QuickStats: Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18–64 Years, by Race and Selected Hispanic Origin Subgroup — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019−2020

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During 2019–2020, the percentage of U.S. adults aged 18–64 years who were uninsured was 14.4%.
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Authors: Michael E. Martinez, MPH, MHSA; Emily P. Terlizzi, MPH; and Amy E. Cha, MPH

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The figure is a bar chart illustrating the percentage of uninsured adults aged 18–64 years, by race and Hispanic origin subgroup, according to the National Health Interview Survey during 2019–2020.
Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18–64 Years, by Race and Selected Hispanic Origin Subgroup, 2019−2020

During 2019–2020, the percentage of U.S. adults aged 18–64 years who were uninsured was 14.4%.

Among all race and Hispanic origin subgroups, those most likely to be uninsured were Hispanic adults (30.4%) followed by non-Hispanic Black (14.6%), non-Hispanic White (9.7%), and non-Hispanic Asian (7.8%) adults.

Among the Hispanic origin subgroups included, those most likely to be uninsured were of Central American (42.2%) origin followed by Mexican or Chicano (33.6%) origin.

Adults of Cuban (22.7%) origin were more likely to be uninsured than those of Puerto Rican (14.8%) and Dominican (12.9%) origin. Other observed differences were not statistically significant.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7125a3.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2019 and 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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