Table VIII.B.2.a(2001) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance 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

77.9%

56.8%

74.3%

85.7%

89.6%

 
New England:

Maine

75.7%

59.7%

72.1%

84.9%

81.1%

Rhode Island

69.2%

48.8%

68.9%

72.6%

83.9%

Vermont

77.2%

55.5%

63.2%

80.9%

89.8%

Massachusetts

78.8%

52.7%

77.5%

88.0%

92.4%

Connecticut

82.0%

66.2%

84.6%

79.0%

95.7%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

79.7%

64.2%

81.7%

75.7%

93.3%

New Jersey

74.7%

46.7%

70.6%

84.3%

92.3%

Pennsylvania

80.4%

58.4%

73.4%

90.4%

94.2%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

80.9%

56.2%

82.7%

91.0%

87.2%

Indiana

79.7%

58.3%

77.4%

86.8%

90.5%

Illinois

77.2%

62.9%

71.2%

83.8%

86.9%

Michigan

78.4%

58.8%

74.1%

85.0%

90.7%

Wisconsin

77.6%

54.7%

70.9%

90.0%

88.3%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

75.5%

57.8%

72.2%

78.2%

90.7%

Iowa

73.6%

57.0%

53.7%

89.3%

88.4%

Missouri

78.5%

61.7%

72.7%

81.6%

92.3%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

78.3%

52.6%

74.8%

87.2%

93.1%

Maryland

79.6%

63.4%

71.0%

87.8%

92.5%

District of Columbia

89.2%

72.6%

85.3%

96.1%

96.6%

Virginia

80.1%

55.3%

81.4%

86.6%

92.6%

North Carolina

78.0%

57.3%

72.5%

86.9%

89.4%

South Carolina

74.4%

62.1%

72.5%

89.8%

69.9%

Georgia

76.6%

42.9%

71.7%

90.0%

92.4%

Florida

75.2%

67.8%

64.2%

80.3%

85.9%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

79.4%

54.0%

83.7%

84.0%

89.9%

Tennessee

76.5%

47.6%

79.7%

89.4%

84.5%

Alabama

83.1%

62.1%

73.7%

92.7%

97.3%

Mississippi

78.3%

54.1%

76.4%

86.0%

86.4%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

81.0%

56.2%

76.6%

92.1%

87.9%

Louisiana

68.8%

44.7%

63.9%

86.3%

78.1%

Oklahoma

78.1%

60.7%

67.8%

91.1%

85.8%

Texas

74.0%

55.2%

64.7%

76.0%

93.5%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

72.0%

45.3%

62.4%

81.7%

90.2%

Colorado

79.1%

58.1%

76.6%

83.7%

92.7%

Arizona

81.2%

56.5%

72.1%

95.9%

92.6%

Utah

74.8%

49.1%

76.5%

89.0%

78.6%

Nevada

75.3%

58.3%

76.1%

74.5%

88.4%

 
Pacific:

Washington

77.1%

57.4%

71.3%

84.0%

86.8%

Oregon

73.4%

46.7%

58.1%

91.6%

90.5%

California

80.2%

57.7%

77.6%

88.3%

90.8%

Alaska

64.6%

43.9%

63.5%

84.2%

61.2%

Hawaii

81.5%

62.9%

85.4%

84.2%

92.6%

 

States not shown separately

76.7%

52.9%

73.0%

89.0%

86.3%

 

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.a(2001) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance 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

0.37%

0.76%

0.92%

0.35%

0.89%

 
New England:

Maine

2.22%

6.69%

4.07%

2.33%

6.18%

Rhode Island

2.72%

5.09%

4.53%

4.87%

2.31%

Vermont

1.46%

2.49%

4.55%

2.55%

1.20%

Massachusetts

2.06%

3.88%

2.72%

2.23%

2.31%

Connecticut

2.47%

3.80%

5.06%

2.24%

2.01%

                   
Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.13%

4.28%

4.25%

3.42%

2.03%

New Jersey

1.87%

3.93%

4.53%

2.77%

1.29%

Pennsylvania

1.31%

3.28%

2.60%

1.91%

0.85%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

2.89%

4.22%

2.51%

2.69%

4.44%

Indiana

1.73%

5.58%

3.43%

1.80%

4.52%

Illinois

2.08%

4.10%

5.12%

2.05%

4.13%

Michigan

1.72%

5.67%

3.78%

2.64%

2.18%

Wisconsin

2.34%

4.29%

3.06%

1.51%

2.54%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

2.27%

5.39%

3.13%

4.46%

3.51%

Iowa

3.14%

5.30%

6.63%

1.76%

3.50%

Missouri

2.58%

4.61%

6.24%

3.54%

1.52%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.08%

3.66%

3.25%

1.07%

1.74%

Maryland

1.79%

3.62%

4.84%

2.29%

2.28%

District of Columbia

1.73%

4.59%

3.12%

3.63%

0.77%

Virginia

2.10%

6.60%

2.79%

2.10%

2.09%

North Carolina

1.86%

5.90%

4.40%

2.94%

3.93%

South Carolina

2.48%

8.57%

4.81%

1.55%

8.16%

Georgia

3.28%

5.34%

5.07%

1.75%

1.76%

Florida

1.11%

2.43%

3.54%

3.17%

3.65%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

1.66%

5.31%

2.68%

3.11%

3.24%

Tennessee

3.45%

4.37%

3.74%

1.83%

6.15%

Alabama

3.45%

7.26%

3.32%

1.73%

2.42%

Mississippi

2.36%

7.49%

5.58%

4.32%

3.00%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

3.07%

5.09%

4.18%

1.65%

11.11%

Louisiana

3.83%

4.30%

5.87%

9.48%

3.73%

Oklahoma

3.04%

4.72%

5.98%

3.01%

3.38%

Texas

2.10%

5.05%

5.67%

3.05%

1.17%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

2.72%

4.41%

5.98%

2.68%

2.46%

Colorado

1.30%

7.07%

4.29%

4.33%

2.34%

Arizona

3.28%

4.09%

4.74%

1.22%

4.06%

Utah

2.75%

3.46%

7.51%

2.02%

5.40%

Nevada

2.19%

4.15%

3.38%

3.89%

2.53%

 
Pacific:

Washington

2.36%

4.00%

3.34%

3.81%

3.96%

Oregon

1.88%

6.61%

3.07%

1.35%

2.16%

California

1.44%

2.07%

1.32%

1.92%

1.90%

Alaska

5.18%

8.92%

5.71%

2.18%

10.81%

Hawaii

2.10%

3.64%

2.53%

4.04%

2.64%

 

States not shown separately

1.91%

4.22%

3.10%

2.84%

2.69%

 

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