Table V.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2019
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 77.3%    77.4%    75.7%    82.7%    70.2%    76.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 79.6%    91.3%    69.9%    81.2%    82.5%    71.9%   
Maine 73.2%    40.2% * 72.0%    75.8%    86.0%    72.5%   
Massachusetts 66.4%    --    55.8% * 74.6%    50.4%    70.4%   
New Hampshire 77.4%    100.0%    89.6%    84.1%    63.4%    67.6%   
Rhode Island 63.2%    --    78.7%    59.9%    72.7%    55.7%   
Vermont 75.1%    81.0%    85.5%    87.4%    64.8%    65.4%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.1%    83.1%    --    79.7%    66.0%    73.6%   
New York 73.3%    86.0%    87.7%    75.9%    68.7%    68.6%   
Pennsylvania 81.8%    96.8%    78.7%    89.9%    71.3%    77.7%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.5%    72.8%    84.6%    85.1%    64.2%    79.0%   
Indiana 82.6%    87.9%    77.9%    91.7%    75.4%    75.4%   
Michigan 84.8%    --    95.2%    86.8%    76.9%    88.3%   
Ohio 77.5%    89.6%    86.3%    83.5%    66.3%    72.0%   
Wisconsin 80.5%    83.8%    93.2%    85.9%    71.3%    75.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 72.0%    51.6%    95.1%    73.9%    75.4%    77.0%   
Kansas 82.0%    73.9%    70.2%    88.9%    74.3%    83.9%   
Minnesota 76.3%    --    82.7%    75.8%    76.6%    86.1%   
Missouri 78.0%    82.1%    97.7%    82.0%    65.7%    79.3%   
Nebraska 71.1%    88.2%    73.0%    69.7%    78.3%    62.6%   
North Dakota 70.7%    82.9%    87.3%    66.6%    72.5%    70.3%   
South Dakota 72.1%    47.8%    72.3%    78.2%    58.7%    86.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 79.2%    72.4%    82.4%    94.0%    62.9%    79.5%   
District of Columbia 60.0%    --    --    78.8%    48.0%    53.7%   
Florida 77.5%    100.0%    --    80.1%    76.4%    74.4%   
Georgia 80.8%    --    95.0%    85.2%    83.5%    72.3%   
Maryland 74.2%    57.0% * --    80.6%    65.8%    80.3%   
North Carolina 83.8%    89.1%    87.1%    93.2%    75.3%    75.1%   
South Carolina 82.3%    --    92.0%    87.2%    58.6%    91.0%   
Virginia 82.4%    70.0%    77.4%    84.6%    70.8%    96.6%   
West Virginia 75.2%    --    95.5%    80.2%    73.5%    65.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 74.1%    56.7% * 75.5%    88.9%    55.6%    72.5%   
Kentucky 84.3%    --    82.0%    84.1%    83.8%    88.4%   
Mississippi 84.9%    --    84.6%    84.1%    89.7%    86.4%   
Tennessee 78.6%    --    51.5% * 76.8%    86.0%    84.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 92.0%    100.0%    91.7%    88.7%    91.9%    95.2%   
Louisiana 79.6%    100.0%    85.2%    84.8%    75.0%    73.3%   
Oklahoma 79.9%    97.1%    50.7% * 93.2%    58.1%    88.6%   
Texas 84.7%    92.2%    82.9%    87.9%    75.4%    86.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 76.2%    --    --    80.1%    73.8%    78.5%   
Colorado 72.9%    89.2%    87.6%    77.0%    59.6%    72.2%   
Idaho 77.4%    --    99.7%    77.4%    77.8%    76.1%   
Montana 75.6%    --    92.7%    85.9%    66.7%    71.4%   
Nevada 88.3%    100.0%    --    90.8%    88.9%    89.6%   
New Mexico 82.2%    91.1%    84.4%    88.1%    73.3%    81.1%   
Utah 78.2%    85.5%    92.3%    77.5%    92.9%    62.4%   
Wyoming 77.9%    --    76.8%    89.1%    76.6%    70.4%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.4%    89.5%    --    70.1%    77.8%    84.1%   
California 71.0%    69.2%    56.9%    79.6%    64.8%    71.1%   
Hawaii 66.1%    66.4%    95.4%    71.8%    37.4%    76.0%   
Oregon 78.7%    97.1%    93.7%    75.9%    71.0%    88.9%   
Washington 71.6%    53.0% * 99.2%    84.0%    65.9%    66.8%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table V.A.2.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2019
