Table VIII.B.2(2001) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)

 

Division and State

Total
(WAGE)

Quartile 1
(WAGE)

Quartile 2
(WAGE)

Quartile 3
(WAGE)

Quartile 4
(WAGE)

 

United States

88.8%

72.3%

89.4%

96.0%

97.9%

 
New England:

Maine

84.0%

58.4%

89.1%

94.3%

97.8%

Rhode Island

92.3%

83.7%

92.8%

95.7%

97.2%

Vermont

85.9%

60.9%

91.8%

94.3%

94.7%

Massachusetts

93.1%

80.7%

96.1%

97.8%

98.2%

Connecticut

92.6%

81.9%

93.6%

97.0%

97.9%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

89.5%

73.0%

90.7%

96.4%

98.4%

New Jersey

92.5%

81.9%

91.2%

97.6%

99.2%

Pennsylvania

92.4%

77.6%

94.1%

98.8%

99.2%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

91.7%

75.2%

94.5%

98.2%

98.1%

Indiana

90.3%

71.2%

93.5%

97.1%

99.3%

Illinois

90.4%

72.0%

93.4%

97.9%

98.4%

Michigan

91.4%

76.5%

93.3%

98.2%

98.0%

Wisconsin

88.9%

72.7%

90.2%

96.9%

95.8%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

89.7%

76.4%

90.6%

98.2%

94.6%

Iowa

85.9%

68.1%

86.5%

92.1%

97.1%

Missouri

88.6%

67.8%

89.9%

98.5%

98.0%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

92.3%

78.7%

95.4%

96.0%

98.9%

Maryland

91.2%

78.6%

92.2%

96.1%

97.8%

District of Columbia

95.7%

82.3%

97.0%

99.3%

99.2%

Virginia

91.8%

79.2%

92.5%

96.4%

99.3%

North Carolina

88.5%

71.2%

86.6%

97.8%

99.0%

South Carolina

86.3%

65.2%

89.2%

92.1%

98.9%

Georgia

87.6%

68.3%

88.1%

96.1%

98.9%

Florida

89.5%

78.0%

87.3%

95.8%

97.0%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

88.7%

72.7%

89.0%

94.6%

98.6%

Tennessee

89.0%

78.4%

82.6%

95.9%

99.1%

Alabama

88.4%

69.6%

89.2%

96.2%

99.4%

Mississippi

81.3%

55.9%

83.1%

89.4%

96.0%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

82.6%

53.5%

84.4%

94.4%

98.6%

Louisiana

84.8%

66.2%

80.8%

92.2%

96.6%

Oklahoma

84.9%

64.8%

82.6%

96.1%

96.0%

Texas

84.4%

68.9%

80.8%

91.5%

96.4%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

68.9%

57.9%

72.4%

48.0%

97.0%

Colorado

91.7%

79.5%

92.9%

96.4%

97.2%

Arizona

88.3%

70.1%

88.6%

95.8%

98.6%

Utah

87.7%

67.2%

92.6%

96.0%

97.1%

Nevada

90.8%

77.2%

94.0%

94.7%

97.5%

 
Pacific:

Washington

86.1%

60.0%

87.2%

98.0%

98.4%

Oregon

87.6%

75.1%

86.8%

93.0%

95.6%

California

88.3%

68.5%

91.1%

96.4%

97.7%

Alaska

77.4%

62.5%

75.6%

84.4%

86.7%

Hawaii

96.9%

91.5%

97.3%

99.4%

99.5%

 

States not shown separately

82.4%

62.6%

78.9%

94.5%

96.2%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component

 

Table VIII.B.2(2001) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)

 

Division and State

Total
(WAGE)

Quartile 1
(WAGE)

Quartile 2
(WAGE)

Quartile 3
(WAGE)

Quartile 4
(WAGE)

 

United States

0.29%

0.97%

0.44%

0.34%

0.23%

 
New England:

Maine

3.16%

8.46%

2.75%

1.75%

1.02%

Rhode Island

1.41%

5.95%

1.35%

3.60%

1.07%

Vermont

2.42%

4.31%

6.67%

5.56%

1.26%

Massachusetts

0.62%

2.54%

1.80%

1.25%

0.85%

Connecticut

0.82%

4.18%

4.35%

1.34%

1.07%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.36%

4.56%

2.49%

1.67%

1.22%

New Jersey

1.32%

4.21%

3.86%

1.57%

0.42%

Pennsylvania

0.83%

5.50%

0.98%

0.55%

0.23%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

0.73%

4.64%

3.78%

0.52%

0.97%

Indiana

1.31%

5.57%

2.06%

1.22%

0.53%

Illinois

1.12%

2.87%

1.98%

0.78%

0.92%

Michigan

1.13%

3.77%

1.36%

1.55%

2.07%

Wisconsin

1.19%

6.01%

1.87%

1.33%

2.26%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

1.26%

3.98%

2.04%

1.17%

3.06%

Iowa

1.69%

8.05%

4.68%

1.96%

1.35%

Missouri

1.44%

3.28%

3.48%

4.23%

0.93%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.30%

3.48%

1.62%

2.84%

5.15%

Maryland

0.86%

4.50%

2.66%

1.01%

0.66%

District of Columbia

0.97%

3.61%

1.13%

0.62%

0.49%

Virginia

1.35%

4.00%

3.44%

1.01%

0.65%

North Carolina

1.51%

3.27%

2.54%

0.88%

0.46%

South Carolina

1.84%

6.25%

3.80%

2.01%

0.53%

Georgia

2.26%

5.90%

3.24%

2.40%

1.74%

Florida

1.33%

3.64%

3.67%

1.30%

2.46%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

1.35%

4.92%

3.17%

1.33%

0.76%

Tennessee

2.11%

6.62%

4.58%

0.97%

1.30%

Alabama

1.41%

6.14%

2.81%

1.46%

3.09%

Mississippi

2.51%

5.53%

3.21%

3.92%

1.86%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

1.97%

3.69%

3.71%

1.31%

10.46%

Louisiana

1.70%

4.47%

3.89%

10.35%

1.45%

Oklahoma

1.71%

4.69%

2.97%

1.14%

3.37%

Texas

1.90%

3.04%

3.54%

1.75%

1.24%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

4.59%

4.10%

3.58%

12.79%

2.39%

Colorado

0.98%

4.82%

3.66%

1.74%

1.61%

Arizona

0.93%

3.80%

2.66%

2.28%

1.88%

Utah

2.65%

6.49%

4.80%

2.73%

1.77%

Nevada

0.94%

3.93%

1.77%

1.26%

1.91%

 
Pacific:

Washington

1.56%

3.52%

2.51%

0.98%

1.09%

Oregon

1.98%

5.96%

2.99%

2.13%

1.28%

California

1.02%

1.88%

2.31%

0.52%

0.95%

Alaska

4.79%

6.87%

7.06%

6.91%

6.23%

Hawaii

1.13%

4.05%

3.05%

0.27%

0.43%

 

States not shown separately

1.45%

4.91%

4.29%

1.94%

0.81%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component