Table VII.E.4(2004) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one coverage 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

17.4%

18.0%

15.1%

14.1%

16.2%

17.7%

 
New England:
Connecticut

20.5%

20.9%

16.8%

22.9%

12.3%

*

21.4%

Maine

18.7%

19.6%

15.4%

15.0%

*

20.8%

18.3%

Massachusetts

12.3%

13.3%

8.3%

*

8.1%

*

14.8%

12.0%

New Hampshire

22.5%

22.8%

25.3%

8.3%

16.7%

24.2%

Rhode Island

13.4%

14.0%

9.6%

*

12.9%

14.0%

*

13.3%

Vermont

25.2%

26.9%

19.2%

17.0%

*

16.2%

26.5%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

16.4%

18.8%

14.0%

6.9%

*

14.4%

16.7%

New York

14.7%

15.3%

11.9%

10.5%

14.2%

14.7%

Pennsylvania

16.9%

17.6%

13.6%

12.0%

14.4%

17.2%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

16.9%

17.0%

16.6%

15.9%

*

17.5%

16.8%

Indiana

21.3%

21.1%

22.3%

21.5%

18.4%

22.0%

Michigan

21.3%

22.1%

17.5%

16.9%

15.5%

22.2%

Ohio

17.5%

18.8%

12.1%

10.6%

19.9%

16.9%

Wisconsin

16.5%

17.2%

13.2%

12.7%

13.9%

16.8%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

15.1%

14.9%

14.6%

*

17.3%

13.0%

15.6%

Kansas

17.2%

16.9%

17.1%

24.0%

18.6%

16.8%

Minnesota

14.5%

15.2%

9.9%

15.0%

9.9%

*

15.2%

Missouri

19.3%

18.7%

20.9%

23.0%

18.2%

19.6%

Nebraska

16.1%

17.2%

14.4%

9.9%

*

11.0%

17.2%

North Dakota

18.2%

18.7%

16.8%

15.4%

11.3%

19.4%

South Dakota

12.4%

15.0%

4.9%

*

6.2%

*

16.0%

11.2%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

18.8%

19.3%

16.7%

15.3%

*

15.1%

19.7%

District of Columbia

16.2%

16.8%

10.8%

*

6.5%

9.6%

16.8%

Florida

16.8%

17.4%

13.2%

11.5%

18.8%

16.5%

Georgia

17.8%

18.4%

7.8%

*

14.9%

14.2%

18.7%

Maryland

20.4%

21.3%

18.1%

13.8%

10.9%

21.7%

North Carolina

17.3%

18.3%

12.5%

9.8%

12.7%

19.0%

South Carolina

16.5%

16.4%

19.2%

10.5%

*

18.1%

16.1%

Virginia

19.1%

19.0%

19.8%

19.8%

19.4%

19.1%

West Virginia

18.7%

18.6%

18.9%

19.8%

18.6%

18.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

14.7%

15.1%

10.4%

5.3%

*

11.2%

15.5%

Kentucky

17.4%

17.7%

18.1%

9.6%

*

18.6%

17.2%

Mississippi

14.3%

15.1%

7.7%

3.1%

*

10.4%

16.3%

Tennessee

16.1%

16.8%

12.9%

12.6%

14.7%

16.7%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

15.4%

15.3%

18.9%

8.7%

*

14.3%

15.8%

Louisiana

17.0%

17.7%

12.3%

*

13.3%

*

20.7%

16.3%

Oklahoma

18.8%

19.1%

19.1%

8.9%

*

15.8%

19.4%

Texas

18.8%

18.6%

17.7%

24.0%

18.3%

18.9%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

18.4%

19.1%

18.3%

6.8%

*

15.6%

18.7%

Colorado

23.0%

23.5%

17.4%

22.3%

24.7%

22.7%

Idaho

22.1%

23.0%

18.5%

16.2%

*

14.2%

25.0%

Montana

20.8%

20.9%

24.7%

*

11.2%

*

19.1%

21.3%

Nevada

17.9%

18.4%

15.0%

15.3%

12.4%

19.1%

New Mexico

19.1%

19.4%

18.2%

16.4%

19.1%

19.1%

Utah

16.2%

16.6%

14.9%

*

11.1%

*

11.1%

17.9%

Wyoming

17.5%

17.8%

17.7%

11.8%

*

20.6%

16.5%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

15.1%

15.4%

9.9%

*

19.6%

16.8%

14.9%

California

17.6%

17.9%

15.1%

17.4%

18.5%

17.4%

Hawaii

13.8%

14.1%

13.6%

9.3%

10.4%

15.0%

Oregon

20.0%

19.5%

22.9%

18.1%

15.8%

20.8%

Washington

17.8%

18.4%

16.4%

12.3%

*

9.7%

19.3%

 
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.E.4(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one coverage 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

