Table VIII.B.2.b(2001) Percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

62.2%

36.8%

57.6%

71.1%

76.8%

 
New England:

Maine

60.9%

42.6%

55.3%

70.9%

68.7%

Rhode Island

52.5%

30.5%

53.5%

56.2%

67.3%

Vermont

53.2%

35.9%

43.8%

48.7%

74.8%

Massachusetts

62.0%

35.2%

62.2%

64.6%

81.2%

Connecticut

66.4%

51.7%

65.8%

64.6%

80.8%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

63.5%

46.1%

64.2%

57.2%

82.3%

New Jersey

63.8%

36.7%

58.9%

74.2%

80.6%

Pennsylvania

64.9%

33.1%

60.5%

77.9%

81.0%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

63.7%

38.7%

59.6%

75.0%

74.7%

Indiana

67.0%

38.2%

59.8%

75.1%

86.4%

Illinois

63.7%

39.6%

57.8%

71.5%

79.3%

Michigan

64.1%

32.9%

60.6%

74.9%

80.2%

Wisconsin

56.8%

38.5%

53.1%

74.5%

56.3%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

59.8%

41.1%

58.3%

56.7%

80.3%

Iowa

55.5%

29.5%

35.4%

71.9%

76.2%

Missouri

63.2%

36.2%

55.4%

70.3%

81.5%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

67.5%

39.9%

62.1%

74.6%

87.6%

Maryland

61.5%

40.1%

53.5%

70.6%

77.1%

District of Columbia

79.2%

57.7%

72.4%

91.4%

87.5%

Virginia

62.4%

32.3%

58.8%

72.6%

80.4%

North Carolina

59.8%

29.1%

56.5%

64.6%

80.5%

South Carolina

58.9%

36.4%

58.5%

76.4%

58.1%

Georgia

62.7%

32.0%

53.6%

77.3%

78.9%

Florida

57.5%

45.8%

50.2%

66.5%

64.4%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

61.2%

27.9%

61.7%

68.3%

78.7%

Tennessee

64.0%

32.8%

61.4%

75.9%

79.5%

Alabama

66.5%

27.1%

53.7%

79.8%

93.1%

Mississippi

64.1%

42.0%

59.6%

66.1%

78.3%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

55.8%

36.4%

60.1%

82.2%

37.8%

*

Louisiana

54.4%

27.1%

48.1%

68.4%

66.0%

Oklahoma

64.8%

37.7%

49.3%

82.6%

78.5%

Texas

52.6%

30.8%

48.5%

59.1%

65.7%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

57.1%

29.3%

50.7%

67.4%

73.1%

Colorado

63.8%

38.8%

61.2%

67.6%

81.3%

Arizona

63.5%

38.9%

55.1%

83.0%

69.6%

Utah

56.5%

31.3%

65.2%

58.4%

65.4%

Nevada

62.6%

41.5%

62.8%

59.1%

82.0%

 
Pacific:

Washington

65.8%

39.9%

57.3%

75.5%

78.6%

Oregon

62.7%

37.0%

46.4%

78.2%

82.6%

California

66.8%

40.7%

59.9%

74.7%

84.0%

Alaska

53.2%

29.5%

50.2%

72.0%

54.5%

Hawaii

70.0%

49.3%

67.5%

76.5%

85.5%

 

States not shown separately

60.9%

33.9%

53.6%

75.0%

73.3%

 

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

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table VIII.B.2.b(2001) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

0.48%

1.11%

0.93%

0.70%

1.43%

 
New England:

Maine

2.62%

4.83%

4.88%

2.07%

5.77%

Rhode Island

2.58%

1.70%

4.62%

5.15%

2.68%

Vermont

2.72%

2.37%

3.20%

5.01%

3.04%

Massachusetts

3.05%

3.93%

4.73%

4.82%

2.71%

Connecticut

2.67%

3.68%

5.23%

1.75%

2.95%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.64%

4.60%

4.35%

4.03%

2.73%

New Jersey

2.75%

4.06%

4.69%

3.68%

3.62%

Pennsylvania

2.97%

4.25%

3.26%

3.13%

2.13%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

2.62%

3.33%

3.54%

2.87%

5.97%

Indiana

2.15%

3.95%

3.59%

2.94%

4.91%

Illinois

2.12%

3.86%

4.25%

2.93%

4.68%

Michigan

1.82%

2.66%

4.44%

2.20%

1.89%

Wisconsin

3.51%

3.57%

2.73%

2.31%

8.52%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

3.90%

5.60%

3.93%

6.33%

3.80%

Iowa

3.75%

5.41%

6.34%

1.94%

3.80%

Missouri

3.08%

3.92%

6.01%

3.48%

2.50%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.19%

4.10%

3.13%

1.12%

2.47%

Maryland

1.56%

3.30%

4.51%

2.59%

3.87%

District of Columbia

2.16%

5.26%

3.09%

4.45%

1.67%

Virginia

1.60%

3.88%

3.77%

3.98%

2.92%

North Carolina

2.65%

4.13%

3.49%

5.56%

3.33%

South Carolina

2.69%

6.89%

4.33%

2.13%

9.37%

Georgia

3.32%

4.79%

3.92%

2.97%

2.82%

Florida

2.21%

4.44%

2.65%

3.15%

7.24%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

1.87%

3.79%

3.71%

3.26%

3.80%

Tennessee

3.97%

4.71%

4.32%

2.84%

6.80%

Alabama

4.55%

4.49%

2.61%

2.60%

3.12%

Mississippi

2.44%

7.08%

4.84%

4.15%

3.53%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

4.64%

2.95%

4.00%

2.23%

14.08%

*

Louisiana

3.07%

2.68%

4.41%

8.42%

3.53%

Oklahoma

3.61%

3.07%

4.98%

4.18%

3.49%

Texas

2.29%

3.69%

4.27%

4.19%

6.38%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

2.74%

4.58%

5.91%

3.07%

4.04%

Colorado

2.29%

4.46%

4.14%

4.59%

3.16%

Arizona

3.76%

3.42%

5.64%

2.01%

5.55%

Utah

4.06%

3.13%

7.59%

5.77%

5.77%

Nevada

2.48%

4.94%

3.65%

3.43%

2.98%

 
Pacific:

Washington

2.46%

4.76%

4.26%

4.67%

5.23%

Oregon

1.72%

4.93%

2.95%

1.59%

2.33%

California

1.67%

2.76%

3.21%

2.01%

1.57%

Alaska

3.55%

5.79%

5.33%

2.62%

10.26%

Hawaii

3.00%

2.80%

4.03%

5.73%

2.75%

 

States not shown separately

2.16%

3.95%

3.13%

3.75%

2.46%

 

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

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.