Table II.B.2(2004) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 
 
United States

86.7%

45.5%

68.4%

84.2%

94.8%

99.5%

61.0%

97.2%

 
New England:
Connecticut

91.9%

61.6%

82.3%

92.3%

100.0%

99.5%

75.3%

98.8%

Maine

80.7%

37.9%

70.6%

83.5%

95.5%

100.0%

55.7%

97.2%

Massachusetts

92.4%

51.2%

74.5%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

72.2%

100.0%

New Hampshire

88.3%

46.1%

76.0%

93.4%

100.0%

100.0%

66.2%

100.0%

Rhode Island

88.7%

52.8%

75.5%

88.7%

100.0%

99.5%

66.1%

99.7%

Vermont

80.5%

47.5%

61.0%

83.2%

99.8%

98.0%

56.0%

97.8%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

90.6%

55.7%

80.9%

94.1%

96.3%

100.0%

73.6%

98.4%

New York

89.3%

52.6%

82.6%

83.8%

96.2%

100.0%

69.4%

97.7%

Pennsylvania

92.6%

53.1%

81.8%

95.5%

99.8%

100.0%

73.5%

99.6%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

89.0%

43.7%

68.7%

92.1%

96.6%

100.0%

64.3%

98.5%

Indiana

88.3%

49.4%

62.8%

85.1%

99.4%

100.0%

57.9%

99.7%

Michigan

89.2%

48.5%

76.8%

88.7%

98.3%

100.0%

66.9%

98.5%

Ohio

89.9%

46.0%

74.5%

90.3%

98.6%

100.0%

65.7%

99.0%

Wisconsin

86.6%

38.1%

75.0%

84.3%

98.1%

100.0%

60.1%

97.9%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

85.5%

41.9%

59.5%

91.4%

98.4%

100.0%

57.4%

99.0%

Kansas

85.0%

40.4%

59.9%

83.6%

96.0%

99.5%

56.2%

97.8%

Minnesota

88.3%

47.4%

79.0%

87.8%

98.1%

99.8%

63.2%

99.3%

Missouri

88.1%

51.3%

58.6%

89.2%

96.6%

99.6%

63.1%

98.2%

Nebraska

80.4%

35.7%

59.1%

77.8%

95.3%

100.0%

48.9%

96.8%

North Dakota

74.3%

30.5%

52.1%

75.4%

97.4%

100.0%

40.9%

97.1%

South Dakota

79.6%

47.8%

65.7%

83.1%

96.4%

99.9%

60.1%

97.2%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

91.1%

56.2%

76.1%

91.9%

96.7%

99.7%

70.0%

99.0%

District of Columbia

94.3%

68.9%

85.2%

89.1%

100.0%

99.7%

81.1%

98.4%

Florida

85.7%

45.3%

59.4%

73.0%

99.6%

98.3%

54.5%

96.6%

Georgia

85.3%

