Table VII.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 proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2020
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 76.4%    75.3%    82.4%    75.4%    81.0%    75.4%   
New England:
Connecticut 83.7%    82.6%    90.6%    83.8%    82.8%    83.7%   
Maine 78.2%    75.1%    91.2%    83.0%    94.3%    75.2%   
Massachusetts 62.5%    52.5%    82.9%    73.6%    --    62.0%   
New Hampshire 76.4%    78.0%    88.5%    62.8%    66.4%    77.6%   
Rhode Island 82.4%    79.9%    85.5%    89.5%    81.8%    82.5%   
Vermont 77.2%    78.3%    91.0%    45.8%    --    78.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 76.4%    79.7%    60.6%    73.5%    78.9%    76.0%   
New York 68.9%    68.0%    65.2%    77.8%    66.1%    69.1%   
Pennsylvania 74.6%    80.0%    62.7%    62.4%    65.7%    76.7%   
East North Central:
Illinois 82.3%    82.4%    93.5%    70.0%    82.6%    82.3%   
Indiana 84.4%    85.4%    90.7%    63.0%    84.1%    84.5%   
Michigan 70.0%    72.4%    64.3%    65.5%    71.5%    69.6%   
Ohio 76.6%    78.7%    70.4%    74.1%    72.8%    78.1%   
Wisconsin 80.9%    78.4%    89.6%    85.4%    90.1%    79.4%   
West North Central:
Iowa 74.1%    78.3%    70.1%    62.2%    61.9%    78.2%   
Kansas 70.9%    69.0%    80.3%    69.5%    86.5%    65.3%   
Minnesota 73.4%    71.4%    82.5%    77.3%    90.7%    71.8%   
Missouri 78.6%    77.1%    93.4%    74.4%    89.5%    74.5%   
Nebraska 75.5%    73.0%    95.6%    70.1%    78.7%    75.0%   
North Dakota 70.3%    72.9%    82.8%    47.4%    49.8%    74.0%   
South Dakota 70.4%    72.1%    62.8%    71.7%    93.2%    66.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.8%    72.3%    81.2%    80.8%    83.9%    72.9%   
District of Columbia 61.1%    55.9%    76.3%    88.0%    100.0%    59.2%   
Florida 77.9%    77.0%    68.8%    87.5%    96.2%    73.4%   
Georgia 84.6%    81.1%    89.8%    94.1%    98.9%    79.3%   
Maryland 66.9%    65.0%    82.9%    62.7%    68.1%    66.7%   
North Carolina 74.5%    70.4%    93.3%    77.6%    87.8%    69.9%   
South Carolina 86.1%    86.4%    75.9%    91.8%    91.9%    84.3%   
Virginia 72.3%    68.2%    87.8%    89.1%    84.1%    69.0%   
West Virginia 81.8%    73.6%    100.0%    87.4%    90.0%    74.8%   
East South Central:
Alabama 76.3%    73.6%    86.4%    82.9%    83.1%    73.0%   
Kentucky 88.0%    86.0%    92.1%    94.2%    96.8%    85.3%   
Mississippi 83.4%    86.7%    71.6%    81.8%    90.1%    81.1%   
Tennessee 85.4%    86.7%    86.5%    79.0%    88.2%    83.7%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 84.4%    86.5%    77.4%    77.5%    95.4%    79.0%   
Louisiana 83.2%    82.6%    93.8%    75.1%    84.7%    82.8%   
Oklahoma 82.9%    81.3%    97.7%    82.0%    90.3%    80.2%   
Texas 74.3%    72.0%    89.1%    70.5%    77.0%    73.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 82.5%    79.7%    92.0%    89.5%    85.2%    82.2%   
Colorado 68.3%    66.2%    71.0%    84.8%    50.3% * 71.5%   
Idaho 78.5%    77.9%    90.2%    72.9%    79.2%    78.4%   
Montana 78.8%    75.8%    76.2%    98.7%    69.0%    80.9%   
Nevada 84.6%    82.0%    100.0%    87.8%    93.5%    82.3%   
New Mexico 78.0%    79.0%    87.1%    64.9%    88.7%    74.0%   
Utah 76.0%    81.7%    73.6%    59.1%    81.7%    74.9%   
Wyoming 80.4%    80.4%    86.1%    --    91.0%    79.0%   
Pacific:
Alaska 91.8%    93.9%    90.8%    74.6%    79.1%    93.4%   
California 76.0%    73.7%    89.2%    67.4%    59.6%    77.4%   
Hawaii 78.8%    76.7%    87.8%    75.2%    94.8%    75.2%   
Oregon 80.4%    81.0%    74.1%    83.6%    87.8%    79.7%   
Washington 74.8%    73.6%    91.7%    72.2%    88.6%    73.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.

