Table VII.A.2.c(2005) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2005
 
 

 

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

22.8%

23.3%

22.7%

19.1%

15.1%

25.0%

 
New England:
Connecticut

28.4%

28.6%

29.9%

24.7%

*

19.8%

*

29.5%

Maine

20.2%

22.5%

13.3%

*

16.5%

*

18.7%

*

20.5%

Massachusetts

24.4%

25.4%

25.0%

17.7%

*

9.1%

*

27.4%

New Hampshire

21.0%

20.6%

23.3%

20.2%

*

12.5%

*

22.8%

Rhode Island

24.6%

26.2%

12.8%

*

27.2%

14.4%

*

26.8%

Vermont

25.2%

21.9%

39.4%

22.8%

18.6%

*

26.4%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

32.2%

33.8%

30.2%

25.6%

27.8%

33.1%

New York

29.5%

29.1%

36.7%

24.4%

18.6%

32.1%

Pennsylvania

27.1%

27.2%

26.5%

27.0%

*

19.4%

*

29.2%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

24.4%

27.4%

18.9%

*

5.4%

*

16.4%

*

26.8%

Indiana

16.2%

17.7%

17.5%

*

6.5%

*

6.8%

*

19.8%

Michigan

33.2%

35.5%

26.3%

30.2%

21.0%

36.9%

Ohio

21.2%

22.7%

17.1%

19.0%

*

13.1%

*

24.2%

Wisconsin

20.3%

16.2%

28.3%

29.0%

26.8%

18.0%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

20.9%

17.7%

29.1%

*

29.0%

*

25.2%

19.1%

Kansas

25.8%

26.5%

32.6%

15.6%

*

23.6%

26.4%

Minnesota

22.8%

24.2%

20.6%

*

18.8%

*

20.5%

*

23.4%

Missouri

19.1%

19.5%

19.3%

*

16.1%

*

8.6%

*

22.5%

Nebraska

18.9%

17.1%

22.8%

*

24.0%

*

18.9%

18.9%

North Dakota

25.4%

27.4%

17.3%

*

25.2%

*

21.8%

27.1%

South Dakota

26.6%

27.6%

18.4%

*

29.2%

26.6%

26.6%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

20.6%

19.3%

33.0%

16.0%

*

17.0%

*

21.8%

District of Columbia

26.1%

28.0%

13.8%

*

14.1%

*

8.4%

*

27.4%

Florida

20.2%

23.2%

15.3%

*

6.0%

*

8.9%

*

23.6%

Georgia

20.6%

21.8%

17.3%

*

8.8%

*

5.5%

*

24.0%

Maryland

23.9%

20.6%

38.1%

27.0%

*

31.5%

22.3%

North Carolina

18.1%

19.5%

14.8%

*

12.4%

*

16.8%

18.6%

South Carolina

17.8%

16.9%

19.1%

20.6%

*

11.9%

20.3%

Virginia

18.2%

16.2%

21.7%

*

25.9%

*

13.1%

19.9%

West Virginia

15.3%

14.6%

18.1%

*

15.5%

*

12.0%

17.5%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

21.3%

24.1%

14.1%

*

8.6%

*

12.7%

25.6%

Kentucky

21.2%

20.5%

30.2%

15.4%

*

15.5%

23.9%

Mississippi

16.8%

19.4%

6.1%

*

10.0%

*

15.1%

*

17.6%

Tennessee

13.7%

14.1%

13.1%

*

12.2%

*

9.8%

15.8%

*
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

11.3%

11.5%

10.6%

*

10.0%

*

5.7%

*

14.3%

Louisiana

16.8%

15.7%

18.7%

*

23.1%

11.5%

*

18.9%

Oklahoma

16.7%

17.9%

9.7%

*

14.3%

*

6.8%

*

20.4%

Texas

18.6%

19.6%

11.8%

*

16.4%

*

7.3%

22.8%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

17.6%

13.4%

37.7%

*

32.8%

*

21.1%

*

16.7%

Colorado

18.9%

20.6%

23.7%

2.4%

*

11.7%

*

20.7%

Idaho

15.2%

14.8%

10.3%

*

25.3%

*

11.0%

*

16.9%

Montana

27.9%

25.8%

36.1%

32.1%

31.1%

26.6%

Nevada

15.7%

16.7%

17.3%

*

6.2%

*

7.8%

*

17.9%

New Mexico

15.5%

17.3%

10.6%

*

10.0%

*

7.8%

*

19.0%

Utah

18.4%

19.0%

12.2%

*

20.6%

*

13.1%

*

19.7%

Wyoming

19.3%

19.0%

23.5%

*

15.7%

*

16.9%

20.0%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

21.4%

21.8%

20.5%

18.8%

*

15.7%

*

22.5%

California

25.3%

26.0%

24.8%

20.0%

15.6%

27.3%

Hawaii

24.3%

25.9%

21.9%

*

17.0%

*

24.1%

24.4%

Oregon

20.8%

20.5%

27.2%

16.8%

14.3%

*

22.4%

Washington

21.2%

22.5%

15.4%

22.2%

*

17.6%

*

21.9%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.A.2.c(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2005
 
