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, 2018
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 78.0%    87.9%    65.2%    35.8%    53.6%    83.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 73.6%    88.3%    64.7%    31.6%    40.6%    78.0%   
Maine 77.9%    88.3%    65.2%    34.6%    61.0%    81.0%   
Massachusetts 76.0%    90.3%    62.5%    30.3%    52.8%    78.1%   
New Hampshire 75.8%    88.4%    65.7%    32.0%    48.0%    80.7%   
Rhode Island 73.5%    84.8%    64.2%    27.1%    51.8%    78.5%   
Vermont 72.1%    83.4%    63.0%    39.6%    42.2%    76.0%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 76.0%    85.3%    59.3%    29.2%    44.8%    82.3%   
New York 73.3%    84.6%    68.8%    32.4%    38.6%    79.0%   
Pennsylvania 80.1%    89.3%    67.5%    44.0%    54.6%    85.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    84.0%    69.0%    42.5%    49.7%    80.1%   
Indiana 78.8%    90.2%    53.2%    31.7%    50.9%    87.5%   
Michigan 78.3%    89.4%    58.2%    32.7%    54.1%    82.2%   
Ohio 81.0%    92.1%    68.1%    37.6%    55.4%    87.8%   
Wisconsin 77.4%    86.8%    71.7%    30.4%    48.9%    82.0%   
West North Central:
Iowa 76.4%    87.9%    70.1%    32.5%    46.1%    82.9%   
Kansas 71.8%    85.4%    57.9%    27.5%    43.8%    82.1%   
Minnesota 79.1%    90.0%    72.0%    29.3%    47.2%    85.2%   
Missouri 81.0%    92.6%    67.1%    36.1%    50.8%    88.8%   
Nebraska 80.7%    91.2%    68.8%    32.1%    50.7%    86.8%   
North Dakota 78.9%    89.3%    71.0%    31.7%    48.4%    82.3%   
South Dakota 74.9%    86.2%    68.9%    32.6%    53.0%    80.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 76.4%    84.2%    66.2%    39.7%    62.7%    80.4%   
District of Columbia 83.8%    90.4%    59.5%    39.1%    --    83.9%   
Florida 74.4%    84.4%    65.4%    34.5%    54.6%    82.5%   
Georgia 79.6%    88.7%    53.3%    31.3%    55.4%    86.2%   
Maryland 76.6%    87.4%    64.8%    36.6%    50.2%    80.4%   
North Carolina 79.0%    91.7%    57.8%    40.2%    57.4%    89.9%   
South Carolina 80.2%    89.9%    57.0%    30.7%    49.6%    88.2%   
Virginia 78.4%    87.0%    68.0%    42.3%    53.6%    84.8%   
West Virginia 74.8%    86.7%    55.6%    35.2%    54.1%    85.4%   
East South Central:
Alabama 83.6%    93.5%    60.2%    39.2%    74.1%    88.3%   
Kentucky 79.1%    87.8%    68.2%    24.5%    49.6%    87.2%   
Mississippi 77.1%    87.1%    59.8%    31.0%    59.4%    85.8%   
Tennessee 76.5%    86.3%    62.4%    38.6%    56.6%    85.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 77.0%    87.6%    58.9%    37.4%    57.8%    86.4%   
Louisiana 79.6%    88.3%    58.2%    37.9%    63.7%    86.7%   
Oklahoma 76.7%    87.8%    57.9%    35.5%    55.0%    86.5%   
Texas 81.9%    89.9%    62.3%    35.9%    53.9%    89.0%   
Mountain:
Arizona 77.7%    84.1%    63.9%    41.1%    54.7%    81.5%   
Colorado 78.7%    86.4%    --    30.9%    57.6%    83.3%   
Idaho 77.5%    87.8%    76.8%    35.9%    47.7%    87.5%   
Montana 75.9%    82.6%    66.1%    37.4%    57.2%    79.5%   
Nevada 75.9%    86.4%    68.9%    31.7%    62.4%    82.6%   
New Mexico 72.0%    84.0%    66.4%    27.3%    51.2%    80.2%   
Utah 79.1%    88.1%    74.6%    23.5%    44.0%    85.9%   
Wyoming 77.0%    88.8%    66.6%    31.0%    53.9%    84.7%   
Pacific:
Alaska 77.4%    83.3%    71.0%    30.3%    45.5%    84.1%   
California 78.3%    87.2%    69.3%    39.6%    56.3%    81.6%   
Hawaii 76.1%    88.2%    76.2%    37.7%    59.5%    79.3%   
Oregon 80.6%    91.0%    61.0%    35.9%    48.8%    82.3%   
Washington 79.1%    89.8%    65.9%    44.6%    62.2%    80.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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, 2018
