Table VIII.B.3.b.(1)(2008) 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, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

87.4%

75.0%

83.4%

90.5%

93.5%

 

New England:

Connecticut

88.8%

81.9%

81.1%

94.0%

94.4%

Maine

89.7%

83.9%

87.6%

90.0%

93.9%

Massachusetts

87.3%

75.6%

83.9%

91.9%

92.2%

New Hampshire

90.1%

80.6%

84.4%

92.2%

96.6%

Rhode Island

88.8%

72.3%

94.9%

89.7%

90.5%

Vermont

88.0%

73.8%

82.4%

92.0%

96.6%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

84.0%

71.0%

80.5%

89.9%

88.8%

New York

87.3%

71.7%

86.8%

91.5%

92.1%

Pennsylvania

86.8%

67.8%

84.5%

90.8%

93.3%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

87.7%

79.0%

84.4%

91.1%

91.2%

Indiana

91.8%

80.1%

90.8%

94.5%

95.4%

Michigan

87.5%

77.6%

82.4%

86.3%

95.8%

Ohio

90.5%

83.0%

87.7%

91.0%

95.6%

Wisconsin

89.3%

80.2%

88.2%

89.0%

94.0%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

89.4%

76.5%

83.9%

93.9%

95.4%

Kansas

89.1%

82.0%

87.3%

92.3%

90.2%

Minnesota

91.3%

80.0%

92.3%

92.1%

94.5%

Missouri

88.4%

79.7%

79.7%

91.1%

97.0%

Nebraska

90.9%

75.5%

88.4%

95.6%

95.6%

North Dakota

89.4%

73.1%

89.4%

93.3%

93.4%

South Dakota

86.7%

72.0%

80.1%

90.1%

94.6%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

87.8%

74.2%

86.9%

90.6%

94.3%

District of Columbia

90.9%

81.1%

89.3%

91.0%

97.5%

Florida

86.6%

76.3%

83.5%

89.7%

92.0%

Georgia

87.9%

70.2%

88.0%

90.8%

93.3%

Maryland

88.0%

78.3%

86.7%

89.1%

92.3%

North Carolina

86.5%

78.5%

78.4%

93.7%

90.6%

South Carolina

88.2%

78.8%

88.3%

87.4%

93.5%

Virginia

88.6%

75.4%

87.2%

89.3%

95.9%

West Virginia

84.9%

72.0%

77.0%

84.0%

96.8%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

86.2%

68.4%

80.3%

93.4%

93.9%

Kentucky

90.0%

83.3%

87.4%

93.8%

91.5%

Mississippi

88.0%

83.7%

78.8%

93.7%

92.0%

Tennessee

85.7%

75.0%

73.1%

90.6%

94.5%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

87.1%

79.5%

81.5%

83.9%

97.1%

Louisiana

84.4%

82.7%

74.8%

86.9%

89.8%

Oklahoma

81.7%

79.0%

68.3%

83.6%

90.5%

Texas

85.5%

71.0%

80.5%

88.2%

95.4%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

83.7%

77.6%

67.3%

87.4%

95.6%

Colorado

85.5%

77.0%

80.4%

86.5%

93.5%

Idaho

85.2%

82.4%

67.4%

88.9%

93.3%

Montana

85.9%

71.2%

70.3%

91.0%

95.8%

Nevada

89.2%

85.4%

83.8%

93.7%

91.4%

New Mexico

85.5%

78.0%

82.0%

84.0%

92.8%

Utah

82.8%

70.7%

77.2%

84.7%

92.1%

Wyoming

85.9%

69.5%

85.8%

88.7%

90.8%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

82.4%

76.3%

71.9%

86.6%

90.4%

California

87.5%

68.2%

85.6%

92.2%

94.6%

Hawaii

88.4%

71.6%

95.3%

91.6%

91.8%

Oregon

89.9%

75.4%

89.9%

93.1%

94.3%

Washington

86.6%

78.8%

75.9%

92.2%

93.4%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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)(2008) 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, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.35%

