

6.35%

6.65%

5.33%

3.72%

Oklahoma

2.24%

2.29%

7.83%

5.99%

4.69%

2.19%

Texas

1.28%

1.14%

3.88%

8.72%

2.75%

1.47%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.95%

1.94%

8.51%

*

4.02%

3.41%

2.08%

Colorado

1.09%

1.27%

5.33%

6.74%

4.15%

1.41%

Idaho

3.14%

3.33%

6.15%

6.15%

7.54%

*

2.52%

Montana

2.70%

3.30%

6.64%

8.71%

*

4.11%

3.24%

Nevada

2.49%

2.65%

4.82%

10.62%

*

5.68%

3.18%

New Mexico

3.46%

3.56%

6.64%

6.42%

3.01%

3.53%

Utah

1.00%

1.17%

10.58%

*

5.37%

2.02%

1.28%

Wyoming

1.53%

1.83%

4.96%

6.59%

5.51%

1.87%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.74%

2.45%

10.56%

6.99%

*

7.98%

2.75%

California

1.20%

1.54%

4.03%

8.29%

*

3.36%

1.30%

Hawaii

2.11%

2.18%

3.62%

10.22%

5.92%

1.75%

Oregon

1.34%

1.79%

5.81%

6.95%

*

7.16%

1.47%

Washington

2.95%

3.94%

8.00%

5.71%

7.01%

3.53%

 
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.