Table VII.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer 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 76.5%    86.8%    65.8%    34.4%    49.7%    83.5%   
New England:
Connecticut 76.4%    87.2%    64.9%    34.0%    37.1%    81.8%   
Maine 74.7%    88.4%    73.5%    32.1%    41.7%    84.0%   
Massachusetts 76.2%    86.2%    68.1%    38.0%    41.4%    79.7%   
New Hampshire 73.3%    85.3%    71.3%    30.6%    40.6%    81.1%   
Rhode Island 68.8%    80.5%    70.7%    31.8%    37.2%    77.2%   
Vermont 75.4%    88.4%    70.1%    35.7%    44.8%    80.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 75.2%    84.0%    61.8%    42.9%    56.8%    79.1%   
New York 73.2%    83.2%    66.1%    35.9%    47.2%    79.2%   
Pennsylvania 75.9%    86.4%    63.4%    35.7%    42.8%    82.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    86.9%    63.0%    31.3%    51.2%    83.8%   
Indiana 75.7%    87.1%    67.3%    36.0%    42.9%    85.8%   
Michigan 75.9%    85.6%    72.6%    33.5%    50.0%    81.3%   
Ohio 74.5%    84.2%    71.8%    30.1%    42.3%    83.1%   
Wisconsin 73.8%    88.3%    65.6%    37.7%    45.3%    82.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    86.7%    65.2%    36.2%    52.3%    82.3%   
Kansas 77.3%    85.1%    60.3%    48.1%    55.0%    81.6%   
Minnesota 78.1%    91.6%    58.8%    37.6%    45.2%    85.3%   
Missouri 74.9%    90.8%    61.3%    34.6%    54.4%    80.6%   
Nebraska 79.2%    88.5%    70.2%    25.1%    59.1%    85.0%   
North Dakota 76.9%    86.9%    71.8%    33.8%    38.2%    81.2%   
South Dakota 77.5%    84.6%    77.3%    37.3%    49.5%    82.4%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 78.9%    88.3%    64.7%    37.2%    45.5%    87.3%   
District of Columbia 77.0%    88.3%    64.5%    38.8%    42.8%    79.1%   
Florida 76.2%    86.4%    59.2%    27.0%    47.1%    85.2%   
Georgia 77.6%    84.6%    68.4%    34.9%    49.4%    85.7%   
Maryland 77.5%    85.0%    68.6%    31.3%    47.6%    83.3%   
North Carolina 78.6%    87.4%    70.2%    29.4%    47.9%    85.8%   
South Carolina 78.3%    90.4%    63.5%    41.9%    56.4%    84.8%   
Virginia 76.9%    91.6%    59.6%    32.4%    55.8%    83.3%   
West Virginia 75.7%    85.8%    69.3%    34.9%    54.0%    85.4%   
East South Central:
Alabama 81.9%    92.2%    66.1%    33.6%    59.0%    89.1%   
Kentucky 80.6%    89.8%    59.5%    34.1%    59.6%    86.7%   
Mississippi 80.9%    89.3%    68.6%    49.2%    60.7%    89.6%   
Tennessee 75.6%    89.0%    72.9%    24.7%    43.2%    88.1%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.1%    86.7%    64.3%    38.9%    57.8%    88.5%   
Louisiana 81.5%    89.2%    --    30.9%    57.7%    89.4%   
Oklahoma 73.2%    88.3%    59.8%    28.3%    46.2%    89.2%   
Texas 78.0%    87.7%    61.5%    35.1%    54.2%    85.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.0%    91.1%    64.6%    34.4%    55.2%    87.8%   
Colorado 72.0%    82.4%    57.1%    31.4%    44.0%    79.5%   
Idaho 75.1%    87.0%    58.0%    28.2%    44.3%    84.4%   
Montana 72.7%    84.3%    64.1%    28.1%    52.0%    78.4%   
Nevada 68.7%    81.2%    64.9%    32.6%    50.5%    76.1%   
New Mexico 74.0%    83.2%    79.3%    32.9%    47.1%    84.1%   
Utah 76.3%    86.3%    60.3%    42.7%    42.2%    82.5%   
Wyoming 73.5%    82.6%    59.3%    31.0%    46.5%    77.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 75.0%    81.7%    61.8%    43.9%    66.2%    76.5%   
California 77.5%    86.7%    71.4%    32.9%    50.3%    83.5%   
Hawaii 80.0%    89.3%    68.7%    49.8%    55.7%    86.0%   
Oregon 76.4%    85.8%    71.3%    37.5%    47.2%    82.0%   
Washington 77.7%    86.5%    63.2%    46.9%    54.7%    82.0%   

