Table VII.B.3.b.(1).(a) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 75.1%    76.6%    67.7%    64.6%    60.5%    77.2%   
New England:
Connecticut 74.9%    74.7%    76.2%    76.5%    66.6%    75.6%   
Maine 73.2%    74.7%    67.3%    66.0%    67.0%    74.5%   
Massachusetts 71.4%    73.5%    63.6%    65.4%    62.5%    72.1%   
New Hampshire 72.6%    75.0%    59.7%    69.8%    62.3%    74.1%   
Rhode Island 68.6%    68.2%    72.1%    64.3%    47.3%    70.1%   
Vermont 68.8%    69.8%    65.8%    64.2%    49.6%    70.1%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 70.0%    71.8%    64.3%    54.8%    62.7%    71.0%   
New York 73.0%    75.6%    61.4%    61.9%    49.9%    74.9%   
Pennsylvania 78.6%    79.1%    78.5%    71.7%    74.0%    79.5%   
East North Central:
Illinois 73.3%    74.1%    64.3%    72.5%    56.1%    76.4%   
Indiana 77.7%    78.6%    71.6%    71.5%    64.1%    79.4%   
Michigan 80.8%    82.3%    72.5%    73.0%    64.9%    82.1%   
Ohio 75.9%    77.5%    67.2%    64.1%    60.1%    77.7%   
Wisconsin 76.5%    77.3%    75.4%    57.1%    57.4%    78.7%   
West North Central:
Iowa 73.3%    73.9%    71.8%    70.2%    59.1%    75.8%   
Kansas 77.0%    78.7%    61.4%    69.4%    60.0%    78.8%   
Minnesota 76.1%    77.5%    66.4%    71.2%    52.1%    77.8%   
Missouri 77.3%    80.0%    64.7%    60.2%    56.6%    81.7%   
Nebraska 76.7%    78.3%    67.2%    69.7%    68.3%    77.8%   
North Dakota 78.4%    80.4%    69.8%    70.4%    61.5%    79.6%   
South Dakota 74.0%    75.1%    69.0%    66.7%    59.8%    75.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 75.0%    76.7%    71.9%    59.3%    63.6%    76.7%   
District of Columbia 72.4%    75.0%    58.4%    --    --    72.7%   
Florida 76.2%    77.3%    68.5%    69.1%    70.7%    76.9%   
Georgia 75.9%    76.7%    70.3%    66.2%    62.5%    78.6%   
Maryland 70.8%    72.0%    61.7%    67.5%    59.6%    72.0%   
North Carolina 76.8%    80.0%    58.6%    64.6%    57.8%    80.5%   
South Carolina 81.4%    83.4%    73.5%    64.2%    70.0%    83.9%   
Virginia 73.2%    74.5%    67.6%    63.9%    66.6%    74.2%   
West Virginia 74.0%    76.0%    60.3%    55.7%    58.0%    78.8%   
East South Central:
Alabama 73.4%    74.1%    72.2%    62.7%    60.6%    76.7%   
Kentucky 77.4%    79.5%    65.9%    50.6%    64.0%    80.3%   
Mississippi 74.0%    75.9%    67.1%    51.2%    65.2%    77.6%   
Tennessee 69.7%    72.6%    51.9%    58.0%    43.2%    76.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.2%    81.2%    68.6%    64.1%    71.8%    81.2%   
Louisiana 71.6%    73.1%    60.9%    65.8%    45.4%    78.8%   
Oklahoma 76.8%    78.6%    65.2%    67.3%    66.2%    79.0%   
Texas 74.7%    76.7%    60.9%    54.0%    50.3%    78.6%   
Mountain:
Arizona 73.6%    77.9%    55.3%    41.5%    55.1%    76.6%   
Colorado 71.8%    71.6%    75.7%    65.6%    66.1%    72.1%   
Idaho 78.7%    80.0%    70.6%    80.0%    64.3%    82.3%   
Montana 78.9%    79.2%    76.7%    77.7%    65.5%    80.5%   
Nevada 74.0%    74.9%    72.2%    62.4%    67.6%    75.6%   
New Mexico 67.7%    69.5%    63.3%    54.0%    48.7%    72.1%   
Utah 74.8%    76.6%    70.5%    58.8%    66.1%    76.3%   
Wyoming 75.8%    77.8%    63.0%    57.0%    59.8%    78.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 73.6%    75.9%    63.9%    52.0%    73.2%    73.6%   
California 75.0%    75.8%    73.1%    64.2%    62.2%    76.4%   
Hawaii 80.0%    78.8%    86.0%    79.1%    79.2%    80.1%   
Oregon 79.8%    80.7%    73.3%    74.5%    69.1%    81.0%   
Washington 80.1%    81.3%    66.9%    83.8%    65.3%    81.0%   

