Table VIII.B.2.b(2006) 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, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

60.7%

34.1%

54.6%

69.8%

77.5%

 

New England:

Connecticut

63.3%

46.5%

55.7%

69.5%

78.8%

Maine

63.0%

31.6%

63.7%

72.6%

71.6%

Massachusetts

57.4%

39.3%

55.3%

60.2%

70.2%

New Hampshire

54.4%

28.4%

47.2%

68.3%

66.2%

Rhode Island

59.7%

31.6%

54.8%

66.1%

80.0%

Vermont

52.7%

26.5%

44.1%

66.6%

67.0%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

63.4%

46.5%

61.0%

65.5%

76.5%

New York

61.5%

43.3%

53.5%

67.1%

77.2%

Pennsylvania

65.7%

41.2%

64.7%

73.3%

78.8%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

63.3%

37.0%

51.7%

75.9%

81.1%

Indiana

60.7%

26.6%

56.6%

72.3%

78.8%

Michigan

61.0%

33.9%

56.4%

69.1%

78.7%

Ohio

61.8%

33.3%

56.4%

71.8%

80.2%

Wisconsin

56.5%

38.0%

46.9%

57.9%

76.9%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

60.5%

29.9%

46.5%

72.4%

79.0%

Kansas

55.5%

32.9%

38.2%

63.1%

77.8%

Minnesota

59.9%

31.6%

49.2%

71.5%

79.2%

Missouri

61.1%

29.7%

64.2%

72.0%

72.2%

Nebraska

59.3%

26.5%

48.5%

68.4%

78.9%

North Dakota

61.3%

28.8%

51.9%

71.3%

75.0%

South Dakota

54.3%

22.5%

*

40.4%

70.5%

66.4%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

62.3%

29.6%

60.7%

68.3%

79.7%

District of Columbia

68.4%

46.5%

59.3%

87.0%

77.3%

Florida

57.1%

32.7%

43.9%

66.2%

79.4%

Georgia

59.0%

30.2%

54.2%

69.4%

78.0%

Maryland

54.9%

27.7%

49.2%

60.2%

77.8%

North Carolina

60.2%

25.3%

52.3%

74.0%

77.0%

South Carolina

60.4%

31.4%

49.7%

67.1%

81.5%

Virginia

55.2%

26.8%

53.8%

72.8%

61.0%

West Virginia

59.6%

31.5%

41.6%

65.0%

86.5%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

59.0%

28.6%

52.7%

66.5%

81.3%

Kentucky

60.1%

25.6%

52.4%

70.9%

81.8%

Mississippi

59.1%

38.9%

57.0%

60.8%

73.5%

Tennessee

62.6%

36.9%

55.8%

72.1%

81.4%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

62.4%

31.6%

59.0%

70.9%

77.0%

Louisiana

59.8%

26.3%

59.1%

65.3%

77.5%

Oklahoma

62.7%

36.9%

58.3%

70.2%

78.4%

Texas

63.2%

30.0%

59.1%

70.6%

83.3%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

57.9%

26.1%

47.6%

73.1%

78.0%

Colorado

57.4%

24.5%

52.2%

68.0%

74.9%

Idaho

60.9%

30.7%

48.8%

73.5%

74.9%

Montana

51.8%

24.3%

35.3%

55.5%

72.9%

Nevada

62.5%

36.8%

53.9%

76.3%

77.3%

New Mexico

50.0%

25.0%

42.2%

51.5%

71.6%

Utah

55.5%

25.6%

46.6%

64.5%

73.4%

Wyoming

60.6%

30.9%

52.8%

65.2%

77.6%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

59.2%

27.8%

45.0%

66.7%

83.1%

California

63.0%

41.3%

54.7%

72.6%

76.6%

Hawaii

63.5%

41.4%

60.9%

73.6%

75.5%

Oregon

63.1%

37.3%

55.3%

75.3%

78.6%

Washington

59.8%

26.1%

51.8%

68.5%

81.6%

 

