Table VIII.B.2(2003) Percent of private-sector employees in 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

86.8%

71.4%

87.0%

93.2%

96.0%
 
New England:
Connecticut

86.3%

74.6%

91.7%

94.3%

85.2%
Maine

77.8%

59.7%

77.3%

92.3%

82.1%
Massachusetts

91.3%

83.0%

87.6%

96.5%

97.9%
New Hampshire

91.3%

78.2%

93.9%

97.7%

92.4%
Rhode Island

90.6%

74.3%

90.4%

97.5%

99.9%
Vermont

86.0%

68.8%

89.4%

92.5%

93.2%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

88.9%

77.0%

87.2%

94.1%

97.4%
New York

89.3%

74.6%

90.0%

94.3%

98.5%
Pennsylvania

91.7%

77.6%

92.6%

97.7%

98.9%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

86.8%

64.6%

89.6%

95.9%

97.5%
Indiana

86.1%

63.6%

90.0%

91.9%

98.5%
Michigan

86.2%

77.5%

76.2%

93.6%

97.6%
Ohio

89.3%

73.2%

89.5%

97.4%

97.4%
Wisconsin

85.0%

69.1%

81.1%

96.4%

93.6%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

85.9%

62.4%

89.4%

95.4%

96.8%
Kansas

85.7%

67.8%

88.9%

94.8%

92.3%
Minnesota

88.5%

74.0%

87.6%

94.6%

97.5%
Missouri

88.2%

76.9%

85.0%

93.5%

97.5%
Nebraska

82.3%

57.8%

82.5%

91.4%

96.9%
North Dakota

81.1%

51.8%

90.8%

90.6%

91.9%
South Dakota

81.2%

66.5%

76.0%

89.7%

92.6%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

91.0%

76.8%

91.3%

96.2%

99.5%
District of Columbia

96.7%

89.6%

98.2%

98.8%

99.6%
Florida

85.7%

74.6%

85.5%

86.3%

96.7%
Georgia

88.0%

76.0%

89.4%

92.8%

94.1%
Maryland

88.8%

77.8%

89.5%

91.2%

96.7%
North Carolina

86.6%

76.0%

80.4%

94.6%

95.4%
South Carolina

85.5%

71.2%

84.5%

91.0%

95.3%
Virginia

86.0%

70.6%

80.5%

95.2%

97.9%
West Virginia

84.4%

64.4%

83.5%

93.0%

97.2%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

88.5%

71.7%

89.2%

96.3%

96.6%
Kentucky

86.8%

70.5%

92.5%

92.1%

92.1%
Mississippi

82.2%

64.1%

79.6%

90.5%

95.0%
Tennessee

86.8%

70.5%

86.5%

93.1%

97.0%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

80.6%

61.3%

83.1%

85.9%

92.6%
Louisiana

84.7%

67.8%

84.1%

92.7%

94.4%
Oklahoma

82.4%

69.3%

72.8%

92.2%

95.2%
Texas

85.4%

71.2%

82.2%

91.8%

96.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

86.2%

64.7%

89.1%

96.1%

95.1%
Colorado

85.9%

65.3%

88.2%

96.0%

95.0%
Idaho

83.0%

65.5%

82.8%

92.5%

92.1%
Montana

73.6%

44.7%

76.2%

86.8%

87.0%
Nevada

88.7%

76.7%

90.2%

92.9%

95.3%
New Mexico

78.7%

61.7%

79.9%

79.7%

93.9%
Utah

84.0%

64.8%

88.6%

90.2%

92.4%
Wyoming

72.1%

40.9%

79.3%

75.5%

91.8%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

79.8%

61.4%

80.3%

87.4%

90.1%
California

85.6%

69.3%

87.5%

90.4%

95.6%
Hawaii

97.7%

94.3%

98.1%

100.0%

98.3%
Oregon

87.6%

67.1%

92.2%

95.7%

95.9%
Washington

84.9%

72.3%

80.1%

94.3%

92.7%
 
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.B.2(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in 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

