Table VIII.B.2.b(2005) 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, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

62.5%

37.0%

56.5%

70.8%

78.6%
 
New England:
Connecticut

63.2%

33.3%

63.0%

72.0%

79.1%
Maine

60.0%

34.8%

56.6%

65.3%

75.4%
Massachusetts

61.3%

41.2%

55.9%

69.2%

74.4%
New Hampshire

57.1%

34.4%

48.0%

68.9%

72.9%
Rhode Island

62.1%

43.8%

51.0%

75.5%

72.9%
Vermont

57.9%

38.9%

42.0%

65.7%

77.7%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

60.7%

36.2%

52.3%

64.5%

81.8%
New York

60.8%

43.8%

53.3%

61.9%

78.1%
Pennsylvania

66.4%

44.6%

63.1%

79.5%

72.8%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

65.3%

38.4%

63.4%

73.6%

77.2%
Indiana

61.9%

31.4%

58.4%

72.4%

75.3%
Michigan

66.2%

38.9%

63.2%

75.8%

78.5%
Ohio

64.9%

38.0%

58.4%

74.4%

84.2%
Wisconsin

60.6%

33.0%

54.4%

68.2%

79.4%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

62.1%

34.7%

54.4%

73.7%

76.4%
Kansas

55.4%

21.7%

44.5%

67.6%

75.6%
Minnesota

58.4%

33.4%

48.1%

73.3%

72.2%
Missouri

69.3%

44.7%

66.7%

78.0%

81.5%
Nebraska

62.7%

27.7%

60.8%

72.2%

78.0%
North Dakota

59.4%

26.5%

49.8%

71.9%

77.5%
South Dakota

58.9%

24.9%

52.4%

68.4%

76.6%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

64.5%

32.5%

54.6%

77.6%

82.2%
District of Columbia

72.6%

57.3%

67.6%

83.2%

79.0%
Florida

60.7%

32.3%

61.0%

65.6%

77.1%
Georgia

59.4%

33.1%

55.0%

70.3%

74.0%
Maryland

66.8%

45.2%

59.1%

76.1%

79.9%
North Carolina

65.3%

37.0%

61.7%

74.6%

80.9%
South Carolina

64.1%

35.3%

58.7%

72.7%

81.4%
Virginia

62.4%

37.1%

56.2%

72.3%

75.5%
West Virginia

58.8%

21.7%

48.2%

67.7%

84.5%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

60.6%

42.1%

56.3%

63.7%

76.0%
Kentucky

62.0%

41.7%

45.2%

70.2%

83.9%
Mississippi

57.3%

18.4%

55.4%

72.4%

73.8%
Tennessee

63.2%

27.6%

59.7%

76.5%

82.4%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

58.4%

34.3%

61.5%

51.1%

75.4%
Louisiana

57.0%

40.6%

44.4%

60.7%

75.2%
Oklahoma

60.3%

26.0%

48.8%

73.2%

79.3%
Texas

60.8%

36.7%

51.8%

67.1%

80.3%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

55.2%

24.2%

53.9%

61.0%

73.0%
Colorado

58.9%

32.1%

51.5%

67.6%

78.6%
Idaho

60.0%

22.4%

45.5%

72.4%

81.7%
Montana

53.6%

17.0%

 *

49.6%

63.0%

65.5%
Nevada

62.1%

46.9%

56.2%

67.3%

75.8%
New Mexico

56.0%

32.2%

55.0%

57.6%

70.6%
Utah

59.4%

38.9%

44.2%

65.6%

80.5%
Wyoming

66.3%

37.6%

53.4%

71.2%

84.8%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

59.9%

48.7%

43.0%

64.1%

76.3%
California

64.1%

37.6%

57.5%

75.4%

80.9%
Hawaii

70.7%

54.8%

68.8%

76.6%

81.7%
Oregon

61.0%

34.2%

43.1%

74.8%

83.5%
Washington

68.0%

42.8%

55.9%

76.9%

87.6%
 
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.b(2005) 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, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.39%

