Table VIII.A.2(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2003
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

56.2%

39.0%

59.1%

72.0%

79.7%
 
New England:
Connecticut

65.3%

51.2%

69.7%

79.7%

80.1%
Maine

53.5%

36.1%

53.9%

71.3%

74.4%
Massachusetts

65.6%

45.9%

67.4%

79.9%

93.9%
New Hampshire

68.8%

50.3%

74.6%

82.2%

81.5%
Rhode Island

63.6%

38.7%

69.7%

76.2%

96.6%
Vermont

54.9%

36.5%

62.1%

71.1%

70.2%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

60.8%

49.9%

56.7%

72.5%

84.5%
New York

59.7%

40.0%

62.2%

81.0%

89.6%
Pennsylvania

65.4%

42.9%

67.3%

86.4%

89.8%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

55.0%

36.5%

62.7%

70.1%

77.9%
Indiana

53.4%

36.7%

55.5%

75.4%

81.6%
Michigan

61.1%

46.4%

61.1%

75.7%

85.7%
Ohio

59.6%

37.0%

67.7%

80.6%

80.4%
Wisconsin

55.7%

39.2%

55.9%

78.6%

79.1%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

50.8%

35.5%

52.2%

71.1%

78.1%
Kansas

54.5%

42.5%

50.5%

75.2%

74.3%
Minnesota

55.9%

36.9%

61.9%

72.6%

81.5%
Missouri

53.3%

37.6%

51.2%

71.7%

78.0%
Nebraska

44.7%

26.7%

49.4%

63.4%

72.6%
North Dakota

44.7%

24.5%

59.4%

64.1%

66.5%
South Dakota

44.2%

26.1%

38.5%

62.3%

72.2%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

61.1%

42.4%

68.9%

76.3%

89.9%
District of Columbia

79.3%

67.6%

82.8%

83.0%

93.9%
Florida

55.3%

40.3%

53.7%

73.3%

74.9%
Georgia

54.6%

39.7%

54.0%

65.5%

80.9%
Maryland

59.9%

42.7%

63.6%

69.7%

78.9%
North Carolina

56.5%

41.7%

54.2%

76.6%

72.8%
South Carolina

54.6%

42.4%

55.8%

67.8%

69.3%
Virginia

59.4%

46.5%

53.7%

68.3%

84.9%
West Virginia

52.8%

31.3%

56.7%

69.9%

88.3%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

58.3%

38.0%

63.3%

78.7%

84.9%
Kentucky

57.5%

39.0%

64.9%

74.1%

71.9%
Mississippi

45.9%

32.3%

42.7%

61.2%

75.3%
Tennessee

53.0%

32.6%

54.9%

67.4%

84.5%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

42.2%

29.0%

40.4%

60.2%

58.2%
Louisiana

50.0%

32.9%

49.6%

69.6%

72.2%
Oklahoma

46.4%

34.4%

41.3%

65.9%

68.5%
Texas

48.7%

34.9%

50.2%

60.4%

73.0%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

52.4%

35.3%

57.4%

69.0%

77.9%
Colorado

52.6%

29.4%

59.3%

69.9%

81.5%
Idaho

51.0%

36.3%

53.1%

70.9%

69.8%
Montana

45.1%

36.7%

39.5%

58.3%

59.0%
Nevada

58.7%

38.2%

68.0%

75.2%

75.9%
New Mexico

50.5%

27.5%

50.8%

67.3%

78.0%
Utah

48.6%

32.3%

49.5%

61.1%

75.0%
Wyoming

42.5%

22.6%

51.8%

54.0%

64.1%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

47.0%

26.6%

46.0%

63.6%

70.4%
California

55.9%

38.6%

66.4%

69.8%

77.8%
Hawaii

86.2%

77.8%

88.2%

100.0%

90.2%
Oregon

58.3%

38.6%

61.3%

87.2%

88.9%
Washington

57.1%

39.3%

59.7%

71.0%

77.3%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.A.2(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2003
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.74%

