Table VIII.C.4(2010) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2010

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage	Quartile 2 Average Wage	Quartile 3 Average Wage	Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States	51.3%	56.1%	58.7%	51.7%	45.2%
New England:
Connecticut	45.1%	54.1%	55.6%	40.0%	40.6%
Maine	52.6%	61.7%	65.4%	49.7%	44.8%
Massachusetts	48.1%	57.8%	52.8%	47.8%	42.5%
New Hampshire	51.0%	61.8%	59.6%	51.4%	41.1%
Rhode Island	44.3%	53.5%	52.9%	41.5%	37.4%
Vermont	50.3%	61.4%	53.9%	52.7%	43.1%
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	47.8%	61.5%	53.8%	44.0%	43.4%
New York	50.6%	50.0%	55.9%	49.0%	49.1%
Pennsylvania	50.9%	59.3%	60.3%	47.2%	45.6%
East North Central:
Illinois	50.1%	56.6%	54.0%	51.4%	44.6%
Indiana	49.4%	54.6%	56.9%	49.0%	43.7%
Michigan	42.9%	46.5%	52.4%	42.5%	37.4%
Ohio	47.8%	50.2%	56.2%	46.2%	42.3%
Wisconsin	47.2%	57.7%	55.9%	49.2%	39.2%
West North Central:
Iowa	48.5%	54.8%	60.3%	47.9%	39.6%
Kansas	47.6%	55.5%	55.6%	43.8%	43.2%
Minnesota	50.4%	55.3%	54.4%	55.5%	42.7%
Missouri	50.2%	61.8%	60.0%	51.1%	40.6%
Nebraska	51.5%	56.6%	58.1%	49.0%	47.2%
North Dakota	51.2%	49.2%	60.4%	52.3%	46.3%
South Dakota	51.5%	59.7%	64.1%	48.7%	44.3%
South Atlantic:
Delaware	50.2%	60.6%	54.1%	52.3%	42.4%
District of Columbia	53.5%	56.0%	55.9%	55.7%	48.9%
Florida	53.7%	56.2%	61.4%	51.3%	50.6%
Georgia	53.3%	66.8%	59.7%	48.8%	50.1%
Maryland	54.0%	55.6%	64.6%	58.9%	43.1%
North Carolina	58.2%	64.1%	65.3%	62.6%	48.4%
South Carolina	52.8%	59.0%	60.0%	59.6%	43.7%
Virginia	51.4%	52.8%	59.2%	52.1%	45.7%
West Virginia	50.2%	48.5%	55.9%	53.0%	45.7%
East South Central:
Alabama	52.4%	61.8%	58.7%	50.9%	46.8%
Kentucky	50.1%	50.3%	55.8%	51.7%	45.7%
Mississippi	57.7%	62.5%	72.2%	62.1%	44.5%
Tennessee	49.1%	55.5%	53.4%	50.0%	44.1%
West South Central:
Arkansas	56.0%	57.1%	63.5%	54.8%	50.7%
Louisiana	54.4%	58.6%	62.8%	52.5%	50.9%
Oklahoma	53.0%	63.2%	61.5%	50.7%	46.8%
Texas	53.3%	50.6%	60.1%	56.0%	48.2%
Mountain:
Arizona	55.2%	53.2%	63.4%	58.7%	49.8%
Colorado	52.2%	48.4%	66.3%	56.0%	42.9%
Idaho	44.7%	46.7%	53.5%	43.3%	40.4%
Montana	50.1%	55.4%	58.7%	58.2%	39.1%
Nevada	56.0%	65.7%	56.9%	56.2%	52.4%
New Mexico	50.6%	56.2%	57.9%	53.7%	43.8%
Utah	43.1%	46.8%	42.7%	44.2%	41.5%
Wyoming	49.6%	60.2%	60.7%	54.5%	38.4%
Pacific:
Alaska	53.9%	60.6%	58.0%	52.3%	51.4%
California	52.6%	58.9%	60.6%	55.3%	43.4%
Hawaii	61.7%	68.6%	72.1%	60.6%	50.2%
Oregon	53.2%	63.2%	57.9%	53.3%	47.5%
Washington	55.5%	67.3%	65.4%	61.9%	43.4%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.C.4(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2010

