Table IX.B.1(2011) Health insurance offer, eligibility and take up rates for private-sector establishments and employees by firm size for 20 largest metro areas: United States, 2011

METRO AREA	Percent of establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees in establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees eligible for health insurance in establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Less than 50 employees	44.0%	61.8%	80.4%	72.4%	58.2%
50 or more employees	96.0%	96.8%	78.9%	77.2%	60.9%
Total	52.8%	86.6%	79.2%	76.1%	60.3%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
Less than 50 employees	39.9%	56.8%	82.6%	80.9%	66.8%
50 or more employees	92.0%	94.0%	72.7%	81.9%	59.5%
Total	50.5%	82.6%	74.7%	81.7%	61.0%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Less than 50 employees	31.7%	56.7%	76.9%	79.4%	61.1%
50 or more employees	98.1%	98.0%	77.4%	78.7%	60.9%
Total	48.6%	89.1%	77.4%	78.8%	60.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Less than 50 employees	32.6%	53.5%	77.3%	74.5%	57.6%
50 or more employees	88.2%	94.0%	77.5%	75.1%	58.2%
Total	48.7%	85.0%	77.5%	75.0%	58.1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Less than 50 employees	52.5%	72.5%	76.5%	72.7%	55.6%
50 or more employees	97.1%	97.5%	78.1%	76.1%	59.4%
Total	64.8%	91.8%	77.8%	75.5%	58.7%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Less than 50 employees	34.4%	45.8%	93.3%	77.6%	72.3%
50 or more employees	93.8%	95.2%	79.0%	68.2%	53.9%
Total	52.6%	83.4%	80.9%	69.6%	56.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
Less than 50 employees	27.7%	46.0%	88.5%	78.4%	69.4%
50 or more employees	94.2%	91.0%	83.8%	73.0%	61.1%
Total	39.3%	79.5%	84.5%	73.8%	62.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Less than 50 employees	37.8%	57.2%	82.3%	71.0%	58.4%
50 or more employees	97.5%	97.0%	81.1%	77.5%	62.8%
Total	56.2%	87.6%	81.3%	76.4%	62.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
Less than 50 employees	31.4%	48.8%	82.4%	78.6%	64.8%
50 or more employees	96.3%	98.0%	81.0%	76.9%	62.3%
Total	50.5%	87.6%	81.2%	77.1%	62.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
Less than 50 employees	51.2%	70.4%	71.4%	63.1%	45.0%
50 or more employees	98.1%	99.5%	79.6%	74.9%	59.6%
Total	64.5%	93.2%	78.3%	73.1%	57.2%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
Less than 50 employees	37.5%	59.4%	78.3%	77.0%	60.2%
50 or more employees	97.5%	96.9%	81.2%	76.0%	61.7%
Total	53.4%	87.2%	80.7%	76.2%	61.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
Less than 50 employees	29.4%	51.4%	82.8%	79.2%	65.6%
50 or more employees	95.1%	96.9%	80.1%	79.2%	63.5%
Total	51.4%	86.4%	80.5%	79.2%	63.8%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Less than 50 employees	46.4%	64.7%	80.5%	77.1%	62.1%
50 or more employees	92.6%	98.1%	80.5%	85.7%	69.0%
Total	56.4%	88.3%	80.5%	83.8%	67.5%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Less than 50 employees	22.3%	41.7%	87.5%	81.5%	71.3%
50 or more employees	92.6%	97.1%	82.9%	75.5%	62.6%
Total	41.0%	85.8%	83.4%	76.1%	63.5%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Less than 50 employees	33.9%	53.5%	78.2%	86.4%	67.6%
50 or more employees	96.2%	99.3%	81.9%	86.2%	70.6%
Total	47.8%	87.6%	81.3%	86.2%	70.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Less than 50 employees	36.1%	59.3%	81.5%	77.8%	63.4%
50 or more employees	96.6%	94.0%	79.7%	79.4%	63.3%
Total	51.4%	86.6%	80.0%	79.2%	63.4%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
Less than 50 employees	38.4%	52.1%	74.1%	78.5%	58.2%
50 or more employees	94.3%	97.5%	78.3%	78.5%	61.5%
Total	52.1%	86.3%	77.6%	78.5%	61.0%
St. Louis, MO-IL
Less than 50 employees	37.6% *	61.2%	68.5%	75.5%	51.8%
50 or more employees	95.3%	98.1%	75.7%	74.7%	56.5%
Total	56.4%	88.4%	74.4%	74.8%	55.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Less than 50 employees	26.9%	43.2%	88.8%	64.4%	57.2%
50 or more employees	98.2%	98.3%	83.0%	80.4%	66.7%
Total	44.2%	86.8%	83.6%	78.6%	65.7%
Baltimore-Towson, MD
Less than 50 employees	37.7%	67.1%	83.2%	76.8%	63.9%
50 or more employees	97.7%	99.5%	78.1%	73.4%	57.4%
Total	56.8%	91.7%	79.0%	74.1%	58.5%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definition of each area can be found in the Technical Notes and Survey Documentation.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table IX.B.1(2011) Standard errors for health insurance offer, eligibility, take up rates for private-sector establishments and employees by firm size for 20 largest metro areas: United States, 2011

