Table VII.B.2 Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer 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 86.9%    91.7%    84.4%    68.0%    74.4%    89.7%   
New England:
Connecticut 89.1%    94.4%    82.5%    74.6%    69.3%    91.0%   
Maine 82.5%    89.5%    64.5%    70.6%    59.1%    85.7%   
Massachusetts 91.1%    96.3%    88.6%    71.6%    70.3%    91.9%   
New Hampshire 87.6%    92.6%    86.5%    75.7%    72.9%    89.6%   
Rhode Island 89.4%    94.9%    89.7%    70.7%    67.7%    92.7%   
Vermont 85.2%    92.3%    82.0%    66.6%    63.6%    87.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 89.6%    94.3%    86.2%    72.1%    74.5%    91.5%   
New York 88.2%    93.4%    86.0%    70.1%    74.3%    89.8%   
Pennsylvania 90.2%    95.2%    87.6%    72.2%    77.8%    94.0%   
East North Central:
Illinois 90.2%    94.4%    89.7%    69.9%    77.2%    92.7%   
Indiana 88.3%    92.7%    89.6%    61.6%    75.5%    92.3%   
Michigan 88.9%    94.9%    79.9%    69.6%    76.0%    92.1%   
Ohio 88.7%    93.2%    87.1%    75.1%    80.4%    91.3%   
Wisconsin 86.8%    91.7%    89.1%    66.9%    73.1%    89.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 88.7%    93.6%    88.9%    72.6%    77.4%    92.4%   
Kansas 87.1%    89.9%    89.7%    76.0%    76.7%    90.4%   
Minnesota 85.9%    93.0%    82.4%    62.8%    60.6%    89.8%   
Missouri 86.8%    91.5%    72.6%    80.1%    75.5%    91.2%   
Nebraska 80.2%    86.5%    77.0%    53.6%    64.7%    83.7%   
North Dakota 83.4%    90.2%    82.5%    62.2%    57.3%    88.9%   
South Dakota 82.7%    89.3%    86.8%    55.3%    63.3%    87.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 87.8%    91.6%    88.2%    74.3%    71.7%    91.6%   
District of Columbia 95.3%    97.7%    89.9%    87.4%    95.8%    95.2%   
Florida 84.5%    87.5%    75.3%    75.4%    77.3%    86.9%   
Georgia 88.7%    92.3%    79.3%    77.6%    82.9%    90.7%   
Maryland 87.3%    92.1%    93.0%    70.1%    74.1%    90.4%   
North Carolina 84.7%    91.1%    82.4%    59.2%    72.0%    88.5%   
South Carolina 86.3%    91.9%    76.0%    67.6%    73.0%    90.6%   
Virginia 88.6%    95.0%    81.1%    65.5%    75.0%    92.2%   
West Virginia 85.9%    91.6%    85.6%    67.4%    83.3%    88.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 88.8%    92.8%    85.2%    71.5%    84.7%    90.6%   
Kentucky 88.8%    94.2%    87.9%    49.5%    68.0%    93.9%   
Mississippi 85.7%    92.5%    78.0%    62.6%    76.2%    90.5%   
Tennessee 91.2%    94.0%    88.7%    78.9%    86.4%    93.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 83.2%    89.0%    78.4%    60.4%    81.4%    84.1%   
Louisiana 83.9%    88.0%    78.1%    70.5%    74.3%    88.1%   
Oklahoma 85.4%    88.6%    74.8%    72.7%    76.2%    88.6%   
Texas 82.8%    87.1%    81.6%    59.3%    66.6%    88.4%   
Mountain:
Arizona 86.7%    90.5%    82.3%    76.2%    83.4%    87.6%   
Colorado 83.2%    90.8%    78.2%    40.4%    66.2%    84.8%   
Idaho 78.0%    85.0%    64.3%    58.1%    57.6%    83.6%   
Montana 73.8%    81.2%    75.2%    48.7%    47.4%    81.1%   
Nevada 88.1%    91.3%    92.9%    61.3%    82.1%    90.5%   
New Mexico 81.7%    85.9%    78.4%    70.1%    67.6%    86.5%   
Utah 81.7%    88.4%    81.4%    60.2%    60.7%    86.3%   
Wyoming 70.6%    79.5%    70.7%    35.4%    40.9%    79.6%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.6%    85.3%    74.7%    53.6%    60.4%    81.6%   
California 87.2%    92.2%    88.1%    64.9%    66.8%    89.0%   
Hawaii 98.2%    98.8%    98.1%    93.9%    94.5%    99.1%   
Oregon 83.0%    90.1%    84.9%    46.0%    61.3%    86.3%   
Washington 85.6%    90.7%    87.1%    66.0%    85.4%    85.6%   

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.

