Table VII.A.2.f 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, 2016
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 74.9%    74.2%    76.5%    76.8%    81.0%    73.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.2%    75.7%    97.8%    56.1%    76.0%    75.1%   
Maine 75.6%    72.3%    87.4%    80.1%    88.9%    72.3%   
Massachusetts 72.0%    74.3%    64.3%    72.3%    92.8%    69.7%   
New Hampshire 80.6%    80.1%    87.4%    76.0%    79.9%    80.7%   
Rhode Island 63.3%    59.1%    77.4%    66.6%    71.1%    61.5%   
Vermont 65.0%    64.5%    58.5%    75.1%    74.6%    63.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 71.9%    70.9%    81.3%    68.2%    84.8%    69.8%   
New York 68.3%    66.3%    67.5%    79.3%    73.6%    67.1%   
Pennsylvania 70.5%    69.0%    72.8%    75.6%    85.0%    67.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 72.8%    71.0%    70.3%    86.8%    74.8%    72.3%   
Indiana 84.0%    85.1%    85.4%    79.1%    81.0%    85.4%   
Michigan 75.5%    71.4%    89.7%    85.1%    88.1%    73.1%   
Ohio 72.2%    74.7%    60.2%    72.4%    83.8%    69.1%   
Wisconsin 76.6%    74.7%    85.4%    76.3%    84.9%    74.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    77.7%    72.1%    68.4%    72.2%    76.2%   
Kansas 67.6%    64.6%    82.6%    71.8%    57.7%    70.1%   
Minnesota 75.9%    76.6%    69.9%    79.4%    87.6%    73.0%   
Missouri 77.8%    76.9%    65.1%    94.5%    72.4%    80.0%   
Nebraska 69.8%    67.5%    80.3%    80.1%    85.0%    66.9%   
North Dakota 53.5%    56.7%    34.5%    60.8%    70.2%    51.4%   
South Dakota 73.6%    69.9%    79.7%    86.3%    68.9%    75.0%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 78.7%    80.2%    55.8%    96.9%    94.4%    75.3%   
District of Columbia 59.8%    58.5%    51.8%    84.6%    82.2%    57.4%   
Florida 81.6%    79.6%    86.7%    89.1%    76.6%    83.2%   
Georgia 84.5%    83.8%    87.5%    85.3%    84.6%    84.4%   
Maryland 67.4%    68.9%    71.5%    52.8%    74.3%    66.0%   
North Carolina 79.6%    80.3%    95.4%    60.9%    82.1%    78.9%   
South Carolina 78.9%    78.9%    69.8%    91.1%    79.9%    78.6%   
Virginia 75.3%    71.4%    81.0%    86.8%    85.4%    72.9%   
West Virginia 78.2%    74.9%    84.7%    81.1%    86.2%    74.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 69.0%    68.0%    66.8%    75.5%    85.7%    62.8%   
Kentucky 80.3%    76.4%    98.3%    80.7%    81.9%    79.6%   
Mississippi 72.5%    74.9%    64.0%    68.0%    74.5%    71.6%   
Tennessee 83.1%    84.6%    75.4%    82.2%    91.8%    79.4%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 73.9%    70.0%    86.4%    85.9%    89.6%    67.2%   
Louisiana 72.7%    70.4%    --    81.0%    85.3%    69.8%   
Oklahoma 69.0%    68.5%    67.6%    73.6%    71.4%    68.0%   
Texas 76.8%    76.8%    85.6%    68.3%    79.8%    75.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.7%    81.4%    94.5%    65.0%    87.1%    76.7%   
Colorado 76.6%    75.7%    71.3%    84.8%    83.5%    75.1%   
Idaho 80.9%    81.4%    73.0%    88.4%    81.5%    80.7%   
Montana 72.2%    70.9%    77.3%    71.2%    79.7%    70.5%   
Nevada 71.3%    67.0%    74.3%    85.9%    81.5%    67.4%   
New Mexico 84.8%    85.8%    83.8%    80.8%    82.8%    85.6%   
Utah 65.2%    66.6%    57.7%    68.3%    90.8%    60.1%   
Wyoming 80.2%    79.5%    76.4%    94.7%    74.2%    81.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.3%    77.5%    96.6%    94.6%    87.3%    80.4%   
California 75.6%    75.0%    79.5%    74.6%    88.4%    73.3%   
Hawaii 61.1%    64.6%    51.8%    59.6%    49.7%    64.9%   
Oregon 76.7%    74.3%    92.4%    71.1%    81.3%    76.0%   
Washington 77.9%    79.2%    67.1%    87.0%    72.6%    79.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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 Standard errors 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, 2016
