Table IX.A.1 Health insurance offer, eligibility, take up rates for private-sector establishments and employees for areas within United States: United States, 2002

State / Area Percent of establishments that offer health insurance   Percent of employees in establishments that offer   Percent of employees eligible for health insurance in establishments that offer   Percent of employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in establishments that offer   Percent of employees that are enrolled in establishments that offer  
ALABAMA
Birmingham-Hoover 60.2% 93.9% 70.6% 76.4% 54.0%
Remainder of state 61.1% 89.2% 81.0% 72.6% 58.8%
 
ALASKA**
 
ARIZONA
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 55.9% 89.0% 77.1% 82.4% 63.6%
Remainder of state 45.3% 83.1% 68.0% 79.3% 53.9%
 
ARKANSAS**
 
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 56.6% 87.9% 79.7% 81.1% 64.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 55.9% 73.1% 73.6% 78.5% 57.8%
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville 69.3% 89.9% 77.0% 81.9% 63.1%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 53.2% 90.3% 81.3% 77.0% 62.6%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 63.1% 91.3% 74.5% 84.3% 62.8%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 68.9% 93.3% 87.1% 81.1% 70.6%
Remainder of state 47.5% 77.5% 64.2% 80.7% 51.8%
 
COLORADO
Denver-Aurora 65.1% 91.7% 82.2% 79.6% 65.5%
Remainder of state 51.9% 83.0% 74.3% 83.8% 62.2%
 
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 67.3% 93.5% 80.7% 84.6% 68.2%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 63.7% 95.5% 70.2% 80.0% 56.2%
New Haven-Milford 59.2% 82.2% 76.2% 80.1% 61.1%
Remainder of state 57.1% 94.2% 64.1% 85.9% 55.1%
 
DELAWARE
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, DE portion 55.0% 90.6% 81.0% 84.5% 68.5%
Remainder of state 59.5% 85.9% 70.6% 78.9% 55.7%
 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA**
 
FLORIDA
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach 50.2% 89.1% 84.2% 87.7% 73.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee 54.9% 89.4% 58.2% 82.8% 48.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 68.2% 94.5% 73.3% 79.8% 58.6%
Remainder of state 53.2% 85.2% 76.0% 80.8% 61.5%
 
GEORGIA
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta 58.8% 93.4% 81.3% 83.2% 67.6%
Remainder of state 47.8% 83.5% 75.1% 71.9% 54.0%
 
HAWAII
Honolulu 87.5% 98.0% 85.3% 81.8% 69.8%
Remainder of state 93.3% 98.5% 81.6% 85.8% 70.0%
 
IDAHO**
 
ILLINOIS
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL portion 62.2% 91.1% 78.6% 83.2% 65.4%
Remainder of state 52.5% 86.3% 75.0% 80.0% 60.0%
 
INDIANA
Indianapolis 62.5% 91.5% 81.4% 82.0% 66.7%
Remainder of state 58.2% 87.6% 72.8% 84.2% 61.3%
 
IOWA
Des Moines 64.6% 91.1% 77.4% 79.8% 61.8%
Remainder of state 43.6% 84.0% 80.3% 78.2% 62.8%
 
KANSAS
Kansas City, KS portion 63.5% 93.1% 79.5% 78.6% 62.5%
Wichita 51.9% 91.0% 66.1% 80.6% 53.2%
Remainder of state 48.7% 80.5% 74.9% 77.9% 58.4%
 
KENTUCKY
Louisville, KY portion 74.6% 94.0% 81.4% 83.4% 67.9%
Remainder of state 53.5% 87.8% 80.2% 85.4% 68.5%
 
LOUISIANA
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 55.5% 86.4% 75.8% 81.8% 62.0%
Remainder of state 53.1% 86.2% 72.5% 80.5% 58.4%
 
MAINE
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford 61.0% 89.1% 73.7% 74.8% 55.2%
Remainder of state 52.4% 78.5% 77.3% 80.1% 61.9%
 
