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, 2017
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 76.8%    87.2%    64.0%    35.4%    51.6%    83.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.5%    86.6%    65.9%    33.4%    43.3%    80.8%   
Maine 76.6%    89.6%    57.6%    33.8%    49.8%    86.3%   
Massachusetts 74.6%    88.4%    66.6%    37.0%    43.5%    79.4%   
New Hampshire 73.1%    89.5%    58.1%    27.9%    47.8%    78.9%   
Rhode Island 75.8%    89.3%    67.7%    34.8%    46.8%    79.3%   
Vermont 71.1%    84.7%    61.2%    30.0%    40.5%    75.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 75.0%    86.6%    60.3%    30.7%    49.9%    80.9%   
New York 74.2%    84.4%    65.9%    36.7%    43.4%    79.2%   
Pennsylvania 73.4%    85.2%    64.2%    29.2%    51.0%    80.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.6%    87.4%    60.4%    33.7%    53.2%    84.8%   
Indiana 76.2%    84.9%    64.4%    32.5%    48.3%    83.1%   
Michigan 77.6%    87.9%    67.0%    33.6%    40.8%    84.9%   
Ohio 77.7%    87.3%    65.2%    34.2%    49.2%    84.3%   
Wisconsin 79.2%    90.5%    74.9%    24.0%    41.4%    89.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    91.9%    72.4%    30.9%    47.2%    85.0%   
Kansas 74.5%    84.9%    58.5%    30.8%    41.2%    82.2%   
Minnesota 77.2%    89.5%    60.6%    34.6%    43.4%    82.0%   
Missouri 78.2%    89.9%    62.6%    34.3%    57.5%    85.1%   
Nebraska 77.7%    85.6%    65.9%    35.9%    48.1%    84.3%   
North Dakota 76.7%    86.5%    66.7%    38.7%    42.2%    82.0%   
South Dakota 79.9%    88.4%    69.2%    37.5%    53.4%    85.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 72.4%    88.4%    64.9%    35.2%    42.1%    81.5%   
District of Columbia 77.5%    86.1%    59.9%    31.3%    --    78.0%   
Florida 79.7%    90.4%    66.7%    33.6%    55.8%    84.9%   
Georgia 76.6%    85.5%    63.1%    33.9%    53.2%    84.9%   
Maryland 77.1%    86.6%    58.8%    36.1%    51.5%    81.4%   
North Carolina 74.9%    85.6%    60.8%    29.8%    47.7%    84.7%   
South Carolina 75.4%    86.2%    62.6%    30.8%    51.0%    84.7%   
Virginia 74.2%    85.3%    59.4%    35.1%    46.0%    81.7%   
West Virginia 80.1%    90.8%    57.2%    34.1%    58.4%    90.8%   
East South Central:
Alabama 82.3%    91.7%    65.0%    41.7%    60.2%    91.6%   
Kentucky 78.0%    85.9%    65.8%    25.9%    59.4%    83.7%   
Mississippi 77.1%    84.9%    63.4%    40.9%    65.4%    83.9%   
Tennessee 76.9%    85.6%    70.2%    38.6%    57.0%    85.2%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.0%    91.0%    65.0%    35.3%    61.1%    86.4%   
Louisiana 75.4%    83.0%    68.4%    39.0%    59.5%    82.4%   
Oklahoma 76.4%    89.1%    63.1%    31.0%    51.4%    85.8%   
Texas 77.7%    86.6%    63.9%    39.3%    56.2%    84.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 77.6%    89.3%    61.0%    41.1%    55.7%    83.5%   
Colorado 80.2%    88.6%    76.1%    32.6%    40.1%    85.3%   
Idaho 79.8%    92.2%    69.0%    38.0%    60.1%    87.5%   
Montana 79.7%    87.6%    62.4%    39.4%    52.1%    84.9%   
Nevada 74.8%    83.6%    70.4%    37.8%    56.9%    82.2%   
New Mexico 75.7%    87.0%    76.4%    33.9%    53.9%    83.7%   
Utah 78.3%    88.4%    71.5%    36.2%    54.6%    85.2%   
Wyoming 75.0%    87.5%    46.9%    27.4%    43.8%    84.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.6%    88.9%    70.9%    35.2%    52.2%    82.5%   
California 77.2%    88.1%    58.7%    37.7%    51.2%    81.9%   
Hawaii 78.6%    90.2%    65.2%    41.7%    64.7%    81.9%   
Oregon 77.1%    85.2%    59.6%    38.0%    50.8%    81.9%   
Washington 76.4%    82.4%    64.2%    53.9%    46.8%    79.6%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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, 2017
