Table VIII.B.3.b.(1)(2006) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for 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

86.9%

74.4%

84.4%

90.0%

92.1%

 

New England:

Connecticut

88.8%

79.4%

88.0%

89.7%

94.6%

Maine

93.7%

92.9%

93.3%

93.7%

94.3%

Massachusetts

86.9%

76.9%

90.7%

88.7%

87.3%

New Hampshire

88.5%

75.2%

87.5%

90.4%

93.9%

Rhode Island

87.9%

76.5%

87.6%

83.1%

97.6%

Vermont

85.2%

66.0%

80.7%

90.3%

90.8%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

88.7%

81.9%

86.1%

90.0%

93.1%

New York

86.0%

79.5%

81.1%

87.8%

92.0%

Pennsylvania

92.1%

82.3%

94.0%

93.0%

94.8%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

87.5%

77.7%

81.4%

91.4%

93.5%

Indiana

89.8%

78.1%

88.5%

89.4%

96.0%

Michigan

85.0%

76.7%

79.9%

89.3%

89.2%

Ohio

90.2%

79.0%

88.9%

91.1%

96.2%

Wisconsin

87.2%

83.2%

76.8%

92.4%

93.4%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

89.9%

80.2%

80.5%

93.6%

96.3%

Kansas

83.0%

70.9%

74.6%

86.1%

90.9%

Minnesota

88.6%

72.7%

85.3%

94.3%

92.8%

Missouri

85.1%

69.3%

86.8%

87.9%

89.0%

Nebraska

89.7%

71.0%

86.1%

93.1%

95.4%

North Dakota

89.2%

79.3%

84.7%

92.3%

92.4%

South Dakota

85.1%

77.6%

67.5%

92.2%

93.5%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

88.6%

72.3%

90.6%

91.5%

92.5%

District of Columbia

87.3%

75.9%

79.1%

94.4%

96.1%

Florida

82.2%

66.7%

74.7%

87.2%

92.4%

Georgia

87.3%

75.4%

81.2%

91.4%

94.2%

Maryland

88.6%

78.5%

84.8%

88.8%

95.9%

North Carolina

88.9%

74.9%

82.7%

92.5%

95.1%

South Carolina

89.0%

76.3%

86.9%

89.4%

94.9%

Virginia

84.1%

73.7%

84.7%

90.5%

82.5%

West Virginia

89.1%

82.1%

82.9%

88.2%

96.4%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

87.3%

71.1%

84.8%

90.1%

94.8%

Kentucky

89.9%

75.7%

87.5%

92.3%

95.0%

Mississippi

86.8%

75.6%

85.9%

85.6%

94.5%

Tennessee

88.1%

75.4%

84.9%

91.7%

95.4%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

84.8%

55.1%

85.3%

89.7%

94.3%

Louisiana

85.3%

68.7%

85.6%

83.2%

94.1%

Oklahoma

88.0%

77.1%

85.5%

89.6%

93.3%

Texas

89.3%

74.1%

87.4%

90.6%

95.5%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

86.0%

67.5%

78.7%

94.2%

92.6%

Colorado

81.4%

73.4%

72.7%

86.9%

86.6%

Idaho

90.3%

82.1%

86.5%

89.0%

94.4%

Montana

80.5%

64.2%

62.3%

86.2%

91.1%

Nevada

83.9%

75.9%

78.7%

89.9%

87.0%

New Mexico

79.4%

74.4%

73.3%

78.2%

87.1%

Utah

86.7%

77.8%

84.1%

90.7%

88.4%

Wyoming

88.4%

70.8%

82.8%

95.4%

91.5%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

82.6%

63.4%

68.7%

88.4%

94.0%

California

84.4%

73.2%

78.8%

89.5%

89.9%

Hawaii

87.9%

87.3%

88.6%

90.0%

85.5%

Oregon

85.9%

74.0%

81.2%

91.7%

90.2%

Washington

87.5%

68.5%

83.4%

93.0%

93.1%

 

