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HC1 Health insurance coverage: Percentage of childrena ages 0–17 covered by health insurance by selected characteristics, 1987–2005
Characteristic 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
All health insurance
Total 87 87 87 87 87 87 86 86 86 85 85 85 87 88 88 88 89 90 89
Gender
Male 87 87 87 87 87 88 87 86 86 85 85 85 87 88 88 88 89 90 89
Female 87 87 87 87 88 87 86 86 86 85 85 85 87 88 88 89 89 90 89
Age
Ages 0–5 88 87 87 89 89 89 88 86 87 86 86 84 87 89 89 89 90 91 90
Ages 6–11 87 87 87 87 88 88 87 87 87 85 86 85 88 88 89 89 89 90 90
Ages 12–17 86 86 86 85 85 85 83 85 86 84 83 84 87 87 87 87 87 88 88
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 89 90 89 89 89 92 93 93 — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 92 93 93 93
Black 83 84 84 85 85 86 84 83 85 81 81 80 84 86 86 — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 86 86 88 88
Hispanicc 72 71 70 72 73 75 74 72 73 71 71 70 74 75 76 77 79 80 79
Region
Northeast 92 93 91 92 92 91 90 88 89 88 88 89 92 92 92 91 91 92 92
Midwest 92 93 92 91 92 91 91 91 91 91 90 89 91 92 92 92 92 92 93
South 82 81 82 83 83 84 83 83 83 82 82 82 84 86 86 86 86 87 87
West 85 85 84 84 85 86 84 83 84 83 83 82 84 86 86 87 88 88 87
Private health insurance
Total 74 74 74 71 70 69 67 66 66 66 67 68 70 70 68 67 66 66 66
Gender
Male 73 74 74 71 70 69 68 66 66 67 67 68 70 70 69 67 66 66 66
Female 74 73 74 71 69 68 67 65 66 66 67 67 70 70 68 68 66 67 66
Age
Ages 0–5 72 71 71 68 66 65 63 60 60 62 63 64 66 66 64 63 62 62 61
Ages 6–11 74 74 75 73 71 71 70 67 67 67 68 68 70 70 69 68 66 67 67
Ages 12–17 75 76 76 73 72 71 69 70 71 70 69 70 73 73 72 71 69 70 69
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 83 83 83 81 80 80 78 77 78 78 78 79 81 81 80 — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 79 78 78 78
Black 49 50 52 49 45 46 46 43 44 45 48 47 52 53 52 — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 50 47 49 49
Hispanicc 48 48 48 45 43 42 42 38 38 40 42 43 46 45 44 43 42 44 42
Region
Northeast 79 78 78 77 75 73 71 70 71 69 69 70 73 74 72 71 71 72 71
Midwest 79 80 80 76 75 74 73 74 74 75 76 75 77 78 77 76 74 73 73
South 68 68 69 66 65 64 63 62 61 61 62 64 66 66 64 63 61 62 61
West 71 70 70 68 66 67 65 60 61 62 63 63 65 65 64 65 62 63 63
Public health insuranced
Total 19 19 19 22 24 25 27 26 26 25 23 23 23 24 26 27 29 30 30
Gender
Male 19 19 19 22 24 25 27 26 26 25 23 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 30
Female 19 19 19 22 24 26 27 27 27 25 24 23 23 24 26 27 29 30 30
Age
Ages 0–5 22 23 24 28 30 33 35 33 33 31 29 27 27 29 31 32 34 36 35
Ages 6–11 19 18 18 20 22 23 25 25 26 25 23 23 23 25 26 27 29 30 30
Ages 12–17 16 16 15 18 19 19 20 20 21 19 19 19 19 20 20 22 24 25 25
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 12 13 13 15 16 17 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 17 19 — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 18 21 21 21
Black 42 42 41 45 48 49 50 48 49 45 40 42 40 42 42 — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 44 47 48 48
Hispanicc 28 27 27 32 37 38 41 38 39 35 34 31 33 35 37 40 42 42 41
Region
Northeast 18 19 18 21 22 22 25 23 23 24 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 27
Midwest 18 17 17 20 22 23 24 24 23 21 19 19 20 19 21 22 25 26 26
South 20 19 20 23 25 28 29 29 28 27 25 24 24 26 29 30 32 32 33
West 20 22 22 23 27 27 28 29 30 27 25 24 25 27 27 28 31 32 30
— Not available.
a Children are considered to be covered by health insurance if they had public or private coverage at any time during the year. Some children are covered by both types of insurance; hence, the sum of public and private is greater than the total.
b For race and Hispanic–origin data in this table: From 1987 to 2002, following the 1977 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the Current Population Survey (CPS) asked respondents to choose one race from the following: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The Census Bureau also offered an "Other" category. Beginning in 2003, following the 1997 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races from the following: White, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. All race groups discussed in this table from 2002 onward refer to people who indicated only one racial identity within the racial categories presented. People who responded to the question on race by indicating only one race are referred to as the race–alone population. The use of the race–alone population in this table does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting or analyzing data. Data from 2002 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
c Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
d Public health insurance for children consists mostly of Medicaid, but also includes Medicare, the State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), and the Civilian Health and Medical Care Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS/Tricare).
NOTE: The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). The 2004 and 2005 estimates reflect a modification to the process that assigns coverage to non-policy holder. Based on these changes, estimates for these years are not comparable to estimates from 2003 and earlier. For more information see user note at: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/usernote/schedule.html. Estimates beginning in 1999 include follow-up questions to verify health insurance status and use the Census 2000-based weights. Estimates for 1999 through 2003 are not directly comparable with estimates for earlier years, before the verification questions were added.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, unpublished tables based on analyses from the Current Population Survey, 1988 to 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.