Table VIII.B.2.a.(1)(2005) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

79.6%

65.0%

74.9%

82.3%

87.5%

 
New England:
Connecticut

80.8%

66.0%

75.9%

83.5%

89.6%

Maine

77.2%

65.5%

72.6%

81.0%

82.4%

Massachusetts

75.4%

60.2%

73.5%

75.9%

85.8%

New Hampshire

76.9%

67.0%

68.8%

82.0%

83.1%

Rhode Island

78.7%

71.2%

68.4%

84.5%

85.2%

Vermont

71.3%

58.9%

54.6%

75.9%

85.7%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

78.6%

75.2%

72.3%

76.8%

85.6%

New York

76.4%

66.1%

70.0%

75.8%

86.8%

Pennsylvania

83.1%

73.2%

81.5%

87.2%

85.5%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

82.1%

67.0%

76.8%

84.6%

91.0%

Indiana

79.6%

61.0%

73.9%

84.4%

86.9%

Michigan

80.4%

67.2%

78.2%

85.6%

83.0%

Ohio

80.8%

64.9%

75.4%

83.8%

90.6%

Wisconsin

79.0%

72.1%

70.7%

79.1%

88.0%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

79.0%

63.4%

78.7%

81.2%

83.4%

Kansas

74.2%

40.1%

65.8%

83.1%

86.1%

Minnesota

78.3%

62.3%

73.7%

82.4%

85.1%

Missouri

83.0%

71.4%

80.3%

86.5%

87.8%

Nebraska

79.3%

60.1%

80.3%

77.5%

86.6%

North Dakota

78.7%

59.7%

75.1%

80.1%

86.1%

South Dakota

77.1%

56.0%

72.5%

79.3%

84.7%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

81.9%

60.2%

80.3%

85.4%

87.7%

District of Columbia

83.6%

76.3%

81.5%

88.0%

85.8%

Florida

78.3%

58.6%

77.6%

79.1%

87.3%

Georgia

78.3%

69.2%

71.8%

80.9%

84.6%

Maryland

80.2%

68.3%

74.8%

85.6%

85.0%

North Carolina

79.3%

54.0%

75.5%

88.0%

88.7%

South Carolina

77.8%

56.3%

75.1%

79.6%

89.0%

Virginia

77.3%

58.2%

71.4%

83.6%

85.6%

West Virginia

77.6%

53.2%

68.0%

77.6%

91.1%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

78.5%

78.3%

76.3%

75.2%

83.1%

Kentucky

80.9%

67.4%

70.5%

85.2%

89.9%

Mississippi

79.2%

55.6%

75.7%

83.4%

84.4%

Tennessee

80.5%

58.2%

75.6%

84.0%

90.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

81.1%

68.8%

80.8%

79.9%

86.2%

Louisiana

73.6%

60.4%

61.5%

79.7%

83.9%

Oklahoma

79.8%

62.9%

67.5%

83.7%

89.0%

Texas

77.5%

59.0%

71.6%

78.7%

89.8%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

78.3%

66.7%

76.8%

81.7%

80.0%

Colorado

75.7%

61.4%

66.2%

79.4%

86.9%

Idaho

79.0%

48.8%

71.2%

84.3%

87.3%

Montana

78.0%

72.1%

65.3%

82.1%

84.9%

Nevada

79.5%

66.1%

77.7%

84.8%

85.5%

New Mexico

78.9%

57.6%

82.5%

79.5%

85.1%

Utah

78.5%

60.0%

75.2%

78.4%

88.7%

Wyoming

85.4%

68.7%

73.9%

89.2%

94.3%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

85.6%

79.9%

77.7%

85.4%

92.3%

California

82.4%

67.7%

77.9%

86.1%

89.6%

Hawaii

86.2%

80.7%

85.3%

88.1%

88.9%

Oregon

83.7%

75.6%

70.3%

87.4%

91.3%

Washington

86.6%

85.6%

80.2%

84.9%

92.6%

 
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.B.2.a.(1)(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at 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

