Table VIII.B.2.b(2003) Percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in 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

63.0%

35.2%

58.8%

71.9%

79.1%
 
New England:
Connecticut

63.0%

36.3%

62.6%

72.9%

74.8%
Maine

60.7%

34.3%

51.8%

69.9%

77.6%
Massachusetts

59.2%

35.8%

54.2%

63.2%

79.1%
New Hampshire

61.3%

35.4%

55.0%

71.1%

76.6%
Rhode Island

62.0%

41.1%

58.2%

69.8%

73.1%
Vermont

56.5%

34.7%

51.0%

69.1%

65.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

59.3%

42.5%

49.5%

64.6%

76.3%
New York

63.5%

38.1%

58.3%

73.2%

78.5%
Pennsylvania

60.9%

31.5%

53.2%

74.8%

77.6%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

65.6%

37.1%

58.9%

70.8%

85.9%
Indiana

64.2%

30.0%

58.2%

76.8%

79.9%
Michigan

63.5%

36.3%

55.5%

73.6%

81.8%
Ohio

62.7%

35.1%

59.2%

73.1%

76.5%
Wisconsin

58.6%

32.0%

55.0%

64.7%

75.3%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

60.9%

30.1%

54.5%

71.1%

77.0%
Kansas

61.7%

36.1%

53.0%

71.8%

79.3%
Minnesota

62.8%

28.8%

59.3%

78.1%

76.6%
Missouri

62.0%

37.6%

54.0%

78.0%

73.1%
Nebraska

54.2%

33.2%

49.0%

66.0%

60.3%
North Dakota

57.7%

26.2%

51.8%

66.7%

72.7%
South Dakota

59.7%

52.6%

51.7%

62.4%

68.7%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

64.8%

51.4%

52.1%

72.4%

78.7%
District of Columbia

69.4%

53.9%

69.3%

77.1%

74.4%
Florida

64.8%

40.8%

62.4%

77.5%

74.4%
Georgia

63.0%

26.6%

67.5%

73.3%

78.8%
Maryland

60.3%

39.8%

60.6%

64.2%

72.9%
North Carolina

65.8%

39.2%

57.6%

76.9%

82.5%
South Carolina

65.4%

36.7%

60.7%

74.5%

82.1%
Virginia

60.5%

42.4%

48.7%

66.2%

78.0%
West Virginia

66.9%

30.0%

64.8%

73.8%

86.8%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

58.4%

30.1%

49.5%

68.1%

77.9%
Kentucky

62.8%

37.9%

56.2%

72.8%

78.7%
Mississippi

62.5%

35.7%

58.8%

74.9%

72.1%
Tennessee

64.7%

30.6%

64.7%

73.2%

81.3%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

59.8%

32.4%

54.1%

69.4%

74.2%
Louisiana

59.1%

29.9%

62.7%

69.3%

67.0%
Oklahoma

63.4%

29.0%

55.8%

76.9%

80.9%
Texas

63.6%

25.4%

59.6%

76.2%

83.7%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

60.6%

31.9%

64.6%

62.4%

74.6%
Colorado

58.7%

36.2%

61.2%

58.7%

72.4%
Idaho

63.2%

28.2%

62.8%

73.6%

79.5%
Montana

59.8%

35.0%

42.8%

65.1%

81.7%
Nevada

61.6%

40.3%

54.2%

74.8%

73.5%
New Mexico

57.1%

24.8%

53.7%

66.5%

73.8%
Utah

55.4%

38.9%

39.6%

61.4%

77.0%
Wyoming

67.3%

31.1%

58.6%

68.8%

89.4%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

62.3%

36.4%

58.0%

67.1%

78.9%
California

66.4%

39.2%

65.1%

72.2%

82.2%
Hawaii

68.9%

52.8%

67.2%

79.3%

75.4%
Oregon

70.4%

43.9%

64.3%

81.1%

84.6%
Washington

63.3%

31.1%

60.7%

76.5%

77.1%
 
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.b(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in 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

