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, 2019
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 77.7%    88.5%    66.1%    38.5%    55.4%    83.2%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.6%    91.5%    64.2%    36.1%    49.5%    81.8%   
Maine 77.6%    88.8%    65.2%    47.7%    40.9%    81.4%   
Massachusetts 76.1%    90.8%    69.6%    34.4%    37.7%    78.9%   
New Hampshire 71.8%    90.0%    62.4%    39.1%    41.5%    75.2%   
Rhode Island 74.6%    86.3%    59.9%    42.9%    49.2%    79.1%   
Vermont 76.9%    89.5%    56.4%    31.1%    33.8%    80.0%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 79.5%    91.1%    75.4%    36.8%    60.9%    84.0%   
New York 75.1%    84.5%    62.8%    44.6%    56.7%    78.3%   
Pennsylvania 78.6%    89.9%    66.6%    39.7%    57.3%    83.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 76.2%    88.6%    66.6%    28.4%    53.1%    81.5%   
Indiana 74.5%    85.8%    62.6%    29.9%    55.8%    80.6%   
Michigan 75.3%    83.2%    60.3%    32.2%    46.4%    81.7%   
Ohio 75.4%    85.5%    71.9%    21.4%    46.1%    86.1%   
Wisconsin 77.2%    87.3%    77.6%    38.2%    49.0%    83.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 81.0%    90.3%    67.2%    41.6%    56.3%    86.2%   
Kansas 78.9%    88.0%    67.4%    41.6%    55.9%    84.7%   
Minnesota 78.7%    88.0%    70.0%    41.7%    44.6%    82.3%   
Missouri 77.6%    88.7%    69.5%    38.2%    55.2%    85.3%   
Nebraska 81.1%    89.9%    71.8%    34.4%    46.9%    85.9%   
North Dakota 74.4%    88.5%    67.2%    32.4%    47.5%    81.4%   
South Dakota 80.1%    89.3%    72.6%    39.7%    44.4%    84.6%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 77.8%    88.3%    67.4%    38.8%    45.9%    84.1%   
District of Columbia 79.0%    90.8%    69.4%    33.7%    --    79.1%   
Florida 76.7%    91.9%    68.5%    39.8%    55.2%    83.1%   
Georgia 77.4%    88.9%    63.0%    33.5%    59.4%    86.4%   
Maryland 79.2%    90.7%    65.6%    40.4%    57.1%    83.2%   
North Carolina 81.5%    93.2%    65.0%    45.1%    61.3%    87.1%   
South Carolina 78.6%    92.8%    65.7%    33.9%    50.3%    86.2%   
Virginia 74.2%    88.9%    62.4%    34.5%    51.2%    81.6%   
West Virginia 77.9%    89.9%    62.6%    33.4%    61.8%    87.8%   
East South Central:
Alabama 79.8%    91.5%    64.6%    34.6%    61.1%    87.6%   
Kentucky 81.2%    91.4%    66.2%    32.7%    55.6%    87.5%   
Mississippi 78.3%    86.4%    64.3%    38.6%    60.6%    84.8%   
Tennessee 76.8%    87.5%    61.3%    46.4%    58.4%    81.3%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 78.3%    91.7%    65.4%    32.7%    57.1%    88.4%   
Louisiana 78.4%    87.0%    64.4%    45.2%    62.6%    85.8%   
Oklahoma 78.6%    88.3%    65.9%    31.7%    57.7%    86.5%   
Texas 79.8%    90.4%    67.3%    41.8%    61.3%    87.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 75.9%    84.3%    64.5%    34.3%    49.9%    81.7%   
Colorado 81.2%    90.5%    57.7%    35.7%    60.3%    85.7%   
Idaho 79.6%    88.1%    66.4%    52.3%    61.3%    84.1%   
Montana 78.3%    87.9%    64.2%    38.7%    51.4%    81.9%   
Nevada 74.3%    83.8%    62.7%    33.3%    60.8%    79.0%   
New Mexico 78.0%    89.4%    55.0%    38.0%    53.1%    86.5%   
Utah 78.1%    89.2%    76.0%    40.8%    53.6%    81.5%   
Wyoming 72.2%    86.3%    64.5%    27.7%    37.3%    84.0%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.2%    87.1%    60.6%    45.2%    56.7%    81.6%   
California 78.1%    86.7%    63.0%    43.6%    49.7%    82.2%   
Hawaii 79.6%    89.3%    68.4%    59.9%    69.3%    82.9%   
Oregon 78.9%    89.8%    68.2%    42.1%    63.5%    80.4%   
Washington 79.4%    87.0%    72.3%    42.2%    51.0%    82.4%   

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.

