Table VII.B.3.b.(2)(2005) Percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

71.8%

72.7%

66.4%

64.3%

55.2%

75.4%

 
New England:
Connecticut

72.1%

73.7%

59.6%

69.2%

55.3%

73.2%

Maine

72.8%

72.8%

72.6%

73.2%

63.7%

74.3%

Massachusetts

70.2%

71.8%

61.3%

60.8%

54.0%

72.4%

New Hampshire

68.3%

68.9%

65.4%

63.0%

51.5%

71.4%

Rhode Island

71.7%

72.8%

63.6%

74.9%

59.1%

73.7%

Vermont

68.3%

69.2%

60.0%

73.3%

40.8%

73.1%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

70.3%

71.1%

67.0%

63.2%

59.7%

72.1%

New York

70.1%

71.1%

63.2%

67.6%

55.6%

72.5%

Pennsylvania

76.9%

77.4%

73.9%

73.2%

64.7%

79.5%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

74.9%

76.1%

67.1%

65.0%

59.8%

78.1%

Indiana

73.6%

74.0%

66.3%

78.1%

59.8%

77.6%

Michigan

75.2%

76.3%

67.9%

72.7%

49.7%

79.6%

Ohio

74.5%

76.7%

64.2%

57.7%

61.9%

76.6%

Wisconsin

71.8%

72.4%

75.4%

58.7%

51.8%

74.9%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

72.5%

72.8%

72.8%

65.9%

66.6%

73.4%

Kansas

66.9%

68.1%

64.2%

57.2%

41.9%

72.7%

Minnesota

70.9%

73.2%

57.9%

72.0%

51.5%

74.0%

Missouri

76.7%

79.3%

63.5%

47.5%

63.6%

78.8%

Nebraska

72.9%

75.0%

51.3%

79.8%

66.5%

73.8%

North Dakota

72.9%

72.9%

74.7%

69.5%

67.1%

74.5%

South Dakota

71.8%

72.7%

71.7%

61.6%

47.3%

75.9%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

74.5%

76.6%

65.4%

48.2%

53.4%

78.7%

District of Columbia

77.5%

79.0%

60.3%

77.3%

69.6%

77.8%

Florida

69.4%

69.2%

72.4%

60.3%

50.5%

75.2%

Georgia

66.6%

65.2%

83.3%

67.0%

36.2%

73.5%

Maryland

75.3%

74.7%

81.7%

75.4%

60.6%

78.3%

North Carolina

77.8%

77.7%

84.5%

71.5%

67.5%

80.5%

South Carolina

74.2%

75.5%

72.6%

50.2%

58.6%

80.0%

Virginia

69.9%

70.3%

64.3%

79.1%

46.8%

77.2%

West Virginia

67.0%

68.7%

55.3%

66.2%

51.0%

73.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

69.4%

69.1%

70.5%

72.3%

61.8%

74.0%

Kentucky

72.6%

73.8%

64.1%

64.8%

50.8%

80.0%

Mississippi

65.4%

66.1%

57.4%

69.0%

44.0%

75.8%

Tennessee

72.1%

73.8%

63.8%

54.9%

49.3%

79.8%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

70.1%

70.8%

64.3%

59.9%

60.4%

74.8%

Louisiana

64.5%

63.9%

73.8%

51.4%

48.0%

71.4%

Oklahoma

70.3%

70.9%

68.3%

64.9%

50.6%

75.4%

Texas

70.4%

72.3%

57.4%

51.1%

53.6%

75.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

64.1%

65.9%

42.6%

54.4%

45.6%

67.4%

Colorado

66.8%

68.2%

52.4%

55.2%

47.6%

71.2%

Idaho

73.2%

75.2%

67.7%

58.0%

53.0%

78.3%

Montana

66.0%

64.4%

76.3%

64.5%

62.5%

67.7%

Nevada

69.3%

70.9%

58.9%

62.6%

61.7%

70.8%

New Mexico

63.0%

66.5%

36.9%

66.5%

46.6%

68.5%

Utah

71.2%

72.5%

60.0%

72.9%

53.9%

75.7%

Wyoming

73.6%

74.7%

69.6%

57.0%

62.9%

75.3%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

67.7%

68.6%

61.6%

51.5%

61.8%

68.4%

California

71.5%

72.5%

64.8%

63.1%

57.4%

73.6%

Hawaii

78.1%

78.8%

73.4%

76.0%

67.9%

80.4%

Oregon

72.0%

73.6%

75.6%

50.1%

41.7%

79.6%

Washington

78.9%

81.0%

68.4%

66.6%

78.2%

79.0%

 
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.(2)(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