45.1%

53.4%

80.9%

87.9%

100.0%

51.3%

97.3%

Maryland

89.9%

57.1%

83.7%

95.8%

84.7%

100.0%

73.3%

96.0%

North Carolina

84.7%

47.9%

51.7%

79.2%

91.6%

99.8%

55.7%

97.0%

South Carolina

83.4%

42.3%

54.7%

73.1%

86.1%

100.0%

50.1%

96.5%

Virginia

90.6%

58.6%

78.2%

96.6%

98.5%

99.7%

72.3%

99.0%

West Virginia

81.4%

32.3%

55.1%

89.3%

93.7%

95.9%

53.6%

95.1%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

87.4%

49.8%

71.9%

75.6%

98.7%

100.0%

61.6%

97.2%

Kentucky

88.2%

42.4%

73.6%

86.7%

99.7%

99.9%

62.2%

98.6%

Mississippi

80.1%

34.9%

41.0%

74.8%

95.2%

100.0%

40.5%

97.7%

Tennessee

86.3%

33.6%

59.5%

91.9%

100.0%

93.9%

55.0%

96.0%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

83.0%

29.3%

68.5%

77.5%

91.4%

99.6%

51.1%

95.1%

Louisiana

80.6%

30.0%

43.3%

74.4%

96.5%

99.5%

45.8%

96.7%

Oklahoma

81.0%

29.2%

60.0%

73.4%

94.0%

99.2%

48.2%

96.4%

Texas

81.1%

39.6%

50.9%

67.1%

87.0%

98.7%

47.9%

93.9%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

83.9%

39.9%

56.3%

65.4%

92.1%

99.8%

50.0%

94.5%

Colorado

85.8%

40.8%

68.2%

84.0%

92.3%

99.6%

58.9%

97.5%

Idaho

75.1%

33.0%

53.5%

79.8%

96.6%

93.1%

48.4%

92.9%

Montana

68.0%

26.9%

54.2%

80.4%

97.6%

98.0%

41.4%

96.3%

Nevada

88.6%

64.0%

56.0%

80.9%

94.2%

100.0%

64.2%

97.6%

New Mexico

78.5%

35.2%

45.4%

77.7%

93.2%

99.7%

48.8%

94.1%

Utah

84.0%

39.5%

57.4%

87.2%

97.3%

97.9%

54.6%

97.0%

Wyoming

72.9%

28.9%

68.0%

77.2%

98.3%

99.1%

51.2%

97.1%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

76.6%

28.9%

63.1%

75.9%

100.0%

98.1%

47.9%

98.0%

California

86.3%

41.3%

71.1%

83.1%

92.7%

99.9%

62.4%

96.4%

Hawaii

97.4%

81.7%

95.9%

98.1%

99.4%

100.0%

92.0%

99.4%

Oregon

80.2%

44.8%

69.7%

70.7%

84.3%

100.0%

54.1%

95.0%

Washington

80.4%

44.5%

74.2%

81.3%

76.4%

99.0%

61.0%

90.0%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

 

