Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2006) 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, 2006

 

 

 

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

80.6%

81.5%

75.0%

72.9%

70.2%

82.7%

 

New England:

Connecticut

80.7%

80.7%

77.4%

88.8%

75.3%

81.1%

Maine

76.7%

77.6%

68.9%

75.8%

60.2%

78.7%

Massachusetts

80.3%

81.9%

70.4%

83.2%

71.6%

81.0%

New Hampshire

76.4%

77.4%

74.0%

69.8%

59.8%

79.5%

Rhode Island

81.4%

81.6%

77.5%

86.3%

76.2%

82.2%

Vermont

77.3%

78.8%

78.1%

67.6%

65.9%

79.1%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

81.7%

82.6%

76.8%

73.8%

84.4%

81.4%

New York

79.0%

79.4%

80.4%

61.5%

68.9%

80.4%

Pennsylvania

84.3%

85.2%

80.4%

75.1%

76.1%

85.8%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

82.4%

83.1%

77.0%

74.4%

69.8%

85.6%

Indiana

80.5%

82.7%

63.2%

64.9%

67.4%

83.6%

Michigan

83.3%

85.6%

73.4%

61.6%

75.1%

84.7%

Ohio

79.0%

80.8%

65.2%

69.0%

70.6%

80.7%

Wisconsin

76.9%

77.7%

72.9%

69.2%

67.5%

79.7%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

78.6%

80.3%

66.8%

70.3%

72.7%

80.0%

Kansas

79.0%

79.1%

71.2%

88.3%

67.7%

82.9%

Minnesota

79.3%

81.6%

71.0%

63.0%

66.5%

80.9%

Missouri

80.4%

80.3%

79.5%

84.4%

68.9%

83.6%

Nebraska

76.7%

77.7%

65.3%

88.1%

57.7%

79.5%

North Dakota

78.7%

81.2%

65.5%

70.6%

68.6%

81.7%

South Dakota

75.9%

77.0%

72.8%

65.3%

70.5%

77.4%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

81.4%

81.8%

85.9%

59.2%

73.7%

82.8%

District of Columbia

84.3%

84.3%

84.0%

81.9%

66.1%

85.8%

Florida

78.4%

79.1%

79.3%

65.2%

71.8%

79.9%

Georgia

79.4%

79.7%

75.2%

78.6%

66.2%

82.9%

Maryland

76.0%

78.2%

70.8%

54.9%

60.6%

79.4%

North Carolina

78.9%

79.1%

78.2%

74.6%

71.5%

80.4%

South Carolina

77.7%

79.4%

61.5%

73.5%

68.2%

81.2%

Virginia

76.8%

77.7%

68.2%

75.9%

65.7%

79.1%

West Virginia

80.1%

82.7%

70.8%

62.1%

68.1%

85.7%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

76.8%

78.4%

63.9%

69.2%

66.2%

81.6%

Kentucky

79.6%

81.0%

62.2%

80.6%

68.4%

83.6%

Mississippi

77.0%

77.3%

79.4%

55.2%

70.3%

80.5%

Tennessee

80.0%

79.8%

83.8%

76.1%

70.5%

84.1%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.2%

83.2%

88.4%

68.9%

79.5%

84.6%

Louisiana

80.4%

81.3%

64.5%

86.6%

73.3%

82.7%

Oklahoma

82.9%

84.1%

82.7%

65.9%

73.0%

86.5%

Texas

81.5%

82.3%

74.9%

71.9%

67.0%

84.9%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

79.1%

79.5%

76.1%

75.2%

67.5%

82.6%

Colorado

81.0%

82.7%

77.7%

56.1%

72.2%

83.0%

Idaho

81.9%

82.0%

70.2%

89.1%

74.8%

85.9%

Montana

78.2%

77.6%

84.5%

68.6%

69.3%

83.6%

Nevada

84.5%

85.8%

74.4%

71.1%

73.1%

86.2%

New Mexico

73.0%

73.5%

67.3%

70.2%

59.8%

80.4%

Utah

76.9%

77.6%

68.8%

81.9%

59.3%

80.0%

Wyoming

81.7%

82.6%

76.0%

77.5%

67.8%

83.7%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

84.7%

85.7%

69.4%

81.7%

73.0%

85.8%

California

83.8%

84.5%

76.1%

82.7%

73.4%

85.0%

Hawaii

85.0%

85.1%

80.9%

93.8%

82.4%

85.7%

Oregon

84.8%

85.5%

84.0%

75.1%

82.9%

85.2%

Washington

81.4%

81.2%

84.0%

79.5%

68.5%

84.7%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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(2006) 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, 2006

