Table VIII.B.2.b(2002) Percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

62.4%

37.5%

55.4%

70.6%

79.8%
 
New England:
Connecticut

59.7%

33.4%

58.0%

60.7%

83.1%
Maine

58.9%

36.6%

45.8%

67.4%

78.3%
Massachusetts

59.5%

40.3%

59.9%

56.3%

77.6%
New Hampshire

55.9%

37.9%

56.1%

58.2%

68.4%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

64.0%

37.9%

53.3%

76.1%

83.2%
New York

59.7%

40.4%

50.5%

66.6%

77.0%
Pennsylvania

66.8%

41.7%

59.3%

80.6%

79.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

64.1%

45.0%

50.1%

74.4%

81.3%
Indiana

63.3%

37.9%

52.4%

72.8%

82.9%
Michigan

60.0%

38.7%

47.1%

66.9%

83.0%
Ohio

61.4%

32.6%

58.8%

74.4%

73.0%
Wisconsin

61.4%

29.8%

59.1%

68.7%

80.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

62.6%

36.0%

55.4%

72.1%

77.1%
Kansas

58.6%

29.0%

51.3%

61.9%

84.2%
Minnesota

58.9%

37.5%

48.8%

74.6%

68.1%
Missouri

59.6%

38.6%

47.4%

69.9%

76.4%
Nebraska

62.8%

35.3%

56.9%

68.0%

81.4%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

65.1%

32.2%

61.2%

81.2%

78.3%
Florida

62.3%

39.6%

52.6%

69.2%

82.5%
Georgia

63.3%

26.6%

58.7%

77.6%

82.4%
Maryland

58.3%

40.5%

57.4%

55.6%

76.4%
North Carolina

70.2%

29.1%

67.0%

85.6%

87.6%
South Carolina

62.8%

27.1%

55.1%

71.3%

84.5%
Virginia

56.9%

36.1%

45.9%

72.0%

69.3%
West Virginia

59.5%

28.5%

54.7%

67.0%

78.2%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

57.3%

30.8%

46.1%

66.0%

80.1%
Kentucky

68.3%

41.9%

60.8%

76.7%

86.4%
Mississippi

60.8%

36.6%

51.7%

64.8%

81.2%
Tennessee

63.6%

37.1%

55.3%

68.4%

84.0%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

59.6%

30.0%

53.9%

68.6%

76.5%
Oklahoma

59.4%

29.1%

62.4%

62.1%

74.8%
Texas

67.2%

39.9%

59.4%

76.2%

84.3%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

60.5%

34.9%

54.0%

68.2%

77.9%
Colorado

64.3%

46.9%

63.7%

62.4%

80.1%
Montana

62.9%

36.4%

46.7%

68.9%

81.5%
Nevada

59.6%

44.3%

46.3%

68.3%

75.5%
New Mexico

51.6%

26.5%

38.5%

58.0%

71.5%
Utah

64.0%

36.8%

64.4%

71.7%

75.8%
Wyoming

58.8%

40.5%

49.9%

71.1%

62.5%
 
Pacific:
California

61.9%

40.7%

52.2%

67.3%

80.2%
Hawaii

69.8%

52.9%

71.1%

73.0%

81.9%
Oregon

64.8%

36.3%

62.3%

72.5%

82.3%
Washington

62.3%

43.6%

52.7%

65.6%

79.8%
 
States not shown separately

65.4%

33.7%

48.7%

68.5%

81.3%
 
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.B.2.b(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

0.49%

0.54%

0.79%

0.95%

1.05%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.55%

3.23%

4.10%

4.92%

1.63%
Maine

2.38%

4.47%

3.96%

3.29%

2.12%
Massachusetts

3.26%

3.74%

3.63%

6.24%

2.61%
New Hampshire

0.75%

3.62%

4.84%

4.67%

2.55%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.52%

4.06%

2.50%

3.03%

3.42%
New York

1.93%

2.68%

3.63%

2.73%

2.78%
Pennsylvania

2.05%

2.80%

2.28%

2.73%

2.05%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.49%

5.23%

3.19%

3.17%

2.12%
Indiana

2.52%

3.99%

3.86%

2.69%

3.01%
Michigan

2.96%

2.86%

4.34%

5.43%

2.35%
Ohio

1.77%

1.66%

2.08%

3.75%

4.43%
Wisconsin

3.06%

3.78%

2.10%

4.32%

2.43%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.33%

4.07%

3.91%

3.09%

2.40%
Kansas

3.18%

4.77%

3.90%

5.50%

2.15%
Minnesota

2.83%

2.90%

4.26%

2.61%

5.86%
Missouri

2.84%

3.84%

3.24%

3.88%

4.88%
Nebraska

1.77%

2.77%

4.55%

3.78%

2.18%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.29%

3.58%

1.60%

2.35%

4.67%
Florida

2.94%

3.76%

3.41%

4.86%

3.04%
Georgia

2.48%

5.70%

3.73%

2.67%

3.59%
Maryland

1.79%

2.60%

5.10%

3.17%

2.03%
North Carolina

2.58%

3.91%

4.24%

2.54%

2.46%
South Carolina

1.79%

2.27%

3.80%

4.23%

1.81%
Virginia

2.27%

4.62%

5.07%

2.95%

4.44%
West Virginia

1.38%

3.40%

3.42%

4.45%

4.71%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.67%

3.05%

5.77%

3.42%

1.94%
Kentucky

2.47%

4.32%

4.11%

5.07%

1.59%
Mississippi

3.20%

3.00%

5.82%

4.60%

5.47%
Tennessee

2.40%

3.58%

5.08%

3.77%

2.17%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.29%

3.98%

6.93%

3.21%

3.89%
Oklahoma

3.17%

3.67%

5.86%

5.66%

2.59%
Texas

1.69%

3.69%

2.52%

2.08%

2.09%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.47%

3.58%

3.71%

3.36%

3.45%
Colorado

2.32%

7.90%

5.23%

4.04%

2.95%
Montana

2.80%

5.65%

3.89%

2.07%

4.09%
Nevada

1.69%

4.22%

4.54%

3.15%

2.45%
New Mexico

2.49%

3.65%

4.46%

3.62%

4.59%
Utah

3.44%

4.81%

7.03%

4.55%

4.48%
Wyoming

3.34%

3.39%

5.06%

2.66%

6.58%
 
Pacific:
California

2.23%

3.15%

3.15%

3.33%

2.76%
Hawaii

2.19%

4.64%

2.51%

3.63%

4.30%
Oregon

2.21%

3.36%

3.34%

2.10%

4.47%
Washington

2.44%

5.79%

2.50%

3.53%

3.28%
 
States not shown separately

3.61%

3.80%

3.13%

2.97%

6.24%
 
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.