Percent of Americans Without Health Insurance by Characteristic: 2013

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

The following table lists the percent of Americans without health insurance for 2010 and 2013 by characteristic, including age, race and ethnicity, nativity, and work status.

Characteristic Percent
2013
Percent
2010
Total 13.4% 16.3%
Family status    
In families 12.3 15.1
Householder 12.9 15.0
Related children under 18 7.3 9.5
Related children under 6 7.6 8.9
In unrelated subfamilies 16.0 25.9
Unrelated individual 18.1 21.7
Race and ethnicity    
White 12.8 15.4
White, Non-Hispanic 9.8 11.7
Black 15.9 20.8
Asian 14.5 18.1
Hispanic1 24.3 30.7
Age    
Under 18 years 7.3 9.8
19 to 25 years 22.6 29.7
26 to 34 years 23.5 28.4
35 to 44 years 19.0 21.8
45 to 64 years 14.5 16.3
65 years and over 1.6 2.0
Nativity    
Native 11.2 13.8
Foreign born 27.7 34.1
Naturalized citizen 15.9 20.0
Not a citizen 38.1 45.1
Work Status    
All workers 16.8 19.5
Worked full-time 13.9 15.0
Less than full-time 25.1 28.5
Did not work at least one week 14.3 28.5
1. Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010; 2013.

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