Table VIII.B.3.b(2004) Percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

90.3%

76.2%

87.7%

94.8%

97.2%

 
New England:
Connecticut

94.7%

88.9%

92.5%

97.3%

97.4%

Maine

87.6%

69.0%

83.8%

95.1%

95.3%

Massachusetts

95.6%

88.5%

95.6%

97.7%

98.2%

New Hampshire

92.4%

84.3%

90.3%

96.0%

96.7%

Rhode Island

90.7%

73.7%

90.0%

97.6%

97.8%

Vermont

85.3%

69.8%

79.3%

87.9%

96.9%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

92.0%

73.1%

90.5%

97.0%

97.3%

New York

91.8%

69.8%

93.2%

97.5%

99.0%

Pennsylvania

95.7%

88.1%

93.4%

98.9%

99.0%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

93.0%

77.6%

94.2%

95.7%

98.9%

Indiana

91.9%

80.3%

87.5%

97.0%

99.0%

Michigan

93.0%

83.3%

90.5%

96.4%

98.1%

Ohio

94.0%

84.4%

94.5%

96.3%

96.8%

Wisconsin

91.6%

79.3%

91.0%

96.7%

94.4%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

89.5%

72.5%

86.1%

92.7%

97.0%

Kansas

89.2%

60.8%

88.6%

96.5%

97.3%

Minnesota

92.8%

81.9%

89.6%

96.6%

98.9%

Missouri

92.7%

79.4%

88.2%

97.5%

98.9%

Nebraska

85.5%

71.3%

76.4%

93.2%

94.0%

North Dakota

82.8%

46.7%

83.7%

93.6%

93.3%

South Dakota

83.6%

68.6%

79.0%

88.0%

91.2%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

92.9%

86.2%

89.9%

93.7%

99.0%

District of Columbia

95.8%

85.0%

98.0%

98.6%

98.2%

Florida

89.0%

78.5%

83.6%

94.5%

95.5%

Georgia

88.6%

70.1%

88.4%

93.1%

95.7%

Maryland

92.6%

78.9%

95.5%

95.4%

97.4%

North Carolina

87.6%

74.8%

86.0%

89.1%

95.1%

South Carolina

87.0%

69.5%

86.0%

87.8%

97.6%

Virginia

94.2%

88.2%

91.7%

96.4%

98.1%

West Virginia

86.4%

63.6%

79.6%

94.9%

97.3%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

90.3%

81.0%

85.9%

94.4%

97.7%

Kentucky

90.9%

70.3%

90.8%

97.1%

99.1%

Mississippi

85.0%

72.9%

79.6%

88.5%

94.4%

Tennessee

90.6%

80.1%

91.5%

91.0%

96.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

87.2%

69.2%

87.7%

91.0%

96.7%

Louisiana

83.7%

68.6%

68.9%

92.5%

96.7%

Oklahoma

85.3%

75.2%

76.9%

88.3%

95.6%

Texas

84.2%

63.1%

78.2%

91.6%

95.6%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

87.6%

73.3%

78.1%

94.1%

98.0%

Colorado

89.6%

64.8%

91.0%

94.4%

99.1%

Idaho

81.4%

58.8%

79.7%

85.1%

90.1%

Montana

73.3%

48.2%

62.2%

78.6%

89.8%

Nevada

90.7%

75.6%

93.9%

95.1%

95.5%

New Mexico

83.8%

72.0%

82.0%

90.3%

86.6%

Utah

88.3%

80.0%

83.2%

87.5%

97.2%

Wyoming

77.2%

39.2%

77.8%

84.8%

91.1%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

82.3%

54.6%

81.2%

95.3%

87.4%

California

90.0%

74.2%

87.8%

94.8%

97.5%

Hawaii

98.1%

94.1%

99.4%

99.2%

99.1%

Oregon

86.6%

67.2%

89.9%

88.8%

94.3%

Washington

87.9%

65.3%

87.7%

90.2%

96.9%

 
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.