** 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 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer 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 0.25%    0.26%    0.77%    1.08%    0.95%    0.23%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.16%    0.92%    5.92%    4.66%    6.79%    1.17%   
Maine 1.78%    1.59%    7.59%    5.80%    7.18%    1.77%   
Massachusetts 1.15%    0.73%    3.63%    6.46%    11.30%    1.15%   
New Hampshire 1.32%    1.39%    3.88%    4.84%    6.99%    1.34%   
Rhode Island 1.15%    1.01%    2.88%    5.62%    6.74%    1.02%   
Vermont 1.31%    1.23%    3.93%    5.83%    7.69%    1.32%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.26%    1.23%    4.36%    5.65%    7.09%    1.28%   
New York 0.82%    0.85%    2.55%    3.52%    4.51%    0.85%   
Pennsylvania 0.97%    0.91%    3.17%    4.30%    3.83%    0.72%   
East North Central:
Illinois 0.80%    0.69%    2.86%    4.96%    4.06%    0.77%   
Indiana 1.07%    1.06%    3.24%    6.62%    3.73%    1.05%   
Michigan 1.04%    0.86%    4.85%    5.49%    4.11%    1.00%   
Ohio 1.19%    1.06%    4.33%    4.79%    3.62%    1.24%   
Wisconsin 1.27%    1.29%    3.28%    5.29%    4.82%    1.28%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.04%    1.09%    3.20%    5.44%    4.11%    1.06%   
Kansas 1.32%    1.56%    3.73%    5.01%    4.13%    1.38%   
Minnesota 1.55%    1.20%    5.72%    6.51%    7.09%    1.39%   
Missouri 1.17%    1.25%    5.30%    5.06%    3.76%    1.22%   
Nebraska 1.87%    1.73%    5.67%    7.96%    5.36%    2.04%   
North Dakota 1.52%    1.50%    4.80%    5.40%    6.10%    1.39%   
South Dakota 1.60%    1.46%    5.10%    5.57%    5.04%    1.61%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.95%    2.34%    4.29%    5.83%    7.34%    1.57%   
District of Columbia 0.91%    0.70%    3.98%    5.86%    3.10%    0.95%   
Florida 1.24%    1.41%    5.88%    4.42%    3.18%    1.44%   
Georgia 1.14%    1.14%    5.30%    5.55%    3.68%    1.21%   
Maryland 1.55%    1.77%    2.30%    5.84%    6.16%    1.42%   
North Carolina 1.66%    1.39%    5.07%    7.09%    4.27%    1.91%   
South Carolina 1.15%    1.09%    5.60%    5.37%    4.19%    1.21%   
Virginia 1.35%    1.01%    7.14%    6.52%    5.27%    1.24%   
West Virginia 1.44%    1.40%    4.05%    5.83%    2.43%    2.08%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.27%    1.10%    6.31%    5.98%    3.36%    1.44%   
Kentucky 1.24%    0.86%    3.63%    8.27%    5.43%    0.95%   
Mississippi 1.43%    1.19%    5.37%    7.01%    3.80%    1.46%   
Tennessee 0.92%    1.01%    3.51%    4.26%    2.54%    1.04%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.59%    1.51%    5.64%    7.26%    3.18%    2.14%   
Louisiana 1.62%    1.66%    5.69%    6.92%    4.22%    1.75%   
Oklahoma 1.39%    1.50%    7.54%    6.06%    4.03%    1.50%   
Texas 1.60%    1.80%    4.21%    5.52%    4.76%    1.14%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.72%    1.75%    5.09%    5.59%    4.55%    1.90%   
Colorado 1.76%    1.54%    5.57%    8.11%    8.42%    1.81%   
Idaho 2.31%    2.44%    7.62%    6.81%    6.42%    2.22%   
Montana 1.94%    2.44%    5.47%    6.13%    6.11%    1.94%   
Nevada 1.53%    1.64%    2.43%    8.00%    3.79%    1.70%   
New Mexico 1.58%    2.02%    5.72%    5.38%    4.67%    1.65%   
Utah 1.73%    1.81%    4.98%    7.76%    5.85%    1.83%   
Wyoming 2.18%    2.44%    5.57%    7.44%    5.99%    2.12%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.66%    2.00%    5.86%    6.92%    6.35%    1.82%   
California 0.85%    0.80%    2.34%    4.78%    7.40%    0.84%   
Hawaii 0.47%    0.34%    1.86%    2.83%    2.22%    0.31%   
Oregon 1.46%    1.42%    3.99%    7.35%    7.12%    1.46%   
Washington 1.49%    1.61%    4.02%    8.54%    6.42%    1.57%   

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.

** 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.