Table VIII.C.4(2002) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage 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

47.7%

55.2%

54.4%

46.3%

42.1%
 
New England:
Connecticut

47.4%

53.7%

55.2%

41.7%

45.5%
Maine

52.1%

62.5%

63.2%

53.2%

42.0%
Massachusetts

47.2%

59.1%

52.4%

40.3%

44.6%
New Hampshire

50.5%

69.0%

49.1%

50.5%

43.1%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

47.0%

55.1%

53.1%

45.1%

42.0%
New York

50.2%

55.0%

55.9%

47.6%

46.8%
Pennsylvania

48.0%

57.6%

48.9%

50.7%

41.5%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

45.4%

46.7%

54.4%

41.6%

43.1%
Indiana

46.2%

50.2%

52.7%

41.2%

45.5%
Michigan

43.9%

50.2%

54.1%

46.4%

33.9%
Ohio

42.6%

58.7%

54.7%

40.4%

30.4%
Wisconsin

39.3%

51.0%

49.5%

34.5%

32.9%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

44.7%

52.0%

52.1%

39.2%

42.9%
Kansas

44.5%

56.8%

52.7%

45.4%

36.4%
Minnesota

46.3%

54.6%

55.0%

43.2%

40.4%
Missouri

46.3%

54.2%

57.1%

40.5%

42.3%
Nebraska

44.7%

54.5%

52.0%

45.2%

37.2%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

44.1%

59.4%

52.2%

38.5%

39.2%
Florida

49.6%

67.3%

59.1%

42.6%

43.0%
Georgia

56.5%

62.3%

53.2%

51.8%

60.6%
Maryland

47.9%

57.1%

46.3%

49.9%

43.6%
North Carolina

49.9%

68.5%

54.4%

52.7%

39.5%
South Carolina

48.6%

55.6%

54.7%

51.7%

41.6%
Virginia

50.7%

62.5%

59.6%

49.4%

41.7%
West Virginia

43.8%

52.9%

52.5%

47.1%

33.4%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

49.0%

66.4%

50.5%

50.0%

42.2%
Kentucky

42.3%

52.4%

53.8%

45.6%

28.5%
Mississippi

48.2%

54.6%

57.2%

48.1%

41.5%
Tennessee

46.3%

56.6%

52.7%

45.1%

40.4%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

45.5%

61.4%

44.5%

54.4%

34.0%
Oklahoma

48.9%

60.3%

51.1%

48.6%

44.7%
Texas

49.0%

60.6%

51.3%

51.9%

41.1%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

51.8%

59.5%

53.8%

54.4%

45.7%
Colorado

46.2%

39.9%

54.6%

48.8%

41.8%
Montana

51.9%

76.0%

65.9%

47.9%

44.1%
Nevada

49.1%

54.3%

47.1%

49.3%

47.8%
New Mexico

47.7%

47.5%

58.4%

53.7%

38.8%
Utah

31.3%

43.3%

28.7%

36.8%

24.3%
Wyoming

47.0%

65.8%

51.4%

44.4%

41.7%
 
Pacific:
California

48.9%

49.4%

59.4%

47.8%

43.5%
Hawaii

59.2%

64.4%

66.2%

63.0%

46.3%
Oregon

51.1%

56.5%

57.7%

55.5%

41.3%
Washington

48.5%

53.8%

58.2%

51.4%

38.0%
 
States not shown separately

47.9%

49.2%

58.2%

51.2%

43.5%
 
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.C.4(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage 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

0.38%

0.62%

0.90%

0.61%

1.23%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.34%

3.57%

2.90%

2.45%

3.01%
Maine

1.80%

3.60%

2.11%

2.92%

3.42%
Massachusetts

1.95%

2.08%

3.64%

2.40%

3.93%
New Hampshire

1.45%

4.51%

3.54%

2.00%

2.72%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.93%

3.55%

3.98%

4.55%

3.27%
New York

0.83%

3.12%

3.07%

1.80%

1.38%
Pennsylvania

2.28%

3.24%

2.15%

5.04%

2.81%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.49%

3.55%

2.56%

1.32%

2.46%
Indiana

1.39%

4.83%

3.62%

1.97%

2.71%
Michigan

1.55%

5.52%

3.50%

2.20%

1.89%
Ohio

1.31%

2.10%

2.68%

2.47%

1.38%
Wisconsin

1.43%

2.79%

3.20%

1.63%

2.99%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.54%

4.42%

4.54%

2.77%

1.83%
Kansas

2.02%

3.25%

2.96%

2.75%

2.55%
Minnesota

1.99%

4.76%

1.75%

3.97%

4.65%
Missouri

1.65%

3.74%

2.98%

2.89%

1.98%
Nebraska

2.14%

2.88%

4.25%

2.09%

3.76%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.12%

2.17%

3.04%

5.15%

2.76%
Florida

1.73%

2.32%

2.12%

3.12%

2.94%
Georgia

3.62%

3.80%

4.33%

2.71%

6.54%
Maryland

1.45%

2.63%

3.16%

2.12%

2.78%
North Carolina

2.48%

3.36%

2.98%

3.47%

3.80%
South Carolina

1.30%

2.06%

3.91%

2.12%

2.41%
Virginia

2.39%

3.78%

2.89%

1.84%

4.78%
West Virginia

1.68%

6.10%

3.67%

3.29%

3.77%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.08%

4.58%

3.94%

2.88%

4.09%
Kentucky

2.53%

5.24%

2.33%

5.35%

2.00%
Mississippi

2.32%

4.41%

3.28%

4.30%

4.41%
Tennessee

1.36%

3.06%

3.12%

3.08%

2.55%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.60%

3.75%

4.10%

4.28%

4.41%
Oklahoma

1.76%

2.80%

5.02%

5.33%

2.13%
Texas

1.49%

3.00%

3.02%

3.23%

2.08%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.94%

4.83%

4.27%

2.60%

3.91%
Colorado

2.41%

7.26%

4.44%

5.19%

2.54%
Montana

2.99%

8.38%

3.66%

4.92%

4.75%
Nevada

1.25%

6.78%

5.15%

4.60%

2.04%
New Mexico

2.33%

6.31%

2.98%

6.01%

3.68%
Utah

2.26%

5.00%

5.98%

1.53%

2.38%
Wyoming

2.84%

3.60%

4.48%

7.15%

2.71%
 
Pacific:
California

1.08%

1.86%

2.74%

1.60%

1.59%
Hawaii

1.41%

4.45%

3.59%

3.44%

3.52%
Oregon

2.19%

5.47%

3.65%

4.29%

2.87%
Washington

1.75%

6.08%

3.24%

4.18%

2.93%
 
States not shown separately

2.06%

4.33%

3.05%

1.84%

3.68%
 
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.