Table VIII.B.3.b.(2)(2002) Percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in 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

72.6%

55.0%

65.6%

76.8%

83.0%
 
New England:
Connecticut

72.1%

61.5%

71.7%

64.4%

85.3%
Maine

69.1%

49.0%

60.3%

72.1%

82.3%
Massachusetts

73.3%

61.1%

70.9%

72.5%

81.4%
New Hampshire

73.4%

61.9%

70.1%

77.3%

78.9%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

71.1%

49.2%

60.1%

80.5%

84.9%
New York

71.1%

55.7%

65.4%

74.8%

80.4%
Pennsylvania

76.9%

61.3%

68.1%

85.1%

84.3%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

74.6%

63.8%

63.7%

77.6%

85.4%
Indiana

75.0%

52.1%

72.6%

77.7%

87.1%
Michigan

76.9%

65.1%

69.3%

77.5%

87.1%
Ohio

70.8%

49.4%

70.4%

77.1%

75.8%
Wisconsin

73.9%

53.5%

69.6%

77.3%

83.1%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

75.1%

55.0%

70.1%

81.4%

81.3%
Kansas

71.6%

63.4%

62.2%

65.2%

86.8%
Minnesota

72.6%

56.9%

59.6%

81.0%

82.4%
Missouri

69.0%

51.5%

58.2%

77.7%

78.9%
Nebraska

74.7%

57.3%

68.4%

74.3%

86.1%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

74.9%

48.5%

72.2%

84.8%

81.2%
Florida

73.3%

56.2%

66.0%

76.4%

85.4%
Georgia

70.4%

37.6%

63.2%

81.1%

83.1%
Maryland

68.0%

56.8%

71.9%

60.1%

79.0%
North Carolina

78.9%

41.7%

76.6%

88.3%

88.8%
South Carolina

72.7%

41.8%

68.8%

73.4%

87.5%
Virginia

64.6%

51.3%

51.5%

77.1%

71.7%
West Virginia

70.1%

48.6%

65.8%

72.8%

79.3%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

71.0%

50.4%

61.4%

75.9%

83.1%
Kentucky

79.0%

59.8%

74.8%

82.3%

89.2%
Mississippi

71.6%

49.6%

75.2%

69.4%

82.6%
Tennessee

72.8%

52.2%

70.7%

70.4%

85.5%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

69.0%

46.6%

63.3%

73.5%

78.5%
Oklahoma

66.7%

40.0%

69.3%

66.6%

78.6%
Texas

75.3%

57.5%

66.5%

80.6%

86.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

72.6%

58.6%

68.8%

72.4%

82.1%
Colorado

72.6%

57.4%

74.2%

68.7%

83.0%
Montana

76.6%

63.9%

64.7%

75.4%

86.3%
Nevada

69.1%

62.6%

56.2%

73.9%

78.5%
New Mexico

63.4%

43.1%

58.3%

62.2%

74.4%
Utah

72.8%

53.5%

72.6%

77.2%

78.5%
Wyoming

68.3%

61.0%

57.9%

77.2%

69.8%
 
Pacific:
California

69.7%

54.1%

58.9%

73.4%

83.0%
Hawaii

77.3%

69.1%

81.3%

71.9%

84.0%
Oregon

73.2%

55.3%

70.8%

74.8%

83.8%
Washington

72.1%

63.6%

62.0%

73.0%

83.7%
 
States not shown separately

75.4%

52.5%

62.7%

75.8%

84.4%
 
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.(2)(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in 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

0.34%

0.77%

0.79%

0.43%

0.94%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.47%

4.47%

4.60%

5.50%

1.58%
Maine

2.75%

6.08%

3.99%

3.61%

2.12%
Massachusetts

1.92%

3.90%

2.93%

2.59%

2.89%
New Hampshire

1.26%

3.67%

3.00%

2.67%

2.14%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.48%

5.50%

3.23%

2.79%

3.29%
New York

1.86%

2.97%

3.40%

2.48%

2.86%
Pennsylvania

1.67%

2.75%

2.21%

2.73%

2.27%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.77%

5.12%

3.77%

3.26%

1.92%
Indiana

1.57%

4.63%

3.33%

3.23%

1.22%
Michigan

1.97%

3.35%

3.18%

3.91%

2.48%
Ohio

2.05%

3.47%

1.48%

3.88%

4.68%
Wisconsin

1.98%

5.35%

2.19%

2.89%

2.10%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.80%

5.13%

4.01%

2.42%

2.05%
Kansas

2.18%

6.02%

4.14%

6.04%

1.77%
Minnesota

3.38%

5.17%

5.13%

2.13%

3.11%
Missouri

2.81%

5.39%

3.84%

3.16%

5.23%
Nebraska

1.75%

6.96%

4.24%

3.23%

1.55%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.76%

3.27%

2.44%

2.12%

4.00%
Florida

2.00%

4.55%

2.73%

4.05%

2.94%
Georgia

1.71%

5.59%

3.30%

2.63%

4.85%
Maryland

1.37%

2.65%

3.00%

2.81%

2.24%
North Carolina

1.86%

5.10%

1.71%

2.39%

2.28%
South Carolina

2.08%

5.69%

3.06%

4.36%

1.26%
Virginia

3.11%

5.99%

6.35%

1.62%

4.75%
West Virginia

1.55%

5.85%

3.12%

4.91%

4.93%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.27%

3.32%

5.23%

3.81%

1.57%
Kentucky

1.82%

3.60%

3.31%

3.60%

1.45%
Mississippi

2.99%

6.22%

3.54%

4.05%

5.55%
Tennessee

1.65%

6.15%

4.88%

3.79%

2.12%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.61%

5.49%

7.99%

3.21%

3.82%
Oklahoma

3.25%

4.50%

6.75%

5.62%

2.43%
Texas

1.46%

3.28%

2.73%

1.94%

2.19%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.49%

3.05%

4.44%

3.90%

3.33%
Colorado

1.84%

7.14%

6.54%

4.37%

2.42%
Montana

2.22%

5.16%

4.51%

2.12%

3.72%
Nevada

2.22%

5.41%

5.23%

3.23%

2.59%
New Mexico

1.02%

3.69%

5.63%

4.22%

4.43%
Utah

2.64%

5.20%

6.77%

3.37%

4.69%
Wyoming

3.11%

4.60%

5.22%

2.86%

5.30%
 
Pacific:
California

2.23%

3.74%

4.30%

3.06%

2.71%
Hawaii

1.94%

3.68%

2.84%

4.69%

4.66%
Oregon

2.89%

4.85%

4.06%

3.45%

4.68%
Washington

2.04%

7.74%

3.21%

2.45%

3.07%
 
States not shown separately

3.56%

5.11%

2.68%

3.08%

6.63%
 
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.