 

 

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

0.27%

0.36%

1.00%

0.98%

0.85%

0.33%

 
New England:
Connecticut

2.48%

3.39%

6.81%

11.07%

*

7.83%

*

2.47%

Maine

2.32%

3.06%

5.09%

*

13.13%

*

6.49%

*

2.23%

Massachusetts

3.05%

3.11%

6.67%

10.49%

*

4.78%

*

3.65%

New Hampshire

2.78%

3.22%

6.07%

7.64%

*

4.09%

*

3.04%

Rhode Island

2.31%

3.13%

5.63%

*

7.27%

10.71%

*

2.66%

Vermont

1.73%

2.06%

7.54%

6.51%

5.83%

*

1.97%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.05%

4.11%

6.90%

4.67%

5.72%

3.66%

New York

2.67%

2.61%

5.54%

6.44%

5.33%

2.75%

Pennsylvania

2.63%

2.41%

7.60%

8.42%

*

7.11%

*

2.05%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

3.09%

3.53%

7.18%

*

9.87%

*

5.01%

*

2.91%

Indiana

2.35%

2.76%

5.51%

*

3.59%

*

2.11%

*

3.43%

Michigan

2.86%

3.32%

4.96%

9.03%

5.35%

2.64%

Ohio

2.48%

2.72%

4.19%

7.65%

*

4.68%

*

2.45%

Wisconsin

2.91%

2.40%

6.02%

8.15%

5.96%

2.95%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.84%

1.86%

10.31%

*

13.73%

*

4.45%

3.45%

Kansas

1.57%

1.96%

9.56%

10.23%

*

4.64%

2.21%

Minnesota

2.89%

3.03%

7.24%

*

8.74%

*

6.71%

*

3.28%

Missouri

2.97%

4.35%

9.59%

*

9.93%

*

3.77%

*

3.89%

Nebraska

2.53%

2.66%

7.93%

*

13.37%

*

5.43%

2.64%

North Dakota

3.40%

2.95%

8.44%

*

7.77%

*

4.35%

4.47%

South Dakota

2.58%

2.46%

10.61%

*

7.76%

5.06%

3.72%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

5.09%

5.36%

9.65%

6.39%

*

8.42%

*

5.69%

District of Columbia

3.12%

3.12%

6.14%

*

13.78%

*

12.24%

*

3.21%

Florida

2.58%

3.03%

5.55%

*

3.25%

*

3.05%

*

3.54%

Georgia

4.30%

4.85%

10.81%

*

3.71%

*

3.11%

*

5.04%

Maryland

3.31%

2.89%

8.79%

8.52%

*

7.32%

3.41%

North Carolina

1.94%

2.66%

5.04%

*

3.86%

*

4.92%

2.40%

South Carolina

2.12%

2.77%

5.06%

9.92%

*

3.33%

2.67%

Virginia

2.66%

2.19%

12.10%

*

7.93%

*

3.66%

2.84%

West Virginia

2.30%

1.90%

7.03%

*

6.50%

*

2.04%

3.08%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

3.22%

3.39%

6.56%

*

3.12%

*

3.81%

4.28%

Kentucky

1.79%

2.65%

7.22%

5.07%

*

4.32%

2.82%

Mississippi

2.60%

3.00%

3.48%

*

5.37%

*

5.55%

*

3.12%

Tennessee

3.29%

3.79%

5.03%

*

4.16%

*

2.45%

5.15%

*
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.76%

2.41%

6.96%

*

10.13%

*

1.93%

*

2.45%

Louisiana

1.78%

2.44%

5.77%

*

6.67%

3.84%

*

2.42%

Oklahoma

2.10%

2.88%

5.70%

*

10.94%

*

3.77%

*

3.31%

Texas

1.08%

1.75%

5.52%

*

5.89%

*

1.94%

1.34%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.31%

1.67%

12.37%

*

11.42%

*

6.48%

*

2.05%

Colorado

1.72%

2.70%

6.37%

1.69%

*

4.37%

*

1.80%

Idaho

2.69%

2.59%

7.52%

*

10.73%

*

3.96%

*

3.50%

Montana

2.60%

3.17%

7.63%

9.10%

7.37%

3.14%

Nevada

3.25%

3.40%

8.29%

*

5.48%

*

2.98%

*

3.80%

New Mexico

1.49%

2.56%

3.63%

*

10.88%

*

2.46%

*

2.23%

Utah

3.32%

2.92%

4.16%

*

9.56%

*

9.76%

*

3.46%

Wyoming

2.91%

3.13%

12.46%

*

7.37%

*

4.91%

3.49%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.06%

3.12%

5.88%

8.22%

*

4.76%

*

3.18%

California

1.07%

1.41%

3.25%

5.46%

3.66%

1.23%

Hawaii

3.14%

2.78%

6.70%

*

6.13%

*

5.04%

3.24%

Oregon

1.73%

2.24%

5.65%

4.76%

9.94%

*

1.79%

Washington

2.20%

3.04%

4.27%

10.44%

*

7.90%

*

2.43%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.