Table VIII.B.2.b(2004) 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, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

62.6%

40.2%

54.9%

71.0%

77.9%
 
New England:
Connecticut

64.8%

33.5%

65.2%

74.6%

80.8%
Maine

61.7%

48.1%

44.5%

73.9%

73.8%
Massachusetts

59.2%

39.5%

52.4%

72.8%

68.8%
New Hampshire

54.9%

36.9%

42.7%

58.6%

76.4%
Rhode Island

55.6%

37.1%

54.2%

48.0%

78.6%
Vermont

59.1%

34.7%

44.4%

69.6%

76.9%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

65.1%

54.9%

53.5%

70.1%

79.3%
New York

63.0%

38.6%

57.2%

67.4%

80.9%
Pennsylvania

66.0%

40.5%

59.5%

72.9%

86.5%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

61.6%

33.8%

58.5%

68.9%

76.2%
Indiana

62.4%

41.1%

59.0%

69.5%

74.8%
Michigan

60.6%

40.7%

53.5%

68.5%

75.2%
Ohio

61.6%

41.9%

54.9%

72.2%

72.9%
Wisconsin

60.1%

39.2%

47.7%

74.7%

72.6%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

62.6%

28.0%

54.3%

70.8%

86.1%
Kansas

56.8%

33.4%

52.8%

49.1%

82.5%
Minnesota

63.3%

38.0%

53.2%

77.7%

76.6%
Missouri

63.9%

28.0%

67.5%

76.4%

75.1%
Nebraska

62.7%

40.2%

57.0%

64.9%

79.3%
North Dakota

65.1%

32.4%

69.6%

71.2%

73.4%
South Dakota

58.2%

34.9%

53.2%

64.5%

71.8%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

57.3%

37.0%

45.4%

71.9%

70.5%
District of Columbia

71.4%

45.2%

61.6%

87.1%

87.2%
Florida

62.1%

48.4%

51.1%

66.5%

76.9%
Georgia

59.8%

31.0%

53.6%

68.2%

76.7%
Maryland

62.9%

42.6%

59.4%

74.4%

70.1%
North Carolina

65.6%

41.0%

55.8%

75.1%

83.6%
South Carolina

61.0%

28.0%

59.3%

75.4%

72.2%
Virginia

63.1%

47.6%

51.1%

71.2%

79.9%
West Virginia

59.5%

33.7%

43.7%

68.5%

78.4%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

61.0%

52.7%

42.4%

67.1%

78.2%
Kentucky

69.6%

44.9%

65.1%

78.3%

82.4%
Mississippi

65.4%

43.4%

56.1%

72.8%

80.4%
Tennessee

62.0%

39.4%

56.4%

67.9%

79.6%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

65.7%

38.4%

62.9%

73.8%

78.2%
Louisiana

62.0%

31.7%

 *

49.9%

69.2%

82.0%
Oklahoma

62.8%

43.9%

49.3%

67.7%

81.3%
Texas

62.6%

36.6%

49.8%

73.3%

80.0%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

54.0%

29.1%

57.3%

66.6%

58.5%
Colorado

63.1%

30.1%

55.2%

72.2%

82.4%
Idaho

63.1%

28.5%

56.7%

71.5%

81.5%
Montana

58.0%

29.5%

 *

36.2%

69.7%

77.8%
Nevada

61.0%

46.7%

58.4%

55.7%

79.8%
New Mexico

58.0%

44.7%

54.1%

51.6%

77.5%
Utah

55.8%

39.3%

37.9%

59.8%

79.4%
Wyoming

62.1%

23.2%

 *

58.9%

67.8%

82.7%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

55.0%

37.2%

52.0%

51.0%

72.6%
California

64.1%

44.1%

54.6%

71.0%

81.0%
Hawaii

67.2%

56.5%

66.0%

68.2%

77.3%
Oregon

67.4%

38.8%

66.8%

78.9%

76.2%
Washington

63.3%

31.7%

 *

48.4%

78.1%

79.2%
 
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.b(2004) 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, 2004
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.51%

