Table VIII.B.2.a.(1)(2006) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

78.3%

62.1%

72.9%

81.9%

86.7%

 

New England:

Connecticut

79.3%

72.3%

72.0%

83.7%

85.6%

Maine

74.7%

47.6%

76.8%

82.3%

77.6%

Massachusetts

75.8%

64.0%

69.6%

77.7%

86.4%

New Hampshire

74.3%

55.2%

69.3%

80.0%

81.2%

Rhode Island

80.1%

72.8%

77.1%

81.5%

83.6%

Vermont

74.5%

64.5%

71.8%

79.0%

75.5%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.8%

79.8%

74.9%

78.9%

84.8%

New York

77.9%

65.0%

73.8%

80.6%

85.7%

Pennsylvania

80.3%

70.3%

76.4%

82.9%

86.3%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

79.7%

60.8%

70.9%

87.3%

88.5%

Indiana

77.6%

52.2%

73.6%

84.7%

84.7%

Michigan

81.1%

61.8%

79.4%

82.3%

90.8%

Ohio

76.9%

56.0%

74.4%

82.6%

84.4%

Wisconsin

74.1%

60.0%

67.0%

74.5%

85.8%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

77.8%

65.7%

69.0%

80.1%

84.6%

Kansas

77.8%

69.8%

65.3%

77.6%

88.5%

Minnesota

77.2%

65.9%

65.0%

80.5%

87.4%

Missouri

78.2%

53.7%

79.5%

84.4%

83.5%

Nebraska

74.9%

57.3%

63.5%

77.9%

85.2%

North Dakota

78.0%

62.1%

70.2%

80.9%

85.1%

South Dakota

74.7%

52.9%

74.8%

80.7%

73.9%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

80.1%

56.3%

81.4%

79.7%

87.8%

District of Columbia

82.6%

66.6%

77.6%

93.0%

86.6%

Florida

76.4%

56.6%

68.1%

80.9%

87.7%

Georgia

76.0%

55.3%

73.1%

79.2%

85.5%

Maryland

72.9%

61.8%

64.4%

73.2%

83.4%

North Carolina

76.2%

52.1%

69.4%

83.7%

82.5%

South Carolina

74.8%

52.3%

66.0%

76.8%

88.5%

Virginia

74.0%

49.9%

74.3%

84.3%

75.3%

West Virginia

75.7%

52.9%

57.8%

82.3%

90.8%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

74.0%

47.8%

69.4%

77.5%

87.1%

Kentucky

77.6%

59.4%

69.1%

79.6%

88.2%

Mississippi

74.7%

61.2%

74.8%

76.1%

79.9%

Tennessee

78.6%

66.0%

72.9%

80.6%

87.7%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

80.9%

70.8%

78.7%

83.6%

83.2%

Louisiana

79.6%

59.5%

74.9%

84.8%

85.2%

Oklahoma

78.5%

56.4%

78.1%

82.8%

86.5%

Texas

79.1%

57.3%

75.0%

81.5%

88.5%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

76.9%

57.3%

68.1%

80.1%

87.7%

Colorado

79.7%

53.2%

76.6%

82.0%

89.9%

Idaho

79.5%

49.2%

83.4%

87.6%

80.9%

Montana

74.8%

50.1%

68.6%

72.0%

87.5%

Nevada

82.7%

63.3%

77.1%

89.1%

91.2%

New Mexico

68.2%

37.3%

65.3%

68.3%

85.8%

Utah

75.1%

44.6%

78.2%

74.0%

86.7%

Wyoming

80.2%

75.1%

75.5%

75.8%

88.8%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

82.4%

69.9%

74.2%

81.4%

91.1%

California

82.7%

72.4%

78.1%

84.8%

88.8%

Hawaii

82.9%

73.4%

77.7%

86.0%

90.1%

Oregon

82.8%

72.3%

76.0%

87.5%

88.3%

Washington

79.8%

69.2%

69.6%

80.2%

90.7%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.2.a.(1)(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.27%