1.47%

0.78%

0.34%

0.60%

 

New England:

Connecticut

1.60%

3.84%

4.43%

1.56%

1.32%

Maine

1.20%

3.40%

3.77%

1.82%

1.74%

Massachusetts

1.27%

4.81%

3.37%

1.51%

2.30%

New Hampshire

1.56%

6.76%

2.21%

1.71%

1.88%

Rhode Island

1.30%

4.49%

1.08%

2.49%

2.11%

Vermont

1.72%

6.75%

3.65%

1.60%

1.45%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.76%

6.46%

4.98%

1.54%

4.65%

New York

1.16%

5.25%

1.90%

1.64%

1.99%

Pennsylvania

1.70%

7.38%

2.30%

1.87%

1.95%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.17%

2.96%

3.15%

2.27%

2.37%

Indiana

1.13%

4.77%

2.54%

1.79%

1.01%

Michigan

1.99%

4.91%

3.18%

3.80%

1.88%

Ohio

1.36%

2.29%

3.29%

1.78%

1.55%

Wisconsin

1.70%

3.30%

2.71%

2.73%

1.69%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

1.09%

5.19%

2.99%

1.96%

1.24%

Kansas

1.64%

5.88%

2.52%

2.07%

2.50%

Minnesota

1.13%

3.44%

2.37%

1.31%

1.55%

Missouri

1.80%

5.23%

5.95%

1.19%

0.64%

Nebraska

0.86%

4.17%

2.51%

0.98%

1.00%

North Dakota

1.09%

5.83%

1.66%

1.82%

1.78%

South Dakota

2.34%

6.75%

4.50%

1.94%

1.05%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.90%

5.55%

3.04%

2.97%

1.66%

District of Columbia

1.81%

3.16%

3.78%

2.63%

0.93%

Florida

1.93%

5.73%

2.96%

2.47%

2.16%

Georgia

1.49%

6.07%

3.73%

3.39%

2.19%

Maryland

1.05%

8.55%

3.14%

2.42%

3.72%

North Carolina

1.49%

6.14%

4.83%

1.38%

2.54%

South Carolina

1.03%

3.30%

6.53%

3.02%

2.38%

Virginia

1.84%

4.07%

3.97%

3.60%

1.41%

West Virginia

2.59%

8.37%

5.15%

4.02%

1.06%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.95%

5.29%

4.32%

1.18%

4.54%

Kentucky

1.69%

4.62%

2.70%

1.24%

2.40%

Mississippi

2.84%

7.02%

6.05%

1.90%

3.39%

Tennessee

2.10%

4.68%

5.52%

2.77%

2.90%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.12%

4.41%

2.88%

5.20%

0.94%

Louisiana

2.45%

5.77%

4.27%

3.65%

3.02%

Oklahoma

2.16%

5.58%

6.61%

5.25%

2.04%

Texas

2.15%

5.96%

3.15%

2.32%

0.95%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.86%

6.10%

6.50%

3.66%

1.67%

Colorado

1.21%

6.06%

4.31%

1.41%

1.94%

Idaho

1.78%

8.90%

5.38%

2.37%

1.42%

Montana

1.58%

8.39%

5.11%

1.47%

1.78%

Nevada

1.47%

4.47%

4.62%

1.56%

1.34%

New Mexico

2.13%

5.63%

3.52%

2.93%

2.38%

Utah

2.12%

6.10%

4.17%

3.64%

2.34%

Wyoming

1.76%

5.95%

2.97%

2.31%

2.18%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.63%

5.10%

4.48%

4.00%

2.06%

California

1.32%

3.33%

2.42%

1.24%

1.66%

Hawaii

2.04%

8.48%

1.50%

2.30%

2.38%

Oregon

1.63%

5.92%

1.58%

1.55%

2.87%

Washington

1.97%

4.24%

6.36%

2.31%

1.54%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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