Division and State	Total	Quartile 1 Average Wage	Quartile 2 Average Wage	Quartile 3 Average Wage	Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States	0.31%	0.72%	0.44%	0.41%	0.52%
New England:
Connecticut	1.24%	3.76%	3.51%	3.13%	2.25%
Maine	1.08%	4.12%	1.63%	1.66%	2.48%
Massachusetts	1.02%	3.62%	2.16%	2.53%	2.03%
New Hampshire	1.45%	4.69%	3.06%	2.35%	2.20%
Rhode Island	2.71%	3.21%	1.72%	6.45%	4.01%
Vermont	1.78%	5.35%	2.79%	2.34%	4.19%
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	1.84%	3.70%	2.55%	4.24%	3.20%
New York	0.98%	2.42%	1.96%	2.29%	1.70%
Pennsylvania	1.04%	3.26%	3.67%	2.66%	2.42%
East North Central:
Illinois	0.75%	3.28%	1.19%	2.48%	1.77%
Indiana	1.75%	3.54%	2.77%	1.70%	3.47%
Michigan	1.66%	5.41%	2.24%	2.78%	2.90%
Ohio	1.22%	3.49%	2.30%	1.76%	1.78%
Wisconsin	2.21%	2.91%	2.89%	4.26%	2.46%
West North Central:
Iowa	1.52%	4.89%	2.35%	2.14%	2.91%
Kansas	0.88%	5.37%	3.29%	2.89%	2.37%
Minnesota	1.22%	4.07%	4.00%	3.61%	2.44%
Missouri	1.36%	3.69%	2.68%	3.03%	3.42%
Nebraska	1.85%	4.33%	3.43%	2.36%	2.62%
North Dakota	1.69%	4.07%	4.26%	4.26%	2.71%
South Dakota	1.76%	5.11%	3.75%	1.89%	2.46%
South Atlantic:
Delaware	1.90%	4.62%	2.73%	3.19%	1.79%
District of Columbia	1.54%	3.80%	2.31%	1.85%	3.53%
Florida	1.14%	2.76%	2.89%	2.90%	1.88%
Georgia	1.47%	2.94%	2.50%	3.38%	2.40%
Maryland	1.53%	3.40%	2.57%	3.19%	2.84%
North Carolina	1.86%	5.40%	3.33%	3.80%	2.95%
South Carolina	1.63%	2.51%	2.69%	1.83%	3.48%
Virginia	1.29%	3.98%	3.21%	2.32%	2.40%
West Virginia	1.62%	5.80%	4.86%	3.23%	3.25%
East South Central:
Alabama	1.92%	5.15%	4.39%	3.92%	2.57%
Kentucky	2.05%	4.86%	4.30%	3.44%	2.65%
Mississippi	1.84%	3.36%	3.24%	2.06%	4.27%
Tennessee	1.98%	4.42%	3.39%	3.74%	2.53%
West South Central:
Arkansas	1.76%	4.98%	4.44%	4.07%	2.85%
Louisiana	1.56%	3.64%	4.20%	3.02%	3.25%
Oklahoma	1.29%	4.19%	3.57%	3.06%	2.61%
Texas	1.06%	2.65%	1.94%	1.32%	2.42%
Mountain:
Arizona	2.53%	4.09%	2.66%	6.04%	1.46%
Colorado	1.54%	4.39%	5.65%	3.60%	2.18%
Idaho	1.65%	6.73%	4.88%	3.46%	2.35%
Montana	1.72%	7.99%	2.83%	3.87%	3.72%
Nevada	2.05%	2.64%	2.49%	3.92%	2.52%
New Mexico	1.82%	4.70%	3.66%	3.48%	2.23%
Utah	1.46%	2.56%	3.67%	3.12%	3.57%
Wyoming	2.47%	5.48%	3.79%	4.66%	3.19%
Pacific:
Alaska	1.45%	5.96%	7.51%	2.64%	3.70%
California	0.88%	2.76%	2.27%	1.85%	1.80%
Hawaii	1.31%	2.26%	2.49%	2.72%	2.79%
Oregon	2.55%	2.32%	4.27%	5.05%	2.62%
Washington	2.80%	2.69%	3.29%	3.39%	3.22%
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.