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, 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 80.5%    89.8%    68.1%    39.1%    58.4%    84.7%   
New England:
Connecticut 81.3%    91.6%    67.9%    44.9%    43.8%    83.9%   
Maine 77.4%    92.0%    73.5%    28.9%    50.9%    79.8%   
Massachusetts 76.8%    86.5%    68.2%    33.0%    --    77.9%   
New Hampshire 73.0%    89.3%    66.4%    28.4%    52.6%    75.4%   
Rhode Island 76.1%    88.2%    67.1%    40.1%    50.2%    79.0%   
Vermont 80.0%    93.3%    66.3%    40.3%    50.4%    82.3%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 80.3%    90.6%    62.6%    37.2%    52.4%    83.2%   
New York 79.9%    89.8%    65.1%    42.5%    48.9%    82.7%   
Pennsylvania 77.9%    87.3%    67.6%    36.9%    53.3%    84.1%   
East North Central:
Illinois 78.4%    87.4%    65.1%    31.3%    47.8%    83.2%   
Indiana 83.2%    91.3%    70.5%    33.1%    57.1%    89.9%   
Michigan 82.9%    92.1%    73.7%    35.1%    50.1%    89.5%   
Ohio 79.5%    91.9%    72.2%    35.2%    57.6%    85.5%   
Wisconsin 80.9%    92.2%    70.4%    34.8%    46.5%    87.3%   
West North Central:
Iowa 80.7%    91.8%    73.6%    41.9%    52.8%    88.4%   
Kansas 77.8%    89.6%    71.7%    35.6%    52.5%    84.5%   
Minnesota 79.0%    87.1%    74.7%    39.1%    33.4%    83.7%   
Missouri 78.2%    91.4%    63.8%    32.4%    63.4%    82.9%   
Nebraska 81.2%    90.6%    67.1%    28.3%    55.9%    85.6%   
North Dakota 79.3%    91.1%    65.1%    37.7%    36.2%    85.2%   
South Dakota 78.7%    89.6%    64.8%    37.3%    52.4%    83.5%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 73.8%    87.8%    54.3%    31.4%    54.6%    77.3%   
District of Columbia 80.8%    89.2%    66.6%    40.5%    73.1%    81.2%   
Florida 77.6%    85.0%    62.8%    42.1%    63.1%    82.0%   
Georgia 78.4%    88.9%    64.6%    28.2%    60.6%    84.1%   
Maryland 78.3%    89.2%    71.0%    44.6%    54.7%    82.7%   
North Carolina 83.2%    91.7%    70.2%    41.4%    60.4%    88.7%   
South Carolina 76.7%    86.5%    60.0%    29.1%    41.6%    85.9%   
Virginia 83.3%    91.5%    74.5%    37.6%    67.0%    86.8%   
West Virginia 77.4%    90.3%    70.9%    29.3%    65.4%    87.6%   
East South Central:
Alabama 82.0%    91.5%    58.3%    44.0%    61.3%    90.7%   
Kentucky 85.8%    92.4%    70.2%    33.2%    63.1%    89.7%   
Mississippi 79.6%    89.6%    61.6%    34.9%    64.9%    85.8%   
Tennessee 82.0%    90.9%    66.9%    43.5%    58.3%    90.4%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 81.3%    91.2%    51.0%    48.5%    68.8%    87.6%   
Louisiana 81.9%    90.9%    65.4%    47.4%    68.3%    86.9%   
Oklahoma 84.7%    92.9%    61.9%    41.2%    64.9%    90.7%   
Texas 85.0%    92.0%    67.8%    41.0%    68.1%    89.4%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.9%    92.0%    60.9%    41.6%    58.7%    85.1%   
Colorado 82.6%    88.0%    66.2%    50.1%    57.2%    84.5%   
Idaho 83.1%    92.7%    66.7%    38.1%    51.6%    89.0%   
Montana 77.4%    87.8%    69.8%    44.1%    49.1%    82.0%   
Nevada 73.5%    82.9%    64.0%    40.8%    58.6%    79.0%   
New Mexico 81.1%    94.4%    55.9%    44.4%    63.9%    85.6%   
Utah 77.3%    87.2%    71.1%    36.0%    50.4%    81.4%   
Wyoming 79.6%    87.8%    63.3%    --    61.1%    82.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 74.9%    80.3%    74.9%    36.4%    53.6%    77.4%   
California 80.7%    90.0%    69.3%    41.0%    57.8%    82.3%   
Hawaii 80.8%    87.4%    68.0%    50.4%    62.1%    84.9%   
Oregon 83.9%    91.2%    77.0%    35.3%    52.1%    87.4%   
Washington 85.7%    92.1%    78.2%    61.5%    68.6%    86.5%   

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.