0.48%

1.23%

1.06%

0.61%

0.33%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.83%

4.12%

4.41%

1.95%

6.28%
Maine

2.18%

5.44%

3.68%

2.01%

7.15%
Massachusetts

1.13%

5.94%

4.56%

1.09%

1.27%
New Hampshire

1.32%

3.25%

2.63%

1.45%

2.77%
Rhode Island

0.85%

7.06%

1.51%

0.60%

0.32%
Vermont

1.86%

7.51%

2.61%

2.19%

3.16%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.26%

7.82%

2.88%

1.80%

1.42%
New York

0.69%

2.69%

1.98%

1.23%

0.70%
Pennsylvania

1.00%

2.94%

1.07%

1.41%

0.52%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.03%

9.05%

1.91%

1.37%

0.77%
Indiana

1.49%

3.75%

2.45%

3.19%

0.81%
Michigan

3.56%

5.10%

7.35%

2.98%

2.02%
Ohio

0.87%

4.65%

1.60%

1.02%

2.20%
Wisconsin

2.09%

5.74%

4.18%

1.24%

4.62%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.84%

6.87%

2.27%

1.56%

1.32%
Kansas

1.30%

4.34%

4.69%

2.06%

3.26%
Minnesota

2.09%

3.45%

3.32%

3.26%

0.67%
Missouri

0.97%

3.83%

1.84%

2.97%

1.99%
Nebraska

2.01%

5.23%

2.59%

5.13%

2.34%
North Dakota

1.39%

7.03%

1.83%

2.89%

2.08%
South Dakota

1.82%

6.67%

3.78%

3.43%

1.70%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.42%

5.01%

3.10%

1.55%

0.50%
District of Columbia

0.35%

1.72%

4.71%

0.53%

0.42%
Florida

2.22%

2.40%

3.33%

4.87%

1.32%
Georgia

1.18%

5.13%

4.33%

1.72%

2.67%
Maryland

1.66%

5.30%

2.28%

4.47%

1.28%
North Carolina

0.77%

8.23%

3.47%

1.96%

5.06%
South Carolina

1.32%

6.00%

2.96%

3.10%

1.38%
Virginia

1.89%

6.43%

7.34%

1.12%

0.99%
West Virginia

1.81%

5.52%

1.61%

1.39%

1.67%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.19%

4.76%

1.45%

0.98%

1.23%
Kentucky

2.04%

5.96%

2.86%

2.07%

3.73%
Mississippi

1.98%

4.88%

4.71%

1.50%

3.30%
Tennessee

1.54%

4.75%

3.61%

2.60%

1.11%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.90%

5.89%

4.30%

4.62%

2.78%
Louisiana

1.56%

6.86%

4.27%

4.03%

1.73%
Oklahoma

3.13%

4.22%

7.08%

3.28%

1.64%
Texas

1.06%

3.85%

2.34%

1.42%

0.91%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.53%

4.08%

3.48%

2.80%

2.41%
Colorado

1.18%

6.60%

3.05%

2.33%

2.32%
Idaho

1.84%

2.99%

1.74%

2.42%

3.26%
Montana

2.27%

8.12%

4.11%

3.27%

1.84%
Nevada

1.43%

6.68%

3.50%

2.42%

2.25%
New Mexico

2.57%

4.22%

3.54%

4.73%

2.50%
Utah

2.54%

6.04%

5.17%

1.89%

2.57%
Wyoming

2.55%

4.52%

3.69%

1.99%

2.40%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.75%

4.48%

5.87%

1.78%

4.38%
California

1.20%

1.51%

2.06%

2.28%

1.50%
Hawaii

0.43%

2.12%

1.44%

0.01%

0.99%
Oregon

1.32%

4.32%

2.79%

2.58%

3.20%
Washington

1.98%

3.25%

4.02%

2.52%

3.33%
 
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.