Table VII.E.4(2005) 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, 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

17.3%

17.6%

15.9%

16.8%

15.4%

17.7%

 
New England:
Connecticut

19.5%

19.7%

20.8%

13.4%

*

18.6%

19.6%

Maine

16.4%

17.5%

9.3%

23.8%

14.1%

16.8%

Massachusetts

11.5%

11.2%

14.3%

8.1%

*

9.7%

*

11.7%

New Hampshire

20.1%

20.9%

11.7%

19.6%

19.9%

20.2%

Rhode Island

15.9%

17.4%

8.1%

*

9.2%

*

12.5%

16.3%

Vermont

18.5%

17.7%

21.0%

23.8%

19.8%

18.4%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

18.9%

18.7%

22.0%

13.5%

*

16.5%

*

19.3%

New York

15.0%

15.7%

10.7%

13.2%

15.9%

14.9%

Pennsylvania

18.4%

19.1%

14.1%

15.2%

18.3%

18.4%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

16.8%

17.0%

14.1%

18.2%

13.2%

17.4%

Indiana

20.8%

21.2%

20.2%

14.4%

*

17.1%

21.6%

Michigan

20.2%

20.2%

17.3%

24.8%

14.0%

20.8%

Ohio

16.4%

17.1%

10.6%

17.0%

*

14.2%

16.7%

Wisconsin

15.0%

14.5%

20.2%

*

13.3%

9.7%

15.6%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

16.1%

16.4%

15.0%

12.1%

*

10.3%

16.9%

Kansas

17.6%

17.5%

17.1%

19.5%

15.0%

17.9%

Minnesota

16.3%

17.3%

15.5%

10.5%

15.6%

16.4%

Missouri

16.8%

16.8%

17.3%

10.4%

*

12.0%

17.4%

Nebraska

13.9%

13.9%

16.6%

9.6%

11.5%

14.2%

North Dakota

11.0%

12.1%

8.2%

6.1%

*

11.6%

10.9%

South Dakota

16.4%

17.0%

13.4%

*

19.1%

12.4%

16.9%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

17.0%

17.3%

13.7%

13.4%

13.2%

17.5%

District of Columbia

14.8%

15.0%

13.3%

7.6%

*

12.0%

*

14.9%

Florida

17.4%

17.8%

16.4%

13.4%

15.2%

17.9%

Georgia

16.7%

16.3%

17.6%

21.5%

*

12.3%

17.2%

Maryland

17.5%

16.8%

19.7%

22.3%

16.1%

17.7%

North Carolina

18.4%

18.8%

12.3%

21.7%

15.6%

19.1%

South Carolina

16.7%

16.5%

17.6%

19.6%

17.8%

16.4%

Virginia

18.3%

19.0%

15.1%

10.4%

*

16.3%

18.8%

West Virginia

16.5%

16.0%

15.0%

29.1%

15.6%

16.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

11.5%

11.3%

13.8%

7.8%

*

13.2%

10.6%

Kentucky

17.7%

18.1%

11.7%

*

21.6%

10.1%

19.3%

Mississippi

14.5%

15.0%

11.1%

*

8.1%

11.0%

15.5%

Tennessee

18.9%

19.6%

13.5%

15.0%

14.8%

19.8%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

19.2%

19.4%

16.4%

17.1%

*

20.6%

18.7%

Louisiana

16.9%

17.2%

14.7%

17.3%

15.2%

17.3%

Oklahoma

19.2%

17.6%

23.3%

31.0%

18.0%

19.4%

Texas

18.1%

18.4%

16.6%

10.6%

*

14.4%

18.8%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

17.8%

17.6%

23.9%

16.3%

21.0%

17.3%

Colorado

18.3%

18.4%

22.8%

11.8%

18.7%

18.2%

Idaho

22.1%

22.5%

23.0%

10.9%

*

20.1%

22.5%

Montana

19.0%

19.8%

14.6%

21.5%

*

16.1%

20.2%

Nevada

18.2%

18.0%

16.8%

24.5%

19.5%

18.0%

New Mexico

17.9%

18.1%

11.3%

25.5%

16.1%

18.3%

Utah

17.9%

17.9%

17.6%

17.9%

18.0%

17.8%

Wyoming

21.1%

21.5%

13.8%

22.5%

*

11.2%

22.4%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

20.5%

21.5%

13.4%

*

3.7%

*

12.8%

21.3%

California

17.6%

17.6%

16.7%

19.4%

17.6%

17.6%

Hawaii

13.5%

13.9%

13.4%

7.3%

*

10.8%

14.1%

Oregon

21.4%

21.6%

19.7%

22.7%

20.3%

21.6%

Washington

18.3%

18.2%

19.0%

18.2%

*

13.2%

*

19.1%

 
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.E.4(2005) 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, 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

