Table VIII.B.2.a(2002) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

77.1%

55.5%

73.8%

83.7%

89.9%
 
New England:
Connecticut

72.5%

52.5%

72.4%

69.3%

93.7%
Maine

75.7%

60.7%

60.6%

83.9%

92.2%
Massachusetts

74.6%

59.1%

75.4%

72.8%

87.7%
New Hampshire

70.2%

53.7%

70.5%

71.1%

82.8%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.2%

52.9%

70.7%

88.5%

92.0%
New York

76.9%

64.7%

69.1%

81.5%

89.4%
Pennsylvania

80.8%

61.3%

77.0%

90.9%

89.6%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

77.7%

58.6%

68.9%

85.6%

92.4%
Indiana

76.0%

55.9%

66.1%

84.7%

91.4%
Michigan

73.5%

55.3%

63.4%

80.0%

91.7%
Ohio

78.6%

51.7%

80.8%

91.1%

85.0%
Wisconsin

75.7%

45.9%

77.9%

80.0%

92.3%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

79.8%

60.8%

74.4%

85.8%

91.0%
Kansas

74.3%

47.3%

71.6%

77.1%

94.3%
Minnesota

73.7%

52.1%

66.6%

89.1%

80.6%
Missouri

73.0%

51.7%

66.1%

82.4%

86.3%
Nebraska

80.1%

54.0%

78.4%

85.4%

94.3%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

78.3%

52.1%

74.6%

91.0%

89.4%
Florida

75.5%

59.2%

68.6%

79.1%

91.5%
Georgia

79.3%

47.8%

76.9%

92.0%

94.1%
Maryland

76.6%

57.4%

73.1%

79.5%

92.6%
North Carolina

84.0%

58.4%

83.2%

93.4%

94.0%
South Carolina

78.0%

46.7%

73.2%

87.2%

93.9%
Virginia

73.8%

55.7%

71.5%

87.1%

77.9%
West Virginia

77.7%

53.5%

76.6%

86.6%

86.9%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

77.7%

59.4%

69.0%

83.4%

94.6%
Kentucky

80.6%

59.6%

74.7%

87.3%

94.9%
Mississippi

76.0%

59.6%

63.0%

79.5%

95.0%
Tennessee

80.1%

57.1%

71.5%

90.5%

93.7%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

73.6%

43.8%

70.5%

85.6%

85.5%
Oklahoma

76.7%

47.8%

88.3%

76.9%

86.6%
Texas

79.1%

55.0%

76.0%

87.1%

90.7%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

74.2%

49.5%

70.4%

83.8%

86.7%
Colorado

79.4%

66.3%

75.5%

80.2%

92.0%
Montana

75.3%

55.3%

61.5%

80.4%

90.0%
Nevada

74.3%

59.2%

67.8%

80.8%

85.4%
New Mexico

69.6%

47.6%

55.3%

81.9%

83.4%
Utah

79.5%

57.5%

78.4%

88.1%

88.0%
Wyoming

71.7%

56.5%

67.3%

82.6%

71.5%
 
Pacific:
California

76.4%

58.4%

71.6%

80.2%

89.4%
Hawaii

84.2%

67.4%

82.9%

91.6%

94.3%
Oregon

75.6%

53.4%

72.2%

83.8%

88.4%
Washington

77.0%

60.7%

69.2%

82.5%

89.3%
 
States not shown separately

78.1%

51.0%

67.2%

83.4%

88.7%
 
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.a(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

0.59%

0.47%

0.94%

1.09%

0.86%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.54%

5.62%

4.90%

5.96%

1.14%
Maine

2.44%

4.47%

4.93%

3.45%

1.24%
Massachusetts

3.67%

3.77%

3.97%

6.72%

3.35%
New Hampshire

1.67%

3.57%

4.92%

5.74%

2.54%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.21%

6.37%

1.44%

2.31%

3.21%
New York

1.68%

2.61%

3.94%

3.06%

2.38%
Pennsylvania

1.64%

2.41%

2.59%

1.93%

2.75%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.66%

5.86%

4.35%

3.25%

1.64%
Indiana

2.69%

4.85%

3.85%

3.18%

2.91%
Michigan

3.16%

3.73%

5.27%

5.49%

1.87%
Ohio

1.23%

3.20%

1.24%

2.25%

3.94%
Wisconsin

2.89%

4.05%

2.70%

4.96%

1.61%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.75%

5.19%

4.37%

3.37%

2.03%
Kansas

3.75%

6.78%

4.69%

5.97%

1.42%
Minnesota

2.34%

3.05%

4.90%

1.82%

4.41%
Missouri

3.26%

6.53%

3.31%

3.84%

5.21%
Nebraska

1.94%

5.24%

2.57%

3.93%

0.81%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.09%

4.38%

2.21%

2.53%

3.39%
Florida

3.06%

5.10%

4.70%

4.75%

1.56%
Georgia

3.00%

6.53%

4.14%

1.11%

1.97%
Maryland

2.17%

2.51%

5.59%

3.76%

1.56%
North Carolina

1.95%

4.46%

4.13%

1.19%

2.13%
South Carolina

1.89%

4.79%

4.67%

2.69%

1.49%
Virginia

1.50%

5.86%

3.47%

2.89%

5.75%
West Virginia

2.14%

6.70%

2.73%

1.88%

5.67%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.80%

4.10%

6.93%

3.22%

1.07%
Kentucky

1.87%

4.22%

4.78%

4.81%

1.00%
Mississippi

3.41%

4.27%

7.31%

3.88%

1.31%
Tennessee

3.09%

4.02%

6.60%

2.42%

1.67%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.05%

3.29%

4.77%

2.49%

3.06%
Oklahoma

3.60%

5.85%

6.29%

5.65%

2.12%
Texas

1.27%

3.66%

2.94%

1.68%

1.91%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.21%

4.92%

3.57%

2.27%

1.93%
Colorado

2.41%

7.98%

5.04%

3.92%

2.30%
Montana

2.55%

7.47%

3.85%

2.82%

3.44%
Nevada

1.68%

4.98%

5.91%

2.18%

2.11%
New Mexico

2.93%

5.86%

6.01%

2.55%

3.45%
Utah

2.78%

5.32%

5.90%

1.92%

3.20%
Wyoming

3.51%

2.29%

6.20%

2.32%

6.81%
 
Pacific:
California

1.95%

2.95%

3.23%

3.83%

2.33%
Hawaii

1.74%

5.26%

1.83%

2.20%

1.68%
Oregon

2.54%

4.33%

3.74%

1.97%

3.91%
Washington

1.80%

5.96%

3.67%

2.40%

2.99%
 
States not shown separately

2.91%

2.42%

2.32%

2.47%

5.98%
 
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.