METRO AREA	Percent of establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees in establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees eligible for health insurance in establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance	Percent of employees that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Less than 50 employees	1.35%	3.27%	2.30%	2.69%	2.63%
50 or more employees	1.20%	1.51%	2.72%	2.29%	2.05%
Total	1.37%	0.98%	1.65%	1.45%	1.85%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
Less than 50 employees	3.87%	4.05%	2.29%	1.22%	1.89%
50 or more employees	1.76%	1.47%	5.57%	1.73%	5.39%
Total	3.52%	1.77%	4.24%	1.32%	4.15%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Less than 50 employees	2.38%	3.71%	3.64%	2.39%	3.02%
50 or more employees	0.81%	1.44%	3.02%	1.91%	3.19%
Total	1.75%	1.40%	2.37%	1.82%	2.81%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Less than 50 employees	4.36%	5.41%	4.27%	5.05%	6.28%
50 or more employees	2.14%	1.29%	2.92%	3.32%	3.92%
Total	3.33%	1.41%	2.54%	3.48%	3.87%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Less than 50 employees	5.47%	4.59%	4.03%	3.28%	4.87%
50 or more employees	1.43%	1.53%	4.35%	2.58%	3.73%
Total	1.91%	1.70%	1.87%	1.58%	1.97%
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Less than 50 employees	2.34%	3.59%	1.84%	2.97%	2.61%
50 or more employees	2.87%	2.24%	3.84%	4.65%	4.33%
Total	3.20%	2.38%	3.59%	3.93%	3.96%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
Less than 50 employees	2.60%	5.07%	2.13%	4.16%	5.13%
50 or more employees	2.60%	6.14%	2.69%	3.43%	3.18%
Total	2.82%	4.60%	2.35%	2.91%	3.15%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Less than 50 employees	5.32%	4.59%	2.64%	4.33%	5.09%
50 or more employees	1.27%	1.71%	2.24%	1.45%	2.46%
Total	2.75%	1.35%	1.74%	1.42%	1.62%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
Less than 50 employees	3.26%	5.25%	4.60%	3.43%	4.95%
50 or more employees	1.52%	1.59%	3.29%	3.29%	3.74%
Total	3.47%	1.91%	2.69%	2.98%	3.43%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
Less than 50 employees	5.13%	4.36%	3.02%	2.80%	2.21%
50 or more employees	0.97%	0.21%	4.38%	2.87%	3.74%
Total	3.68%	1.38%	2.87%	2.38%	2.44%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
Less than 50 employees	4.78%	4.94%	3.96%	3.41%	3.76%
50 or more employees	1.47%	3.95%	5.11%	3.68%	3.58%
Total	3.37%	3.54%	4.15%	2.75%	2.51%
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
Less than 50 employees	3.48%	4.39%	2.03%	2.68%	2.66%
50 or more employees	1.34%	1.40%	2.92%	2.41%	3.31%
Total	3.18%	1.68%	2.27%	2.15%	2.74%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Less than 50 employees	2.42%	4.07%	5.43%	3.55%	5.30%
50 or more employees	3.90%	1.13%	3.65%	3.25%	5.01%
Total	2.57%	1.70%	3.30%	3.07%	4.51%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Less than 50 employees	3.73%	7.19%	2.94%	5.14%	4.75%
50 or more employees	3.73%	3.71%	4.82%	5.38%	6.40%
Total	4.89%	5.01%	4.04%	5.05%	6.00%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Less than 50 employees	2.95%	2.99%	2.92%	3.18%	3.94%
50 or more employees	2.37%	0.73%	2.57%	2.40%	2.98%
Total	2.62%	1.53%	2.24%	1.74%	2.29%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Less than 50 employees	2.75%	4.12%	2.92%	2.82%	3.82%
50 or more employees	0.93%	3.02%	4.27%	2.00%	4.16%
Total	2.56%	2.32%	3.41%	1.65%	3.54%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
Less than 50 employees	5.23%	6.02%	4.61%	4.36%	6.18%
50 or more employees	2.36%	1.81%	4.15%	3.67%	4.63%
Total	4.49%	3.20%	3.62%	3.44%	4.17%
St. Louis, MO-IL
Less than 50 employees	14.98% *	17.33%	19.05%	20.15%	13.64%
50 or more employees	20.13%	20.69%	17.13%	16.25%	13.55%
Total	4.96%	2.20%	2.82%	2.23%	3.16%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Less than 50 employees	5.50%	5.82%	9.91%	11.84%	10.07%
50 or more employees	1.16%	1.04%	3.88%	3.89%	4.56%
Total	3.87%	2.66%	3.47%	4.48%	4.91%
Baltimore-Towson, MD
Less than 50 employees	3.73%	5.49%	3.73%	4.22%	3.58%
50 or more employees	1.30%	0.50%	2.96%	4.60%	4.29%
Total	2.56%	1.95%	2.72%	3.72%	3.54%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definition of each area can be found in the Technical Notes and Survey Documentation.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.