Table VIII.B.2.a(2003) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

78.5%

55.5%

76.9%

86.0%

90.0%
 
New England:
Connecticut

79.5%

52.9%

80.8%

87.2%

91.9%
Maine

79.7%

59.8%

78.8%

83.8%

90.2%
Massachusetts

74.9%

50.6%

71.9%

79.5%

93.5%
New Hampshire

78.6%

52.6%

77.0%

86.6%

89.9%
Rhode Island

76.3%

54.8%

74.3%

85.5%

85.0%
Vermont

77.0%

51.5%

68.8%

87.7%

93.1%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.7%

62.8%

72.7%

80.3%

91.5%
New York

79.4%

66.4%

75.7%

84.3%

88.1%
Pennsylvania

75.6%

55.3%

67.3%

86.4%

88.8%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

80.3%

54.4%

77.8%

86.9%

93.6%
Indiana

79.9%

51.8%

78.3%

88.1%

91.6%
Michigan

77.2%

52.9%

70.9%

86.9%

92.3%
Ohio

78.4%

56.5%

76.6%

88.2%

86.9%
Wisconsin

78.7%

56.1%

77.0%

86.6%

88.8%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

78.6%

52.7%

72.2%

88.2%

92.1%
Kansas

79.1%

59.7%

70.6%

87.7%

93.2%
Minnesota

77.9%

49.5%

74.2%

91.8%

89.2%
Missouri

76.5%

56.4%

71.1%

89.6%

84.8%
Nebraska

71.3%

47.6%

71.5%

85.3%

72.7%
North Dakota

73.1%

45.2%

68.1%

82.5%

85.0%
South Dakota

75.3%

62.7%

65.3%

80.7%

87.3%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

77.4%

69.5%

67.8%

84.4%

85.2%
District of Columbia

82.7%

75.0%

81.3%

87.2%

86.1%
Florida

82.0%

68.5%

81.6%

91.5%

84.4%
Georgia

77.7%

46.2%

82.5%

87.1%

90.0%
Maryland

78.8%

58.5%

76.4%

86.0%

91.0%
North Carolina

79.0%

53.9%

75.7%

89.0%

91.8%
South Carolina

78.1%

52.9%

80.1%

84.8%

88.4%
Virginia

79.4%

61.5%

74.3%

83.6%

92.4%
West Virginia

81.5%

52.9%

81.7%

88.8%

93.4%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

76.5%

45.1%

81.3%

83.5%

88.4%
Kentucky

77.5%

54.0%

72.1%

88.5%

89.9%
Mississippi

75.8%

56.7%

73.1%

87.7%

79.4%
Tennessee

81.2%

53.2%

82.6%

88.4%

93.4%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

76.3%

52.0%

73.3%

85.1%

87.3%
Louisiana

78.2%

58.3%

81.3%

88.0%

80.5%
Oklahoma

76.3%

42.8%

67.0%

91.2%

93.2%
Texas

77.2%

42.8%

77.1%

88.4%

92.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

76.8%

51.0%

82.4%

78.5%

87.5%
Colorado

78.3%

62.3%

74.8%

80.8%

90.7%
Idaho

76.0%

41.8%

81.4%

83.0%

89.7%
Montana

71.8%

44.9%

56.8%

80.8%

89.8%
Nevada

75.4%

56.4%

72.4%

85.7%

83.9%
New Mexico

74.7%

47.5%

73.6%

81.2%

88.4%
Utah

69.5%

55.4%

54.5%

73.6%

90.4%
Wyoming

80.7%

43.2%

77.6%

85.7%

95.7%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

72.4%

54.4%

66.4%

78.7%

83.9%
California

80.7%

56.9%

82.8%

86.3%

91.4%
Hawaii

80.2%

63.5%

80.4%

88.3%

87.5%
Oregon

82.0%

57.2%

81.6%

90.2%

91.7%
Washington

77.1%

55.4%

75.2%

85.8%

86.9%
 
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.a(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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