1.15%

0.93%

0.43%

1.00%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.60%

3.43%

6.33%

5.51%

6.21%
Maine

2.67%

4.75%

2.06%

3.51%

7.06%
Massachusetts

2.78%

4.65%

6.53%

6.59%

4.41%
New Hampshire

1.72%

4.28%

3.03%

4.48%

4.45%
Rhode Island

2.64%

3.73%

6.21%

3.52%

4.82%
Vermont

2.73%

5.71%

2.74%

6.50%

5.54%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.76%

6.13%

3.99%

4.53%

7.17%
New York

1.33%

2.18%

3.72%

3.54%

3.57%
Pennsylvania

2.78%

3.18%

3.17%

7.13%

4.77%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.87%

4.50%

3.76%

3.87%

7.24%
Indiana

3.66%

4.54%

5.53%

4.98%

5.65%
Michigan

2.79%

3.14%

5.17%

5.15%

7.21%
Ohio

2.34%

3.94%

4.50%

5.34%

6.96%
Wisconsin

1.98%

3.50%

5.10%

4.74%

7.77%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.16%

5.74%

2.87%

5.24%

5.04%
Kansas

1.56%

3.29%

5.63%

4.71%

5.21%
Minnesota

3.26%

3.30%

4.25%

7.72%

3.85%
Missouri

2.12%

4.54%

4.37%

3.94%

6.17%
Nebraska

3.00%

4.29%

4.54%

5.78%

5.27%
North Dakota

2.45%

3.40%

3.18%

4.65%

3.20%
South Dakota

3.21%

4.03%

4.75%

3.78%

3.65%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.27%

3.12%

3.91%

6.36%

3.76%
District of Columbia

1.86%

2.52%

4.63%

3.63%

5.27%
Florida

2.28%

3.79%

3.40%

6.01%

4.25%
Georgia

1.58%

2.71%

4.83%

3.04%

5.34%
Maryland

3.04%

5.30%

3.83%

7.28%

4.32%
North Carolina

1.24%

4.36%

4.35%

6.85%

3.04%
South Carolina

2.61%

6.19%

3.86%

4.55%

4.48%
Virginia

2.11%

4.22%

4.48%

2.70%

1.74%
West Virginia

2.64%

4.75%

3.30%

3.55%

3.91%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.15%

3.18%

4.32%

5.13%

4.92%
Kentucky

2.31%

2.99%

4.13%

5.07%

7.89%
Mississippi

2.33%

3.64%

3.81%

6.72%

5.96%
Tennessee

1.75%

3.92%

3.38%

6.67%

4.18%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

3.20%

5.39%

5.27%

6.13%

6.81%
Louisiana

2.18%

4.34%

2.99%

6.06%

3.40%
Oklahoma

2.67%

3.44%

5.51%

4.62%

6.29%
Texas

2.02%

2.96%

3.87%

2.81%

2.53%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.56%

2.73%

4.75%

6.46%

5.68%
Colorado

2.26%

2.33%

5.21%

7.98%

4.54%
Idaho

2.54%

5.50%

5.42%

4.20%

2.68%
Montana

3.07%

6.36%

5.43%

3.71%

2.82%
Nevada

3.31%

4.76%

8.09%

5.52%

6.25%
New Mexico

2.99%

4.04%

5.60%

3.96%

4.28%
Utah

2.54%

4.53%

5.40%

4.89%

6.39%
Wyoming

1.33%

2.45%

1.98%

2.78%

5.48%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.62%

3.94%

4.10%

4.18%

7.12%
California

0.88%

1.51%

2.20%

2.20%

1.77%
Hawaii

1.82%

4.23%

7.56%

0.03%

4.83%
Oregon

2.29%

3.09%

3.92%

4.26%

4.92%
Washington

2.20%

5.13%

5.16%

4.42%

8.36%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.