Table VIII.A.2(2005) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

56.3%

38.5%

59.9%

72.1%

78.9%
 
New England:
Connecticut

63.8%

43.8%

71.0%

82.2%

92.2%
Maine

55.6%

39.3%

61.4%

66.2%

78.0%
Massachusetts

63.3%

49.7%

62.4%

89.3%

75.6%
New Hampshire

62.0%

33.4%

68.7%

78.7%

85.0%
Rhode Island

59.5%

40.5%

62.7%

82.3%

89.8%
Vermont

56.8%

35.4%

54.3%

74.2%

82.6%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

69.3%

47.6%

75.8%

77.5%

93.7%
New York

60.1%

39.2%

68.7%

77.2%

84.4%
Pennsylvania

61.5%

41.0%

68.4%

84.9%

84.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

53.3%

35.2%

58.9%

71.8%

79.1%
Indiana

55.9%

38.8%

60.8%

75.2%

78.7%
Michigan

59.9%

40.1%

67.9%

74.1%

83.4%
Ohio

62.8%

45.5%

73.0%

73.6%

86.1%
Wisconsin

59.3%

41.4%

65.3%

78.0%

83.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

47.9%

29.9%

62.8%

66.3%

71.4%
Kansas

50.8%

30.2%

50.4%

79.9%

77.2%
Minnesota

54.3%

39.6%

59.2%

67.7%

74.6%
Missouri

50.6%

31.9%

56.8%

69.9%

74.3%
Nebraska

45.2%

27.4%

53.4%

60.6%

73.5%
North Dakota

49.1%

31.3%

53.1%

60.6%

71.8%
South Dakota

48.1%

29.8%

54.4%

66.8%

72.9%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

57.6%

35.4%

68.7%

79.4%

82.5%
District of Columbia

74.3%

60.9%

76.1%

83.5%

91.6%
Florida

51.2%

35.8%

49.7%

64.8%

70.8%
Georgia

52.3%

35.9%

43.9%

68.2%

76.7%
Maryland

64.1%

39.3%

72.6%

88.1%

81.5%
North Carolina

56.7%

40.8%

57.2%

72.3%

76.7%
South Carolina

53.2%

41.7%

47.3%

63.6%

76.4%
Virginia

56.7%

40.5%

58.2%

71.5%

79.9%
West Virginia

48.8%

25.6%

52.7%

78.3%

78.5%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

59.8%

37.1%

66.6%

72.0%

82.2%
Kentucky

57.1%

32.9%

63.3%

75.3%

85.5%
Mississippi

45.3%

30.5%

42.6%

62.2%

59.4%
Tennessee

54.7%

41.4%

51.8%

68.4%

77.3%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

40.8%

21.2%

51.3%

55.9%

67.9%
Louisiana

52.6%

32.3%

55.2%

62.7%

78.7%
Oklahoma

48.3%

29.5%

44.5%

69.9%

76.4%
Texas

50.1%

34.3%

48.4%

65.6%

79.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

55.0%

40.6%

56.0%

68.1%

71.0%
Colorado

54.1%

37.8%

56.9%

66.8%

76.8%
Idaho

43.8%

26.6%

41.5%

59.4%

62.5%
Montana

39.2%

16.2%

41.3%

55.4%

68.5%
Nevada

52.8%

39.5%

48.1%

59.6%

74.5%
New Mexico

51.2%

34.6%

51.7%

61.0%

70.4%
Utah

44.1%

25.7%

49.7%

56.0%

74.4%
Wyoming

38.6%

19.2%

45.8%

63.1%

58.6%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

42.4%

22.0%

52.5%

63.6%

70.6%
California

59.8%

44.3%

61.8%

76.0%

79.8%
Hawaii

89.6%

85.6%

90.9%

96.6%

87.9%
Oregon

56.7%

41.6%

49.0%

76.6%

78.8%
Washington

53.8%

32.4%

64.9%

69.3%

