Table VIII.B.2.a(2006) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

77.5%

55.0%

75.0%

85.1%

89.4%

 

New England:

Connecticut

79.7%

64.3%

77.3%

83.1%

92.1%

Maine

84.3%

66.4%

82.9%

88.2%

92.2%

Massachusetts

75.7%

61.3%

79.4%

77.5%

81.3%

New Hampshire

73.1%

51.5%

68.1%

85.4%

81.5%

Rhode Island

74.5%

43.5%

71.0%

81.1%

95.7%

Vermont

70.8%

41.1%

61.4%

84.3%

88.7%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.4%

58.2%

81.4%

83.1%

90.1%

New York

78.9%

66.7%

72.5%

83.2%

90.0%

Pennsylvania

81.8%

58.6%

84.8%

88.4%

91.3%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

79.4%

60.9%

73.0%

87.0%

91.6%

Indiana

78.2%

51.0%

76.9%

85.3%

93.0%

Michigan

75.3%

54.8%

71.1%

83.9%

86.7%

Ohio

80.3%

59.4%

75.8%

87.0%

95.0%

Wisconsin

76.3%

63.4%

70.1%

77.7%

89.6%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

77.8%

45.4%

67.5%

90.4%

93.4%

Kansas

71.3%

47.1%

58.5%

81.4%

87.9%

Minnesota

77.6%

47.9%

75.6%

88.8%

90.6%

Missouri

78.0%

55.2%

80.8%

85.3%

86.4%

Nebraska

79.2%

46.2%

76.4%

87.9%

92.5%

North Dakota

78.6%

46.3%

73.9%

88.1%

88.1%

South Dakota

72.6%

42.5%

53.9%

87.3%

89.9%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

77.8%

52.5%

74.7%

85.7%

90.7%

District of Columbia

82.8%

69.9%

76.4%

93.6%

89.3%

Florida

74.8%

57.7%

64.5%

81.9%

90.5%

Georgia

77.7%

54.5%

74.1%

87.6%

91.3%

Maryland

75.3%

44.7%

76.5%

82.3%

93.2%

North Carolina

79.0%

48.6%

75.4%

88.4%

93.4%

South Carolina

80.8%

60.1%

75.2%

87.4%

92.1%

Virginia

74.5%

53.7%

72.5%

86.3%

81.1%

West Virginia

78.8%

59.5%

72.1%

78.9%

95.2%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

79.8%

59.9%

75.9%

85.8%

93.2%

Kentucky

77.4%

43.1%

75.7%

89.1%

92.8%

Mississippi

79.1%

63.6%

76.1%

79.9%

92.0%

Tennessee

79.5%

55.8%

76.6%

89.4%

92.8%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

77.1%

44.7%

75.0%

84.8%

92.6%

Louisiana

75.1%

44.2%

79.0%

77.0%

90.9%

Oklahoma

79.9%

65.4%

74.6%

84.8%

90.7%

Texas

79.9%

52.3%

78.7%

86.6%

94.2%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

75.3%

45.6%

69.9%

91.3%

88.9%

Colorado

72.1%

46.1%

68.1%

83.0%

83.3%

Idaho

76.6%

62.5%

58.5%

83.9%

92.6%

Montana

69.2%

48.4%

51.4%

77.0%

83.4%

Nevada

75.6%

58.1%

70.0%

85.6%

84.7%

New Mexico

73.3%

67.0%

64.6%

75.4%

83.5%

Utah

73.9%

57.4%

59.6%

87.1%

84.6%

Wyoming

75.5%

41.1%

69.9%

86.0%

87.3%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

71.9%

39.7%

60.6%

82.0%

91.3%

California

76.2%

57.1%

70.0%

85.6%

86.2%

Hawaii

76.6%

56.4%

78.3%

85.6%

83.7%

Oregon

76.2%

51.5%

72.7%

86.0%

89.0%

Washington

74.9%

37.7%

74.4%

85.4%

90.0%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.45%

1.12%

0.87%

0.41%

0.47%

 

