Table VIII.B.3.b.(1)(2002) Percent of private-sector full-time 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

87.3%

75.2%

85.3%

90.0%

92.7%
 
New England:
Connecticut

84.6%

85.4%

85.5%

73.1%

95.8%
Maine

86.3%

74.8%

77.8%

88.6%

95.7%
Massachusetts

89.5%

83.9%

86.3%

93.2%

91.2%
New Hampshire

89.5%

80.8%

87.0%

92.0%

94.1%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

84.9%

66.5%

79.7%

92.1%

93.8%
New York

87.9%

80.8%

84.9%

90.4%

91.6%
Pennsylvania

90.4%

83.0%

86.2%

95.5%

93.0%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

88.7%

78.8%

86.9%

88.9%

95.0%
Indiana

88.4%

71.4%

90.2%

89.9%

95.5%
Michigan

89.3%

80.0%

87.8%

89.1%

95.0%
Ohio

87.3%

69.2%

92.3%

92.8%

87.3%
Wisconsin

89.2%

76.1%

90.6%

88.7%

94.0%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

91.8%

79.9%

89.9%

95.3%

94.9%
Kansas

87.1%

78.9%

85.6%

80.4%

96.8%
Minnesota

89.1%

75.5%

80.3%

95.6%

96.7%
Missouri

82.0%

60.9%

80.0%

90.6%

88.1%
Nebraska

92.3%

83.8%

90.2%

91.0%

98.1%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

86.8%

72.1%

85.2%

93.4%

89.5%
Florida

86.8%

77.1%

84.5%

86.5%

94.0%
Georgia

85.9%

58.7%

81.1%

95.6%

94.8%
Maryland

87.1%

74.8%

89.0%

84.6%

94.8%
North Carolina

90.9%

67.0%

93.7%

95.6%

95.2%
South Carolina

87.6%

64.3%

85.4%

89.5%

96.8%
Virginia

81.6%

72.7%

79.3%

92.3%

78.6%
West Virginia

88.4%

79.0%

89.2%

92.6%

87.9%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

92.8%

83.8%

89.7%

94.8%

97.5%
Kentucky

91.0%

81.6%

88.8%

91.3%

97.4%
Mississippi

87.7%

72.6%

89.8%

85.1%

96.6%
Tennessee

88.2%

66.6%

86.6%

92.3%

95.4%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

84.1%

65.2%

81.4%

91.2%

87.4%
Oklahoma

85.1%

61.7%

98.2%

81.7%

90.5%
Texas

88.1%

77.2%

84.3%

91.8%

93.1%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

87.3%

78.9%

87.1%

87.5%

91.0%
Colorado

88.4%

78.9%

86.9%

88.0%

95.1%
Montana

89.7%

89.3%

83.3%

87.3%

94.5%
Nevada

84.5%

79.7%

79.4%

87.0%

88.8%
New Mexico

84.0%

72.6%

83.4%

87.0%

86.0%
Utah

88.6%

79.8%

87.9%

91.7%

90.9%
Wyoming

82.1%

80.2%

77.6%

89.0%

79.6%
 
Pacific:
California

84.5%

73.9%

80.2%

86.5%

91.6%
Hawaii

91.1%

80.3%

91.0%

92.5%

96.2%
Oregon

84.8%

79.6%

80.2%

86.5%

89.7%
Washington

87.7%

85.0%

79.0%

90.6%

93.5%
 
States not shown separately

88.6%

76.9%

84.2%

90.8%

91.3%
 
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.3.b.(1)(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time 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

0.46%

0.68%

0.71%

0.66%

0.87%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3.23%

4.85%

5.71%

6.80%

1.02%
Maine

2.92%

5.41%

5.29%

3.65%

1.08%
Massachusetts

1.37%

2.79%

2.48%

1.65%

3.59%
New Hampshire

1.25%

4.47%

2.09%

1.90%

1.26%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.92%

7.32%

2.49%

2.30%

3.01%
New York

1.51%

3.04%

3.97%

2.55%

2.60%
Pennsylvania

1.76%

2.84%

2.91%

1.94%

2.75%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.87%

5.67%

2.76%

3.23%

1.55%
Indiana

1.68%

6.46%

2.90%

3.70%

0.81%
Michigan

1.86%

4.19%

2.48%

4.08%

1.47%
Ohio

1.97%

4.87%

1.67%

2.42%

4.21%
Wisconsin

1.55%

4.52%

1.74%

3.70%

1.65%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.32%

4.93%

3.55%

1.40%

1.49%
Kansas

2.61%

7.10%

3.66%

6.47%

1.05%
Minnesota

2.73%

5.64%

5.08%

1.24%

2.71%
Missouri

3.30%

7.84%

4.62%

2.54%

5.60%
Nebraska

1.09%

6.07%

1.94%

2.70%

0.46%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.96%

3.81%

3.02%

2.58%

3.44%
Florida

1.65%

4.81%

2.75%

3.88%

1.84%
Georgia

1.91%

5.04%

3.26%

1.14%

1.62%
Maryland

1.86%

3.10%

2.93%

2.89%

1.73%
North Carolina

1.97%

6.01%

1.09%

1.06%

2.03%
South Carolina

1.60%

5.63%

2.53%

2.09%

1.02%
Virginia

2.21%

6.07%

3.92%

1.92%

6.36%
West Virginia

1.73%

5.44%

2.84%

1.61%

5.89%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.37%

2.46%

2.95%

2.47%

1.00%
Kentucky

1.40%

3.38%

2.09%

3.19%

0.77%
Mississippi

1.94%

5.10%

3.49%

3.38%

1.28%
Tennessee

1.82%

6.58%

5.20%

2.45%

1.65%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.07%

5.82%

5.84%

2.22%

2.86%
Oklahoma

3.51%

6.35%

7.20%

5.59%

2.09%
Texas

0.97%

2.66%

2.86%

1.46%

2.19%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.07%

2.92%

2.68%

1.55%

1.87%
Colorado

1.90%

5.01%

5.96%

3.43%

2.04%
Montana

1.80%

6.03%

3.68%

2.49%

2.86%
Nevada

2.16%

4.06%

5.02%

2.60%

1.99%
New Mexico

1.39%

5.38%

3.77%

3.65%

3.46%
Utah

2.34%

4.34%

5.11%

1.83%

3.34%
Wyoming

3.47%

4.57%

5.77%

3.34%

5.23%
 
Pacific:
California

2.01%

3.47%

3.88%

3.40%

2.44%
Hawaii

1.51%

4.16%

2.14%

3.30%

1.36%
Oregon

2.62%

4.49%

4.58%

2.75%

4.27%
Washington

2.12%

7.66%

4.40%

1.87%

1.63%
 
States not shown separately

2.89%

4.71%

2.11%

2.02%

6.39%
 
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.