Division and State Total Agri, fish., forestry
and construction
Mining and
manufacturing
Retail and
other services
Professional
services
All other
United States 0.70%    2.58%    3.54%    1.05%    1.46%    1.46%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.83%    8.44%    14.39%    6.88%    5.32%    8.90%   
Maine 4.32%    14.84% * 16.06%    5.79%    7.45%    7.22%   
Massachusetts 4.34%    --    20.02% * 5.92%    8.55%    9.96%   
New Hampshire 3.64%    0.00%    6.50%    5.67%    6.78%    8.47%   
Rhode Island 5.81%    --    12.57%    10.73%    6.46%    12.24%   
Vermont 4.12%    16.13%    7.17%    4.49%    8.80%    9.53%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 4.18%    11.74%    --    6.78%    7.39%    8.93%   
New York 2.90%    7.46%    5.72%    5.02%    4.98%    6.48%   
Pennsylvania 2.82%    3.27%    9.73%    3.16%    6.07%    7.36%   
East North Central:
Illinois 3.25%    13.98%    7.37%    5.29%    7.13%    5.47%   
Indiana 3.50%    10.64%    9.86%    3.44%    8.68%    8.36%   
Michigan 2.99%    --    3.04%    4.77%    7.24%    4.10%   
Ohio 3.80%    8.81%    6.70%    5.04%    8.89%    8.91%   
Wisconsin 3.52%    10.94%    3.12%    5.84%    8.59%    7.47%   
West North Central:
Iowa 4.34%    11.94%    3.28%    7.54%    9.67%    6.46%   
Kansas 4.29%    14.08%    19.51%    6.71%    10.11%    5.26%   
Minnesota 4.02%    --    11.94%    6.80%    7.53%    8.66%   
Missouri 4.12%    12.78%    1.64%    6.66%    8.69%    8.43%   
Nebraska 4.90%    9.70%    17.86%    8.90%    6.84%    9.33%   
North Dakota 4.16%    10.60%    6.47%    6.70%    8.58%    8.21%   
South Dakota 4.05%    11.91%    13.72%    6.84%    9.14%    4.23%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.79%    14.33%    14.23%    3.16%    8.24%    7.42%   
District of Columbia 4.61%    --    --    5.42%    7.00%    9.98%   
Florida 3.48%    0.00%    --    5.29%    6.60%    7.14%   
Georgia 4.88%    --    3.67%    6.62%    8.37%    10.40%   
Maryland 4.52%    22.45% * --    5.22%    8.63%    6.62%   
North Carolina 3.29%    10.32%    6.32%    3.04%    8.27%    7.50%   
South Carolina 3.78%    --    5.41%    5.64%    9.47%    5.14%   
Virginia 3.68%    13.55%    13.84%    6.24%    7.90%    2.21%   
West Virginia 4.36%    --    2.20%    6.67%    7.27%    10.65%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.83%    18.91% * 9.26%    3.82%    9.29%    6.93%   
Kentucky 3.27%    --    6.68%    5.04%    6.88%    4.15%   
Mississippi 3.47%    --    7.48%    5.90%    4.59%    5.37%   
Tennessee 3.95%    --    18.64% * 6.82%    5.27%    6.91%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.61%    0.00%    6.19%    6.18%    4.18%    2.28%   
Louisiana 4.12%    0.00%    12.57%    5.40%    7.00%    10.20%   
Oklahoma 4.25%    2.96%    15.48% * 3.22%    10.54%    5.10%   
Texas 2.27%    4.74%    5.32%    3.77%    5.92%    3.24%   
Mountain:
Arizona 5.12%    --    --    9.28%    9.53%    9.73%   
Colorado 4.59%    10.10%    6.26%    7.79%    10.10%    8.04%   
Idaho 5.03%    --    0.17%    8.85%    9.29%    9.56%   
Montana 5.03%    --    4.25%    8.20%    10.71%    9.03%   
Nevada 3.57%    0.00%    --    5.63%    6.67%    5.60%   
New Mexico 4.06%    8.55%    10.07%    6.52%    7.85%    7.88%   
Utah 4.77%    9.77%    5.40%    7.64%    5.00%    11.03%   
Wyoming 4.06%    --    8.42%    5.63%    9.27%    7.99%   
Pacific:
Alaska 4.30%    7.77%    --    8.20%    5.89%    7.44%   
California 3.22%    11.14%    15.90%    5.61%    5.94%    6.28%   
Hawaii 4.11%    12.37%    4.66%    6.59%    8.06%    7.63%   
Oregon 4.49%    2.23%    4.60%    8.19%    7.76%    8.12%   
Washington 4.64%    17.02% * 0.81%    6.79%    8.75%    9.18%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.