-- 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, 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 0.39%    0.38%    0.75%    1.05%    1.01%    0.40%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.67%    1.16%    4.10%    4.42%    6.67%    1.60%   
Maine 3.04%    1.11%    5.37%    3.36%    6.11%    3.22%   
Massachusetts 2.50%    2.52%    3.63%    2.29%    --    2.50%   
New Hampshire 2.38%    1.77%    2.65%    1.87%    6.88%    2.57%   
Rhode Island 2.06%    2.17%    2.83%    3.15%    6.32%    2.04%   
Vermont 1.92%    0.92%    2.77%    4.00%    6.43%    1.96%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.16%    1.63%    3.59%    5.91%    5.52%    2.11%   
New York 1.34%    1.02%    2.81%    4.39%    5.00%    1.30%   
Pennsylvania 1.89%    1.74%    3.07%    4.38%    5.13%    1.60%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.19%    2.18%    3.15%    3.84%    5.93%    2.09%   
Indiana 1.65%    1.21%    3.48%    3.71%    4.24%    1.34%   
Michigan 1.62%    0.87%    3.77%    3.92%    4.93%    1.33%   
Ohio 2.19%    1.33%    2.08%    5.11%    5.36%    2.37%   
Wisconsin 1.76%    1.11%    3.69%    3.02%    5.26%    1.49%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.18%    1.04%    3.65%    5.78%    5.52%    1.24%   
Kansas 2.54%    1.33%    4.33%    6.56%    4.01%    2.77%   
Minnesota 2.21%    1.97%    8.15%    4.89%    5.53%    2.00%   
Missouri 2.27%    1.06%    5.09%    3.73%    5.69%    2.52%   
Nebraska 1.87%    1.31%    4.06%    4.85%    5.48%    1.60%   
North Dakota 1.71%    1.00%    3.92%    3.52%    4.01%    1.40%   
South Dakota 2.17%    1.08%    4.34%    4.95%    4.94%    2.50%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.99%    2.69%    2.48%    3.15%    7.90%    4.22%   
District of Columbia 2.34%    2.34%    5.66%    6.87%    12.61%    2.38%   
Florida 2.33%    2.90%    3.95%    4.47%    3.53%    2.93%   
Georgia 2.19%    1.53%    3.08%    2.98%    4.14%    2.64%   
Maryland 2.13%    1.31%    3.16%    6.10%    6.70%    1.97%   
North Carolina 1.74%    1.46%    3.43%    5.52%    4.56%    1.62%   
South Carolina 2.61%    2.93%    2.97%    3.43%    5.44%    1.90%   
Virginia 1.90%    1.35%    6.69%    3.10%    6.35%    2.00%   
West Virginia 2.11%    1.51%    3.27%    3.25%    4.07%    1.71%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.58%    2.02%    3.78%    6.21%    4.85%    1.71%   
Kentucky 1.66%    1.52%    4.39%    4.91%    5.99%    1.58%   
Mississippi 2.27%    1.94%    3.40%    7.00%    5.53%    2.08%   
Tennessee 1.75%    1.17%    5.73%    6.62%    4.17%    1.29%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.24%    1.28%    6.96%    7.05%    5.19%    1.83%   
Louisiana 1.77%    1.35%    2.78%    6.64%    3.94%    1.77%   
Oklahoma 1.89%    1.11%    2.49%    7.66%    5.15%    1.67%   
Texas 1.27%    0.95%    4.54%    4.07%    3.64%    1.15%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.00%    1.65%    6.02%    6.68%    6.03%    2.89%   
Colorado 1.82%    1.89%    3.64%    9.75%    6.78%    1.81%   
Idaho 2.64%    1.26%    4.54%    6.46%    6.64%    1.82%   
Montana 2.04%    1.65%    5.95%    4.72%    3.99%    1.95%   
Nevada 1.94%    2.38%    2.41%    6.24%    3.96%    1.99%   
New Mexico 2.54%    0.96%    5.92%    7.49%    4.77%    2.99%   
Utah 3.21%    2.93%    2.83%    4.97%    5.43%    3.50%   
Wyoming 1.89%    2.09%    4.39%    --    7.14%    1.78%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.38%    4.14%    3.86%    4.61%    5.80%    3.68%   
California 1.78%    1.87%    2.43%    4.04%    8.25%    1.66%   
Hawaii 1.63%    1.65%    3.85%    5.68%    4.58%    1.54%   
Oregon 1.82%    1.19%    3.02%    7.05%    8.75%    1.37%   
Washington 1.68%    1.28%    3.02%    13.14%    12.99%    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.

-- 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.