Table VIII.B.2.a(2005) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

78.5%

56.8%

75.5%

86.0%

89.8%
 
New England:
Connecticut

78.2%

50.6%

83.0%

86.2%

88.3%
Maine

77.7%

53.1%

78.0%

80.6%

91.6%
Massachusetts

81.4%

68.4%

76.0%

91.2%

86.7%
New Hampshire

74.3%

51.4%

69.8%

84.0%

87.7%
Rhode Island

78.9%

61.5%

74.5%

89.3%

85.6%
Vermont

81.2%

66.0%

76.8%

86.5%

90.6%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

77.3%

48.1%

72.4%

84.0%

95.6%
New York

79.6%

66.2%

76.1%

81.6%

90.0%
Pennsylvania

79.9%

61.0%

77.5%

91.2%

85.1%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

79.6%

57.4%

82.6%

87.0%

84.8%
Indiana

77.7%

51.5%

79.0%

85.7%

86.6%
Michigan

82.3%

57.9%

80.8%

88.5%

94.5%
Ohio

80.4%

58.5%

77.5%

88.8%

92.9%
Wisconsin

76.7%

45.8%

77.0%

86.3%

90.3%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

78.6%

54.8%

69.1%

90.7%

91.6%
Kansas

74.6%

54.2%

67.7%

81.3%

87.9%
Minnesota

74.6%

53.6%

65.3%

88.9%

84.9%
Missouri

83.5%

62.5%

83.1%

90.2%

92.9%
Nebraska

79.1%

46.1%

75.7%

93.1%

90.1%
North Dakota

75.4%

44.4%

66.4%

89.7%

90.0%
South Dakota

76.4%

44.4%

72.3%

86.3%

90.4%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

78.8%

54.1%

68.0%

90.9%

93.7%
District of Columbia

86.7%

75.1%

82.9%

94.5%

92.1%
Florida

77.5%

55.0%

78.6%

82.9%

88.3%
Georgia

75.9%

47.9%

76.6%

86.9%

87.5%
Maryland

83.4%

66.2%

79.0%

88.8%

94.0%
North Carolina

82.4%

68.4%

81.6%

84.8%

91.2%
South Carolina

82.4%

62.8%

78.2%

91.4%

91.5%
Virginia

80.7%

63.6%

78.8%

86.5%

88.2%
West Virginia

75.9%

40.9%

70.9%

87.2%

92.8%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

77.2%

53.8%

73.7%

84.7%

91.4%
Kentucky

76.7%

61.8%

64.2%

82.4%

93.3%
Mississippi

72.4%

33.2%

73.2%

86.7%

87.4%
Tennessee

78.6%

47.5%

79.0%

91.0%

91.3%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

71.9%

49.8%

76.2%

63.9%

87.5%
Louisiana

77.4%

67.3%

72.3%

76.2%

89.6%
Oklahoma

75.5%

41.4%

72.3%

87.4%

89.1%
Texas

78.5%

62.1%

72.4%

85.2%

89.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

70.5%

36.2%

70.2%

74.7%

91.2%
Colorado

77.8%

52.4%

77.7%

85.1%

90.5%
Idaho

75.9%

45.8%

63.9%

85.9%

93.6%
Montana

68.7%

23.6%

 *

76.0%

76.8%

77.2%
Nevada

78.1%

71.0%

72.4%

79.3%

88.6%
New Mexico

71.0%

55.8%

66.7%

72.5%

83.0%
Utah

75.7%

64.8%

58.8%

83.6%

90.8%
Wyoming

77.7%

54.8%

72.3%

79.9%

89.9%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

70.0%

60.9%

55.3%

75.1%

82.7%
California

77.8%

55.5%

73.9%

87.5%

90.3%
Hawaii

82.0%

67.9%

80.7%

86.9%

91.9%
Oregon

72.9%

45.2%

61.3%

85.6%

91.4%
Washington

78.6%

50.1%

69.7%

90.6%

94.6%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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(2005) 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, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.51%