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.B.2.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer 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 0.37%    0.35%    0.65%    0.76%    0.85%    0.34%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.38%    2.15%    2.75%    2.62%    3.86%    2.15%   
Maine 2.23%    1.40%    4.59%    2.39%    3.46%    1.85%   
Massachusetts 1.79%    1.64%    2.12%    5.29%    5.50%    1.70%   
New Hampshire 2.16%    2.03%    3.88%    2.29%    4.13%    1.91%   
Rhode Island 2.30%    2.16%    2.74%    2.63%    3.93%    2.10%   
Vermont 2.88%    1.97%    4.55%    6.00%    9.44%    2.00%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.73%    1.91%    2.14%    3.74%    4.03%    1.83%   
New York 1.73%    1.91%    2.30%    3.47%    4.04%    1.63%   
Pennsylvania 1.64%    1.49%    3.01%    4.29%    4.30%    1.47%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.15%    1.83%    2.43%    3.44%    4.40%    2.08%   
Indiana 2.30%    2.08%    3.77%    4.87%    3.84%    1.92%   
Michigan 2.58%    2.98%    3.08%    3.96%    4.82%    2.90%   
Ohio 2.09%    2.36%    3.50%    2.22%    3.05%    2.03%   
Wisconsin 2.62%    2.01%    4.82%    3.00%    5.63%    2.19%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.21%    1.68%    3.54%    3.10%    4.62%    2.26%   
Kansas 2.57%    3.09%    4.14%    7.79%    5.80%    2.86%   
Minnesota 1.95%    1.10%    3.01%    3.58%    6.33%    1.59%   
Missouri 2.01%    1.15%    2.48%    3.52%    3.43%    2.24%   
Nebraska 2.28%    1.77%    3.40%    4.52%    6.01%    2.33%   
North Dakota 2.11%    2.78%    2.79%    3.80%    5.37%    2.18%   
South Dakota 1.92%    2.20%    2.58%    4.30%    4.74%    1.93%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.48%    2.53%    5.70%    5.44%    5.02%    2.15%   
District of Columbia 2.30%    1.59%    3.88%    3.75%    7.40%    2.35%   
Florida 1.98%    1.55%    3.29%    2.02%    3.66%    1.37%   
Georgia 2.13%    2.08%    4.93%    6.47%    4.69%    1.93%   
Maryland 2.47%    2.76%    4.83%    2.99%    6.85%    2.54%   
North Carolina 1.88%    1.64%    4.00%    4.84%    4.75%    1.63%   
South Carolina 2.13%    1.52%    1.77%    9.04%    4.03%    2.43%   
Virginia 2.01%    1.29%    3.45%    2.85%    5.34%    1.91%   
West Virginia 2.46%    2.57%    3.81%    5.77%    4.78%    2.39%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.71%    1.19%    4.31%    3.23%    4.23%    1.59%   
Kentucky 2.25%    2.54%    2.68%    4.71%    4.39%    2.63%   
Mississippi 2.02%    1.44%    8.22%    6.86%    4.43%    1.63%   
Tennessee 2.56%    2.22%    3.95%    2.52%    4.25%    2.17%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.40%    2.62%    3.41%    5.85%    4.06%    3.01%   
Louisiana 2.13%    1.94%    --    2.66%    5.22%    1.78%   
Oklahoma 4.59%    1.85%    3.03%    7.89%    7.45%    1.69%   
Texas 1.46%    1.25%    3.65%    3.82%    3.25%    1.36%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.92%    1.25%    4.01%    3.29%    4.57%    1.55%   
Colorado 2.70%    3.09%    2.71%    2.54%    4.56%    2.89%   
Idaho 3.05%    3.56%    3.46%    2.60%    4.24%    3.36%   
Montana 2.77%    2.64%    3.09%    3.03%    3.80%    3.14%   
Nevada 2.01%    2.04%    2.53%    2.37%    3.67%    2.03%   
New Mexico 2.55%    2.95%    5.34%    3.29%    3.84%    2.60%   
Utah 2.17%    2.34%    1.49%    8.64%    4.84%    2.00%   
Wyoming 2.76%    2.42%    2.67%    3.82%    4.78%    3.03%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.64%    3.13%    5.94%    6.61%    5.34%    3.00%   
California 1.35%    1.35%    2.05%    2.72%    3.68%    1.24%   
Hawaii 1.57%    1.35%    3.56%    3.96%    3.27%    1.37%   
Oregon 2.30%    2.66%    5.39%    4.29%    5.50%    2.28%   
Washington 2.16%    2.18%    4.71%    7.51%    7.11%    1.95%   

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.