Health Insurance Coverage
Data are for the U.S.
The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program
Uninsured
- Number of persons under age 65 uninsured at the time of interview: 29.6 million
- Percent of persons under age 65 uninsured at the time of interview: 11.0%
- Percent of children under age 18 uninsured at the time of interview: 4.1%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 uninsured at the time of interview: 13.5%
Private insurance
- Percent of persons under age 65 with private insurance at time of interview: 63.2%
- Percent of children under age 18 with private insurance at time of interview: 53.8%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 with private insurance at time of interview: 66.6%
Public insurance
- Percent of persons under age 65 with public insurance at time of interview: 27.7%
- Percent of children under age 18 with public insurance at time of interview: 44.3%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 with public insurance at time of interview: 21.7%
More data
- Responses to recent health policy data requests
- Trends in Health Insurance from Health, United States
- Health, United States – Topic Page: Health insurance coverage
- Geographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States, 2021
- Demographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States, 2021
- Reasons for Being Uninsured in the United States Among Adults Aged 18-64, 2019
- Long-term Trends in Health Insurance: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, United States, 1968–2018
- Problems Paying Medical Bills, 2018
- Expansion Status: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2016 [PDF – 818 KB]
- High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 with Employment-Based Insurance Coverage