1.35%

0.73%

0.49%

0.55%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3.41%

6.18%

2.01%

4.53%

6.33%
Maine

1.84%

3.87%

2.30%

2.97%

1.99%
Massachusetts

2.16%

5.84%

3.45%

1.49%

4.36%
New Hampshire

1.48%

7.48%

4.05%

2.43%

2.85%
Rhode Island

2.85%

5.29%

3.21%

2.38%

6.24%
Vermont

2.13%

7.40%

4.04%

3.11%

1.78%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.05%

3.57%

5.41%

4.54%

0.94%
New York

1.07%

4.64%

1.93%

2.04%

2.13%
Pennsylvania

1.71%

5.81%

1.48%

1.30%

3.42%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.09%

3.05%

2.72%

2.06%

2.66%
Indiana

1.53%

5.07%

3.42%

1.63%

2.91%
Michigan

2.03%

5.71%

3.52%

1.81%

2.07%
Ohio

2.14%

5.09%

3.11%

3.06%

1.18%
Wisconsin

2.83%

6.35%

3.24%

2.62%

2.76%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

3.23%

5.76%

5.94%

1.51%

2.39%
Kansas

1.46%

5.36%

4.29%

1.91%

2.11%
Minnesota

2.21%

6.42%

4.65%

0.96%

4.32%
Missouri

1.55%

4.83%

2.60%

1.72%

1.55%
Nebraska

1.74%

4.88%

2.86%

2.71%

2.11%
North Dakota

3.42%

6.91%

4.83%

1.78%

2.16%
South Dakota

2.03%

7.15%

4.61%

2.86%

1.90%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.87%

6.42%

5.01%

2.15%

2.65%
District of Columbia

1.27%

5.92%

2.95%

2.19%

2.49%
Florida

2.98%

6.29%

3.76%

2.44%

2.41%
Georgia

3.32%

7.04%

6.26%

2.06%

4.53%
Maryland

1.55%

7.17%

2.82%

1.08%

1.33%
North Carolina

2.08%

6.17%

2.86%

2.62%

1.21%
South Carolina

1.94%

5.76%

3.65%

1.39%

2.00%
Virginia

1.19%

6.04%

2.10%

1.89%

2.73%
West Virginia

3.36%

9.26%

2.97%

1.33%

1.07%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

3.11%

7.50%

5.33%

3.90%

1.82%
Kentucky

3.17%

5.63%

6.32%

6.30%

2.68%
Mississippi

4.04%

7.25%

3.10%

2.57%

2.96%
Tennessee

2.11%

4.29%

2.45%

1.49%

2.03%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

4.63%

4.11%

5.68%

9.68%

2.48%
Louisiana

2.02%

6.71%

3.23%

3.19%

2.36%
Oklahoma

3.60%

7.70%

3.56%

2.64%

2.81%
Texas

1.68%

5.21%

3.37%

2.12%

1.96%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.70%

5.07%

4.35%

3.34%

1.90%
Colorado

2.78%

4.93%

3.86%

2.72%

1.71%
Idaho

2.90%

8.05%

7.42%

3.84%

1.22%
Montana

4.88%

12.83%

 *

6.79%

3.53%

5.50%
Nevada

2.12%

5.14%

3.63%

4.16%

1.65%
New Mexico

2.88%

5.73%

6.27%

4.38%

2.73%
Utah

4.13%

7.85%

8.64%

2.62%

1.66%
Wyoming

2.79%

3.85%

4.05%

3.76%

2.79%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.50%

7.91%

6.34%

5.30%

5.27%
California

1.47%

2.57%

3.96%

1.80%

1.34%
Hawaii

1.73%

3.66%

2.51%

2.06%

2.63%
Oregon

3.41%

8.57%

5.47%

2.12%

2.58%
Washington

3.20%

7.13%

5.17%

1.93%

1.61%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.