Table VIII.B.3.b.(2)(2005) Percent of private-sector full-time 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

71.8%

54.8%

65.8%

75.5%

81.4%

 
New England:
Connecticut

72.1%

50.6%

69.2%

77.0%

81.1%

Maine

72.8%

58.4%

67.9%

75.7%

80.9%

Massachusetts

70.2%

55.8%

66.0%

74.4%

77.8%

New Hampshire

68.3%

56.9%

57.0%

75.6%

76.6%

Rhode Island

71.7%

62.8%

60.6%

78.3%

80.0%

Vermont

68.3%

55.6%

49.9%

74.4%

82.5%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

70.3%

55.0%

61.0%

71.2%

83.1%

New York

70.1%

58.9%

66.3%

67.1%

81.2%

Pennsylvania

76.9%

64.0%

73.7%

82.2%

81.3%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

74.9%

61.9%

71.1%

79.6%

79.4%

Indiana

73.6%

56.2%

68.9%

77.3%

79.9%

Michigan

75.2%

58.1%

72.7%

79.7%

80.6%

Ohio

74.5%

56.8%

68.5%

77.6%

86.3%

Wisconsin

71.8%

63.1%

62.0%

72.0%

82.8%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

72.5%

64.3%

60.9%

78.2%

79.7%

Kansas

66.9%

43.8%

53.7%

72.7%

78.4%

Minnesota

70.9%

56.0%

61.2%

79.2%

76.1%

Missouri

76.7%

57.9%

72.8%

83.8%

84.3%

Nebraska

72.9%

51.6%

67.6%

75.6%

81.4%

North Dakota

72.9%

47.6%

66.8%

78.1%

81.3%

South Dakota

71.8%

47.3%

66.6%

74.3%

81.7%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

74.5%

54.8%

63.3%

82.3%

84.0%

District of Columbia

77.5%

65.1%

73.9%

83.8%

83.5%

Florida

69.4%

45.3%

72.2%

69.2%

80.1%

Georgia

66.6%

50.0%

60.0%

72.5%

75.5%

Maryland

75.3%

62.2%

68.5%

81.3%

81.9%

North Carolina

77.8%

65.6%

69.5%

83.7%

84.8%

South Carolina

74.2%

56.4%

68.4%

76.4%

84.8%

Virginia

69.9%

48.9%

63.9%

77.5%

78.2%

West Virginia

67.0%

29.1%

58.5%

73.7%

86.7%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

69.4%

60.2%

67.3%

67.7%

77.7%

Kentucky

72.6%

63.7%

53.6%

78.4%

86.6%

Mississippi

65.4%

25.0%

*

67.4%

76.3%

76.4%

Tennessee

72.1%

41.8%

66.8%

79.8%

84.5%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

70.1%

48.9%

67.8%

72.2%

79.2%

Louisiana

64.5%

53.5%

50.0%

68.8%

77.7%

Oklahoma

70.3%

44.6%

59.0%

76.7%

81.5%

Texas

70.4%

52.6%

63.5%

72.9%

82.1%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

64.1%

44.7%

55.2%

67.9%

75.5%

Colorado

66.8%

49.2%

59.3%

68.7%

80.0%

Idaho

73.2%

46.1%

58.0%

77.7%

85.8%

Montana

66.0%

37.1%

*

56.5%

76.8%

71.8%

Nevada

69.3%

59.6%

62.6%

71.8%

80.1%

New Mexico

63.0%

45.6%

64.0%

59.8%

73.6%

Utah

71.2%

47.9%

69.1%

72.7%

82.7%

Wyoming

73.6%

57.5%

59.4%

75.3%

85.6%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

67.7%

69.4%

52.5%

66.1%

79.4%

California

71.5%

53.2%

64.4%

77.2%

82.2%

Hawaii

78.1%

67.8%

78.1%

78.8%

84.6%

Oregon

72.0%

54.7%

50.8%

79.5%

87.9%

Washington

78.9%

65.8%

70.1%

81.0%

88.7%

 
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.3.b.(2)(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time 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

