Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2005) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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

81.6%

82.5%

77.1%

73.8%

71.3%

83.6%

 
New England:
Connecticut

81.9%

83.0%

76.0%

71.0%

64.3%

83.0%

Maine

79.3%

79.1%

79.7%

79.2%

72.4%

80.4%

Massachusetts

77.4%

79.1%

69.9%

61.8%

59.5%

79.8%

New Hampshire

78.7%

79.0%

74.6%

78.2%

68.4%

80.3%

Rhode Island

79.5%

80.6%

72.8%

76.6%

67.7%

81.3%

Vermont

74.3%

75.0%

69.1%

74.9%

46.5%

78.8%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

79.6%

80.1%

75.4%

83.1%

82.2%

79.2%

New York

80.0%

80.9%

72.1%

80.6%

75.4%

80.6%

Pennsylvania

85.7%

86.1%

84.1%

79.9%

84.7%

85.9%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

84.4%

85.8%

75.4%

74.3%

72.7%

86.7%

Indiana

82.5%

83.1%

76.3%

83.7%

73.9%

84.8%

Michigan

81.9%

83.0%

74.8%

77.0%

65.3%

84.1%

Ohio

82.5%

83.6%

77.8%

72.5%

74.5%

83.8%

Wisconsin

80.1%

80.4%

80.5%

74.4%

63.9%

82.3%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

80.6%

81.4%

77.2%

71.5%

70.0%

82.2%

Kansas

78.5%

81.2%

69.6%

64.1%

65.0%

80.7%

Minnesota

80.6%

82.5%

71.4%

76.5%

69.6%

82.0%

Missouri

84.0%

85.5%

74.3%

84.0%

83.4%

84.1%

Nebraska

81.0%

81.8%

70.9%

82.8%

79.0%

81.3%

North Dakota

82.4%

82.4%

84.6%

78.1%

83.5%

82.1%

South Dakota

80.3%

83.4%

73.8%

66.2%

68.5%

81.7%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

83.9%

85.9%

73.1%

58.2%

73.5%

85.5%

District of Columbia

84.2%

85.5%

68.1%

90.6%

72.9%

84.7%

Florida

81.4%

81.8%

80.0%

77.3%

72.9%

83.5%

Georgia

78.2%

77.3%

90.4%

73.1%

53.3%

82.5%

Maryland

82.4%

82.2%

85.2%

79.4%

80.3%

82.7%

North Carolina

83.4%

83.9%

86.3%

73.4%

75.7%

85.2%

South Carolina

80.5%

82.4%

75.3%

54.8%

67.7%

84.8%

Virginia

80.1%

79.8%

82.1%

82.7%

61.5%

85.0%

West Virginia

79.2%

80.7%

68.7%

79.0%

65.7%

84.3%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

79.7%

78.8%

85.9%

83.0%

77.0%

81.2%

Kentucky

83.7%

84.7%

79.5%

69.2%

70.7%

87.2%

Mississippi

80.3%

81.0%

72.2%

79.9%

68.9%

84.2%

Tennessee

82.5%

82.7%

84.4%

70.6%

68.0%

86.4%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

82.6%

83.4%

69.9%

79.6%

77.6%

84.7%

Louisiana

75.3%

75.7%

76.1%

61.8%

60.2%

81.0%

Oklahoma

81.4%

81.5%

79.2%

85.0%

74.3%

82.8%

Texas

79.9%

81.2%

73.0%

58.0%

63.9%

84.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

79.1%

80.8%

58.6%

66.6%

74.8%

79.6%

Colorado

77.0%

78.4%

64.6%

60.6%

61.1%

80.2%

Idaho

82.5%

83.5%

81.2%

66.3%

75.9%

83.7%

Montana

78.8%

78.7%

82.9%

70.9%

75.5%

80.3%

Nevada

80.6%

82.0%

72.6%

67.2%

73.6%

81.9%

New Mexico

80.8%

82.9%

61.5%

77.3%

69.4%

83.9%

Utah

79.7%

80.9%

65.7%

90.3%

67.9%

82.3%

Wyoming

85.9%

87.0%

77.8%

73.8%

76.1%

87.4%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

86.7%

88.1%

74.8%

69.9%

79.0%

87.7%

California

83.7%

84.6%

79.1%

71.0%

74.2%

84.9%

Hawaii

86.8%

87.7%

81.4%

82.2%

82.3%

87.7%

Oregon

85.3%

87.2%

82.3%

68.3%

69.4%

87.9%

Washington

87.4%

88.9%

78.1%

81.7%

90.6%

86.9%

 
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.
** 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.B.3.b.(1).a(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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