0.35%

0.92%

0.67%

0.65%

0.45%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.95%

2.76%

3.10%

2.00%

2.74%
Maine

2.49%

5.30%

4.28%

2.48%

3.94%
Massachusetts

2.40%

4.50%

4.78%

3.36%

2.91%
New Hampshire

1.31%

5.46%

4.72%

3.27%

1.81%
Rhode Island

2.59%

4.52%

3.38%

1.71%

5.79%
Vermont

2.66%

3.37%

3.31%

2.72%

5.36%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.06%

4.72%

5.09%

3.84%

4.76%
New York

2.03%

4.18%

2.62%

2.78%

3.42%
Pennsylvania

2.02%

3.54%

2.94%

2.71%

3.37%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.61%

4.74%

4.56%

2.35%

2.88%
Indiana

2.42%

3.16%

2.92%

4.59%

3.31%
Michigan

2.02%

3.43%

2.15%

2.44%

2.04%
Ohio

2.37%

5.84%

2.75%

1.61%

2.59%
Wisconsin

1.44%

3.16%

4.46%

1.91%

2.93%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.01%

4.43%

3.13%

2.83%

3.50%
Kansas

2.43%

4.76%

4.97%

3.25%

3.32%
Minnesota

1.00%

3.45%

4.15%

1.84%

2.58%
Missouri

2.59%

4.13%

4.32%

2.59%

3.22%
Nebraska

1.77%

4.39%

4.55%

2.45%

4.84%
North Dakota

2.85%

4.17%

4.31%

5.38%

2.91%
South Dakota

1.99%

8.02%

2.79%

3.65%

4.26%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.16%

3.67%

2.15%

4.64%

3.57%
District of Columbia

2.56%

6.30%

4.80%

3.01%

2.77%
Florida

2.44%

6.21%

2.37%

3.15%

2.31%
Georgia

2.89%

4.48%

4.15%

1.97%

2.92%
Maryland

1.90%

4.93%

3.31%

2.94%

3.41%
North Carolina

2.22%

5.74%

3.82%

2.64%

2.00%
South Carolina

2.00%

3.48%

3.83%

3.34%

4.05%
Virginia

2.04%

5.18%

3.32%

3.08%

2.01%
West Virginia

2.90%

2.52%

3.65%

1.18%

4.53%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.89%

7.58%

4.64%

4.44%

2.68%
Kentucky

2.60%

5.30%

3.91%

1.91%

2.46%
Mississippi

2.63%

4.29%

3.03%

3.39%

5.71%
Tennessee

1.89%

3.11%

4.27%

3.78%

1.91%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.43%

4.32%

4.35%

2.10%

4.56%
Louisiana

2.81%

4.60%

2.56%

4.91%

5.94%
Oklahoma

2.75%

4.95%

3.73%

2.50%

2.61%
Texas

2.22%

3.42%

3.12%

1.68%

1.61%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.17%

4.16%

4.63%

4.98%

3.92%
Colorado

1.84%

6.67%

4.30%

5.55%

4.51%
Idaho

2.05%

2.86%

3.58%

2.35%

4.72%
Montana

4.05%

6.99%

4.86%

5.11%

4.01%
Nevada

2.73%

4.72%

4.90%

3.60%

3.35%
New Mexico

2.81%

4.19%

5.18%

2.90%

3.34%
Utah

3.45%

4.77%

5.46%

2.54%

3.62%
Wyoming

3.19%

3.39%

3.41%

2.94%

4.65%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.49%

5.23%

6.55%

3.33%

4.78%
California

1.22%

2.69%

2.71%

2.11%

1.30%
Hawaii

2.22%

3.92%

4.19%

3.00%

4.07%
Oregon

2.79%

4.65%

4.82%

2.10%

1.47%
Washington

2.46%

4.80%

3.37%

2.92%

4.10%
 
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.