Table II.B.2(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 
 
United States

0.30%

0.97%

0.73%

0.76%

0.86%

0.14%

0.49%

0.31%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.01%

4.73%

5.06%

4.84%

0.00%

0.25%

2.60%

0.99%

Maine

2.71%

4.26%

6.50%

5.83%

3.57%

0.00%

2.28%

2.50%

Massachusetts

1.45%

2.72%

10.26%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

4.62%

0.00%

New Hampshire

1.49%

4.76%

4.20%

6.02%

0.00%

0.00%

3.40%

0.04%

Rhode Island

2.37%

5.56%

9.28%

9.92%

0.00%

0.76%

4.82%

0.25%

Vermont

2.26%

3.98%

8.65%

7.41%

0.14%

2.16%

3.59%

1.26%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.32%

3.53%

4.30%

3.42%

2.08%

0.00%

1.84%

0.68%

New York

1.13%

2.12%

4.36%

5.07%

2.68%

0.00%

2.68%

1.38%

Pennsylvania

0.85%

3.66%

4.48%

3.27%

0.11%

0.00%

1.64%

0.23%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

0.74%

2.85%

4.81%

3.20%

3.05%

0.00%

2.71%

0.64%

Indiana

1.23%

7.75%

7.92%

6.28%

0.41%

0.00%

4.74%

0.19%

Michigan

1.27%

4.30%

8.89%

7.50%

1.30%

0.00%

4.00%

1.18%

Ohio

0.85%

4.32%

3.52%

3.75%

1.42%

0.02%

2.61%

0.61%

Wisconsin

1.43%

3.69%

6.91%

5.61%

1.49%

0.00%

4.10%

1.44%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.48%

5.57%

6.16%

3.44%

2.17%

0.00%

4.00%

0.55%

Kansas

1.23%

3.15%

7.93%

6.82%

2.40%

0.23%

3.37%

0.83%

Minnesota

1.86%

5.69%

5.12%

6.01%

2.07%

0.29%

3.77%

0.56%

Missouri

1.98%

3.77%

9.42%

4.33%

2.45%

0.42%

4.33%

1.05%

Nebraska

1.84%

5.78%

6.18%

5.00%

3.46%

0.00%

3.85%

1.43%

North Dakota

3.65%

6.09%

5.11%

8.80%

3.85%

0.00%

3.86%

1.33%

South Dakota

1.60%

7.07%

10.02%

7.40%

2.56%

0.20%

4.03%

1.84%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.33%

4.07%

4.73%

3.05%

2.18%

0.65%

2.98%

1.13%

District of Columbia

0.96%

7.57%

3.45%

3.78%

0.00%

0.15%

3.69%

1.08%

Florida

1.62%

4.51%

7.11%

3.69%

0.28%

1.25%

3.83%

1.33%

Georgia

1.60%

5.71%

2.57%

5.80%

5.98%

0.00%

3.52%

1.29%

Maryland

2.36%

4.38%

6.19%

2.99%

7.40%

0.00%

3.12%

2.83%

North Carolina

1.79%

4.57%

7.77%

12.67%

3.57%

0.18%

6.15%

1.25%

South Carolina

2.06%

3.22%

8.33%

7.22%

5.04%

0.00%

4.44%

2.52%

Virginia

2.04%

6.76%

5.24%

0.97%

2.68%

0.47%

4.64%

0.64%

West Virginia

1.59%

4.18%

8.07%

4.83%

6.72%

2.83%

3.84%

2.61%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.82%

4.52%

5.12%

7.00%

1.35%

0.00%

2.09%

1.97%

Kentucky

1.08%

4.93%

5.04%

4.50%

0.31%

0.05%

2.69%

0.80%

Mississippi

1.74%

6.71%

10.83%

9.71%

1.86%

0.03%

6.96%

0.77%

Tennessee

1.76%

4.25%

7.11%

2.88%

0.00%

3.76%

3.44%

2.35%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.91%

4.25%

6.32%

4.02%

4.88%

0.35%

4.00%

1.44%

Louisiana

2.20%

3.94%

9.51%

13.34%

10.48%

0.45%

3.89%

2.31%

Oklahoma

2.14%

3.55%

7.88%

8.99%

3.07%

0.56%

4.55%

1.15%

Texas

1.19%

5.53%

4.70%

5.12%

4.50%

0.75%

2.76%

1.00%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.20%

4.04%

6.25%

11.01%

5.64%

0.14%

4.78%

2.30%

Colorado

1.92%

3.44%

6.25%

5.37%

5.54%

0.65%

4.64%

1.79%

Idaho

2.14%

5.18%

6.98%

9.82%

2.35%

2.63%

4.92%

2.29%

Montana

4.38%

3.58%

6.61%

10.86%

2.55%

2.43%

3.69%

5.46%

Nevada

1.27%

10.59%

7.79%

7.18%

10.28%

0.00%

6.47%

1.07%

New Mexico

2.17%

4.29%

9.39%

6.56%

3.03%

0.30%

3.04%

2.57%

Utah

2.01%

5.88%

8.53%

3.18%

2.03%

2.22%

4.01%

1.59%

Wyoming

2.44%

5.24%

5.94%

6.20%

0.70%

0.80%

3.58%

1.15%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.76%

3.76%

6.88%

7.62%

0.00%

4.46%

3.42%

2.55%

California

0.55%

3.43%

3.44%

1.77%

1.89%

0.16%

1.55%

0.46%

Hawaii

0.57%

3.15%

3.15%

2.60%

0.35%

0.00%

1.41%

0.28%

Oregon

2.28%

4.10%

6.17%

9.62%

6.23%

0.00%

4.13%

2.35%

Washington

4.07%

3.53%

7.17%

6.10%

9.28%

1.72%

3.26%

5.29%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.