Table VII.A.2.f(2010) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2010
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 74.6%    74.6%    75.8%    73.4%    78.1%    73.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 73.2%    76.2%    69.2%    62.8%    72.5%    73.3%   
Maine 77.2%    77.5%    89.3%    59.0%    79.1%    76.3%   
Massachusetts 58.5%    54.3%    64.3%    73.1%    67.8%    55.9%   
New Hampshire 74.7%    74.1%    80.3%    69.4%    84.5%    71.1%   
Rhode Island 70.0%    70.8%    68.5%    67.7%    74.8%    68.8%   
Vermont 68.1%    63.9%    67.5%    83.7%    79.9%    64.8%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.8%    74.3%    74.3%    70.9%    65.1%    76.3%   
New York 65.7%    64.6%    65.1%    75.2%    69.5%    64.7%   
Pennsylvania 71.2%    71.7%    72.7%    66.4%    77.0%    68.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    79.4%    71.8%    69.0%    81.4%    75.7%   
Indiana 78.6%    80.8%    65.1%    81.6%    78.9%    78.5%   
Michigan 76.5%    77.1%    78.3%    71.7%    81.9%    73.9%   
Ohio 77.0%    77.2%    79.6%    71.9%    77.6%    76.8%   
Wisconsin 82.4%    84.2%    81.7%    76.4%    79.5%    83.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.9%    73.5%    66.6%    53.2%    65.9%    70.5%   
Kansas 73.6%    73.1%    80.0%    66.4%    74.1%    73.4%   
Minnesota 72.7%    71.1%    80.5%    69.7%    77.3%    70.8%   
Missouri 76.6%    80.2%    70.7%    66.4%    75.7%    77.1%   
Nebraska 74.1%    74.6%    78.9%    67.5%    74.6%    73.9%   
North Dakota 60.9%    62.2%    58.6%    58.4%    60.7%    60.9%   
South Dakota 65.8%    64.7%    75.3%    61.1%    59.7%    69.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.1%    76.4%    72.8%    63.5%    76.4%    73.1%   
District of Columbia 62.9%    60.4%    74.3%    74.7%    91.5%    58.1%   
Florida 76.8%    76.4%    82.2%    71.9%    79.0%    76.0%   
Georgia 80.5%    78.9%    93.3%    75.5%    88.8%    76.8%   
Maryland 76.0%    78.6%    74.2%    65.8%    79.4%    75.1%   
North Carolina 71.3%    69.0%    74.8%    79.9%    74.6%    70.0%   
South Carolina 71.8%    69.3%    83.2%    73.8%    76.0%    69.8%   
Virginia 69.1%    68.3%    71.5%    71.0%    76.7%    65.6%   
West Virginia 75.5%    72.7%    82.3%    80.7%    84.6%    69.0%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.6%    71.8%    80.1%    70.0%    66.8%    75.5%   
Kentucky 78.5%    78.7%    80.3%    73.7%    77.6%    78.9%   
Mississippi 79.0%    79.5%    66.9%    84.3%    81.7%    77.6%   
Tennessee 81.3%    83.5%    72.4%    77.1%    83.9%    79.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.4%    79.9%    75.9%    81.0%    76.9%    80.9%   
Louisiana 75.1%    71.3%    85.3%    92.1%    82.1%    72.1%   
Oklahoma 80.9%    80.8%    81.5%    81.1%    83.0%    79.8%   
Texas 78.6%    77.5%    83.2%    81.1%    86.2%    75.4%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.2%    79.1%    82.0%    75.1%    77.1%    80.1%   
Colorado 68.9%    72.0%    65.6%    55.9%    73.7%    67.3%   
Idaho 78.5%    79.0%    77.0%    76.7%    78.6%    78.5%   
Montana 74.7%    77.8%    68.6%    66.5%    72.0%    75.9%   
Nevada 86.8%    85.8%    96.5%    82.7%    86.0%    87.1%   
New Mexico 78.9%    79.7%    71.9%    82.3%    79.9%    78.3%   
Utah 77.3%    74.7%    86.3%    82.5%    81.8%    75.3%   
Wyoming 76.7%    76.3%    97.8%    61.3%    71.6%    78.2%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.5%    83.8%    87.6%    60.2%    79.4%    81.7%   
California 75.7%    75.2%    75.6%    79.1%    81.1%    74.2%   
Hawaii 67.4%    63.7%    76.9%    74.3%    76.6%    64.1%   
Oregon 88.0%    88.5%    86.6%    86.9%    94.4%    85.8%   
Washington 77.9%    78.9%    75.4%    75.3%    76.6%    78.2%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.A.2.f(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2010