MARYLAND
Baltimore-Towson 65.5% 93.2% 79.3% 75.7% 60.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, MD portion 58.7% 85.4% 73.0% 76.8% 56.1%
Remainder of state 54.0% 85.6% 75.2% 75.8% 57.0%
 
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA portion 67.0% 94.3% 75.6% 79.9% 60.4%
Remainder of state 54.7% 86.5% 71.0% 79.6% 56.5%
 
MICHIGAN
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 64.6% 92.6% 80.5% 82.4% 66.4%
Remainder of state 62.5% 90.6% 68.7% 81.0% 55.7%
 
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN portion 63.2% 91.8% 73.6% 79.1% 58.2%
Remainder of state 47.7% 82.3% 73.8% 82.0% 60.5%
 
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson 53.0% 86.8% 68.5% 86.1% 59.0%
Remainder of state 47.2% 83.5% 78.6% 78.1% 61.4%
 
MISSOURI
Kansas City, MO portion 60.9% 93.4% 71.6% 79.4% 56.9%
St. Louis, MO portion 65.5% 93.4% 72.0% 82.5% 59.4%
Remainder of state 47.4% 82.1% 75.7% 81.7% 61.8%
 
MONTANA
Billings 59.1% 76.5% 75.4% 82.1% 61.9%
Remainder of state 45.2% 71.9% 75.2% 83.8% 63.1%
 
NEBRASKA
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE portion 49.3% 92.6% 84.6% 82.4% 69.8%
Remainder of state 41.0% 77.6% 78.0% 78.1% 60.9%
 
NEVADA
Las Vegas-Paradise 63.4% 93.4% 75.1% 80.9% 60.8%
Remainder of state 59.5% 85.7% 71.9% 78.7% 56.6%
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, NH portion 75.6% 93.0% 62.2% 77.0% 47.9%
Manchester-Nashua 69.3% 91.6% 70.4% 79.8% 56.2%
Remainder of state 58.9% 88.4% 76.6% 81.2% 62.2%
 
NEW JERSEY
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NJ portion 63.0% 91.9% 78.2% 84.0% 65.6%
Remainder of state 60.5% 87.3% 73.8% 78.4% 57.9%
 
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque 59.0% 84.4% 65.1% 78.5% 51.1%
Remainder of state 39.3% 71.9% 74.4% 70.0% 52.1%
 
NEW YORK
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY portion 55.2% 89.8% 80.1% 80.4% 64.4%
Remainder of state 60.2% 92.1% 71.8% 72.9% 52.4%
 
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC portion 65.0% 92.4% 76.1% 82.2% 62.6%
Remainder of state 47.9% 87.0% 85.8% 83.8% 72.0%
 
NORTH DAKOTA**
 
OHIO
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH portion 76.7% 94.7% 67.0% 72.8% 48.8%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 76.7% 94.7% 80.8% 77.3% 62.5%
Columbus 69.7% 94.4% 77.3% 78.3% 60.6%
Remainder of state 59.8% 87.4% 82.2% 79.8% 65.6%
 
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City 48.3% 86.3% 74.5% 77.9% 58.0%
Tulsa 58.2% 90.3% 80.1% 75.9% 60.8%
Remainder of state 52.5% 77.5% 77.3% 78.3% 60.5%
 
OREGON
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR portion 64.7% 92.3% 77.9% 84.6% 66.0%
Remainder of state 53.6% 81.2% 71.6% 87.6% 62.7%
 
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA portion 68.8% 95.4% 84.4% 79.7% 67.3%
Pittsburgh 65.4% 86.6% 81.3% 85.0% 69.1%
Remainder of state 63.8% 88.7% 77.1% 84.9% 65.4%
 
RHODE ISLAND**
 
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia 65.8% 89.5% 78.9% 79.0% 62.4%
Remainder of state 44.3% 78.0% 77.8% 81.0% 63.0%
 
