Table VIII.B.2.a(2004) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

78.4%

59.5%

73.4%

85.3%

90.1%
 
New England:
Connecticut

78.5%

49.6%

78.7%

89.9%

91.3%
Maine

79.4%

64.0%

69.6%

89.5%

87.7%
Massachusetts

76.8%

58.1%

72.0%

86.7%

87.4%
New Hampshire

72.4%

52.3%

63.7%

79.7%

89.1%
Rhode Island

68.9%

50.3%

72.9%

56.5%

92.3%
Vermont

77.0%

51.0%

68.1%

89.4%

89.5%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.6%

65.8%

66.2%

84.8%

91.0%
New York

78.8%

62.4%

77.8%

79.7%

90.2%
Pennsylvania

79.8%

60.4%

74.6%

84.8%

95.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

77.2%

54.4%

73.3%

87.3%

86.5%
Indiana

80.8%

57.6%

79.4%

84.8%

95.7%
Michigan

77.0%

58.8%

68.4%

86.3%

90.2%
Ohio

78.1%

59.4%

71.6%

87.7%

89.2%
Wisconsin

77.4%

59.9%

70.0%

90.9%

83.6%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

76.5%

44.8%

71.6%

83.7%

96.0%
Kansas

78.4%

48.9%

76.9%

82.2%

94.5%
Minnesota

78.9%

54.1%

71.8%

91.1%

91.2%
Missouri

81.6%

54.7%

86.1%

88.7%

90.9%
Nebraska

77.9%

56.5%

69.8%

82.9%

92.9%
North Dakota

77.2%

41.8%

81.5%

83.8%

86.8%
South Dakota

71.3%

46.9%

64.9%

82.6%

82.0%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

71.6%

50.0%

61.0%

84.4%

86.5%
District of Columbia

83.2%

59.0%

76.8%

96.2%

96.7%
Florida

80.1%

72.0%

72.8%

82.0%

90.3%
Georgia

76.1%

48.6%

77.6%

81.5%

87.6%
Maryland

80.7%

67.2%

76.7%

88.4%

87.2%
North Carolina

80.4%

66.6%

73.5%

85.1%

92.1%
South Carolina

77.3%

44.9%

81.4%

89.3%

85.1%
Virginia

79.9%

65.9%

72.7%

87.4%

91.6%
West Virginia

75.7%

56.2%

66.0%

85.5%

85.1%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

83.1%

73.4%

73.2%

87.8%

94.9%
Kentucky

84.7%

68.1%

83.9%

90.5%

91.3%
Mississippi

81.2%

65.2%

77.1%

86.9%

89.7%
Tennessee

77.0%

54.7%

77.6%

79.7%

91.6%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

81.6%

62.1%

80.3%

87.5%

89.6%
Louisiana

80.8%

66.6%

72.5%

80.6%

95.4%
Oklahoma

81.5%

68.8%

70.9%

87.6%

92.5%
Texas

78.6%

58.0%

69.7%

85.9%

92.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

68.9%

43.3%

76.0%

82.0%

70.9%
Colorado

79.2%

45.5%

76.6%

87.9%

94.9%
Idaho

77.5%

56.5%

71.7%

79.1%

93.3%
Montana

73.1%

46.6%

58.3%

82.0%

89.6%
Nevada

74.7%

67.4%

76.0%

66.2%

87.7%
New Mexico

76.8%

65.1%

76.6%

74.7%

87.5%
Utah

70.1%

56.1%

58.1%

74.7%

86.3%
Wyoming

78.1%

38.4%

 *

77.7%

87.6%

92.9%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

68.4%

47.6%

69.9%

63.4%

84.2%
California

78.5%

62.5%

70.7%

84.5%

91.7%
Hawaii

80.3%

70.0%

78.5%

84.3%

87.6%
Oregon

78.1%

53.6%

74.9%

87.6%

88.5%
Washington

76.0%

47.9%

68.5%

88.4%

85.8%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.B.2.a(2004) 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, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.43%