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.3.b.(1).(a) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 0.32%    0.35%    0.89%    1.16%    0.97%    0.33%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.53%    1.70%    4.76%    5.09%    7.15%    1.57%   
Maine 1.21%    1.36%    3.27%    6.16%    3.07%    1.35%   
Massachusetts 1.65%    1.88%    4.56%    3.85%    4.92%    1.74%   
New Hampshire 1.45%    1.47%    4.72%    4.34%    3.51%    1.55%   
Rhode Island 1.36%    1.60%    2.74%    7.39%    5.60%    1.37%   
Vermont 1.89%    2.27%    3.30%    4.25%    4.14%    1.96%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.71%    2.01%    3.37%    4.55%    4.46%    1.87%   
New York 1.40%    1.47%    3.83%    3.98%    4.67%    1.40%   
Pennsylvania 0.94%    1.05%    2.53%    4.10%    3.53%    0.97%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.42%    2.70%    5.03%    6.47%    4.91%    2.56%   
Indiana 1.88%    2.07%    3.93%    6.05%    3.36%    1.99%   
Michigan 1.32%    1.46%    3.17%    6.65%    5.46%    1.32%   
Ohio 1.71%    1.91%    3.89%    5.05%    4.74%    1.80%   
Wisconsin 1.56%    1.73%    3.18%    7.29%    4.29%    1.63%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.59%    2.00%    2.71%    3.65%    5.47%    1.49%   
Kansas 1.48%    1.55%    6.15%    5.11%    4.01%    1.54%   
Minnesota 1.51%    1.61%    5.07%    4.13%    5.67%    1.50%   
Missouri 1.57%    1.52%    6.31%    5.18%    4.61%    1.28%   
Nebraska 1.51%    1.62%    4.39%    6.11%    5.57%    1.58%   
North Dakota 1.15%    1.24%    3.56%    4.66%    4.53%    1.17%   
South Dakota 0.98%    1.04%    2.97%    6.39%    3.93%    0.90%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.83%    2.06%    4.33%    5.65%    4.55%    1.88%   
District of Columbia 2.04%    1.46%    10.08%    --    --    2.09%   
Florida 1.93%    2.10%    5.22%    4.72%    4.17%    2.08%   
Georgia 1.71%    1.84%    4.41%    6.18%    4.39%    1.74%   
Maryland 1.62%    1.78%    5.00%    5.58%    6.82%    1.68%   
North Carolina 1.57%    1.63%    4.26%    4.34%    4.41%    1.44%   
South Carolina 1.35%    1.39%    4.74%    6.83%    4.22%    1.37%   
Virginia 2.20%    2.46%    6.83%    4.92%    5.07%    2.41%   
West Virginia 2.24%    2.41%    4.22%    5.21%    4.22%    2.29%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.28%    2.60%    5.40%    4.56%    4.60%    2.47%   
Kentucky 1.44%    1.48%    4.73%    9.55%    4.53%    1.43%   
Mississippi 1.92%    1.99%    6.90%    6.22%    3.90%    2.07%   
Tennessee 2.29%    2.42%    8.61%    4.05%    5.18%    1.70%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.93%    2.07%    7.96%    4.81%    4.43%    2.15%   
Louisiana 2.14%    2.33%    7.36%    6.28%    3.53%    2.28%   
Oklahoma 1.55%    1.72%    2.92%    3.77%    3.38%    1.70%   
Texas 1.44%    1.54%    4.60%    4.19%    3.88%    1.39%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.39%    1.97%    4.91%    12.13%    4.16%    2.56%   
Colorado 1.80%    2.05%    3.32%    5.67%    5.19%    1.88%   
Idaho 1.37%    1.29%    6.04%    3.92%    3.97%    1.24%   
Montana 1.25%    1.31%    5.22%    5.34%    4.13%    1.25%   
Nevada 1.89%    2.12%    5.51%    6.05%    4.73%    2.07%   
New Mexico 1.83%    2.19%    4.94%    6.45%    3.27%    2.01%   
Utah 1.44%    1.58%    4.59%    4.64%    6.43%    1.36%   
Wyoming 1.57%    1.61%    6.28%    7.49%    4.95%    1.59%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.08%    2.22%    7.87%    3.94%    12.17%    2.08%   
California 1.10%    1.20%    3.53%    5.11%    4.99%    1.08%   
Hawaii 1.95%    2.29%    3.18%    5.65%    4.49%    2.16%   
Oregon 1.30%    1.41%    4.76%    3.41%    4.46%    1.35%   
Washington 1.96%    2.20%    5.21%    3.37%    6.52%    2.03%   

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.