SOUTH DAKOTA**
 
TENNESSEE
Memphis, TN portion 64.9% 86.3% 72.0% 72.5% 52.2%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro 57.8% 75.5% 87.8% 86.5% 76.0%
Remainder of state 49.0% 84.0% 79.4% 77.6% 61.6%
 
TEXAS
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 51.8% 89.5% 78.7% 88.5% 69.7%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 59.0% 89.6% 76.4% 85.0% 64.9%
San Antonio 53.5% 86.6% 75.9% 78.9% 59.9%
Remainder of state 48.1% 81.4% 82.8% 83.2% 68.9%
 
UTAH
Ogden-Clearfield 56.7% 87.7% 73.9% 77.8% 57.5%
Provo-Orem 44.9% 89.1% 87.2% 85.7% 74.7%
Salt Lake City 63.6% 90.5% 79.6% 79.7% 63.4%
Remainder of state 39.2% 74.8% 73.3% 77.6% 56.9%
 
VERMONT**
 
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA portion 58.2% 90.0% 75.8% 58.0% 43.9%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, VA portion 65.5% 93.4% 69.4% 80.7% 56.0%
Remainder of state 54.7% 87.3% 77.5% 82.0% 63.6%
 
WASHINGTON
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 61.9% 88.4% 79.5% 86.1% 68.5%
Remainder of state 50.5% 85.5% 72.8% 71.6% 52.1%
 
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston 59.4% 86.4% 83.4% 69.0% 57.6%
Remainder of state 54.4% 82.6% 76.5% 78.3% 59.9%
 
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 67.1% 94.4% 74.1% 81.5% 60.4%
Remainder of state 57.4% 87.5% 76.6% 80.9% 61.9%
 
WYOMING
Cheyenne 56.1% 85.3% 71.2% 78.9% 56.2%
Remainder of state 46.1% 72.0% 71.8% 82.8% 59.4%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Costs Trends, 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definition of each area can be found in the Technical Notes and Survey Documentation.
** Insufficient sample size in 2002 to produce estimates for this State.



Table IX.A.1 Standard errors for health insurance offer, eligibility, take up rates for private-sector establishments and employees for areas within United States: United States, 2002

State / Area Percent of establishments that offer health insurance   Percent of employees in establishments that offer   Percent of employees eligible for health insurance in establishments that offer   Percent of employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in establishments that offer   Percent of employees that are enrolled in establishments that offer  
ALABAMA
Birmingham-Hoover 6.38% 5.40% 4.45% 3.59% 3.02%
Remainder of state 1.70% 1.12% 1.27% 1.99% 1.71%
 
ALASKA**
 
ARIZONA
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 2.85% 1.18% 1.91% 2.69% 2.59%
Remainder of state 3.08% 2.49% 4.70% 3.03% 4.45%
 
ARKANSAS**
 
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 2.06% 1.21% 2.37% 1.55% 2.76%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 5.65% 8.48% 4.56% 3.85% 4.12%
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville 4.21% 3.42% 5.37% 4.05% 5.35%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 3.42% 2.63% 4.36% 3.48% 4.88%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 2.85% 2.74% 4.05% 2.91% 4.28%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 5.90% 2.30% 4.76% 2.91% 3.82%
Remainder of state 2.65% 1.96% 4.18% 3.33% 4.79%
 
COLORADO
Denver-Aurora 4.17% 5.08% 2.08% 1.95% 2.96%
Remainder of state 4.95% 2.73% 5.45% 2.83% 5.18%
 
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk 4.32% 1.92% 3.70% 2.25% 3.81%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 4.97% 1.10% 5.54% 2.99% 5.13%
New Haven-Milford 7.49% 7.50% 2.47% 3.22% 2.72%
Remainder of state 5.19% 4.56% 6.38% 5.24% 6.05%
 
DELAWARE
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, DE portion 4.51% 2.24% 1.93% 1.63% 2.28%
Remainder of state 4.16% 4.65% 3.80% 4.40% 5.27%
 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA**
 
