Table VIII.B.3.b.(2) Percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 68.6%    48.4%    60.2%    72.1%    78.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 65.0%    43.0%    60.9%    69.2%    73.2%   
Maine 68.6%    50.4%    59.1%    71.4%    78.5%   
Massachusetts 67.0%    35.4%    56.3%    70.8%    82.3%   
New Hampshire 68.7%    44.4%    62.6%    70.3%    79.3%   
Rhode Island 65.9%    47.8%    61.7%    70.7%    70.6%   
Vermont 65.9%    49.1%    58.9%    69.9%    73.1%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 65.1%    41.4%    51.0%    72.9%    76.3%   
New York 64.3%    46.0%    54.5%    65.9%    76.1%   
Pennsylvania 73.1%    45.7%    68.7%    76.5%    81.6%   
East North Central:
Illinois 67.7%    48.8%    58.4%    69.7%    80.6%   
Indiana 67.5%    37.8%    64.8%    74.0%    75.7%   
Michigan 70.4%    46.8%    58.2%    74.8%    81.2%   
Ohio 69.9%    46.5%    60.7%    69.6%    85.6%   
Wisconsin 65.7%    44.6%    56.9%    69.3%    76.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 69.7%    53.3%    61.9%    73.3%    76.7%   
Kansas 66.9%    44.4%    56.5%    73.7%    78.8%   
Minnesota 67.7%    41.2%    60.4%    73.6%    77.6%   
Missouri 73.8%    50.4%    70.8%    78.6%    79.5%   
Nebraska 66.7%    44.1%    56.0%    70.6%    77.6%   
North Dakota 71.2%    55.0%    63.7%    70.6%    81.5%   
South Dakota 70.5%    47.6%    65.6%    76.4%    76.0%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.7%    53.4%    69.5%    74.6%    84.0%   
District of Columbia 74.5%    56.3%    68.3%    83.9%    78.5%   
Florida 71.2%    63.2%    63.0%    72.2%    79.0%   
Georgia 68.8%    42.5%    67.6%    70.3%    77.3%   
Maryland 66.0%    42.8%    63.7%    75.2%    69.0%   
North Carolina 69.7%    59.6%    61.3%    70.5%    78.5%   
South Carolina 69.1%    47.5%    58.8%    74.7%    78.7%   
Virginia 69.3%    50.9%    61.5%    75.5%    75.8%   
West Virginia 65.3%    43.3%    43.9%    73.8%    79.5%   
East South Central:
Alabama 67.9%    46.2%    65.6%    67.9%    76.9%   
Kentucky 68.1%    50.1%    49.8%    73.4%    83.3%   
Mississippi 68.6%    45.1%    57.7%    71.0%    80.5%   
Tennessee 66.3%    41.1%    61.0%    64.7%    81.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 70.1%    45.7%    68.6%    78.8%    75.2%   
Louisiana 70.5%    42.5%    59.8%    76.0%    82.5%   
Oklahoma 71.2%    53.1%    62.7%    77.2%    78.4%   
Texas 70.1%    49.7%    65.0%    73.5%    78.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 64.5%    43.7%    51.1%    69.8%    77.9%   
Colorado 58.5%    30.2%    44.9%    63.7%    75.1%   
Idaho 74.9%    43.2%    60.3%    79.5%    87.7%   
Montana 71.5%    57.1%    64.7%    62.7%    84.5%   
Nevada 67.1%    45.3%    68.1%    66.3%    76.0%   
New Mexico 63.4%    42.5%    47.4%    64.7%    79.6%   
Utah 65.1%    55.2%    53.5%    71.4%    70.8%   
Wyoming 64.2%    59.2%    53.7%    65.5%    71.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 64.6%    51.6%    55.0%    73.0%    69.3%   
California 69.7%    51.9%    61.3%    73.6%    79.3%   
Hawaii 74.3%    63.3%    70.8%    78.3%    79.5%   
Oregon 72.0%    61.5%    62.9%    76.9%    77.7%   