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 0.39%    0.38%    0.87%    0.75%    0.81%    0.40%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.95%    1.60%    5.17%    3.01%    4.53%    1.82%   
Maine 2.14%    1.45%    3.91%    4.16%    4.07%    1.69%   
Massachusetts 1.80%    1.54%    3.13%    3.44%    4.71%    1.71%   
New Hampshire 2.24%    1.33%    4.24%    2.51%    4.86%    2.32%   
Rhode Island 2.12%    1.59%    1.86%    5.52%    4.20%    2.26%   
Vermont 2.22%    2.07%    2.18%    2.87%    3.59%    2.20%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.80%    1.62%    5.13%    2.26%    4.98%    1.65%   
New York 2.06%    2.38%    3.11%    3.00%    3.40%    2.17%   
Pennsylvania 1.87%    2.35%    1.72%    1.67%    4.15%    1.98%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.09%    1.51%    3.36%    2.73%    4.00%    1.84%   
Indiana 2.53%    2.58%    3.48%    3.59%    4.72%    2.50%   
Michigan 2.15%    1.85%    3.52%    5.35%    4.75%    1.75%   
Ohio 1.91%    2.11%    2.65%    4.14%    3.91%    2.02%   
Wisconsin 2.28%    1.45%    3.46%    2.76%    5.03%    1.46%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.29%    1.04%    3.32%    2.55%    4.43%    1.60%   
Kansas 2.62%    2.89%    5.82%    2.73%    3.74%    2.84%   
Minnesota 1.85%    1.48%    1.71%    3.97%    3.21%    1.90%   
Missouri 2.38%    1.80%    2.19%    4.02%    3.82%    2.27%   
Nebraska 1.83%    1.76%    3.33%    4.16%    5.24%    1.35%   
North Dakota 1.62%    1.61%    2.75%    3.88%    5.14%    1.32%   
South Dakota 1.54%    0.98%    2.34%    5.04%    4.90%    1.01%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.20%    1.67%    2.93%    3.65%    4.84%    1.87%   
District of Columbia 2.00%    2.12%    3.31%    3.48%    --    2.06%   
Florida 1.81%    1.32%    2.36%    3.00%    4.12%    1.74%   
Georgia 2.45%    2.35%    3.10%    5.37%    5.04%    2.32%   
Maryland 1.79%    1.58%    3.43%    3.90%    6.22%    1.74%   
North Carolina 1.84%    2.00%    3.10%    2.75%    3.38%    1.80%   
South Carolina 1.91%    1.89%    3.29%    2.96%    3.64%    1.87%   
Virginia 2.23%    2.57%    3.17%    3.61%    4.18%    2.45%   
West Virginia 1.91%    1.26%    2.62%    3.90%    3.31%    1.42%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.90%    1.39%    3.12%    4.43%    3.57%    1.48%   
Kentucky 1.95%    1.97%    3.05%    2.97%    4.64%    2.03%   
Mississippi 2.92%    3.66%    2.68%    4.62%    3.81%    4.17%   
Tennessee 1.95%    1.92%    5.00%    3.80%    3.74%    2.00%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.20%    1.24%    5.78%    2.64%    4.33%    2.10%   
Louisiana 2.56%    3.15%    5.56%    4.61%    5.17%    2.55%   
Oklahoma 1.80%    1.43%    1.88%    2.41%    3.34%    1.82%   
Texas 1.66%    1.76%    3.28%    4.23%    3.33%    1.76%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.43%    1.69%    2.82%    3.96%    4.64%    2.63%   
Colorado 2.07%    2.31%    3.72%    4.96%    5.12%    2.10%   
Idaho 2.05%    1.34%    5.00%    2.76%    4.57%    1.65%   
Montana 1.81%    1.28%    6.08%    6.94%    4.08%    1.58%   
Nevada 2.20%    2.29%    2.39%    7.82%    4.70%    2.18%   
New Mexico 1.99%    1.89%    3.15%    3.81%    4.12%    1.99%   
Utah 2.07%    2.20%    5.09%    3.73%    6.74%    1.84%   
Wyoming 2.57%    1.65%    6.44%    3.24%    5.95%    1.70%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.27%    1.82%    3.95%    3.60%    10.99%    2.25%   
California 1.55%    1.32%    4.85%    2.51%    4.02%    1.66%   
Hawaii 1.86%    1.09%    4.35%    4.19%    4.40%    2.09%   
Oregon 3.49%    4.69%    3.12%    2.93%    3.72%    4.21%   
Washington 2.17%    2.70%    2.62%    7.10%    5.21%    2.27%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.