Table VIII.A.2(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

57.2%

39.4%

61.1%

75.1%

80.7%
 
New England:
Connecticut

62.4%

48.0%

65.9%

76.8%

81.8%
Maine

55.7%

35.1%

60.8%

70.6%

80.8%
Massachusetts

62.8%

46.0%

66.7%

80.8%

86.0%
New Hampshire

67.0%

56.3%

61.2%

69.3%

91.2%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

62.4%

44.4%

71.8%

73.6%

79.7%
New York

57.1%

37.8%

69.6%

72.7%

78.4%
Pennsylvania

65.6%

46.1%

83.6%

83.8%

84.4%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

59.0%

43.1%

62.2%

73.7%

79.9%
Indiana

59.4%

42.3%

58.9%

79.8%

82.3%
Michigan

63.3%

49.5%

63.8%

83.1%

80.2%
Ohio

67.4%

50.2%

67.5%

84.1%

89.4%
Wisconsin

60.0%

40.1%

74.5%

76.2%

73.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

46.9%

30.9%

43.2%

70.7%

82.0%
Kansas

53.6%

33.0%

52.5%

80.4%

86.7%
Minnesota

56.5%

40.4%

60.1%

77.4%

79.8%
Missouri

56.4%

30.4%

60.7%

75.9%

88.6%
Nebraska

43.6%

30.3%

43.8%

70.8%

75.9%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

56.5%

37.2%

68.3%

87.8%

83.9%
Florida

55.0%

37.3%

63.7%

64.5%

76.9%
Georgia

53.9%

37.0%

55.1%

72.1%

84.1%
Maryland

61.0%

44.0%

62.6%

70.9%

79.5%
North Carolina

50.7%

33.0%

52.6%

78.1%

86.1%
South Carolina

48.3%

29.4%

49.1%

66.5%

74.5%
Virginia

58.9%

43.9%

60.9%

75.7%

75.5%
West Virginia

55.2%

42.3%

54.1%

75.6%

71.5%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

60.9%

48.3%

59.3%

73.0%

86.4%
Kentucky

59.3%

45.3%

63.0%

72.0%

89.5%
Mississippi

48.5%

33.5%

43.9%

64.8%

76.8%
Tennessee

53.6%

34.2%

61.6%

64.9%

76.7%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

53.9%

35.0%

52.5%

75.2%

70.4%
Oklahoma

52.5%

36.8%

51.0%

64.8%

69.6%
Texas

51.9%

34.0%

55.1%

75.0%

78.1%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

52.4%

34.2%

53.0%

69.7%

70.1%
Colorado

58.1%

38.7%

50.5%

69.5%

85.9%
Montana

46.9%

34.3%

32.3%

74.4%

72.2%
Nevada

61.7%

44.6%

69.0%

71.0%

80.7%
New Mexico

47.1%

30.2%

47.9%

62.4%

77.6%
Utah

55.3%

40.6%

51.8%

75.1%

83.4%
Wyoming

47.4%

25.9%

47.9%

69.4%

75.6%
 
Pacific:
California

56.6%

36.4%

61.8%

73.6%

78.6%
Hawaii

89.6%

80.0%

97.3%

96.5%

93.9%
Oregon

59.1%

46.6%

52.9%

81.5%

91.2%
Washington

57.0%

35.0%

57.4%

77.4%

84.5%
 
States not shown separately

50.3%

34.1%

46.1%

64.1%

75.8%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.A.2(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.33%

0.64%

0.46%

0.80%

1.01%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.66%

4.06%

5.03%

6.33%

3.67%
Maine

3.12%

4.57%

4.21%

3.51%

3.41%
Massachusetts

2.01%

1.95%

3.16%

4.21%

5.06%
New Hampshire

2.00%

4.00%

6.52%

5.85%

2.58%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.91%

5.37%

6.74%

4.71%

7.15%
New York

1.80%

3.60%

2.48%

3.89%

3.49%
Pennsylvania

1.77%

3.02%

3.27%

4.76%

4.58%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.40%

5.13%

4.24%

3.27%

4.41%
Indiana

1.42%

4.77%

3.59%

3.43%

4.66%
Michigan

1.58%

3.45%

3.90%

4.28%

5.26%
Ohio

1.01%

4.55%

3.74%

3.20%

2.97%
Wisconsin

2.29%

4.99%

3.53%

6.37%

6.49%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.70%

3.77%

4.02%

8.45%

6.00%
Kansas

2.44%

3.39%

3.23%

5.01%

3.62%
Minnesota

2.48%

3.56%

5.45%

5.39%

7.23%
Missouri

2.24%

2.98%

3.34%

4.46%

3.38%
Nebraska

3.07%

3.14%

5.15%

5.51%

5.68%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

3.41%

4.36%

3.57%

4.55%

5.91%
Florida

1.68%

3.59%

3.25%

6.57%

4.59%
Georgia

3.17%

3.55%

5.17%

7.33%

6.36%
Maryland

1.86%

4.28%

3.18%

2.40%

2.67%
North Carolina

2.49%

3.35%

2.82%

5.46%

6.42%
South Carolina

1.59%

3.61%

3.92%

3.24%

5.16%
Virginia

1.50%

4.42%

4.76%

5.68%

3.34%
West Virginia

1.73%

4.33%

3.29%

4.36%

7.07%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.82%

3.23%

5.70%

3.56%

4.81%
Kentucky

2.15%

4.15%

4.21%

7.63%

3.49%
Mississippi

1.61%

2.33%

4.29%

4.93%

2.62%
Tennessee

2.31%

3.55%

4.36%

6.58%

3.21%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.36%

3.03%

5.15%

3.40%

8.44%
Oklahoma

2.68%

4.19%

7.00%

5.70%

4.42%
Texas

1.30%

2.76%

3.93%

4.53%

4.31%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.98%

4.36%

4.15%

5.24%

4.68%
Colorado

3.86%

3.81%

8.44%

6.81%

3.48%
Montana

3.49%

6.21%

3.67%

5.10%

7.51%
Nevada

2.18%

2.37%

5.54%

6.16%

4.60%
New Mexico

3.40%

4.88%

6.31%

4.58%

3.88%
Utah

2.10%

5.03%

6.28%

4.05%

3.96%
Wyoming

2.30%

2.72%

3.64%

5.37%

6.34%
 
Pacific:
California

1.44%

2.16%

3.49%

2.28%

3.24%
Hawaii

1.53%

3.44%

1.89%

3.09%

2.99%
Oregon

2.21%

5.27%

3.80%

6.35%

5.58%
Washington

2.42%

4.16%

4.03%

4.46%

2.12%
 
States not shown separately

2.39%

5.88%

4.77%

3.02%

5.32%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.