-- 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, 2019
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 0.43%    0.39%    0.72%    0.95%    1.00%    0.44%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.28%    1.55%    3.92%    3.85%    6.50%    2.22%   
Maine 1.80%    1.48%    2.57%    4.76%    6.77%    1.57%   
Massachusetts 2.29%    1.97%    2.19%    3.61%    6.27%    2.34%   
New Hampshire 2.27%    1.14%    2.30%    5.77%    5.87%    2.26%   
Rhode Island 1.97%    1.62%    2.54%    4.90%    6.17%    1.83%   
Vermont 2.03%    1.29%    3.84%    2.08%    3.75%    1.96%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.23%    1.30%    3.91%    5.86%    6.78%    2.03%   
New York 1.37%    1.44%    3.09%    4.24%    3.72%    1.44%   
Pennsylvania 1.52%    1.15%    3.03%    2.87%    4.01%    1.44%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.17%    1.31%    3.43%    4.07%    7.64%    1.59%   
Indiana 2.24%    2.07%    4.57%    2.95%    6.43%    2.32%   
Michigan 3.04%    3.53%    2.31%    4.91%    5.31%    3.38%   
Ohio 2.55%    2.25%    2.78%    2.20%    5.55%    2.00%   
Wisconsin 2.12%    2.08%    3.32%    3.97%    4.62%    2.24%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.75%    1.48%    2.75%    5.20%    3.67%    1.74%   
Kansas 2.28%    2.23%    3.61%    5.17%    7.83%    1.82%   
Minnesota 1.90%    1.79%    2.09%    5.03%    7.80%    1.68%   
Missouri 2.22%    1.62%    3.25%    4.17%    5.19%    1.55%   
Nebraska 2.45%    2.39%    5.86%    5.14%    6.91%    2.29%   
North Dakota 2.08%    1.82%    3.25%    2.95%    6.08%    1.93%   
South Dakota 1.72%    1.21%    3.69%    4.39%    4.78%    1.60%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.31%    1.92%    2.88%    5.65%    5.21%    1.96%   
District of Columbia 2.98%    1.56%    6.71%    4.90%    --    3.01%   
Florida 3.01%    1.17%    2.88%    5.48%    4.33%    3.64%   
Georgia 2.44%    2.89%    6.64%    3.25%    4.10%    2.38%   
Maryland 2.35%    1.46%    3.21%    5.06%    6.65%    2.18%   
North Carolina 1.91%    1.05%    2.39%    6.13%    4.69%    1.72%   
South Carolina 2.09%    1.41%    3.65%    4.68%    5.46%    1.93%   
Virginia 2.50%    1.68%    5.02%    3.87%    3.94%    3.32%   
West Virginia 2.20%    2.09%    3.49%    4.55%    4.13%    2.15%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.26%    1.33%    5.29%    5.07%    4.53%    2.22%   
Kentucky 1.64%    1.19%    2.79%    5.71%    4.74%    1.40%   
Mississippi 1.96%    1.45%    4.20%    5.63%    4.70%    1.63%   
Tennessee 2.30%    2.05%    2.19%    8.68%    4.69%    2.45%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.06%    1.28%    3.42%    4.78%    3.24%    2.01%   
Louisiana 1.91%    1.74%    5.04%    7.14%    4.00%    2.05%   
Oklahoma 2.34%    2.26%    1.88%    3.96%    4.26%    2.42%   
Texas 1.77%    1.70%    2.32%    2.82%    2.80%    1.95%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.52%    4.45%    6.36%    3.89%    5.91%    4.20%   
Colorado 2.18%    1.99%    4.54%    3.80%    5.04%    2.26%   
Idaho 2.62%    2.40%    7.24%    7.56%    7.23%    2.50%   
Montana 1.94%    1.50%    3.01%    6.34%    6.44%    1.83%   
Nevada 2.52%    2.68%    3.27%    3.71%    6.02%    2.78%   
New Mexico 1.98%    1.54%    4.21%    4.81%    4.25%    1.77%   
Utah 2.42%    1.79%    3.51%    4.74%    5.63%    2.56%   
Wyoming 3.78%    2.35%    3.76%    4.13%    5.72%    1.97%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.04%    1.76%    3.96%    5.97%    4.62%    2.09%   
California 1.74%    1.84%    2.97%    4.13%    5.71%    1.60%   
Hawaii 2.08%    1.93%    2.57%    5.02%    4.33%    2.26%   
Oregon 2.22%    2.53%    3.34%    4.91%    7.10%    2.36%   
Washington 2.43%    2.66%    4.53%    5.10%    6.42%    2.46%   

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.

-- 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.