Table VII.A.2(2011) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2011
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 51.0%    60.1%    46.4%    30.5%    37.4%    59.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 56.8%    69.3%    48.4%    28.6%    42.4%    62.1%   
Maine 44.9%    57.8%    44.4%    19.9%    28.7%    54.5%   
Massachusetts 64.6%    73.4%    72.3%    42.5%    52.3%    69.4%   
New Hampshire 53.9%    67.5%    56.6%    25.7%    40.3%    60.4%   
Rhode Island 60.0%    64.1%    78.7%    38.0%    43.8%    65.8%   
Vermont 52.4%    63.4%    50.2%    31.2%    40.0%    58.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 56.8%    66.3%    55.2%    32.3%    39.5%    65.0%   
New York 54.4%    65.2%    43.4%    34.9%    36.1%    64.7%   
Pennsylvania 61.1%    69.1%    57.0%    41.8%    44.0%    70.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 48.8%    55.8%    45.7%    32.5%    38.7%    55.2%   
Indiana 50.5%    62.7%    33.3%    34.2%    37.0%    59.8%   
Michigan 52.1%    64.2%    48.4%    29.8%    38.5%    61.6%   
Ohio 56.6%    70.7%    47.3%    31.6%    41.6%    66.7%   
Wisconsin 49.3%    59.2%    52.4%    30.6%    36.3%    59.3%   
West North Central:
Iowa 47.4%    62.2%    38.2%    24.9%    32.3%    57.9%   
Kansas 55.2%    64.3%    60.0%    32.1%    41.3%    65.3%   
Minnesota 46.9%    55.6%    48.5%    28.7%    34.0%    54.2%   
Missouri 51.9%    61.0%    52.8%    32.5%    39.6%    61.9%   
Nebraska 42.0%    53.6%    32.9%    22.5%    28.5%    53.4%   
North Dakota 47.3%    54.6%    45.7%    31.8%    37.8%    53.0%   
South Dakota 45.1%    51.4%    46.5%    31.3%    34.3%    53.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 52.3%    65.5%    44.7%    31.8%    34.8%    63.4%   
District of Columbia 66.3%    74.2%    51.7%    34.8%    42.3%    71.7%   
Florida 42.0%    48.7%    38.2%    23.3%    34.9%    45.9%   
Georgia 48.2%    57.6%    46.4%    18.5%    36.1%    55.4%   
Maryland 55.4%    65.1%    47.5%    30.6%    36.5%    62.9%   
North Carolina 48.1%    51.9%    50.4%    34.9%    38.0%    54.3%   
South Carolina 49.2%    55.2%    42.9%    36.0%    38.9%    56.1%   
Virginia 55.1%    69.0%    43.2%    28.7%    43.2%    62.4%   
West Virginia 52.0%    58.3%    58.0%    33.0%    42.3%    62.9%   
East South Central:
Alabama 55.1%    62.8%    47.0%    36.9%    41.3%    67.3%   
Kentucky 56.0%    65.3%    48.2%    34.5%    40.3%    66.9%   
Mississippi 46.6%    57.1%    33.1%    30.8%    37.2%    56.7%   
Tennessee 56.6%    64.0%    45.3%    40.2%    45.5%    64.3%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 42.5%    46.6%    51.3%    24.5%    30.4%    53.8%   
Louisiana 49.0%    56.7%    44.2%    23.2%    37.0%    56.1%   
Oklahoma 47.8%    53.7%    40.5%    31.0%    41.1%    52.6%   
Texas 47.1%    53.0%    40.3%    32.9%    34.3%    55.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 49.1%    56.6%    43.3%    28.1%    39.3%    56.4%   
Colorado 46.8%    56.5%    40.4%    25.7%    35.5%    53.1%   
Idaho 41.3%    48.6%    35.0%    30.6%    28.3%    51.0%   
Montana 41.1%    50.9%    41.1%    22.1%    27.6%    51.2%   
Nevada 55.2%    61.8%    60.5%    35.9%    48.1%    59.4%   
New Mexico 47.1%    53.5%    49.3%    27.2%    37.8%    53.4%   
Utah 44.0%    54.2%    34.7%    26.6%    30.2%    51.8%   
Wyoming 42.8%    54.4%    40.2%    20.5%    30.1%    48.8%   
Pacific:
Alaska 39.2%    54.2%    28.6%    16.2%    22.5%    45.3%   
California 50.5%    61.4%    46.7%    25.8%    33.5%    58.6%   
Hawaii 83.5%    87.8%    81.6%    70.2%    74.3%    87.6%   
Oregon 47.8%    64.7%    33.9%    26.1%    31.9%    57.6%   
Washington 46.9%    55.9%    50.1%    25.7%    30.7%    54.0%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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(2011) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2011
