Table 9

Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for population under 18, by state, 2000/2001 to 2010/2011

ESI coverage (%) ESI coverage (#)
State 2000/2001 2010/2011 Percentage-point change 2000/2001 2010/2011 Change
NATIONWIDE 65.8% 54.8% -11.0 47,669,469 40,645,782 -7,023,687
Alabama 65.7% 55.8% -9.9 746,676 644,506 -102,170
Alaska 59.9% 54.0% -5.9 114,687 102,464 -12,223
Arizona 59.3% 50.1% -9.2 880,331 823,205 -57,126
Arkansas 57.6% 46.5% -11.2 399,187 324,905 -74,283
California 58.3% 49.2% -9.1 5,660,084 4,597,284 -1,062,800
Colorado 69.6% 60.6% -9.1 807,209 754,236 -52,973
Connecticut 77.8% 67.4% -10.4 640,577 552,778 -87,799
Delaware 73.6% 63.0% -10.6 146,411 130,375 -16,036
District of Columbia 54.4% 44.2% -10.2 60,433 47,019 -13,414
Florida 59.7% 50.7% -9.0 2,289,886 2,013,758 -276,129
Georgia 65.4% 50.6% -14.7 1,487,608 1,273,727 -213,881
Hawaii 66.2% 57.7% -8.5 201,708 177,718 -23,990
Idaho 62.9% 50.5% -12.4 238,914 216,060 -22,853
Illinois 70.8% 55.0% -15.8 2,206,203 1,698,636 -507,567
Indiana 75.4% 59.4% -15.9 1,119,847 952,363 -167,484
Iowa 78.2% 63.6% -14.6 565,249 461,242 -104,007
Kansas 69.3% 58.1% -11.2 455,607 418,012 -37,595
Kentucky 63.0% 55.1% -7.9 630,503 559,916 -70,587
Louisiana 57.9% 41.6% -16.4 715,000 473,796 -241,204
Maine 67.6% 59.9% -7.7 186,683 161,491 -25,193
Maryland 79.0% 63.2% -15.8 1,109,812 858,415 -251,397
Massachusetts 71.0% 69.7% -1.3 998,137 993,930 -4,207
Michigan 75.9% 60.1% -15.7 1,863,512 1,391,798 -471,714
Minnesota 77.6% 68.3% -9.3 928,421 875,283 -53,138
Mississippi 54.3% 44.3% -9.9 425,012 337,155 -87,857
Missouri 71.8% 59.4% -12.3 1,015,084 831,891 -183,193
Montana 59.0% 49.8% -9.2 131,821 109,372 -22,449
Nebraska 67.0% 61.4% -5.6 294,098 283,469 -10,629
Nevada 70.7% 56.9% -13.8 402,507 376,094 -26,412
New Hampshire 79.9% 72.6% -7.3 233,312 203,764 -29,549
New Jersey 77.5% 64.0% -13.5 1,500,034 1,309,583 -190,452
New Mexico 49.0% 42.9% -6.1 245,260 220,536 -24,724
New York 63.6% 56.6% -7.0 2,918,318 2,441,481 -476,837
North Carolina 63.5% 49.1% -14.4 1,310,696 1,141,277 -169,419
North Dakota 62.5% 66.0% 3.5 86,167 101,691 15,524
Ohio 72.9% 58.0% -14.9 1,982,093 1,557,349 -424,743
Oklahoma 53.7% 50.8% -3.0 468,801 478,690 9,889
Oregon 64.8% 55.4% -9.4 563,943 476,376 -87,568
Pennsylvania 75.0% 62.4% -12.6 2,089,869 1,705,816 -384,054
Rhode Island 71.9% 61.6% -10.3 176,515 139,165 -37,350
South Carolina 65.9% 49.2% -16.7 668,599 526,884 -141,714
South Dakota 69.8% 57.0% -12.8 128,521 113,544 -14,977
Tennessee 62.6% 52.3% -10.3 881,296 775,782 -105,514
Texas 56.4% 45.4% -11.0 3,462,545 3,153,801 -308,743
Utah 74.0% 68.2% -5.8 537,743 600,399 62,656
Vermont 70.3% 56.6% -13.7 93,855 70,133 -23,722
Virginia 69.8% 63.9% -5.9 1,269,487 1,197,290 -72,196
Washington 63.5% 50.5% -13.0 964,593 814,437 -150,156
West Virginia 62.4% 57.5% -4.9 244,068 225,331 -18,736
Wisconsin 79.5% 65.6% -13.9 1,040,032 870,335 -169,698
Wyoming 66.5% 59.1% -7.4 82,515 81,221 -1,294

* 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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