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.3.b.(1)(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for 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

0.31%

1.42%

0.65%

0.30%

0.46%

 

New England:

Connecticut

1.74%

4.73%

2.69%

2.49%

1.62%

Maine

1.35%

2.90%

1.92%

1.26%

4.01%

Massachusetts

1.48%

6.69%

1.52%

2.74%

3.01%

New Hampshire

1.79%

5.94%

1.02%

2.56%

2.36%

Rhode Island

2.15%

6.92%

3.50%

4.07%

0.70%

Vermont

2.06%

9.65%

4.42%

2.54%

2.38%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.25%

5.63%

4.77%

3.52%

2.64%

New York

1.51%

5.75%

1.87%

2.36%

2.02%

Pennsylvania

0.75%

5.56%

1.46%

1.23%

0.84%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.56%

5.02%

3.27%

1.76%

2.50%

Indiana

1.39%

7.15%

2.09%

2.47%

1.04%

Michigan

2.02%

6.47%

3.35%

4.74%

3.49%

Ohio

0.87%

3.77%

2.58%

2.13%

1.01%

Wisconsin

2.75%

7.03%

5.95%

2.76%

2.41%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

1.85%

4.64%

4.31%

1.64%

2.45%

Kansas

2.17%

7.88%

4.29%

4.10%

2.85%

Minnesota

0.87%

5.29%

4.19%

1.26%

1.81%

Missouri

1.32%

4.45%

3.45%

4.94%

3.18%

Nebraska

1.57%

6.08%

3.05%

1.55%

0.75%

North Dakota

1.62%

5.95%

2.95%

1.72%

1.93%

South Dakota

4.30%

6.97%

8.15%

6.03%

1.73%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.75%

7.80%

2.13%

1.59%

1.89%

District of Columbia

2.22%

5.84%

4.03%

2.10%

2.83%

Florida

2.14%

6.03%

5.93%

3.00%

1.53%

Georgia

1.79%

9.71%

4.60%

2.20%

1.31%

Maryland

1.29%

4.91%

3.53%

1.98%

1.48%

North Carolina

1.27%

7.47%

3.44%

1.39%

1.29%

South Carolina

1.36%

5.07%

3.87%

1.72%

1.19%

Virginia

2.60%

7.13%

5.19%

2.77%

4.49%

West Virginia

1.13%

9.65%

4.27%

3.03%

1.71%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.66%

7.90%

4.46%

2.30%

1.44%

Kentucky

1.75%

7.59%

2.82%

1.55%

1.22%

Mississippi

2.09%

8.07%

3.66%

2.81%

1.84%

Tennessee

1.82%

6.79%

3.03%

2.08%

1.08%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.91%

9.47%

3.37%

2.69%

2.37%

Louisiana

3.04%

5.82%

3.66%

5.21%

1.94%

Oklahoma

1.79%

6.15%

4.45%

1.98%

2.38%

Texas

1.01%

5.37%

2.56%

1.91%

0.66%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.54%

8.21%

6.92%

1.62%

1.77%

Colorado

1.76%

7.57%

5.40%

3.18%

2.84%

Idaho

2.38%

6.03%

4.23%

3.11%

3.51%

Montana

3.50%

10.93%

8.32%

2.94%

1.79%

Nevada

2.01%

4.58%

5.29%

2.16%

4.51%

New Mexico

2.11%

7.39%

6.37%

5.04%

3.30%

Utah

1.46%

7.77%

4.41%

1.35%

2.99%

Wyoming

2.29%

7.68%

5.49%

1.66%

2.75%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

3.17%

9.47%

7.63%

4.42%

1.42%

California

0.99%

4.91%

3.55%

1.03%

2.40%

Hawaii

2.41%

4.70%

3.05%

1.33%

3.87%

Oregon

2.24%

4.84%

5.55%

1.87%

2.41%

Washington

2.00%

5.46%

4.56%

1.12%

4.85%

 

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.