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 0.25%    0.27%    0.84%    0.57%    0.64%    0.48%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.51%    2.94%    5.86%    3.86%    4.96%    3.12%   
Maine 1.01%    1.22%    5.35%    1.93%    2.11%    1.69%   
Massachusetts 2.48%    2.92%    6.15%    4.14%    4.92%    2.01%   
New Hampshire 1.89%    2.95%    8.42%    2.40%    3.40%    3.04%   
Rhode Island 1.43%    2.11%    5.45%    3.56%    4.22%    1.85%   
Vermont 1.99%    3.30%    4.85%    5.11%    5.39%    2.04%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.38%    1.76%    3.88%    3.10%    4.25%    2.05%   
New York 1.57%    2.33%    3.61%    3.29%    2.55%    2.08%   
Pennsylvania 1.28%    2.49%    7.90%    3.79%    2.72%    2.27%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.62%    2.54%    5.34%    2.68%    2.45%    1.63%   
Indiana 1.92%    3.01%    8.09%    3.87%    3.54%    3.61%   
Michigan 1.12%    1.59%    4.37%    2.53%    2.55%    2.37%   
Ohio 1.48%    1.52%    4.58%    2.85%    3.58%    1.58%   
Wisconsin 2.07%    3.43%    8.11%    2.16%    3.74%    3.29%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.75%    2.63%    6.35%    4.80%    4.15%    1.83%   
Kansas 1.97%    3.67%    7.45%    4.81%    3.22%    3.08%   
Minnesota 1.81%    4.34%    7.96%    3.07%    2.48%    3.30%   
Missouri 2.01%    1.55%    3.66%    5.59%    3.78%    3.85%   
Nebraska 1.88%    2.59%    3.27%    4.71%    2.57%    2.24%   
North Dakota 1.94%    2.83%    4.59%    2.59%    4.34%    1.74%   
South Dakota 2.25%    2.12%    4.07%    4.85%    3.47%    1.66%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.95%    2.88%    4.01%    3.12%    2.41%    2.52%   
District of Columbia 2.38%    2.59%    8.14%    9.92%    8.40%    2.76%   
Florida 1.27%    1.50%    4.01%    2.18%    2.60%    2.07%   
Georgia 1.98%    3.23%    7.97%    3.06%    4.98%    2.57%   
Maryland 1.99%    2.52%    8.01%    4.03%    3.15%    2.84%   
North Carolina 2.09%    4.29%    4.93%    4.56%    3.58%    3.82%   
South Carolina 2.44%    2.48%    7.38%    3.62%    3.75%    3.37%   
Virginia 2.20%    2.37%    6.05%    3.77%    2.77%    4.23%   
West Virginia 1.47%    2.36%    4.28%    4.43%    3.79%    2.71%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.78%    3.93%    7.43%    7.79%    3.79%    4.65%   
Kentucky 1.70%    1.89%    6.74%    3.28%    3.18%    1.31%   
Mississippi 2.33%    2.32%    8.25%    3.62%    2.59%    3.93%   
Tennessee 2.26%    3.61%    5.79%    4.41%    2.24%    3.41%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.22%    2.02%    9.58%    3.23%    3.18%    3.41%   
Louisiana 2.01%    2.81%    6.68%    5.21%    4.64%    2.77%   
Oklahoma 1.79%    2.13%    7.34%    3.97%    2.11%    2.95%   
Texas 1.09%    1.04%    3.79%    2.89%    2.49%    1.68%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.81%    2.44%    4.84%    4.06%    3.41%    2.61%   
Colorado 2.04%    2.86%    7.07%    2.76%    3.50%    2.59%   
Idaho 2.73%    3.35%    5.85%    3.64%    2.91%    3.58%   
Montana 2.74%    2.55%    4.22%    4.09%    2.97%    3.73%   
Nevada 2.15%    2.81%    7.12%    4.74%    3.45%    3.33%   
New Mexico 1.80%    2.97%    8.01%    3.92%    2.02%    1.62%   
Utah 1.69%    2.14%    3.95%    5.47%    3.53%    2.01%   
Wyoming 1.88%    3.38%    6.32%    4.13%    4.20%    2.25%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.85%    4.16%    5.09%    3.78%    3.80%    3.91%   
California 1.64%    1.68%    2.79%    2.32%    2.65%    1.86%   
Hawaii 1.63%    2.09%    4.69%    4.81%    2.51%    1.81%   
Oregon 3.27%    1.92%    6.76%    3.69%    3.48%    3.79%   
Washington 1.40%    2.93%    3.93%    3.42%    3.71%    2.01%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.