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table VIII.B.2.b(2006) 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, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.33%

0.62%

0.71%

0.54%

0.45%

 

New England:

Connecticut

2.73%

5.33%

4.30%

2.91%

2.85%

Maine

2.29%

4.15%

3.33%

2.83%

3.42%

Massachusetts

1.95%

3.47%

2.64%

5.26%

2.93%

New Hampshire

2.26%

3.26%

2.86%

3.75%

5.08%

Rhode Island

2.84%

6.48%

3.99%

3.87%

2.22%

Vermont

2.73%

7.73%

2.90%

3.00%

4.23%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.87%

7.13%

2.89%

4.46%

3.31%

New York

1.88%

4.79%

2.54%

1.58%

2.29%

Pennsylvania

2.20%

5.47%

3.89%

2.72%

1.26%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

2.17%

4.66%

3.02%

2.45%

2.15%

Indiana

1.47%

3.59%

4.87%

3.11%

2.68%

Michigan

2.36%

4.17%

2.65%

3.71%

4.38%

Ohio

2.52%

4.14%

2.23%

3.22%

1.29%

Wisconsin

2.86%

4.13%

5.41%

5.13%

2.58%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

3.01%

5.14%

4.22%

2.79%

3.11%

Kansas

2.66%

4.23%

3.57%

4.61%

2.85%

Minnesota

2.16%

4.25%

5.12%

2.46%

2.07%

Missouri

1.64%

3.26%

2.82%

4.57%

4.51%

Nebraska

2.94%

6.70%

6.47%

2.31%

2.77%

North Dakota

2.04%

4.32%

5.39%

1.88%

2.96%

South Dakota

3.54%

7.05%

*

8.45%

6.84%

5.37%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.68%

3.74%

5.27%

4.39%

2.57%

District of Columbia

2.61%

3.99%

4.88%

2.34%

4.77%

Florida

2.17%

3.63%

4.20%

3.95%

1.57%

Georgia

3.04%

5.93%

5.64%

4.83%

2.28%

Maryland

3.82%

5.97%

4.74%

3.38%

3.06%

North Carolina

3.31%

3.04%

6.28%

2.94%

6.25%

South Carolina

3.63%

6.34%

4.43%

4.92%

2.18%

Virginia

2.79%

2.16%

4.75%

3.60%

6.69%

West Virginia

2.45%

4.49%

4.65%

1.77%

1.96%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.67%

3.56%

3.83%

2.89%

2.65%

Kentucky

2.59%

4.02%

3.72%

2.54%

1.40%

Mississippi

1.15%

4.64%

5.46%

2.84%

2.77%

Tennessee

2.32%

6.34%

5.40%

3.02%

2.06%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.03%

6.28%

4.12%

3.01%

2.94%

Louisiana

3.51%

3.74%

4.64%

5.74%

4.68%

Oklahoma

2.62%

6.07%

4.88%

2.94%

2.34%

Texas

1.39%

3.02%

3.46%

2.16%

1.19%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.45%

5.43%

6.18%

2.34%

2.41%

Colorado

2.33%

3.53%

4.15%

2.90%

3.67%

Idaho

2.61%

4.10%

7.39%

3.68%

3.74%

Montana

3.64%

5.83%

7.23%

5.94%

2.85%

Nevada

2.41%

5.27%

4.70%

2.84%

4.19%

New Mexico

2.67%

3.48%

6.93%

3.65%

3.16%

Utah

2.30%

3.13%

3.32%

3.69%

2.77%

Wyoming

3.31%

4.50%

4.84%

2.90%

4.18%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

4.45%

8.01%

6.28%

4.68%

2.66%

California

1.31%

3.15%

3.52%

1.77%

2.54%

Hawaii

2.13%

3.53%

4.95%

1.98%

3.45%

Oregon

2.21%

6.05%

6.23%

2.58%

2.30%

Washington

3.28%

5.48%

7.12%

3.56%

4.93%

 

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.