** 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.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 proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2020
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 0.71%    0.85%    1.66%    1.91%    1.71%    0.78%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.02%    3.69%    6.12%    6.92%    9.91%    3.16%   
Maine 3.59%    4.55%    5.02%    6.73%    3.95%    4.08%   
Massachusetts 4.64%    5.78%    7.38%    9.85%    --    4.76%   
New Hampshire 4.15%    4.43%    10.41%    11.78%    17.76%    4.10%   
Rhode Island 3.61%    4.78%    7.35%    6.72%    10.17%    3.89%   
Vermont 3.71%    4.27%    5.15%    13.03%    --    3.66%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.86%    4.22%    14.78%    9.30%    12.86%    4.01%   
New York 2.88%    3.43%    8.41%    6.63%    9.88%    3.03%   
Pennsylvania 3.35%    3.23%    10.58%    10.65%    9.31%    3.47%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.41%    2.80%    3.91%    8.59%    6.42%    2.62%   
Indiana 3.07%    3.63%    5.01%    13.00%    5.22%    3.69%   
Michigan 4.20%    4.87%    12.73%    10.87%    8.73%    4.82%   
Ohio 3.53%    4.30%    9.86%    7.88%    7.10%    4.00%   
Wisconsin 4.02%    5.21%    7.47%    7.00%    5.77%    4.58%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.79%    4.38%    10.07%    10.53%    8.87%    4.10%   
Kansas 4.69%    5.72%    10.00%    12.66%    4.85%    5.84%   
Minnesota 4.25%    5.13%    8.16%    11.40%    6.30%    4.59%   
Missouri 3.44%    4.06%    4.16%    9.55%    6.01%    4.16%   
Nebraska 4.22%    5.06%    4.28%    11.14%    14.51%    4.31%   
North Dakota 3.89%    4.58%    8.13%    9.53%    11.83%    3.75%   
South Dakota 4.86%    5.63%    13.56%    11.90%    4.30%    5.40%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 4.59%    5.78%    9.97%    7.57%    8.03%    5.26%   
District of Columbia 4.49%    4.93%    11.04%    7.90%    0.00%    4.63%   
Florida 4.02%    4.72%    13.69%    7.24%    3.71%    4.81%   
Georgia 3.42%    4.35%    7.91%    5.68%    0.95%    4.48%   
Maryland 5.03%    6.14%    9.05%    11.80%    14.50%    5.39%   
North Carolina 4.03%    5.12%    4.03%    6.93%    6.33%    4.90%   
South Carolina 3.30%    3.88%    11.97%    4.90%    4.75%    4.00%   
Virginia 3.95%    4.69%    11.16%    6.59%    6.95%    4.69%   
West Virginia 2.94%    4.50%    0.00%    5.69%    3.48%    4.57%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.91%    4.81%    8.27%    7.91%    5.24%    5.18%   
Kentucky 3.02%    3.90%    5.62%    4.41%    1.97%    3.80%   
Mississippi 3.51%    3.30%    12.73%    9.16%    4.80%    4.41%   
Tennessee 2.93%    3.17%    7.79%    9.26%    4.75%    3.71%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.80%    4.22%    12.28%    12.89%    3.99%    5.21%   
Louisiana 3.70%    4.35%    6.05%    12.50%    8.13%    4.22%   
Oklahoma 3.56%    4.15%    2.35%    10.45%    4.68%    4.46%   
Texas 3.16%    3.65%    5.64%    8.69%    6.77%    3.57%   
Mountain:
Arizona 4.15%    5.27%    5.67%    5.33%    7.90%    4.62%   
Colorado 5.62%    6.55%    14.30%    10.26%    16.62% * 5.70%   
Idaho 4.51%    5.39%    6.98%    12.98%    9.76%    5.08%   
Montana 4.51%    5.89%    9.90%    1.33%    12.91%    4.62%   
Nevada 4.63%    5.71%    0.00%    8.08%    4.46%    5.62%   
New Mexico 3.80%    4.41%    9.32%    10.76%    5.53%    4.71%   
Utah 4.75%    5.45%    9.70%    14.03%    8.30%    5.41%   
Wyoming 3.55%    3.91%    8.35%    --    6.91%    3.89%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.26%    2.05%    5.86%    13.28%    11.64%    1.98%   
California 2.86%    3.41%    4.70%    10.87%    14.59%    2.79%   
Hawaii 3.76%    4.96%    5.84%    10.90%    2.90%    4.34%   
Oregon 3.71%    4.37%    10.44%    9.13%    8.93%    3.93%   
Washington 4.32%    5.02%    5.60%    10.63%    10.93%    4.50%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.

** 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.