77.3%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.50%

0.71%

0.78%

1.26%

0.43%
 
New England:
Connecticut

2.97%

5.32%

2.69%

3.97%

3.40%
Maine

2.96%

5.24%

3.45%

4.22%

3.39%
Massachusetts

2.16%

5.10%

3.44%

3.83%

4.39%
New Hampshire

2.87%

3.70%

2.91%

3.54%

3.12%
Rhode Island

3.95%

6.19%

4.87%

5.27%

4.05%
Vermont

1.66%

3.68%

2.06%

3.72%

3.99%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

3.05%

6.07%

3.73%

4.47%

3.62%
New York

1.88%

3.94%

2.30%

1.62%

3.07%
Pennsylvania

2.52%

3.12%

4.57%

5.81%

3.29%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.15%

3.99%

4.39%

4.80%

4.41%
Indiana

1.84%

2.26%

4.33%

6.32%

5.84%
Michigan

2.25%

3.78%

4.47%

3.35%

3.23%
Ohio

1.47%

2.07%

3.25%

3.41%

3.80%
Wisconsin

2.50%

3.98%

2.92%

2.70%

3.21%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.49%

2.61%

4.34%

4.37%

5.62%
Kansas

1.90%

3.67%

3.52%

6.24%

2.35%
Minnesota

2.61%

4.13%

4.79%

4.84%

6.12%
Missouri

2.12%

3.45%

2.88%

5.90%

5.40%
Nebraska

2.22%

2.60%

4.82%

4.25%

4.76%
North Dakota

1.32%

3.53%

5.64%

6.42%

6.10%
South Dakota

3.20%

5.74%

6.47%

8.94%

4.55%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

2.26%

3.26%

3.22%

6.68%

9.69%
District of Columbia

1.57%

3.64%

5.63%

5.33%

4.91%
Florida

2.27%

4.44%

4.06%

3.90%

3.21%
Georgia

2.72%

5.96%

4.63%

5.79%

3.69%
Maryland

2.88%

4.16%

6.87%

3.43%

5.45%
North Carolina

1.61%

4.38%

3.19%

4.29%

5.69%
South Carolina

2.14%

3.67%

5.38%

4.61%

3.43%
Virginia

2.08%

3.12%

5.78%

4.59%

5.97%
West Virginia

2.80%

4.05%

3.10%

5.21%

2.73%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.28%

2.79%

3.67%

4.32%

4.06%
Kentucky

2.60%

3.42%

3.72%

5.01%

1.68%
Mississippi

1.75%

4.24%

3.48%

4.84%

4.09%
Tennessee

2.57%

6.41%

5.52%

4.92%

4.94%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.44%

2.59%

6.92%

5.29%

3.85%
Louisiana

1.56%

3.83%

2.02%

4.72%

4.25%
Oklahoma

2.84%

3.79%

3.61%

5.48%

4.98%
Texas

1.42%

2.04%

1.94%

2.64%

3.38%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.48%

2.97%

6.27%

3.16%

4.77%
Colorado

1.65%

4.99%

7.31%

6.00%

2.38%
Idaho

1.70%

4.25%

5.34%

8.00%

5.39%
Montana

2.85%

3.38%

2.99%

3.63%

5.21%
Nevada

3.59%

6.58%

9.20%

7.06%

4.31%
New Mexico

1.52%

2.59%

5.08%

2.88%

2.85%
Utah

2.18%

4.05%

3.48%

4.50%

3.08%
Wyoming

1.94%

2.82%

4.93%

3.67%

5.57%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.96%

3.00%

2.74%

4.19%

5.68%
California

1.61%

2.47%

2.63%

1.99%

2.16%
Hawaii

1.63%

2.91%

2.87%

1.59%

4.29%
Oregon

1.80%

5.24%

2.43%

4.41%

3.97%
Washington

1.78%

2.27%

3.07%

4.98%

6.24%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.