0.51%

1.29%

0.93%

0.68%

0.45%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.24%

4.57%

4.65%

1.46%

2.68%
Maine

2.22%

4.41%

3.64%

2.47%

3.28%
Massachusetts

2.25%

4.23%

3.75%

3.59%

2.29%
New Hampshire

1.82%

7.01%

4.99%

2.08%

2.11%
Rhode Island

2.63%

5.03%

4.09%

2.75%

6.17%
Vermont

2.95%

4.85%

3.47%

1.64%

3.95%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.66%

5.33%

4.79%

3.90%

1.61%
New York

2.11%

5.11%

2.49%

3.10%

3.23%
Pennsylvania

1.44%

4.61%

3.70%

1.80%

2.68%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.00%

5.29%

3.97%

2.14%

2.79%
Indiana

1.77%

6.38%

3.07%

3.31%

2.56%
Michigan

2.39%

5.32%

2.44%

2.29%

1.49%
Ohio

2.02%

6.92%

3.49%

2.15%

2.36%
Wisconsin

1.61%

5.29%

3.79%

1.71%

1.97%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.47%

6.33%

4.01%

2.61%

2.05%
Kansas

2.93%

6.30%

4.20%

1.87%

2.31%
Minnesota

1.97%

6.32%

4.05%

0.97%

2.37%
Missouri

3.01%

6.03%

4.85%

1.88%

2.48%
Nebraska

2.41%

5.04%

2.87%

2.44%

5.89%
North Dakota

2.56%

4.58%

2.84%

5.92%

3.77%
South Dakota

2.26%

7.79%

3.60%

3.71%

2.89%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.40%

4.70%

3.46%

3.72%

3.54%
District of Columbia

1.77%

3.58%

3.78%

2.77%

2.89%
Florida

2.02%

7.25%

2.08%

1.55%

3.01%
Georgia

2.42%

6.54%

2.45%

1.49%

2.63%
Maryland

1.79%

7.30%

2.57%

3.02%

1.05%
North Carolina

2.18%

4.46%

3.03%

2.39%

1.87%
South Carolina

2.03%

3.37%

4.16%

3.28%

3.94%
Virginia

2.39%

6.64%

2.42%

2.51%

1.54%
West Virginia

2.76%

4.95%

3.56%

1.63%

4.13%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.84%

7.40%

3.44%

3.61%

2.63%
Kentucky

2.37%

5.19%

4.12%

1.38%

1.22%
Mississippi

2.89%

6.11%

2.76%

1.89%

5.78%
Tennessee

1.72%

3.91%

4.10%

3.45%

1.40%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.00%

6.65%

4.30%

2.08%

2.25%
Louisiana

2.21%

7.85%

2.52%

2.13%

5.17%
Oklahoma

2.90%

5.85%

6.52%

1.25%

1.32%
Texas

2.45%

5.49%

3.59%

1.44%

1.37%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.33%

3.99%

3.44%

4.70%

3.27%
Colorado

2.34%

7.07%

4.03%

3.64%

4.41%
Idaho

2.22%

5.08%

2.33%

1.83%

3.06%
Montana

4.33%

8.02%

5.59%

4.25%

3.58%
Nevada

2.10%

6.32%

6.08%

2.04%

2.68%
New Mexico

2.26%

6.14%

5.11%

2.83%

2.43%
Utah

3.15%

5.05%

4.09%

3.89%

2.07%
Wyoming

2.54%

4.51%

3.99%

1.28%

2.40%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.27%

6.95%

6.50%

4.25%

5.04%
California

0.99%

2.57%

2.18%

0.98%

1.07%
Hawaii

1.72%

3.17%

3.09%

2.80%

3.83%
Oregon

2.72%

5.82%

4.35%

1.67%

1.15%
Washington

1.97%

7.53%

1.77%

3.63%

3.02%
 
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.