New England:

Connecticut

2.27%

4.93%

2.95%

3.41%

2.22%

Maine

1.72%

7.77%

3.24%

1.49%

4.13%

Massachusetts

2.82%

5.90%

3.05%

4.64%

3.05%

New Hampshire

2.31%

5.19%

3.11%

3.71%

3.61%

Rhode Island

3.19%

7.03%

3.69%

4.25%

0.52%

Vermont

3.06%

8.52%

3.38%

2.80%

2.30%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.08%

7.26%

4.06%

4.00%

2.81%

New York

1.66%

5.49%

2.22%

2.18%

1.78%

Pennsylvania

1.81%

4.31%

2.54%

1.99%

1.55%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

2.23%

5.36%

2.69%

1.90%

2.49%

Indiana

1.56%

5.91%

3.55%

2.51%

1.86%

Michigan

1.93%

5.50%

2.38%

3.67%

3.91%

Ohio

2.17%

6.12%

2.01%

2.09%

1.13%

Wisconsin

3.16%

5.75%

6.72%

5.42%

2.40%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.34%

7.31%

4.69%

1.80%

3.05%

Kansas

2.58%

5.44%

4.58%

3.85%

3.18%

Minnesota

1.26%

3.59%

3.39%

1.64%

1.71%

Missouri

1.54%

4.26%

2.89%

4.75%

3.02%

Nebraska

2.15%

5.28%

3.96%

2.08%

1.00%

North Dakota

2.30%

6.62%

3.44%

1.65%

2.62%

South Dakota

4.05%

8.23%

7.83%

5.45%

1.44%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.30%

6.82%

3.30%

1.75%

1.85%

District of Columbia

1.97%

5.10%

3.88%

1.91%

3.90%

Florida

2.49%

5.73%

5.49%

4.11%

1.60%

Georgia

3.33%

9.99%

4.66%

2.99%

1.39%

Maryland

3.66%

6.01%

3.99%

3.58%

1.24%

North Carolina

2.23%

7.28%

3.79%

1.45%

1.27%

South Carolina

2.14%

6.46%

3.74%

1.04%

1.40%

Virginia

2.37%

7.45%

5.31%

3.26%

4.18%

West Virginia

1.81%

9.41%

5.07%

2.61%

1.61%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.96%

7.43%

4.35%

2.06%

1.60%

Kentucky

2.41%

6.90%

4.61%

1.41%

1.35%

Mississippi

1.72%

6.14%

4.75%

2.74%

2.12%

Tennessee

1.37%

6.48%

4.12%

1.98%

1.10%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.32%

6.63%

3.73%

3.24%

2.41%

Louisiana

3.61%

4.85%

3.47%

6.48%

2.33%

Oklahoma

2.08%

6.70%

4.52%

2.28%

2.29%

Texas

1.59%

5.68%

3.10%

2.13%

0.69%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

1.92%

7.27%

6.10%

1.97%

1.89%

Colorado

1.95%

4.10%

4.69%

3.26%

3.39%

Idaho

2.12%

7.64%

8.89%

3.69%

3.53%

Montana

3.20%

7.48%

7.47%

3.56%

3.15%

Nevada

1.99%

5.15%

5.46%

2.01%

4.24%

New Mexico

2.63%

8.74%

6.05%

4.43%

3.46%

Utah

2.61%

6.56%

4.93%

1.75%

2.75%

Wyoming

2.82%

6.33%

5.10%

2.53%

3.54%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

4.41%

10.22%

6.58%

6.05%

1.35%

California

1.49%

3.94%

4.03%

1.73%

2.45%

Hawaii

2.11%

3.44%

4.28%

1.42%

3.49%

Oregon

2.14%

5.38%

5.03%

2.01%

2.40%

Washington

3.43%

7.06%

4.01%

2.18%

4.70%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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