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 0.64%    0.78%    1.77%    1.53%    1.39%    0.73%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.91%    4.61%    2.22%    9.92%    11.94%    4.16%   
Maine 3.74%    4.73%    6.40%    7.34%    5.06%    4.37%   
Massachusetts 4.10%    4.94%    10.31%    9.39%    3.77%    4.50%   
New Hampshire 3.25%    4.16%    5.20%    7.59%    7.17%    3.63%   
Rhode Island 4.73%    5.98%    12.05%    10.04%    8.70%    5.50%   
Vermont 4.02%    5.00%    10.49%    8.83%    9.67%    4.36%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.63%    4.15%    9.12%    11.54%    8.28%    3.99%   
New York 3.18%    4.04%    7.59%    6.32%    8.15%    3.51%   
Pennsylvania 3.03%    3.68%    8.08%    7.10%    5.62%    3.46%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.68%    5.45%    16.03%    6.85%    10.83%    5.27%   
Indiana 3.25%    3.95%    8.04%    8.36%    6.18%    3.84%   
Michigan 3.57%    4.50%    6.24%    5.78%    5.19%    4.10%   
Ohio 3.16%    3.74%    9.38%    8.23%    5.69%    3.77%   
Wisconsin 3.98%    5.22%    6.11%    8.37%    6.16%    4.72%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.85%    4.71%    9.23%    9.74%    8.66%    4.31%   
Kansas 4.07%    4.86%    7.29%    10.98%    9.52%    4.59%   
Minnesota 4.10%    4.66%    14.01%    6.96%    5.06%    4.86%   
Missouri 4.11%    4.93%    12.75%    3.58%    8.98%    4.41%   
Nebraska 4.34%    5.06%    10.08%    9.14%    7.19%    4.91%   
North Dakota 4.11%    4.97%    9.42%    12.08%    13.11%    4.44%   
South Dakota 4.13%    5.02%    12.41%    8.04%    9.32%    4.68%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.93%    4.25%    13.20%    3.11%    3.22%    4.64%   
District of Columbia 4.02%    4.46%    13.29%    10.14%    11.11%    4.24%   
Florida 3.87%    4.85%    6.19%    6.20%    9.53%    4.06%   
Georgia 2.88%    3.43%    7.90%    6.45%    5.96%    3.31%   
Maryland 4.33%    5.10%    10.37%    12.60%    10.18%    4.83%   
North Carolina 3.25%    3.69%    3.40%    10.67%    6.74%    3.73%   
South Carolina 3.53%    4.27%    10.39%    3.99%    6.42%    4.24%   
Virginia 3.68%    4.66%    8.61%    8.05%    6.67%    4.26%   
West Virginia 3.39%    4.38%    7.94%    7.02%    4.56%    4.56%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.78%    4.50%    14.08%    7.07%    5.28%    4.74%   
Kentucky 3.39%    4.29%    1.46%    8.69%    6.56%    4.01%   
Mississippi 4.04%    4.45%    13.95%    11.03%    7.44%    4.84%   
Tennessee 2.87%    3.38%    10.06%    6.09%    3.19%    3.79%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.88%    4.71%    9.46%    6.04%    4.16%    5.04%   
Louisiana 4.34%    4.92%    --    10.20%    6.41%    5.05%   
Oklahoma 3.86%    4.51%    13.03%    8.84%    7.06%    4.69%   
Texas 2.50%    2.81%    7.33%    7.91%    4.94%    2.93%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.68%    4.13%    5.35%    10.25%    5.52%    4.61%   
Colorado 4.18%    4.82%    17.10%    7.07%    10.34%    4.62%   
Idaho 3.86%    4.73%    9.74%    8.04%    8.89%    4.29%   
Montana 4.88%    6.32%    10.40%    10.96%    8.37%    5.61%   
Nevada 4.29%    5.57%    11.68%    6.77%    6.35%    5.36%   
New Mexico 2.65%    2.99%    7.68%    7.39%    5.12%    3.03%   
Utah 4.64%    5.42%    13.99%    11.73%    3.73%    5.21%   
Wyoming 3.90%    4.43%    11.96%    5.19%    13.24%    3.98%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.69%    4.48%    2.46%    4.00%    9.89%    3.99%   
California 2.24%    2.69%    5.69%    6.17%    3.88%    2.54%   
Hawaii 3.50%    4.41%    8.31%    8.80%    7.02%    4.03%   
Oregon 4.00%    4.92%    4.77%    13.16%    10.23%    4.43%   
Washington 3.92%    4.33%    11.82%    6.97%    12.60%    3.88%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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.