Table VII.B.3.b.(1) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 89.2%    89.1%    90.8%    89.1%    80.1%    90.8%   
New England:
Connecticut 90.1%    89.6%    94.4%    90.1%    70.8%    91.5%   
Maine 90.8%    90.5%    95.7%    90.3%    84.0%    91.9%   
Massachusetts 89.2%    88.5%    91.2%    93.6%    77.6%    89.9%   
New Hampshire 89.2%    88.0%    94.0%    88.7%    72.6%    91.6%   
Rhode Island 84.5%    82.4%    94.5%    92.4%    74.7%    85.9%   
Vermont 90.2%    91.0%    89.3%    82.4%    95.0%    89.8%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 86.9%    86.4%    89.7%    90.2%    80.9%    87.9%   
New York 86.8%    85.6%    91.8%    92.3%    78.6%    88.0%   
Pennsylvania 88.6%    88.5%    87.5%    93.6%    71.8%    90.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 90.3%    89.8%    93.0%    96.2%    86.1%    91.0%   
Indiana 89.1%    89.2%    93.2%    78.7%    75.0%    91.6%   
Michigan 89.4%    88.2%    96.8%    94.9%    89.3%    89.4%   
Ohio 87.8%    86.4%    95.5%    87.8%    76.6%    89.6%   
Wisconsin 89.9%    90.5%    83.7%    94.2%    83.4%    91.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 89.8%    89.9%    87.6%    93.7%    81.2%    91.5%   
Kansas 87.1%    87.2%    86.0%    87.2%    87.4%    87.1%   
Minnesota 93.5%    94.3%    85.5%    91.1%    84.7%    94.7%   
Missouri 94.3%    94.3%    95.3%    92.8%    93.8%    94.4%   
Nebraska 90.6%    91.0%    90.5%    81.0%    88.1%    91.1%   
North Dakota 90.1%    89.3%    93.8%    90.6%    84.2%    90.4%   
South Dakota 88.0%    87.7%    87.9%    92.8%    77.2%    89.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 90.9%    90.9%    90.7%    89.5%    66.4%    94.4%   
District of Columbia 91.0%    90.8%    90.8%    92.8%    69.4%    91.9%   
Florida 88.0%    88.2%    86.2%    88.6%    71.5%    91.5%   
Georgia 86.6%    86.6%    87.4%    86.3%    70.4%    90.0%   
Maryland 87.3%    86.9%    90.6%    85.0%    77.9%    88.3%   
North Carolina 89.8%    89.5%    95.9%    83.9%    78.2%    91.3%   
South Carolina 93.1%    92.7%    98.4%    91.7%    91.1%    93.4%   
Virginia 94.4%    95.3%    88.7%    92.6%    90.5%    95.2%   
West Virginia 88.3%    87.5%    94.7%    84.2%    78.2%    91.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 93.1%    93.4%    89.8%    92.9%    85.3%    94.8%   
Kentucky 91.9%    91.7%    95.8%    89.6%    89.9%    92.3%   
Mississippi 91.7%    91.3%    89.9%    99.8%    85.5%    93.6%   
Tennessee 89.8%    89.9%    92.0%    85.8%    77.6%    92.4%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 89.3%    88.7%    98.0%    92.0%    80.2%    92.3%   
Louisiana 90.8%    91.1%    --    90.1%    79.6%    93.5%   
Oklahoma 90.0%    89.6%    94.7%    90.9%    79.7%    93.5%   
Texas 88.9%    90.1%    82.4%    77.5%    80.7%    90.6%   
Mountain:
Arizona 93.6%    93.9%    93.6%    90.0%    87.5%    95.2%   
Colorado 84.6%    84.3%    85.7%    87.9%    72.7%    86.4%   
Idaho 90.0%    89.7%    90.1%    95.0%    81.6%    91.4%   
Montana 87.5%    87.2%    89.4%    85.9%    85.4%    87.9%   
Nevada 86.0%    84.0%    92.1%    94.0%    84.8%    86.3%   
New Mexico 86.2%    85.1%    93.6%    89.6%    76.4%    88.3%   
Utah 89.8%    88.7%    95.5%    93.8%    67.8%    92.5%   
Wyoming 86.1%    85.8%    92.9%    78.9%    69.8%    87.8%   
Pacific:
Alaska 83.1%    82.8%    84.7%    86.9%    84.8%    82.9%   
California 89.3%    88.9%    94.7%    84.9%    80.5%    90.6%   
Hawaii 91.5%    91.6%    90.0%    92.8%    83.8%    92.7%   
Oregon 88.9%    88.6%    91.8%    85.5%    80.0%    89.9%   
Washington 88.1%    88.2%    84.8%    91.1%    82.2%    88.8%   