0.46%

1.24%

0.63%

0.49%

0.51%

 
New England:
Connecticut

3.45%

6.79%

2.91%

3.67%

6.24%

Maine

2.21%

6.16%

3.75%

3.66%

2.26%

Massachusetts

2.69%

5.53%

2.89%

1.83%

4.53%

New Hampshire

2.45%

5.56%

4.23%

3.06%

3.46%

Rhode Island

2.67%

5.06%

4.75%

4.39%

3.63%

Vermont

2.24%

6.56%

6.48%

2.41%

2.19%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.44%

7.00%

5.52%

5.03%

2.61%

New York

1.51%

4.12%

1.93%

3.94%

2.84%

Pennsylvania

1.69%

4.42%

2.58%

2.19%

2.14%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.39%

3.47%

3.03%

2.49%

2.91%

Indiana

2.63%

5.70%

3.62%

2.44%

3.48%

Michigan

2.58%

6.02%

2.53%

2.47%

6.39%

Ohio

1.71%

5.04%

3.16%

3.25%

1.54%

Wisconsin

2.64%

5.30%

5.14%

4.25%

2.73%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.59%

4.90%

6.10%

2.54%

2.54%

Kansas

2.40%

7.93%

6.44%

2.80%

2.33%

Minnesota

1.90%

6.43%

5.52%

1.92%

3.67%

Missouri

2.29%

6.44%

3.80%

2.35%

1.72%

Nebraska

2.51%

8.09%

5.16%

3.47%

1.71%

North Dakota

2.65%

7.67%

6.30%

3.12%

2.60%

South Dakota

2.11%

5.22%

4.94%

2.03%

2.70%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.74%

5.10%

4.52%

2.98%

2.68%

District of Columbia

1.21%

5.62%

6.74%

2.41%

2.36%

Florida

3.28%

6.14%

3.31%

3.96%

3.69%

Georgia

3.55%

10.58%

4.83%

4.07%

5.87%

Maryland

1.68%

6.05%

4.06%

2.64%

2.14%

North Carolina

1.73%

4.94%

3.62%

1.47%

2.12%

South Carolina

2.52%

6.92%

3.75%

4.41%

3.21%

Virginia

2.24%

8.33%

3.06%

1.87%

2.71%

West Virginia

2.46%

8.51%

3.70%

3.47%

1.56%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.81%

6.37%

5.87%

4.28%

2.82%

Kentucky

1.87%

6.41%

6.27%

2.33%

3.19%

Mississippi

3.87%

9.58%

*

3.22%

4.04%

3.59%

Tennessee

2.84%

5.12%

3.67%

3.59%

2.54%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.75%

5.98%

4.45%

3.11%

3.52%

Louisiana

0.89%

7.94%

3.87%

3.24%

3.55%

Oklahoma

2.32%

6.99%

4.56%

2.03%

3.61%

Texas

1.20%

2.54%

3.10%

1.80%

2.01%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

3.00%

6.48%

5.81%

3.85%

3.58%

Colorado

2.49%

4.05%

4.72%

3.72%

2.64%

Idaho

1.68%

6.94%

7.03%

3.58%

2.34%

Montana

3.90%

12.24%

*

6.44%

3.29%

5.44%

Nevada

2.56%

5.14%

4.83%

5.02%

2.05%

New Mexico

2.64%

5.70%

5.36%

4.81%

3.30%

Utah

1.78%

7.47%

4.09%

2.99%

1.64%

Wyoming

2.54%

4.72%

4.23%

3.71%

3.10%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

3.80%

4.90%

5.98%

2.39%

4.05%

California

1.76%

4.48%

3.60%

2.59%

1.41%

Hawaii

2.02%

3.55%

2.72%

3.30%

2.40%

Oregon

3.23%

8.25%

6.17%

3.05%

3.18%

Washington

1.99%

5.57%

4.08%

7.42%

1.93%

 
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.