0.46%

0.56%

0.96%

2.31%

1.12%

0.26%

 
New England:
Connecticut

3.45%

3.52%

6.06%

6.99%

5.58%

3.80%

Maine

2.21%

2.38%

2.77%

5.70%

3.34%

2.25%

Massachusetts

2.69%

3.11%

4.84%

9.36%

5.91%

2.85%

New Hampshire

2.45%

2.83%

4.38%

6.60%

5.70%

2.90%

Rhode Island

2.67%

3.14%

5.79%

5.30%

7.29%

2.56%

Vermont

2.24%

2.64%

6.21%

5.62%

7.75%

1.23%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.44%

2.65%

4.30%

8.10%

6.41%

2.49%

New York

1.51%

1.90%

5.75%

3.16%

2.28%

1.70%

Pennsylvania

1.69%

1.81%

3.77%

5.80%

5.15%

1.58%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.39%

1.48%

4.26%

6.67%

2.28%

1.71%

Indiana

2.63%

2.88%

6.19%

6.22%

6.26%

1.94%

Michigan

2.58%

2.31%

4.61%

6.47%

5.27%

2.48%

Ohio

1.71%

1.81%

6.05%

7.97%

3.23%

2.09%

Wisconsin

2.64%

2.76%

4.86%

5.56%

5.71%

1.82%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.59%

2.80%

5.46%

9.78%

3.18%

2.76%

Kansas

2.40%

2.57%

4.69%

8.65%

6.24%

2.81%

Minnesota

1.90%

2.68%

6.08%

3.95%

6.16%

2.07%

Missouri

2.29%

2.25%

6.13%

11.74%

7.61%

2.09%

Nebraska

2.51%

1.96%

6.76%

9.21%

4.07%

2.58%

North Dakota

2.65%

3.08%

7.14%

8.55%

4.90%

2.85%

South Dakota

2.11%

2.18%

5.54%

6.77%

7.45%

1.81%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.74%

2.87%

9.26%

4.08%

8.55%

1.85%

District of Columbia

1.21%

1.45%

5.75%

18.76%

12.05%

1.08%

Florida

3.28%

4.01%

4.99%

5.64%

5.30%

2.84%

Georgia

3.55%

3.84%

6.08%

15.11%

8.66%

2.95%

Maryland

1.68%

1.90%

4.18%

10.63%

4.84%

1.60%

North Carolina

1.73%

2.09%

4.62%

9.53%

3.34%

1.89%

South Carolina

2.52%

2.86%

4.18%

8.70%

3.06%

3.30%

Virginia

2.24%

2.22%

6.70%

15.81%

7.88%

0.75%

West Virginia

2.46%

3.13%

5.03%

8.10%

4.07%

2.89%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.81%

2.57%

9.21%

12.78%

4.61%

2.71%

Kentucky

1.87%

2.65%

5.96%

8.80%

4.84%

3.32%

Mississippi

3.87%

4.09%

8.75%

8.84%

7.06%

1.95%

Tennessee

2.84%

2.97%

10.52%

8.07%

4.35%

1.74%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.75%

3.35%

9.37%

12.37%

7.56%

3.27%

Louisiana

0.89%

1.01%

9.10%

8.53%

4.91%

2.49%

Oklahoma

2.32%

2.09%

8.76%

10.59%

4.36%

2.42%

Texas

1.20%

1.22%

3.99%

10.45%

2.84%

1.17%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

3.00%

3.20%

10.73%

10.82%

4.78%

3.06%

Colorado

2.49%

2.54%

5.05%

9.43%

5.73%

2.48%

Idaho

1.68%

2.47%

6.27%

9.67%

4.06%

2.16%

Montana

3.90%

4.18%

7.20%

12.26%

6.74%

4.67%

Nevada

2.56%

2.50%

7.55%

10.48%

4.76%

2.94%

New Mexico

2.64%

2.80%

4.75%

13.81%

4.92%

2.44%

Utah

1.78%

2.16%

6.90%

7.22%

5.33%

2.63%

Wyoming

2.54%

2.58%

6.33%

10.54%

4.40%

2.76%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.80%

3.77%

7.63%

8.27%

5.65%

4.21%

California

1.76%

1.91%

5.20%

3.86%

3.90%

1.85%

Hawaii

2.02%

2.36%

3.69%

6.06%

4.43%

1.52%

Oregon

3.23%

4.11%

9.57%

6.86%

3.74%

2.57%

Washington

1.99%

1.86%

7.18%

7.05%

7.26%

1.98%

 
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.