1.91%

0.65%

0.51%

0.42%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.40%

4.81%

2.16%

1.71%

2.11%
Maine

1.91%

5.72%

2.41%

1.53%

3.49%
Massachusetts

1.82%

5.12%

4.14%

1.27%

3.58%
New Hampshire

2.73%

7.41%

3.84%

5.42%

2.63%
Rhode Island

4.09%

6.37%

3.74%

10.48%

1.65%
Vermont

2.59%

7.22%

4.24%

1.62%

4.23%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.88%

8.44%

4.85%

4.06%

1.86%
New York

1.61%

4.90%

1.67%

4.03%

1.96%
Pennsylvania

1.81%

5.54%

2.91%

3.33%

1.20%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.63%

6.43%

5.22%

2.09%

1.72%
Indiana

2.81%

7.12%

2.52%

3.30%

0.97%
Michigan

1.25%

4.92%

4.60%

2.82%

2.25%
Ohio

2.73%

8.87%

2.44%

2.23%

1.80%
Wisconsin

2.25%

6.77%

4.86%

1.67%

4.53%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.51%

2.55%

4.09%

3.06%

1.34%
Kansas

2.82%

6.11%

4.02%

2.81%

2.74%
Minnesota

2.34%

5.05%

4.76%

2.25%

2.20%
Missouri

2.96%

5.86%

2.62%

2.40%

2.47%
Nebraska

2.72%

6.45%

4.25%

2.95%

2.03%
North Dakota

3.21%

5.94%

6.39%

3.76%

4.76%
South Dakota

1.96%

3.28%

3.81%

4.09%

4.95%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

4.10%

6.84%

5.93%

2.76%

4.06%
District of Columbia

2.61%

5.70%

6.37%

1.09%

1.35%
Florida

1.67%

4.29%

3.32%

2.90%

2.24%
Georgia

1.79%

6.06%

2.30%

4.71%

3.00%
Maryland

1.38%

6.16%

1.30%

2.73%

2.16%
North Carolina

2.39%

4.16%

5.01%

5.82%

1.68%
South Carolina

1.41%

3.87%

4.14%

1.56%

2.99%
Virginia

1.50%

5.01%

3.29%

2.00%

2.41%
West Virginia

2.26%

6.55%

5.91%

2.54%

3.22%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.48%

12.99%

3.51%

2.72%

0.98%
Kentucky

1.30%

5.47%

2.38%

2.11%

3.08%
Mississippi

1.48%

6.08%

3.39%

2.45%

1.40%
Tennessee

2.17%

4.63%

3.19%

5.04%

2.24%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.76%

7.87%

3.23%

2.64%

1.30%
Louisiana

2.95%

10.99%

5.33%

2.92%

1.36%
Oklahoma

1.94%

5.48%

3.39%

1.19%

1.23%
Texas

1.31%

6.53%

4.06%

1.60%

1.42%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

4.31%

6.99%

3.99%

2.69%

6.90%
Colorado

3.73%

7.96%

4.90%

2.17%

1.47%
Idaho

2.50%

9.53%

5.53%

3.34%

1.52%
Montana

2.05%

11.21%

4.52%

3.60%

2.28%
Nevada

3.23%

5.83%

3.64%

5.44%

1.95%
New Mexico

1.84%

8.24%

4.70%

2.87%

2.38%
Utah

3.90%

7.99%

5.45%

5.28%

3.20%
Wyoming

2.99%

12.28%

 *

4.48%

1.89%

1.96%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.87%

6.44%

5.27%

9.42%

3.76%
California

1.11%

3.61%

3.45%

1.43%

1.31%
Hawaii

1.43%

4.81%

1.99%

2.30%

1.85%
Oregon

1.83%

5.37%

4.31%

2.08%

2.25%
Washington

2.49%

10.51%

4.90%

2.30%

3.14%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.