 

Table VIII.B.3.b(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees 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

0.24%

1.16%

0.27%

0.28%

0.10%

 
New England:
Connecticut

0.84%

2.39%

5.73%

0.87%

1.24%

Maine

1.71%

6.39%

3.94%

0.88%

1.98%

Massachusetts

0.78%

3.70%

3.61%

3.42%

0.56%

New Hampshire

1.66%

10.46%

2.53%

1.01%

1.11%

Rhode Island

2.06%

7.38%

3.91%

2.75%

4.16%

Vermont

1.96%

9.84%

3.46%

2.67%

1.50%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.63%

7.61%

2.33%

2.42%

1.20%

New York

0.85%

3.48%

1.72%

0.65%

0.66%

Pennsylvania

0.61%

3.57%

1.07%

0.33%

0.75%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

0.64%

3.23%

1.58%

1.10%

0.39%

Indiana

1.16%

7.05%

2.94%

0.83%

0.83%

Michigan

0.82%

4.08%

1.96%

0.97%

0.64%

Ohio

0.55%

4.45%

1.39%

0.88%

1.60%

Wisconsin

1.07%

8.02%

3.72%

1.39%

5.28%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.22%

4.94%

2.68%

1.28%

4.27%

Kansas

1.23%

6.56%

3.21%

1.50%

1.57%

Minnesota

0.93%

8.62%

2.55%

0.96%

0.57%

Missouri

1.25%

4.26%

2.59%

2.34%

0.39%

Nebraska

1.97%

7.09%

6.52%

1.95%

3.17%

North Dakota

3.40%

8.15%

5.22%

2.02%

1.95%

South Dakota

1.82%

4.48%

4.01%

2.16%

2.82%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

0.95%

9.27%

3.89%

2.04%

0.73%

District of Columbia

0.60%

3.72%

0.59%

0.48%

0.83%

Florida

1.34%

6.70%

2.18%

2.25%

1.32%

Georgia

1.29%

7.35%

3.11%

1.35%

1.30%

Maryland

1.53%

4.93%

1.30%

1.11%

1.03%

North Carolina

1.19%

4.35%

5.25%

2.44%

2.02%

South Carolina

2.28%

4.91%

4.79%

3.17%

0.98%

Virginia

1.04%

4.19%

2.31%

1.63%

1.37%

West Virginia

1.14%

8.03%

4.97%

1.43%

0.63%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.54%

15.15%

2.70%

2.56%

1.01%

Kentucky

0.96%

8.40%

3.09%

1.81%

0.73%

Mississippi

1.43%

6.24%

6.59%

1.56%

1.36%

Tennessee

0.84%

4.50%

2.12%

1.73%

0.83%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.22%

6.80%

3.96%

2.20%

0.74%

Louisiana

2.21%

13.62%

5.32%

2.87%

2.32%

Oklahoma

1.92%

6.71%

3.47%

3.81%

1.66%

Texas

1.08%

3.47%

3.18%

1.56%

1.04%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.61%

5.06%

5.86%

3.66%

0.69%

Colorado

2.12%

7.71%

3.53%

1.68%

0.20%

Idaho

1.87%

9.17%

5.40%

4.72%

2.67%

Montana

3.99%

10.34%

11.32%

3.59%

2.04%

Nevada

1.15%

6.90%

2.83%

1.64%

1.46%

New Mexico

1.87%

7.89%

5.22%

1.52%

2.79%

Utah

1.48%

10.52%

4.05%

2.41%

0.70%

Wyoming

2.61%

7.91%

7.10%

3.31%

2.66%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.68%

5.78%

3.32%

1.44%

5.64%

California

0.56%

3.05%

1.56%

0.85%

0.37%

Hawaii

0.58%

1.59%

0.44%

0.79%

0.60%

Oregon

1.66%

3.43%

1.97%

3.68%

2.08%

Washington

2.47%

10.74%

4.05%

3.39%

0.96%

 
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.