FLORIDA
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach 5.50% 2.18% 4.49% 3.73% 5.72%
Orlando-Kissimmee 5.42% 5.39% 9.73% 3.73% 9.96%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 5.24% 2.42% 4.92% 2.18% 4.15%
Remainder of state 1.73% 2.36% 3.75% 1.84% 2.97%
 
GEORGIA
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta 2.75% 1.58% 4.01% 1.79% 3.48%
Remainder of state 4.27% 2.78% 3.40% 5.02% 3.69%
 
HAWAII
Honolulu 1.71% 0.45% 1.64% 2.03% 2.11%
Remainder of state 2.18% 0.54% 3.21% 3.40% 3.73%
 
IDAHO**
 
ILLINOIS
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL portion 2.58% 1.88% 2.65% 0.85% 2.54%
Remainder of state 3.41% 1.89% 3.63% 1.95% 3.77%
 
INDIANA
Indianapolis 3.58% 2.66% 1.87% 2.77% 2.71%
Remainder of state 2.83% 1.44% 3.28% 1.34% 2.85%
 
IOWA
Des Moines 6.65% 2.15% 3.33% 2.54% 2.56%
Remainder of state 2.77% 1.88% 2.08% 2.68% 3.10%
 
KANSAS
Kansas City, KS portion 4.57% 2.38% 3.80% 1.37% 3.35%
Wichita 8.51% 5.52% 5.68% 4.44% 6.55%
Remainder of state 4.47% 2.83% 3.35% 2.97% 2.99%
 
KENTUCKY
Louisville, KY portion 4.73% 2.50% 3.50% 3.26% 3.86%
Remainder of state 1.35% 1.32% 2.56% 1.99% 2.41%
 
LOUISIANA
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 3.81% 2.62% 3.52% 3.39% 4.07%
Remainder of state 2.84% 2.24% 1.43% 2.00% 1.74%
 
MAINE
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford 4.57% 2.08% 3.70% 2.70% 3.88%
Remainder of state 3.92% 4.19% 3.10% 1.35% 2.23%
 
MARYLAND
Baltimore-Towson 2.34% 0.99% 2.92% 1.53% 2.56%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, MD portion 2.91% 3.69% 2.66% 1.94% 2.44%
Remainder of state 4.70% 2.45% 5.64% 2.20% 4.96%
 
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA portion 3.54% 1.53% 4.60% 1.29% 4.21%
Remainder of state 2.97% 1.99% 3.81% 1.86% 3.01%
 
MICHIGAN
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 3.13% 1.04% 2.06% 2.87% 3.36%
Remainder of state 1.56% 1.25% 4.46% 2.04% 3.63%
 
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN portion 2.55% 1.92% 3.64% 1.96% 3.97%
Remainder of state 3.25% 2.21% 3.72% 2.79% 4.14%
 
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson 3.88% 3.92% 7.29% 3.82% 6.86%
Remainder of state 2.29% 2.82% 3.10% 3.88% 4.35%
 
MISSOURI
Kansas City, MO portion 6.12% 2.03% 4.79% 4.46% 6.21%
St. Louis, MO portion 2.77% 1.52% 4.77% 2.22% 3.87%
Remainder of state 3.53% 2.97% 2.76% 2.17% 2.22%
 
MONTANA
Billings 5.56% 6.06% 7.67% 2.55% 6.90%
Remainder of state 4.06% 2.70% 2.38% 1.15% 2.51%
 
NEBRASKA
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE portion 4.68% 2.65% 3.56% 2.03% 3.40%
Remainder of state 3.41% 1.96% 2.36% 2.23% 2.89%
 
NEVADA
Las Vegas-Paradise 3.31% 1.51% 2.61% 2.44% 3.08%
Remainder of state 3.71% 2.92% 5.96% 6.45% 6.31%
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, NH portion 3.22% 3.21% 4.88% 2.44% 4.33%
Manchester-Nashua 3.64% 2.05% 3.76% 2.93% 3.42%
Remainder of state 3.97% 1.85% 2.55% 1.64% 2.45%
 