1.83%

0.63%

0.72%

0.66%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.13%

4.58%

3.18%

2.35%

2.30%
Maine

2.25%

5.60%

4.45%

2.98%

3.73%
Massachusetts

2.10%

4.74%

4.21%

1.81%

5.16%
New Hampshire

2.36%

4.09%

3.20%

4.64%

2.26%
Rhode Island

3.73%

6.21%

4.42%

9.24%

1.92%
Vermont

2.94%

5.85%

3.29%

2.77%

6.48%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.08%

8.63%

3.46%

4.28%

2.73%
New York

1.86%

3.11%

2.69%

3.57%

2.71%
Pennsylvania

1.75%

3.63%

3.52%

2.97%

1.20%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.13%

6.36%

4.24%

2.91%

1.92%
Indiana

3.84%

7.24%

4.37%

2.41%

7.11%
Michigan

2.56%

3.40%

3.31%

4.42%

4.48%
Ohio

2.37%

7.14%

3.36%

2.63%

3.41%
Wisconsin

2.32%

5.76%

3.50%

1.34%

5.09%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.95%

3.55%

4.94%

3.15%

2.92%
Kansas

4.78%

5.56%

5.26%

7.46%

3.16%
Minnesota

1.44%

5.03%

4.16%

2.91%

3.15%
Missouri

2.40%

3.61%

3.81%

3.43%

4.35%
Nebraska

2.41%

5.49%

5.59%

2.59%

3.38%
North Dakota

2.82%

3.87%

6.20%

3.58%

3.63%
South Dakota

1.75%

3.80%

3.50%

4.36%

5.03%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.11%

5.21%

6.25%

2.31%

3.32%
District of Columbia

2.69%

5.38%

5.75%

2.09%

2.76%
Florida

2.43%

3.98%

1.98%

4.25%

2.19%
Georgia

1.94%

5.87%

2.78%

4.88%

2.52%
Maryland

1.65%

4.10%

2.17%

3.46%

3.49%
North Carolina

2.36%

4.33%

4.77%

5.56%

2.04%
South Carolina

2.06%

3.25%

4.15%

2.84%

4.07%
Virginia

1.92%

5.28%

2.23%

2.87%

3.54%
West Virginia

2.39%

3.81%

4.48%

3.66%

3.13%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

3.11%

10.04%

4.82%

3.94%

4.21%
Kentucky

2.08%

5.51%

1.98%

2.46%

2.73%
Mississippi

2.45%

6.20%

5.70%

3.55%

2.18%
Tennessee

1.86%

4.01%

4.41%

4.69%

3.71%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.28%

6.55%

2.71%

2.90%

2.06%
Louisiana

3.38%

11.37%

 *

4.86%

4.25%

3.10%
Oklahoma

2.01%

4.80%

2.45%

2.64%

1.45%
Texas

1.25%

5.13%

5.38%

2.45%

2.66%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.89%

3.47%

3.60%

1.82%

6.49%
Colorado

4.10%

7.41%

6.02%

2.30%

2.38%
Idaho

3.10%

6.80%

6.52%

3.60%

2.80%
Montana

2.67%

11.28%

 *

3.14%

5.37%

3.61%
Nevada

2.58%

4.66%

3.63%

5.63%

2.64%
New Mexico

2.67%

7.19%

5.86%

3.14%

2.83%
Utah

3.80%

4.71%

4.06%

4.60%

3.69%
Wyoming

3.06%

9.77%

 *

4.11%

4.28%

4.69%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.28%

4.64%

4.52%

8.86%

4.28%
California

1.05%

3.15%

2.32%

1.28%

1.50%
Hawaii

1.94%

3.63%

2.74%

3.69%

3.50%
Oregon

1.60%

3.55%

4.09%

2.34%

3.04%
Washington

2.72%

9.60%

 *

4.00%

2.67%

3.24%
 
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.