0.24%

0.27%

0.75%

2.39%

0.96%

0.28%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.99%

1.91%

4.19%

7.39%

6.50%

1.89%

Maine

1.55%

2.02%

3.57%

4.06%

2.92%

1.65%

Massachusetts

1.66%

1.76%

4.99%

10.23%

7.00%

1.72%

New Hampshire

1.70%

1.81%

4.58%

4.21%

4.79%

1.84%

Rhode Island

2.34%

2.73%

3.88%

6.22%

6.18%

2.22%

Vermont

2.88%

3.10%

6.61%

5.74%

9.07%

1.57%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.15%

2.39%

3.59%

5.28%

2.64%

2.22%

New York

1.41%

1.80%

3.80%

3.19%

2.85%

1.76%

Pennsylvania

0.93%

1.14%

1.60%

4.42%

3.22%

1.19%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.44%

1.45%

3.60%

5.26%

3.36%

1.49%

Indiana

1.57%

1.98%

5.12%

5.94%

4.15%

1.16%

Michigan

2.74%

2.77%

3.84%

5.16%

5.05%

2.78%

Ohio

1.20%

1.51%

3.40%

5.82%

2.86%

1.34%

Wisconsin

1.87%

1.75%

3.89%

4.60%

5.56%

1.12%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.52%

1.95%

6.33%

9.43%

3.05%

1.84%

Kansas

2.44%

2.73%

4.26%

7.88%

4.09%

2.71%

Minnesota

1.42%

1.82%

4.26%

3.18%

4.41%

1.25%

Missouri

1.80%

1.64%

7.00%

13.15%

3.87%

1.80%

Nebraska

1.89%

1.62%

6.12%

9.30%

3.42%

2.14%

North Dakota

1.68%

2.15%

4.06%

9.28%

2.40%

1.92%

South Dakota

1.67%

1.98%

5.43%

7.03%

6.16%

1.55%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.25%

1.29%

9.28%

6.49%

6.85%

1.21%

District of Columbia

1.07%

1.41%

5.16%

21.55%

10.18%

0.92%

Florida

2.25%

2.84%

5.03%

6.07%

3.08%

2.06%

Georgia

2.99%

2.90%

4.01%

15.94%

6.96%

2.13%

Maryland

1.08%

1.20%

4.72%

11.04%

2.96%

1.19%

North Carolina

1.44%

1.70%

4.80%

9.62%

3.41%

1.82%

South Carolina

2.35%

2.49%

4.26%

10.10%

3.13%

3.31%

Virginia

1.99%

2.03%

6.60%

16.44%

6.37%

0.61%

West Virginia

1.45%

1.86%

5.87%

5.73%

4.44%

1.28%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.68%

1.69%

4.81%

14.31%

2.77%

1.96%

Kentucky

1.16%

1.45%

4.74%

9.01%

4.15%

1.94%

Mississippi

2.21%

2.10%

5.93%

6.51%

4.63%

1.81%

Tennessee

2.06%

2.17%

9.86%

7.48%

4.12%

1.79%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.92%

2.06%

9.35%

12.64%

4.19%

2.13%

Louisiana

1.60%

1.97%

9.11%

9.07%

6.23%

2.21%

Oklahoma

2.49%

2.64%

9.73%

10.34%

3.81%

2.59%

Texas

1.55%

1.49%

4.66%

11.15%

4.42%

1.40%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.18%

2.38%

12.15%

12.93%

4.41%

2.47%

Colorado

1.96%

1.82%

4.81%

9.11%

4.83%

2.25%

Idaho

2.27%

2.32%

5.31%

10.45%

4.95%

2.08%

Montana

2.82%

3.23%

5.32%

13.38%

5.07%

3.18%

Nevada

1.88%

2.14%

7.13%

10.15%

5.00%

1.78%

New Mexico

1.81%

1.78%

5.53%

13.60%

4.68%

1.54%

Utah

1.00%

1.37%

5.64%

6.41%

7.69%

1.55%

Wyoming

1.98%

2.22%

7.07%

10.64%

4.60%

2.31%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.43%

1.63%

6.14%

8.91%

3.85%

1.67%

California

0.74%

0.80%

2.33%

4.13%

2.40%

0.79%

Hawaii

1.23%

1.37%

3.45%

6.47%

2.52%

1.24%

Oregon

1.65%

1.86%

9.67%

6.80%

6.27%

1.85%

Washington

1.24%

1.37%

5.78%

5.47%

3.95%

1.51%

 
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.
** 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.