NEW JERSEY
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NJ portion 4.08% 1.36% 3.27% 1.16% 3.30%
Remainder of state 3.77% 3.54% 5.04% 3.84% 6.17%
 
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque 4.05% 2.22% 4.68% 2.13% 3.97%
Remainder of state 4.05% 3.50% 2.66% 3.84% 4.04%
 
NEW YORK
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY portion 2.64% 1.66% 1.80% 1.82% 2.35%
Remainder of state 2.17% 1.22% 3.79% 1.66% 2.61%
 
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC portion 5.86% 3.42% 4.83% 4.55% 5.65%
Remainder of state 2.70% 1.84% 2.30% 2.53% 3.27%
 
NORTH DAKOTA**
 
OHIO
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH portion 7.37% 2.52% 2.87% 3.85% 3.46%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 5.84% 1.39% 2.93% 2.37% 2.65%
Columbus 5.72% 1.63% 3.23% 2.08% 3.08%
Remainder of state 2.28% 1.82% 1.64% 2.88% 3.11%
 
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City 4.07% 5.71% 6.30% 2.89% 5.85%
Tulsa 5.89% 2.20% 3.09% 3.38% 3.77%
Remainder of state 3.82% 2.00% 2.31% 2.79% 3.05%
 
OREGON
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR portion 3.42% 1.00% 3.16% 1.95% 3.19%
Remainder of state 3.85% 1.81% 2.41% 1.27% 2.46%
 
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA portion 3.62% 0.61% 3.37% 2.79% 3.43%
Pittsburgh 5.13% 3.98% 1.01% 1.89% 1.99%
Remainder of state 3.00% 3.64% 1.70% 1.23% 1.64%
 
RHODE ISLAND**
 
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia 3.37% 1.45% 5.66% 2.96% 5.40%
Remainder of state 1.90% 2.61% 2.74% 2.49% 2.52%
 
SOUTH DAKOTA**
 
TENNESSEE
Memphis, TN portion 3.60% 3.09% 4.83% 3.75% 4.12%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro 2.84% 6.52% 3.33% 1.24% 2.79%
Remainder of state 3.38% 2.87% 4.52% 3.09% 4.19%
 
TEXAS
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 2.08% 1.36% 2.98% 1.37% 2.84%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 5.05% 1.90% 2.82% 3.97% 4.57%
San Antonio 6.68% 6.10% 5.25% 2.81% 4.46%
Remainder of state 3.71% 2.83% 1.66% 1.90% 2.36%
 
UTAH
Ogden-Clearfield 6.01% 3.26% 4.80% 3.93% 4.74%
Provo-Orem 5.90% 4.48% 6.13% 2.57% 6.01%
Salt Lake City 2.81% 1.00% 2.64% 3.33% 3.57%
Remainder of state 3.73% 6.49% 5.56% 4.77% 5.89%
 
VERMONT**
 
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA portion 3.67% 1.89% 5.06% 5.79% 6.30%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, VA portion 3.03% 1.86% 4.37% 3.87% 4.11%
Remainder of state 2.41% 1.64% 1.82% 1.81% 2.15%
 
WASHINGTON
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 2.38% 2.46% 3.17% 2.30% 3.13%
Remainder of state 3.63% 1.43% 3.43% 3.66% 3.82%
 
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston 5.57% 3.30% 3.17% 6.47% 5.69%
Remainder of state 1.82% 1.60% 2.71% 1.72% 1.76%
 
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis 5.27% 0.92% 5.44% 2.24% 4.45%
Remainder of state 2.86% 1.72% 1.98% 1.70% 2.58%
 
WYOMING
Cheyenne 3.20% 3.88% 5.59% 2.78% 5.04%
Remainder of state 2.91% 2.39% 3.72% 2.11% 3.50%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Costs Trends, 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definition of each area can be found in the Technical Notes and Survey Documentation.
** Insufficient sample size in 2002 to produce estimates for this State.