Washington 66.5%    54.4%    39.6%    75.7%    80.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.(2) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time employees that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.36%    1.14%    0.88%    0.53%    0.46%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.73%    5.58%    2.90%    2.44%    2.28%   
Maine 2.02%    5.93%    6.21%    2.09%    1.67%   
Massachusetts 2.32%    7.13%    2.82%    2.85%    2.20%   
New Hampshire 2.60%    4.69%    2.49%    3.82%    4.38%   
Rhode Island 2.42%    5.98%    3.94%    3.24%    4.89%   
Vermont 1.91%    5.74%    3.02%    3.22%    3.05%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.70%    11.19%    4.46%    2.14%    3.13%   
New York 1.55%    5.45%    3.04%    2.06%    2.10%   
Pennsylvania 1.78%    4.06%    4.95%    2.35%    1.81%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.06%    6.53%    4.54%    3.93%    2.28%   
Indiana 2.16%    5.24%    3.98%    3.07%    3.04%   
Michigan 1.83%    7.82%    4.21%    1.99%    2.59%   
Ohio 2.25%    4.43%    5.13%    4.38%    1.76%   
Wisconsin 1.84%    4.18%    3.61%    2.65%    2.53%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.60%    5.45%    3.44%    2.36%    2.53%   
Kansas 3.48%    7.92%    6.90%    6.13%    3.81%   
Minnesota 2.07%    5.77%    4.24%    2.70%    2.68%   
Missouri 1.66%    5.74%    3.26%    1.95%    2.77%   
Nebraska 2.30%    7.39%    5.66%    2.81%    2.74%   
North Dakota 1.93%    5.61%    3.75%    3.17%    2.43%   
South Dakota 1.83%    5.19%    3.62%    3.14%    1.90%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.89%    5.47%    3.36%    4.33%    2.18%   
District of Columbia 2.00%    4.43%    5.46%    2.48%    2.94%   
Florida 1.22%    3.28%    3.40%    1.71%    1.57%   
Georgia 2.33%    6.97%    3.40%    4.43%    2.84%   
Maryland 2.53%    8.66%    4.53%    3.13%    3.51%   
North Carolina 2.04%    8.44%    4.28%    3.55%    2.71%   
South Carolina 2.52%    6.96%    5.69%    3.45%    4.04%   
Virginia 1.97%    5.09%    3.14%    2.52%    4.05%   
West Virginia 2.45%    6.39%    4.09%    2.84%    2.77%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.82%    5.38%    9.22%    4.40%    2.97%   
Kentucky 3.06%    7.19%    7.37%    3.30%    2.73%   
Mississippi 2.35%    5.50%    5.22%    4.57%    2.25%   
Tennessee 2.68%    7.72%    4.00%    4.07%    2.23%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.92%    6.46%    2.83%    2.57%    2.77%   
Louisiana 2.08%    5.90%    3.73%    2.96%    2.40%   
Oklahoma 2.01%    6.06%    3.98%    2.60%    3.82%   
Texas 1.63%    4.66%    5.15%    2.27%    1.90%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.13%    5.83%    4.70%    3.84%    2.13%   
Colorado 2.81%    4.53%    5.33%    4.85%    4.05%   
Idaho 2.16%    7.12%    4.66%    2.13%    1.75%   
Montana 2.73%    6.06%    5.78%    4.75%    3.00%   
Nevada 1.61%    5.42%    4.02%    2.02%    2.15%   
New Mexico 2.39%    4.49%    5.31%    3.86%    1.94%   
Utah 2.35%    5.35%    4.74%    4.20%    3.84%   
Wyoming 2.67%    8.22%    6.11%    5.30%    3.04%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.66%    4.87%    5.47%    2.92%    5.07%   
California 1.19%    3.70%    2.53%    1.72%    1.65%   
Hawaii 2.17%    4.01%    4.76%    3.23%    4.21%   
Oregon 3.27%    3.45%    6.88%    4.14%    6.89%   
Washington 3.21%    8.54%    6.49%    2.76%    2.96%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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