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 0.41%    0.43%    0.75%    0.80%    1.00%    0.41%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.87%    1.97%    2.60%    5.11%    7.29%    3.03%   
Maine 1.67%    1.39%    2.91%    3.86%    5.63%    1.79%   
Massachusetts 2.02%    1.66%    2.89%    3.05%    8.30%    2.06%   
New Hampshire 2.17%    1.61%    3.22%    3.01%    4.91%    2.19%   
Rhode Island 1.84%    1.83%    1.57%    2.50%    3.82%    1.78%   
Vermont 2.03%    1.96%    3.61%    4.66%    5.67%    2.08%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.47%    2.33%    6.80%    4.45%    5.07%    2.13%   
New York 1.70%    1.55%    4.16%    2.28%    2.59%    1.71%   
Pennsylvania 1.44%    1.34%    2.43%    3.71%    4.47%    1.36%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.20%    2.29%    4.92%    5.15%    6.48%    2.20%   
Indiana 2.26%    1.30%    4.18%    2.72%    5.40%    1.43%   
Michigan 2.03%    1.56%    3.83%    4.39%    6.15%    2.08%   
Ohio 1.72%    1.11%    2.15%    5.35%    3.66%    1.64%   
Wisconsin 2.24%    1.99%    4.61%    3.14%    4.47%    2.40%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.15%    2.29%    2.35%    2.97%    4.71%    2.19%   
Kansas 2.46%    2.23%    4.26%    1.53%    4.22%    2.26%   
Minnesota 1.84%    1.53%    3.15%    3.52%    6.37%    1.69%   
Missouri 1.94%    1.50%    3.94%    4.09%    5.27%    1.39%   
Nebraska 1.90%    1.42%    3.81%    2.90%    4.87%    1.58%   
North Dakota 1.68%    1.63%    3.29%    2.13%    5.24%    1.68%   
South Dakota 1.67%    1.56%    1.98%    2.60%    5.14%    1.68%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.18%    2.33%    2.90%    5.25%    4.52%    2.36%   
District of Columbia 1.98%    1.50%    7.84%    6.00%    --    1.99%   
Florida 3.37%    4.23%    3.63%    2.96%    4.00%    4.39%   
Georgia 1.86%    1.53%    4.65%    3.58%    4.06%    1.83%   
Maryland 1.86%    1.67%    3.73%    3.48%    5.85%    1.77%   
North Carolina 1.84%    1.15%    2.98%    6.31%    3.60%    1.16%   
South Carolina 1.76%    1.43%    6.39%    2.62%    4.30%    1.52%   
Virginia 2.17%    2.13%    5.01%    4.95%    5.67%    2.04%   
West Virginia 2.47%    2.32%    2.60%    3.09%    3.95%    2.26%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.00%    1.26%    2.39%    5.59%    7.05%    1.64%   
Kentucky 2.39%    2.52%    2.20%    2.63%    4.31%    2.43%   
Mississippi 2.74%    3.18%    5.52%    3.48%    3.82%    3.19%   
Tennessee 2.11%    1.99%    3.77%    4.64%    4.30%    1.87%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.91%    2.62%    4.25%    4.60%    3.69%    2.81%   
Louisiana 2.07%    1.29%    2.59%    4.58%    3.28%    1.64%   
Oklahoma 2.15%    1.94%    2.56%    2.83%    3.13%    2.28%   
Texas 1.28%    1.01%    3.65%    2.93%    3.14%    1.07%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.69%    3.36%    2.65%    4.83%    4.09%    3.15%   
Colorado 2.39%    2.31%    --    5.27%    6.18%    2.40%   
Idaho 2.09%    1.97%    3.34%    3.96%    5.25%    1.54%   
Montana 2.28%    2.40%    3.03%    3.54%    5.82%    2.37%   
Nevada 2.54%    2.10%    5.18%    4.05%    4.87%    2.68%   
New Mexico 1.82%    1.91%    3.22%    2.35%    3.73%    1.88%   
Utah 2.09%    1.38%    3.60%    2.72%    6.04%    1.41%   
Wyoming 2.65%    1.91%    3.42%    2.41%    6.13%    1.95%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.30%    2.07%    3.71%    5.92%    2.86%    2.17%   
California 1.45%    1.57%    2.02%    3.38%    6.48%    1.11%   
Hawaii 2.88%    1.68%    3.58%    5.30%    4.52%    3.33%   
Oregon 2.18%    1.27%    2.59%    4.83%    8.07%    2.25%   
Washington 2.05%    1.36%    6.01%    7.89%    7.07%    2.14%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.