0.19%

0.23%

0.50%

1.22%

0.56%

0.20%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.16%

1.22%

3.36%

4.88%

4.53%

*

0.93%

Maine

0.96%

1.15%

2.63%

4.63%

*

3.51%

0.95%

Massachusetts

1.26%

1.53%

3.69%

*

2.85%

*

3.45%

1.35%

New Hampshire

1.78%

2.01%

2.57%

1.88%

2.53%

2.02%

Rhode Island

1.40%

1.37%

9.97%

*

3.65%

4.67%

*

1.75%

Vermont

3.50%

4.08%

4.42%

9.16%

*

2.79%

3.71%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.27%

1.13%

2.41%

2.96%

*

2.22%

1.42%

New York

0.85%

1.03%

1.39%

2.15%

2.32%

1.06%

Pennsylvania

1.31%

1.46%

1.76%

2.11%

2.28%

1.58%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

0.78%

0.99%

2.08%

9.69%

*

1.43%

1.06%

Indiana

0.80%

0.89%

1.90%

5.71%

4.20%

1.09%

Michigan

1.79%

2.08%

2.03%

2.22%

2.50%

1.93%

Ohio

1.84%

1.90%

2.53%

2.41%

3.02%

1.56%

Wisconsin

1.36%

1.77%

3.90%

3.47%

2.94%

1.36%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.05%

1.23%

4.91%

*

4.42%

2.62%

1.24%

Kansas

1.86%

1.89%

3.30%

6.50%

3.21%

1.51%

Minnesota

1.17%

1.45%

2.57%

4.36%

3.07%

*

1.26%

Missouri

1.77%

1.88%

4.06%

5.75%

2.87%

1.79%

Nebraska

1.32%

1.27%

4.20%

6.10%

*

2.20%

1.40%

North Dakota

2.09%

2.10%

3.99%

3.71%

3.33%

2.60%

South Dakota

2.05%

2.04%

2.52%

*

2.29%

*

3.28%

2.25%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.33%

1.67%

2.97%

5.48%

*

4.03%

1.52%

District of Columbia

1.96%

2.00%

3.39%

*

1.90%

2.38%

2.08%

Florida

0.78%

0.92%

2.95%

3.34%

1.76%

0.94%

Georgia

1.42%

1.50%

2.53%

*

2.77%

1.67%

1.61%

Maryland

1.14%

1.09%

2.78%

3.19%

1.27%

1.33%

North Carolina

1.06%

1.28%

2.04%

1.80%

1.76%

1.18%

South Carolina

1.37%

1.50%

3.57%

3.71%

*

3.34%

1.25%

Virginia

1.17%

1.02%

3.35%

4.50%

2.23%

1.13%

West Virginia

1.19%

1.46%

4.07%

4.33%

2.34%

2.14%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.87%

1.96%

2.88%

4.98%

*

1.46%

2.20%

Kentucky

1.11%

1.27%

2.69%

3.18%

*

2.57%

1.22%

Mississippi

1.64%

1.64%

2.24%

10.44%

*

2.16%

1.50%

Tennessee

1.08%

1.18%

2.60%

3.51%

2.10%

0.95%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.36%

1.30%

4.28%

3.07%

*

3.56%

1.14%

Louisiana

1.60%

1.70%

4.13%

*

6.23%

*

5.24%

1.75%

Oklahoma

0.84%

0.91%

3.65%

10.11%

*

2.72%

0.95%

Texas

0.70%

0.73%

3.34%

5.03%

1.68%

1.11%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.32%

1.61%

5.42%

2.96%

*

2.93%

1.46%

Colorado

2.34%

2.39%

3.92%

6.67%

3.88%

2.54%

Idaho

2.83%

3.05%

3.92%

9.53%

*

2.17%

3.72%

Montana

1.05%

1.15%

7.85%

*

3.40%

*

2.99%

1.15%

Nevada

1.41%

1.56%

3.18%

4.34%

2.06%

1.75%

New Mexico

0.86%

0.99%

1.55%

3.07%

1.90%

1.06%

Utah

1.23%

1.15%

4.56%

*

5.48%

*

2.27%

1.15%

Wyoming

2.09%

2.33%

4.51%

4.56%

*

4.52%

1.94%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.12%

1.11%

3.02%

*

3.98%

4.94%

1.26%

California

0.76%

0.93%

1.61%

1.55%

2.04%

0.75%

Hawaii

0.68%

0.70%

2.43%

2.48%

1.35%

0.75%

Oregon

0.96%

1.09%

4.32%

4.55%

3.18%

1.04%

Washington

1.17%

1.28%

3.59%

4.17%

*

2.81%

1.31%

 
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.