 

 

 

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

0.29%

0.25%

1.09%

1.31%

0.78%

0.28%

 

New England:

Connecticut

1.92%

2.07%

4.42%

4.92%

7.51%

2.59%

Maine

2.45%

2.64%

4.66%

4.80%

6.57%

2.24%

Massachusetts

0.80%

1.26%

5.76%

4.92%

5.47%

0.81%

New Hampshire

2.16%

2.36%

2.77%

7.87%

4.48%

1.08%

Rhode Island

1.11%

1.21%

5.13%

5.08%

4.66%

1.14%

Vermont

1.25%

1.17%

9.39%

5.98%

5.99%

0.98%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.19%

1.45%

6.22%

6.15%

4.01%

0.94%

New York

1.97%

2.08%

3.49%

5.71%

5.07%

2.07%

Pennsylvania

1.35%

1.44%

2.63%

4.37%

4.62%

1.05%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.69%

1.85%

4.59%

13.07%

4.32%

1.15%

Indiana

0.79%

0.82%

8.89%

9.02%

6.10%

1.10%

Michigan

1.70%

1.64%

4.04%

7.41%

2.94%

1.73%

Ohio

2.36%

1.62%

5.51%

5.44%

3.29%

2.47%

Wisconsin

1.74%

2.03%

4.95%

9.46%

6.86%

0.92%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.25%

2.62%

4.12%

9.53%

5.44%

2.20%

Kansas

2.08%

2.30%

4.11%

3.63%

5.14%

1.36%

Minnesota

2.24%

1.96%

4.82%

6.87%

4.86%

2.13%

Missouri

1.31%

1.66%

5.15%

9.40%

5.23%

1.32%

Nebraska

2.56%

2.90%

4.82%

10.82%

7.43%

2.15%

North Dakota

2.92%

3.01%

7.05%

7.50%

4.84%

2.91%

South Dakota

3.82%

4.16%

5.89%

8.38%

7.00%

4.68%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.05%

2.05%

4.20%

10.40%

5.23%

2.06%

District of Columbia

1.69%

1.87%

4.90%

11.82%

5.10%

1.67%

Florida

0.76%

1.45%

5.61%

8.58%

3.78%

1.17%

Georgia

2.00%

2.12%

6.31%

10.24%

5.79%

1.65%

Maryland

2.32%

2.66%

4.80%

10.23%

6.32%

2.46%

North Carolina

3.24%

3.41%

3.91%

4.99%

5.00%

3.59%

South Carolina

3.33%

2.95%

9.04%

13.00%

3.69%

3.60%

Virginia

2.66%

2.80%

7.31%

5.52%

4.61%

2.86%

West Virginia

1.56%

1.33%

9.62%

7.72%

4.61%

2.06%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

2.13%

2.43%

6.18%

6.79%

3.71%

1.57%

Kentucky

1.77%

1.79%

7.31%

3.99%

4.76%

1.37%

Mississippi

1.10%

1.71%

9.85%

10.92%

2.59%

1.84%

Tennessee

2.56%

2.66%

6.22%

12.50%

5.21%

2.55%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.97%

1.12%

10.54%

11.68%

2.49%

1.67%

Louisiana

1.84%

1.78%

9.52%

9.81%

3.02%

2.05%

Oklahoma

1.85%

1.84%

5.55%

7.68%

3.11%

1.39%

Texas

0.92%

1.03%

5.14%

5.52%

3.80%

1.35%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.26%

2.42%

7.63%

6.70%

4.67%

1.41%

Colorado

2.14%

2.14%

7.46%

11.99%

7.57%

1.97%

Idaho

1.68%

1.84%

11.88%

13.80%

6.06%

2.36%

Montana

1.99%

2.52%

4.72%

10.10%

4.65%

2.18%

Nevada

1.51%

1.47%

6.71%

5.35%

3.84%

1.75%

New Mexico

2.41%

2.26%

8.23%

9.86%

3.93%

2.06%

Utah

2.75%

2.76%

7.71%

12.07%

5.49%

2.35%

Wyoming

3.55%

3.97%

5.74%

11.22%

4.65%

3.32%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.79%

1.98%

7.40%

9.88%

11.28%

1.82%

California

0.83%

0.87%

2.38%

5.61%

3.20%

0.91%

Hawaii

1.70%

2.01%

3.55%

10.01%

2.72%

2.12%

Oregon

1.25%

1.63%

4.17%

6.13%

3.75%

1.14%

Washington

2.61%

2.88%

9.61%

12.86%

6.70%

2.59%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.