0.34%

1.12%

0.34%

0.52%

0.44%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.97%

4.40%

1.63%

2.24%

1.78%

Maine

1.80%

4.85%

2.76%

3.27%

2.46%

Massachusetts

1.81%

6.68%

2.44%

1.89%

2.01%

New Hampshire

1.82%

4.24%

3.46%

2.61%

1.86%

Rhode Island

2.37%

3.45%

5.54%

3.07%

2.71%

Vermont

3.31%

5.65%

7.19%

1.99%

2.32%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

2.25%

4.08%

3.96%

3.56%

2.15%

New York

1.37%

3.52%

1.48%

3.92%

2.33%

Pennsylvania

1.12%

3.72%

2.12%

1.58%

1.95%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.88%

3.27%

2.78%

1.87%

2.53%

Indiana

2.37%

7.88%

3.79%

1.25%

2.32%

Michigan

2.86%

5.29%

2.79%

2.58%

6.37%

Ohio

1.12%

4.90%

3.82%

1.65%

1.04%

Wisconsin

1.82%

4.06%

3.60%

2.57%

1.31%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.53%

5.16%

2.90%

2.29%

2.97%

Kansas

2.12%

9.78%

4.51%

2.37%

2.19%

Minnesota

1.62%

6.63%

3.55%

1.23%

0.85%

Missouri

1.81%

6.35%

3.46%

2.71%

1.48%

Nebraska

2.09%

7.13%

3.04%

3.21%

1.88%

North Dakota

1.41%

5.95%

2.72%

3.48%

2.94%

South Dakota

1.92%

6.34%

5.33%

1.78%

2.58%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.49%

5.70%

3.12%

2.42%

2.00%

District of Columbia

1.01%

3.06%

6.31%

1.83%

2.51%

Florida

2.75%

6.91%

2.60%

2.47%

2.25%

Georgia

3.05%

9.89%

2.34%

4.39%

3.29%

Maryland

1.47%

6.81%

3.78%

2.62%

2.03%

North Carolina

2.50%

7.53%

3.38%

1.37%

1.30%

South Carolina

2.75%

6.19%

3.02%

4.78%

3.13%

Virginia

1.96%

5.53%

3.67%

1.33%

1.78%

West Virginia

1.41%

7.35%

4.52%

3.45%

1.71%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.94%

6.83%

4.00%

2.80%

2.40%

Kentucky

1.81%

6.99%

2.23%

1.77%

1.83%

Mississippi

2.47%

8.61%

3.22%

3.03%

2.59%

Tennessee

1.95%

4.63%

3.33%

3.69%

1.25%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.02%

5.37%

3.65%

3.40%

2.83%

Louisiana

1.32%

8.04%

5.07%

2.87%

2.75%

Oklahoma

2.52%

6.98%

4.37%

1.95%

2.40%

Texas

1.74%

4.32%

4.09%

2.45%

1.77%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.05%

3.89%

5.16%

1.78%

2.94%

Colorado

1.96%

6.13%

4.34%

3.27%

2.72%

Idaho

2.38%

9.66%

7.82%

1.85%

2.50%

Montana

2.82%

9.84%

5.89%

2.92%

2.77%

Nevada

1.88%

6.07%

5.06%

3.79%

1.61%

New Mexico

1.80%

5.22%

5.10%

2.77%

2.72%

Utah

1.01%

5.79%

4.62%

2.87%

1.17%

Wyoming

1.88%

6.20%

4.24%

1.42%

1.53%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.85%

5.05%

3.39%

3.70%

3.40%

California

0.63%

3.73%

2.21%

1.80%

0.51%

Hawaii

1.30%

1.23%

1.79%

2.50%

1.84%

Oregon

1.63%

7.01%

5.39%

2.26%

3.02%

Washington

1.12%

4.15%

4.73%

6.64%

1.86%

 
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.