1.04%

0.51%

0.51%

0.24%

 

New England:

Connecticut

1.74%

5.95%

3.07%

2.97%

1.95%

Maine

2.23%

8.23%

1.93%

2.00%

2.83%

Massachusetts

1.21%

5.68%

2.26%

2.82%

1.11%

New Hampshire

2.43%

7.68%

1.66%

2.67%

4.24%

Rhode Island

1.26%

6.71%

2.39%

1.47%

2.10%

Vermont

1.38%

4.68%

4.44%

1.95%

2.98%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.15%

4.85%

2.02%

2.58%

2.40%

New York

1.84%

4.96%

3.31%

1.35%

1.44%

Pennsylvania

1.74%

5.46%

3.64%

1.96%

1.29%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

2.00%

5.76%

3.33%

1.94%

1.22%

Indiana

1.50%

7.13%

3.56%

2.14%

1.98%

Michigan

1.81%

4.24%

2.48%

2.20%

2.01%

Ohio

1.92%

5.13%

2.70%

2.49%

1.30%

Wisconsin

2.24%

5.44%

3.39%

3.74%

1.68%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.18%

5.73%

4.07%

2.62%

2.38%

Kansas

2.06%

6.01%

4.46%

3.46%

1.34%

Minnesota

2.11%

4.98%

5.62%

1.98%

2.27%

Missouri

1.52%

7.57%

2.11%

1.42%

3.65%

Nebraska

2.64%

8.72%

5.89%

1.57%

2.56%

North Dakota

2.59%

6.48%

6.50%

2.49%

2.88%

South Dakota

3.68%

8.95%

5.53%

5.14%

6.15%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.04%

5.85%

4.75%

4.41%

2.34%

District of Columbia

1.53%

2.83%

3.34%

1.40%

4.62%

Florida

1.23%

6.50%

1.89%

1.95%

1.68%

Georgia

2.67%

9.60%

4.12%

4.02%

1.78%

Maryland

2.18%

8.13%

4.89%

4.21%

3.21%

North Carolina

3.01%

5.92%

5.41%

2.37%

6.73%

South Carolina

3.23%

8.39%

3.52%

5.34%

1.43%

Virginia

2.80%

6.79%

3.31%

1.87%

5.37%

West Virginia

2.71%

8.63%

6.65%

1.66%

1.46%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.73%

5.83%

3.20%

2.91%

2.38%

Kentucky

1.75%

6.72%

3.33%

2.19%

1.67%

Mississippi

1.58%

5.92%

6.38%

2.71%

3.05%

Tennessee

2.61%

8.26%

4.66%

2.80%

2.33%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.99%

8.90%

4.55%

2.18%

2.84%

Louisiana

1.89%

5.44%

5.50%

2.10%

5.24%

Oklahoma

2.72%

6.49%

4.53%

2.19%

2.06%

Texas

1.06%

4.44%

2.75%

1.31%

1.35%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.26%

7.75%

6.19%

2.12%

1.81%

Colorado

2.04%

6.23%

4.62%

1.48%

1.04%

Idaho

1.63%

9.39%

3.78%

2.17%

3.86%

Montana

2.60%

10.82%

6.31%

4.17%

1.87%

Nevada

1.78%

5.08%

3.99%

1.99%

1.48%

New Mexico

2.90%

6.09%

5.74%

2.38%

2.02%

Utah

2.95%

8.13%

2.78%

4.84%

2.05%

Wyoming

3.24%

4.74%

5.05%

3.27%

2.43%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

2.64%

5.75%

3.02%

3.16%

2.34%

California

0.81%

3.26%

2.20%

0.92%

1.26%

Hawaii

1.78%

3.20%

4.04%

1.68%

1.01%

Oregon

1.43%

4.79%

5.25%

1.75%

1.69%

Washington

2.87%

6.14%

7.13%

3.86%

2.50%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.