Table VIII.B.2(2002) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

88.3%

72.4%

88.1%

95.9%

97.4%
 
New England:
Connecticut

91.9%

77.9%

96.0%

98.6%

96.1%
Maine

82.9%

63.5%

86.0%

87.5%

95.0%
Massachusetts

92.5%

80.2%

92.4%

97.9%

98.5%
New Hampshire

90.9%

80.3%

90.8%

94.2%

98.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

90.9%

78.5%

91.8%

95.5%

97.9%
New York

90.7%

75.9%

93.4%

96.4%

97.5%
Pennsylvania

91.0%

71.7%

96.6%

98.1%

98.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

89.9%

73.5%

91.4%

96.1%

98.4%
Indiana

89.0%

75.3%

87.0%

97.3%

96.3%
Michigan

91.4%

78.3%

92.7%

97.6%

97.1%
Ohio

91.1%

77.0%

89.9%

98.2%

99.0%
Wisconsin

89.9%

73.7%

93.9%

96.6%

95.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

85.2%

63.8%

84.9%

95.5%

96.7%
Kansas

88.1%

76.5%

84.6%

92.2%

98.8%
Minnesota

88.8%

69.8%

91.0%

96.4%

98.0%
Missouri

89.5%

75.1%

88.3%

96.2%

98.3%
Nebraska

84.5%

67.7%

77.6%

96.1%

96.4%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

89.3%

69.8%

91.5%

98.9%

99.0%
Florida

87.7%

73.8%

88.7%

93.4%

94.8%
Georgia

90.0%

77.2%

88.6%

96.3%

98.2%
Maryland

89.5%

79.0%

91.3%

94.2%

92.5%
North Carolina

88.0%

70.9%

85.8%

98.3%

97.1%
South Carolina

80.3%

55.7%

78.7%

93.8%

97.1%
Virginia

90.2%

80.1%

87.2%

96.3%

97.2%
West Virginia

83.2%

64.6%

84.0%

94.0%

90.9%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

90.6%

78.6%

89.8%

95.8%

98.5%
Kentucky

89.8%

74.7%

88.8%

96.3%

99.0%
Mississippi

84.3%

66.6%

82.9%

91.1%

96.6%
Tennessee

81.9%

69.4%

74.9%

86.2%

97.0%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

86.2%

68.4%

86.1%

94.3%

95.7%
Oklahoma

84.8%

63.9%

92.7%

88.9%

94.4%
Texas

86.3%

67.7%

84.2%

96.0%

97.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

87.0%

73.5%

85.6%

94.3%

94.2%
Colorado

88.4%

77.4%

84.1%

94.5%

97.6%
Montana

72.7%

44.5%

67.6%

89.5%

91.5%
Nevada

91.1%

75.9%

94.5%

97.1%

96.8%
New Mexico

77.9%

56.0%

77.2%

83.6%

95.1%
Utah

87.7%

69.7%

88.4%

95.2%

97.5%
Wyoming

74.2%

39.6%

76.4%

86.3%

94.1%
 
Pacific:
California

86.0%

65.9%

86.2%

95.9%

96.9%
Hawaii

98.2%

94.1%

99.7%

99.8%

99.3%
Oregon

87.9%

77.1%

80.1%

97.5%

97.3%
Washington

87.2%

64.2%

89.3%

96.5%

97.4%
 
States not shown separately

84.6%

61.7%

75.3%

92.5%

96.9%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

 

Table VIII.B.2(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.20%

0.60%

0.45%

0.25%

0.30%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.46%

4.72%

1.01%

0.48%

1.73%
Maine

2.05%

7.22%

3.67%

2.95%

1.07%
Massachusetts

1.14%

2.39%

2.26%

0.77%

2.22%
New Hampshire

1.17%

2.47%

3.88%

2.07%

0.54%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.11%

6.93%

4.61%

3.00%

0.96%
New York

1.05%

3.99%

1.20%

0.83%

0.99%
Pennsylvania

1.33%

2.48%

1.11%

0.66%

1.43%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.50%

4.98%

1.77%

0.99%

0.89%
Indiana

1.06%

3.52%

2.75%

0.82%

1.21%
Michigan

0.86%

4.80%

1.84%

0.67%

2.38%
Ohio

1.01%

4.98%

2.46%

0.63%

0.32%
Wisconsin

1.14%

3.16%

1.70%

1.28%

2.16%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.60%

3.98%

3.09%

2.11%

1.62%
Kansas

1.09%

4.29%

2.02%

2.94%

0.82%
Minnesota

1.48%

3.11%

2.67%

1.23%

2.24%
Missouri

1.40%

5.40%

1.53%

0.88%

0.70%
Nebraska

1.75%

5.75%

3.18%

1.04%

1.67%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.81%

5.13%

1.77%

0.96%

0.40%
Florida

1.38%

2.30%

2.25%

2.91%

1.97%
Georgia

1.92%

6.28%

2.17%

1.65%

1.60%
Maryland

2.03%

2.91%

2.94%

0.70%

3.29%
North Carolina

1.55%

3.15%

1.27%

0.75%

4.12%
South Carolina

2.41%

5.73%

4.27%

2.21%

1.09%
Virginia

0.98%

4.02%

3.64%

1.41%

1.66%
West Virginia

1.22%

3.60%

3.92%

2.45%

3.00%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.45%

3.27%

6.73%

1.46%

0.67%
Kentucky

0.98%

3.55%

1.93%

2.37%

0.58%
Mississippi

2.25%

4.37%

5.76%

3.08%

0.96%
Tennessee

2.86%

4.29%

6.01%

4.21%

0.72%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

1.57%

4.23%

7.18%

1.11%

2.74%
Oklahoma

2.15%

4.13%

10.20%

3.19%

1.69%
Texas

1.17%

2.96%

2.07%

0.75%

0.99%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.14%

4.90%

5.82%

2.30%

1.91%
Colorado

3.13%

8.72%

7.64%

1.28%

1.05%
Montana

2.11%

5.81%

2.43%

2.30%

4.04%
Nevada

1.42%

3.77%

2.66%

3.01%

1.61%
New Mexico

2.37%

5.23%

6.13%

3.55%

1.33%
Utah

1.07%

4.84%

5.38%

1.56%

2.03%
Wyoming

1.60%

5.44%

3.87%

5.00%

2.34%
 
Pacific:
California

1.42%

2.99%

2.57%

0.47%

1.15%
Hawaii

0.42%

1.28%

0.22%

0.19%

0.45%
Oregon

1.12%

4.79%

3.13%

1.46%

2.16%
Washington

1.75%

6.98%

2.24%

1.31%

1.83%
 
States not shown separately

2.19%

5.01%

4.03%

1.57%

1.00%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.