Table 7

Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage by state, under-65 population, 2000/2001 to 2010/2011*

ESI coverage (%) ESI coverage (#)
State 2000/2001 2010/2011 Percentage-point change 2000/2001 2010/2011 Change
NATIONWIDE 68.5% 58.5% -10.0 169,169,181 156,196,137 -12,973,044
Alabama 68.7% 59.6% -9.2 2,651,881 2,443,905 -207,976
Alaska 63.1% 58.6% -4.5 372,313 378,468 6,155
Arizona 63.3% 54.1% -9.2 2,950,511 3,072,088 121,578
Arkansas 61.4% 52.6% -8.9 1,387,818 1,285,500 -102,318
California 61.0% 52.4% -8.6 18,873,334 17,355,689 -1,517,645
Colorado 70.8% 60.9% -9.9 2,805,245 2,701,887 -103,357
Connecticut 77.9% 69.8% -8.1 2,252,818 2,126,099 -126,719
Delaware 76.6% 65.8% -10.8 526,067 504,383 -21,683
District of Columbia 64.4% 56.6% -7.8 313,807 303,916 -9,892
Florida 63.3% 53.2% -10.1 8,553,829 8,271,845 -281,984
Georgia 68.5% 54.7% -13.8 5,095,960 4,763,250 -332,710
Hawaii 72.1% 66.5% -5.6 759,092 752,571 -6,521
Idaho 65.2% 54.5% -10.7 755,406 738,385 -17,021
Illinois 72.0% 60.0% -12.0 7,869,771 6,667,416 -1,202,356
Indiana 76.4% 63.4% -12.9 3,983,181 3,484,009 -499,171
Iowa 76.9% 66.1% -10.8 1,892,558 1,735,517 -157,041
Kansas 71.4% 61.9% -9.6 1,608,975 1,484,026 -124,949
Kentucky 68.0% 58.7% -9.3 2,394,051 2,190,618 -203,434
Louisiana 60.3% 49.7% -10.6 2,330,985 1,927,686 -403,299
Maine 69.6% 61.3% -8.2 747,262 677,139 -70,123
Maryland 78.5% 67.4% -11.1 3,654,290 3,423,346 -230,944
Massachusetts 74.1% 70.5% -3.6 4,080,768 3,941,566 -139,202
Michigan 76.9% 61.5% -15.5 6,689,809 5,138,308 -1,551,500
Minnesota 77.3% 68.7% -8.6 3,442,921 3,124,070 -318,850
Mississippi 60.4% 51.6% -8.8 1,492,193 1,313,876 -178,316
Missouri 72.8% 60.4% -12.4 3,554,232 3,075,923 -478,309
Montana 59.7% 50.6% -9.1 457,974 411,954 -46,019
Nebraska 70.2% 63.6% -6.6 1,041,276 1,006,594 -34,682
Nevada 71.5% 57.3% -14.2 1,330,279 1,348,602 18,323
New Hampshire 79.3% 72.0% -7.3 852,775 807,037 -45,738
New Jersey 76.9% 65.1% -11.8 5,578,859 4,894,760 -684,099
New Mexico 54.1% 47.6% -6.5 851,789 824,768 -27,022
New York 66.1% 59.3% -6.8 10,822,864 9,884,131 -938,733
North Carolina 67.4% 55.7% -11.7 4,781,263 4,566,947 -214,316
North Dakota 66.7% 65.6% -1.1 357,653 377,859 20,207
Ohio 75.2% 61.9% -13.3 7,329,008 6,037,164 -1,291,844
Oklahoma 59.7% 56.7% -3.0 1,754,235 1,818,730 64,495
Oregon 66.4% 59.8% -6.6 2,027,203 1,954,731 -72,472
Pennsylvania 76.4% 65.5% -10.9 7,983,079 6,946,516 -1,036,563
Rhode Island 74.1% 63.0% -11.0 647,720 557,297 -90,423
South Carolina 69.7% 54.2% -15.5 2,429,132 2,132,726 -296,406
South Dakota 69.1% 59.9% -9.2 435,185 415,695 -19,490
Tennessee 65.6% 56.9% -8.7 3,300,418 3,133,756 -166,661
Texas 60.6% 52.0% -8.5 11,387,467 11,843,570 456,103
Utah 73.7% 68.6% -5.1 1,531,568 1,720,970 189,403
Vermont 70.0% 61.7% -8.2 371,853 329,131 -42,721
Virginia 72.2% 63.9% -8.3 4,497,703 4,421,792 -75,911
Washington 66.9% 58.4% -8.4 3,478,838 3,447,183 -31,655
West Virginia 65.0% 59.8% -5.3 972,374 940,213 -32,161
Wisconsin 78.1% 66.1% -12.0 3,623,066 3,191,904 -431,162
Wyoming 66.8% 60.9% -6.0 286,526 300,620 14,094

* Table compares combined data from 2000 and 2001 with combined data from 2010 and 2011 to provide sufficient sample sizes to make reliable estimates for small states.

Note: Bolded numbers are statistically significant at the 5 percent level.

Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

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