Table VIII.B.2.a.(1) 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, 2018
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 72.4%    56.0%    66.3%    75.8%    80.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.3%    62.3%    75.4%    76.2%    79.1%   
Maine 74.9%    67.4%    72.3%    76.9%    77.5%   
Massachusetts 68.4%    51.6%    58.4%    70.4%    80.7%   
New Hampshire 72.0%    54.1%    62.6%    79.6%    77.1%   
Rhode Island 70.8%    58.4%    62.0%    74.8%    78.7%   
Vermont 72.2%    70.5%    69.1%    71.7%    75.4%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 69.5%    52.8%    70.6%    70.0%    75.2%   
New York 67.7%    50.8%    58.1%    72.4%    76.4%   
Pennsylvania 70.7%    44.6%    67.4%    77.7%    77.4%   
East North Central:
Illinois 73.9%    57.2%    62.3%    78.4%    82.6%   
Indiana 72.7%    51.6%    66.6%    79.3%    80.2%   
Michigan 73.2%    63.0%    63.7%    74.1%    82.8%   
Ohio 72.1%    48.3%    68.8%    77.0%    78.4%   
Wisconsin 73.8%    58.9%    65.7%    79.7%    78.6%   
West North Central:
Iowa 72.6%    58.7%    67.8%    72.8%    81.7%   
Kansas 73.2%    61.6%    72.8%    67.5%    82.4%   
Minnesota 74.0%    62.9%    60.3%    76.4%    85.1%   
Missouri 77.2%    67.4%    73.8%    81.3%    79.3%   
Nebraska 73.9%    70.4%    57.5%    79.6%    79.1%   
North Dakota 77.5%    66.6%    75.5%    77.6%    83.0%   
South Dakota 73.9%    63.2%    70.4%    69.0%    83.2%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 72.9%    57.8%    66.2%    71.8%    82.2%   
District of Columbia 74.4%    65.4%    75.0%    68.5%    83.5%   
Florida 74.0%    59.0%    65.9%    78.2%    81.0%   
Georgia 71.8%    56.3%    70.5%    73.9%    76.3%   
Maryland 69.4%    58.1%    67.4%    70.3%    74.9%   
North Carolina 74.5%    61.2%    58.7%    78.9%    85.1%   
South Carolina 77.4%    59.4%    75.6%    82.3%    80.6%   
Virginia 72.5%    63.8%    66.9%    74.4%    78.0%   
West Virginia 68.7%    47.9%    63.6%    72.1%    76.6%   
East South Central:
Alabama 64.2%    41.5%    67.2%    56.2%    81.8%   
Kentucky 73.0%    58.3%    60.6%    80.2%    80.0%   
Mississippi 73.7%    50.7%    69.2%    75.2%    81.6%   
Tennessee 70.9%    59.8%    61.5%    77.6%    76.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 74.6%    63.5%    61.4%    79.1%    83.1%   
Louisiana 68.5%    47.6%    53.4%    73.3%    83.3%   
Oklahoma 67.3%    61.7%    60.6%    73.4%    68.2%   
Texas 74.7%    57.1%    69.9%    79.2%    81.0%   
Mountain:
Arizona 70.1%    59.3%    62.9%    70.3%    81.6%   
Colorado 72.4%    61.5%    57.2%    78.5%    80.5%   
Idaho 80.0%    60.3%    67.6%    83.1%    88.5%   
Montana 74.7%    69.2%    65.6%    78.5%    77.4%   
Nevada 72.0%    58.2%    73.2%    72.8%    77.0%   
New Mexico 65.2%    57.6%    53.7%    62.7%    76.9%   
Utah 78.8%    65.9%    83.7%    77.7%    81.2%   
Wyoming 70.7%    53.1%    66.8%    68.4%    79.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.2%    61.6%    74.6%    76.7%    82.6%   
California 71.0%    46.8%    68.2%    74.2%    80.3%   
Hawaii 80.9%    69.0%    81.0%    81.3%    86.8%   
Oregon 80.0%    63.8%    72.4%    87.2%    85.1%   
Washington 79.3%    73.6%    73.5%    78.1%    86.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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) Standard errors 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, 2018
