Table VIII.E.4(2002) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

17.3%

14.9%

16.0%

17.7%

18.5%

 
New England:
Connecticut

19.5%

15.5%

15.6%

23.1%

20.0%

Maine

18.7%

17.8%

16.7%

20.8%

18.3%

Massachusetts

11.6%

9.4%

10.1%

12.5%

12.6%

New Hampshire

19.8%

11.8%

21.0%

21.6%

21.2%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

16.9%

16.6%

16.4%

18.3%

16.1%

New York

13.8%

10.1%

12.6%

13.5%

16.3%

Pennsylvania

17.7%

16.0%

17.8%

18.7%

17.4%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

16.5%

13.2%

13.1%

19.5%

17.1%

Indiana

19.0%

20.2%

21.8%

17.6%

18.3%

Michigan

18.8%

18.6%

17.6%

17.7%

20.5%

Ohio

16.0%

13.4%

15.2%

13.4%

20.0%

Wisconsin

14.8%

16.5%

13.2%

15.6%

14.8%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

13.8%

8.6%

*

14.8%

15.6%

13.2%

Kansas

15.0%

13.0%

13.2%

14.5%

16.8%

Minnesota

14.1%

13.2%

14.1%

11.9%

16.8%

Missouri

19.0%

20.7%

15.8%

19.7%

19.5%

Nebraska

18.9%

17.1%

15.6%

21.7%

18.9%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

19.8%

12.6%

17.5%

23.5%

20.0%

Florida

18.6%

12.4%

12.4%

21.4%

22.5%

Georgia

15.8%

10.0%

18.7%

17.5%

14.1%

Maryland

19.2%

16.2%

22.3%

19.2%

18.0%

North Carolina

16.3%

11.4%

14.0%

16.0%

19.3%

South Carolina

17.7%

15.1%

19.4%

14.5%

19.9%

Virginia

16.4%

14.4%

14.7%

17.1%

17.4%

West Virginia

17.7%

14.0%

19.6%

15.9%

19.1%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

11.7%

7.6%

*

12.8%

11.0%

12.9%

Kentucky

18.8%

14.5%

12.9%

17.6%

25.3%

Mississippi

17.5%

13.6%

14.7%

22.0%

16.9%

Tennessee

17.4%

14.0%

14.5%

16.4%

20.8%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

16.5%

14.5%

17.2%

12.4%

20.2%

Oklahoma

16.4%

12.3%

13.0%

*

16.1%

20.2%

Texas

19.5%

17.2%

19.9%

17.9%

21.4%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

20.2%

14.7%

18.9%

22.2%

21.1%

Colorado

18.7%

21.2%

19.4%

15.4%

19.5%

Montana

18.9%

11.6%

*

14.5%

14.0%

25.4%

Nevada

20.0%

13.4%

22.7%

20.3%

21.0%

New Mexico

16.9%

13.1%

16.5%

16.6%

18.1%

Utah

19.7%

15.0%

21.9%

20.1%

19.2%

Wyoming

15.3%

7.8%

*

14.5%

16.0%

17.0%

 
Pacific:
California

18.4%

15.3%

15.6%

19.3%

20.3%

Hawaii

13.9%

13.7%

9.9%

12.5%

18.6%

Oregon

20.2%

20.6%

17.4%

18.9%

22.8%

Washington

23.1%

23.1%

17.3%

25.5%

24.9%

 
States not shown separately

14.9%

15.2%

10.7%

15.3%

15.5%

 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table VIII.E.4(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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

0.30%

0.31%

0.48%

0.34%

0.62%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.01%

1.67%

2.03%

1.36%

1.68%

Maine

0.77%

3.33%

1.75%

2.25%

1.65%

Massachusetts

0.90%

1.64%

2.27%

2.52%

1.02%

New Hampshire

0.67%

2.09%

2.99%

1.10%

2.18%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

0.93%

2.69%

2.12%

2.34%

2.54%

New York

1.01%

2.05%

2.27%

1.56%

1.10%

Pennsylvania

0.75%

1.95%

1.29%

1.70%

1.89%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.19%

1.96%

1.71%

1.38%

1.57%

Indiana

1.24%

1.96%

3.25%

1.53%

2.52%

Michigan

0.90%

2.39%

1.64%

1.60%

2.53%

Ohio

0.79%

2.03%

1.96%

2.13%

2.42%

Wisconsin

1.78%

3.31%

2.64%

2.65%

2.48%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.37%

3.42%

*

2.24%

2.77%

2.63%

Kansas

1.69%

2.68%

3.12%

2.69%

2.16%

Minnesota

1.39%

1.81%

1.64%

1.56%

3.11%

Missouri

1.48%

4.00%

2.10%

1.88%

2.69%

Nebraska

1.80%

4.32%

1.82%

3.18%

2.94%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

0.75%

1.43%

1.43%

2.31%

2.16%

Florida

1.30%

1.52%

1.11%

2.61%

2.30%

Georgia

1.95%

1.11%

2.54%

1.14%

3.76%

Maryland

0.87%

2.06%

1.92%

1.16%

1.13%

North Carolina

1.97%

1.44%

2.12%

2.48%

4.28%

South Carolina

0.93%

2.09%

1.96%

2.09%

1.91%

Virginia

1.07%

1.96%

1.72%

1.23%

2.39%

West Virginia

2.21%

3.92%

3.39%

1.21%

4.65%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.63%

3.08%

*

3.41%

2.14%

3.52%

Kentucky

1.92%

3.89%

1.77%

3.23%

2.95%

Mississippi

2.11%

1.90%

2.21%

3.85%

2.54%

Tennessee

1.78%

2.66%

2.92%

2.07%

2.51%

 
West South Central:
Louisiana

1.31%

2.88%

2.54%

2.18%

3.51%

Oklahoma

1.50%

2.67%

5.19%

*

2.75%

2.12%

Texas

1.42%

2.62%

1.60%

1.82%

2.38%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.55%

3.42%

2.90%

2.72%

4.13%

Colorado

1.60%

3.45%

3.53%

2.01%

1.69%

Montana

2.15%

5.02%

*

2.68%

2.02%

3.58%

Nevada

1.79%

2.26%

3.31%

2.80%

2.32%

New Mexico

0.87%

2.76%

1.54%

3.12%

1.80%

Utah

0.90%

1.65%

2.52%

1.24%

2.24%

Wyoming

1.27%

3.70%

*

2.31%

2.26%

1.81%

 
Pacific:
California

0.87%

0.76%

1.46%

1.95%

1.28%

Hawaii

1.24%

2.36%

1.71%

2.61%

2.11%

Oregon

1.19%

3.99%

3.03%

1.72%

2.53%

Washington

1.36%

3.38%

2.26%

2.33%

3.22%

 
States not shown separately

0.53%

2.10%

2.16%

1.46%

1.04%

 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.