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.3.b.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.32%    0.36%    0.60%    1.05%    1.11%    0.32%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.69%    2.00%    2.16%    3.09%    10.08%    1.51%   
Maine 1.29%    1.47%    1.03%    3.96%    5.51%    1.21%   
Massachusetts 1.36%    1.63%    2.31%    2.22%    9.19%    1.31%   
New Hampshire 1.72%    2.20%    2.15%    4.63%    7.80%    1.32%   
Rhode Island 1.84%    2.22%    1.67%    3.02%    5.95%    1.88%   
Vermont 1.56%    1.82%    2.48%    7.08%    2.64%    1.66%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.73%    2.00%    2.93%    5.68%    5.33%    1.80%   
New York 1.68%    2.02%    1.73%    2.57%    6.80%    1.59%   
Pennsylvania 1.38%    1.51%    4.25%    2.24%    6.17%    1.23%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.61%    1.82%    2.40%    1.69%    3.29%    1.78%   
Indiana 1.75%    2.02%    2.55%    7.59%    6.09%    1.63%   
Michigan 2.78%    3.21%    2.02%    2.27%    4.02%    3.07%   
Ohio 1.94%    2.37%    1.26%    4.34%    5.76%    1.96%   
Wisconsin 1.74%    2.04%    4.68%    1.78%    5.36%    1.83%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.61%    1.71%    5.77%    2.35%    5.80%    1.47%   
Kansas 2.83%    3.22%    3.65%    4.84%    3.97%    3.07%   
Minnesota 1.02%    1.08%    4.70%    2.76%    5.57%    0.96%   
Missouri 0.91%    1.06%    1.97%    3.04%    2.22%    1.00%   
Nebraska 1.61%    1.83%    2.53%    7.64%    3.94%    1.77%   
North Dakota 2.42%    2.98%    2.30%    3.90%    7.50%    2.52%   
South Dakota 1.93%    2.39%    1.59%    3.09%    6.46%    2.00%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.04%    2.27%    3.63%    5.17%    7.64%    1.31%   
District of Columbia 1.57%    1.73%    4.95%    4.57%    10.90%    1.53%   
Florida 1.44%    1.60%    3.08%    4.57%    5.03%    1.19%   
Georgia 1.91%    2.13%    3.23%    4.80%    5.44%    1.85%   
Maryland 2.55%    2.96%    2.85%    5.89%    5.66%    2.76%   
North Carolina 1.51%    1.66%    1.52%    6.22%    5.95%    1.48%   
South Carolina 1.35%    1.54%    0.85%    3.85%    2.33%    1.53%   
Virginia 1.16%    1.16%    4.69%    2.25%    3.88%    1.14%   
West Virginia 2.14%    2.54%    2.05%    5.80%    5.20%    2.20%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.07%    1.18%    3.26%    1.73%    3.92%    0.91%   
Kentucky 2.37%    2.63%    2.76%    3.91%    3.05%    2.79%   
Mississippi 1.20%    1.33%    3.58%    0.21%    3.51%    1.14%   
Tennessee 2.04%    2.27%    3.42%    4.24%    5.04%    2.17%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.51%    2.75%    1.04%    3.41%    3.34%    3.19%   
Louisiana 1.90%    2.03%    --    4.33%    6.69%    1.59%   
Oklahoma 1.70%    1.91%    2.85%    2.60%    4.29%    1.61%   
Texas 1.17%    1.24%    4.61%    5.49%    3.34%    1.23%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.13%    1.23%    2.77%    5.93%    3.68%    1.02%   
Colorado 2.84%    3.22%    4.20%    3.34%    9.38%    2.93%   
Idaho 3.25%    3.80%    2.87%    4.61%    5.07%    3.70%   
Montana 2.37%    2.81%    4.04%    6.79%    4.29%    2.71%   
Nevada 1.55%    1.85%    3.04%    2.54%    3.57%    1.72%   
New Mexico 2.73%    3.18%    1.37%    4.22%    7.46%    2.83%   
Utah 1.98%    2.37%    1.69%    2.98%    7.27%    1.87%   
Wyoming 2.22%    2.44%    3.30%    11.50%    7.72%    2.27%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.86%    3.24%    5.19%    6.20%    4.97%    3.16%   
California 1.27%    1.43%    1.16%    6.49%    5.82%    1.13%   
Hawaii 1.23%    1.43%    2.54%    2.04%    4.76%    1.19%   
Oregon 2.41%    2.83%    4.26%    6.40%    5.76%    2.62%   
Washington 2.00%    2.27%    4.93%    3.10%    6.82%    2.07%   

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.