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.35%    1.10%    0.77%    0.54%    0.53%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.82%    4.66%    5.78%    2.77%    1.71%   
Maine 1.34%    4.66%    2.67%    2.14%    2.29%   
Massachusetts 1.95%    5.03%    3.13%    2.52%    2.81%   
New Hampshire 1.65%    4.08%    3.29%    2.50%    2.51%   
Rhode Island 1.67%    5.87%    3.47%    3.01%    1.84%   
Vermont 1.80%    3.73%    6.00%    2.11%    1.86%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.73%    5.07%    3.77%    3.39%    1.92%   
New York 1.60%    4.63%    3.63%    2.39%    2.15%   
Pennsylvania 1.86%    6.89%    2.77%    1.58%    2.65%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.90%    5.45%    4.66%    2.38%    2.12%   
Indiana 2.14%    5.70%    4.91%    2.81%    2.24%   
Michigan 1.70%    6.28%    3.23%    2.47%    2.30%   
Ohio 1.60%    4.26%    3.19%    2.31%    2.80%   
Wisconsin 1.63%    7.17%    3.63%    2.13%    2.12%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.59%    4.44%    3.05%    3.24%    1.73%   
Kansas 2.97%    3.14%    3.12%    8.09%    1.83%   
Minnesota 1.90%    9.58%    5.21%    1.59%    1.33%   
Missouri 1.70%    5.19%    4.49%    2.96%    2.55%   
Nebraska 1.68%    4.33%    5.14%    2.03%    2.09%   
North Dakota 1.15%    4.17%    2.55%    1.88%    1.86%   
South Dakota 2.69%    4.10%    2.82%    6.74%    1.61%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.89%    7.63%    3.16%    4.32%    1.22%   
District of Columbia 1.93%    4.02%    2.33%    5.23%    1.69%   
Florida 1.62%    6.35%    3.37%    1.79%    2.54%   
Georgia 2.13%    3.53%    3.43%    3.34%    4.57%   
Maryland 1.56%    5.26%    2.79%    2.91%    2.24%   
North Carolina 2.01%    5.17%    5.58%    2.34%    1.03%   
South Carolina 2.07%    8.38%    3.24%    1.90%    3.45%   
Virginia 1.65%    5.74%    3.29%    3.35%    2.12%   
West Virginia 1.95%    5.85%    2.93%    2.99%    3.66%   
East South Central:
Alabama 4.46%    6.34%    3.19%    10.39%    1.96%   
Kentucky 1.64%    5.31%    3.94%    1.74%    2.74%   
Mississippi 2.38%    5.85%    7.38%    2.58%    2.18%   
Tennessee 1.95%    5.67%    3.63%    2.44%    3.59%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.45%    9.10%    3.81%    2.29%    2.34%   
Louisiana 2.15%    6.64%    3.66%    2.15%    1.81%   
Oklahoma 3.28%    3.20%    4.19%    3.97%    8.05%   
Texas 1.35%    3.54%    2.54%    1.58%    3.14%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.10%    3.63%    5.70%    3.35%    2.04%   
Colorado 2.01%    5.24%    3.00%    2.15%    1.90%   
Idaho 1.80%    7.47%    4.34%    3.00%    1.47%   
Montana 1.92%    5.80%    3.92%    2.29%    3.07%   
Nevada 2.71%    4.60%    9.11%    2.59%    3.13%   
New Mexico 1.89%    4.75%    4.31%    3.92%    2.68%   
Utah 1.54%    5.96%    3.13%    2.84%    1.86%   
Wyoming 2.38%    4.35%    4.61%    5.19%    3.01%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.50%    4.61%    3.14%    2.90%    2.10%   
California 1.40%    3.48%    3.13%    2.13%    1.74%   
Hawaii 1.64%    3.34%    4.16%    2.35%    1.99%   
Oregon 2.01%    5.97%    5.79%    1.88%    1.79%   
Washington 1.88%    4.99%    3.02%    4.57%    2.20%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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