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 0.37%    0.38%    1.49%    0.91%    0.84%    0.52%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.60%    3.02%    9.85%    10.31%    8.53%    3.49%   
Maine 3.13%    3.42%    4.45%    10.69%    5.75%    3.43%   
Massachusetts 1.72%    2.88%    4.87%    7.09%    4.66%    1.83%   
New Hampshire 2.62%    3.64%    3.45%    7.81%    2.42%    3.35%   
Rhode Island 1.95%    3.45%    6.93%    8.87%    6.93%    2.36%   
Vermont 3.71%    4.75%    7.42%    9.04%    6.15%    4.42%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.62%    2.37%    6.14%    4.25%    6.00%    1.47%   
New York 2.00%    2.88%    5.66%    6.98%    4.51%    2.56%   
Pennsylvania 2.30%    2.61%    6.33%    7.74%    5.73%    2.86%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.20%    2.84%    6.61%    9.75%    6.10%    2.00%   
Indiana 2.62%    3.00%    10.16%    9.89%    6.96%    2.85%   
Michigan 2.96%    3.70%    7.19%    6.75%    4.44%    3.77%   
Ohio 1.81%    2.01%    3.99%    9.06%    3.50%    1.83%   
Wisconsin 2.28%    3.52%    6.86%    5.55%    5.61%    3.13%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.89%    3.88%    8.76%    6.93%    6.00%    3.04%   
Kansas 3.80%    4.28%    4.73%    9.47%    4.59%    4.38%   
Minnesota 3.74%    3.96%    6.65%    7.52%    5.49%    3.96%   
Missouri 4.16%    3.08%    10.50%    8.18%    6.56%    3.75%   
Nebraska 3.28%    3.30%    6.63%    12.03%    8.84%    3.40%   
North Dakota 3.04%    3.05%    7.20%    9.79%    6.73%    2.95%   
South Dakota 2.49%    3.56%    7.67%    9.62%    6.16%    3.89%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.56%    4.41%    8.16%    11.27%    6.13%    3.84%   
District of Columbia 3.13%    3.40%    11.40%    13.75%    3.74%    3.34%   
Florida 1.54%    1.43%    4.94%    4.95%    3.01%    2.33%   
Georgia 2.61%    2.67%    6.02%    9.79%    3.80%    2.85%   
Maryland 3.58%    3.74%    8.54%    7.94%    6.88%    3.63%   
North Carolina 3.33%    4.50%    8.91%    6.63%    6.16%    3.51%   
South Carolina 2.15%    3.73%    10.40%    6.02%    4.07%    3.91%   
Virginia 2.10%    3.73%    9.57%    12.57%    3.13%    3.76%   
West Virginia 3.43%    4.63%    5.63%    6.64%    4.43%    4.49%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.08%    2.40%    9.82%    9.97%    4.94%    3.62%   
Kentucky 3.78%    4.10%    6.09%    8.23%    5.17%    3.23%   
Mississippi 2.66%    2.41%    13.20%    6.42%    5.38%    3.11%   
Tennessee 2.26%    2.78%    7.80%    6.94%    4.57%    3.24%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.51%    2.48%    12.40%    9.77%    4.96%    2.70%   
Louisiana 3.58%    4.54%    6.65%    10.27%    5.17%    4.57%   
Oklahoma 3.00%    2.88%    14.85%    8.99%    4.85%    3.07%   
Texas 2.13%    2.59%    4.52%    5.62%    3.55%    2.75%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.72%    3.56%    11.40%    7.46%    6.47%    4.22%   
Colorado 2.87%    2.61%    9.41%    9.11%    6.77%    3.14%   
Idaho 2.47%    3.14%    6.81%    13.41%    6.46%    2.50%   
Montana 4.01%    4.02%    11.34%    7.92%    7.66%    5.05%   
Nevada 2.47%    2.81%    10.31%    6.55%    3.65%    3.03%   
New Mexico 2.87%    3.25%    7.88%    6.53%    3.60%    3.29%   
Utah 2.02%    3.64%    6.24%    6.79%    3.74%    3.08%   
Wyoming 2.30%    2.50%    2.20%    7.97%    5.52%    2.38%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.04%    2.48%    6.61%    12.50%    7.12%    2.26%   
California 1.78%    2.00%    5.58%    4.26%    2.50%    1.90%   
Hawaii 2.36%    2.78%    6.06%    6.82%    2.92%    3.09%   
Oregon 2.13%    2.82%    6.71%    4.74%    2.60%    3.41%   
Washington 3.21%    2.88%    6.75%    7.59%    6.25%    2.99%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.