1.01%

0.72%

0.55%

0.47%
 
New England:
Connecticut

3.85%

6.26%

2.00%

4.00%

6.24%
Maine

2.28%

3.86%

2.12%

3.46%

3.19%
Massachusetts

2.62%

4.59%

2.75%

2.08%

4.00%
New Hampshire

2.00%

6.40%

3.93%

3.51%

3.27%
Rhode Island

2.94%

6.30%

3.72%

4.11%

5.43%
Vermont

2.57%

6.66%

5.77%

2.43%

2.41%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.73%

2.80%

4.69%

5.52%

2.52%
New York

1.02%

2.33%

2.08%

3.63%

3.35%
Pennsylvania

1.67%

4.84%

2.14%

1.96%

3.09%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.00%

2.71%

3.33%

2.45%

3.18%
Indiana

2.76%

4.08%

3.86%

2.18%

3.60%
Michigan

3.10%

6.98%

3.84%

2.95%

6.23%
Ohio

2.03%

4.38%

2.97%

3.47%

1.58%
Wisconsin

3.17%

5.35%

4.89%

4.01%

2.65%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.76%

4.24%

4.76%

3.13%

2.70%
Kansas

2.34%

3.57%

5.00%

2.37%

2.46%
Minnesota

1.99%

2.91%

5.40%

1.39%

3.45%
Missouri

2.21%

5.37%

3.65%

2.55%

1.71%
Nebraska

2.22%

3.97%

3.20%

3.32%

1.86%
North Dakota

2.40%

3.57%

3.87%

3.54%

2.70%
South Dakota

2.23%

3.61%

5.30%

2.35%

3.18%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.41%

4.38%

5.12%

3.13%

3.07%
District of Columbia

1.00%

6.29%

6.06%

2.74%

3.08%
Florida

3.21%

5.50%

3.16%

3.46%

3.43%
Georgia

3.42%

6.26%

5.00%

4.42%

5.78%
Maryland

1.73%

6.74%

3.79%

2.86%

2.11%
North Carolina

1.96%

3.53%

1.87%

3.28%

1.67%
South Carolina

2.39%

3.67%

4.71%

4.33%

3.90%
Virginia

1.78%

5.32%

2.86%

1.81%

2.97%
West Virginia

2.58%

6.30%

2.72%

3.37%

1.84%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.93%

6.44%

5.98%

4.25%

3.08%
Kentucky

3.35%

7.01%

5.41%

5.15%

2.92%
Mississippi

3.35%

4.34%

3.44%

3.76%

3.64%
Tennessee

2.65%

2.70%

3.02%

3.51%

2.50%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

4.51%

3.34%

6.06%

8.50%

3.91%
Louisiana

1.58%

8.17%

3.30%

2.70%

3.78%
Oklahoma

3.50%

3.70%

3.94%

1.86%

3.87%
Texas

1.92%

2.89%

4.22%

2.30%

2.12%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.95%

3.95%

5.36%

3.57%

3.53%
Colorado

3.08%

5.15%

5.35%

3.63%

2.45%
Idaho

2.16%

4.72%

7.33%

3.39%

2.23%
Montana

5.04%

13.29%

 *

5.98%

3.75%

5.81%
Nevada

2.13%

4.91%

4.43%

4.67%

2.29%
New Mexico

2.63%

2.89%

5.11%

4.67%

3.13%
Utah

3.09%

7.18%

5.61%

3.06%

2.01%
Wyoming

3.45%

4.72%

4.60%

3.74%

3.01%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

4.05%

8.19%

5.23%

3.55%

4.66%
California

1.20%

2.75%

3.51%

2.52%

1.39%
Hawaii

1.67%

3.03%

2.27%

3.18%

2.32%
Oregon

3.17%

9.30%

4.52%

2.66%

3.57%
Washington

3.03%

6.93%

5.30%

5.86%

2.09%
 
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.