0.20%

0.22%

0.73%

0.38%

0.51%

0.18%

 
New England:
Connecticut

0.45%

0.53%

2.64%

5.76%

*

4.75%

0.40%

Maine

0.94%

0.82%

2.14%

4.65%

2.05%

1.04%

Massachusetts

1.35%

1.28%

3.27%

3.06%

*

3.18%

*

1.30%

New Hampshire

0.73%

0.94%

2.35%

3.61%

3.79%

0.58%

Rhode Island

1.75%

2.03%

3.33%

*

4.44%

*

3.23%

1.77%

Vermont

1.39%

1.39%

3.32%

4.98%

3.63%

1.48%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.40%

1.38%

3.19%

4.52%

*

5.54%

*

1.19%

New York

0.95%

1.05%

2.46%

2.76%

3.24%

0.85%

Pennsylvania

0.76%

0.98%

2.20%

3.14%

1.78%

0.99%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

0.69%

0.63%

2.23%

4.64%

2.35%

0.55%

Indiana

0.77%

0.75%

4.44%

4.81%

*

2.56%

1.06%

Michigan

0.80%

0.92%

2.77%

6.29%

3.26%

0.99%

Ohio

1.28%

1.49%

1.85%

9.20%

*

1.86%

1.40%

Wisconsin

0.98%

1.26%

8.61%

*

3.39%

2.34%

0.93%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.13%

1.27%

2.94%

3.64%

*

2.80%

1.18%

Kansas

1.04%

1.46%

2.96%

5.35%

2.46%

1.05%

Minnesota

1.01%

0.97%

2.74%

2.94%

3.15%

1.24%

Missouri

0.88%

1.15%

2.29%

5.28%

*

2.73%

0.92%

Nebraska

0.97%

1.45%

4.39%

2.71%

2.65%

1.00%

North Dakota

0.60%

0.69%

1.81%

3.30%

*

2.70%

0.77%

South Dakota

1.16%

1.27%

6.43%

*

4.52%

2.28%

1.26%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.09%

1.10%

3.82%

2.96%

2.96%

1.15%

District of Columbia

0.95%

0.97%

2.45%

2.86%

*

10.91%

*

0.93%

Florida

1.21%

1.36%

0.75%

3.61%

1.48%

1.42%

Georgia

0.81%

0.80%

4.34%

9.83%

*

3.44%

0.84%

Maryland

1.17%

1.06%

3.77%

6.37%

2.60%

1.47%

North Carolina

1.04%

1.19%

3.23%

3.83%

2.13%

1.50%

South Carolina

1.00%

1.25%

2.51%

4.48%

1.59%

1.15%

Virginia

1.38%

1.53%

2.94%

3.39%

*

2.85%

1.37%

West Virginia

1.12%

1.13%

2.46%

6.95%

1.67%

1.53%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

0.88%

0.96%

3.12%

4.28%

*

2.05%

1.09%

Kentucky

1.44%

1.53%

3.85%

*

5.69%

2.32%

1.25%

Mississippi

0.76%

0.89%

3.60%

*

2.17%

1.90%

0.79%

Tennessee

1.08%

1.03%

3.02%

3.13%

2.02%

1.19%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

0.99%

1.07%

4.15%

5.36%

*

2.50%

1.28%

Louisiana

1.38%

1.54%

3.12%

4.27%

1.84%

1.41%

Oklahoma

1.97%

1.82%

3.72%

7.61%

2.83%

2.47%

Texas

0.87%

0.80%

2.19%

4.83%

*

2.45%

0.74%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.02%

1.00%

5.72%

4.04%

4.15%

1.22%

Colorado

1.07%

1.10%

3.62%

2.66%

3.41%

1.03%

Idaho

1.87%

2.55%

4.61%

9.80%

*

4.20%

1.78%

Montana

2.18%

2.63%

2.35%

9.29%

*

3.15%

2.17%

Nevada

1.15%

1.08%

2.97%

6.36%

2.03%

1.18%

New Mexico

0.77%

0.75%

2.75%

6.14%

2.43%

1.25%

Utah

1.22%

1.34%

2.95%

3.67%

4.58%

1.46%

Wyoming

1.50%

1.79%

3.26%

7.09%

*

2.48%

1.63%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.88%

2.02%

9.70%

*

1.28%

*

3.19%

1.97%

California

0.51%

0.56%

1.05%

2.48%

1.99%

0.59%

Hawaii

0.89%

1.02%

1.87%

4.27%

*

1.66%

0.94%

Oregon

1.41%

1.69%

2.57%

3.95%

4.15%

1.47%

Washington

1.34%

1.63%

3.69%

9.84%

*

4.91%

*

1.28%

 
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.