| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 15.2 | 0.4 | 30.8 | 0.9 | 16.6 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 1.2 | 19.5 | 0.9 | 9.1 | 0.5 |
| 45-64 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 24.7 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 17.2 | 0.5 | 35.2 | 1.3 | 18.1 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Female | 13.3 | 0.5 | 26.2 | 1.1 | 15.2 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.4 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 14.8 | 0.5 | 32.0 | 1.0 | 15.8 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| Black | 18.0 | 1.0 | 26.9 | 2.0 | 19.8 | 1.7 | 10.6 | 1.1 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 12.8 | 1.7 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 9.5 | 1.6 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 25.5 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 15.2 | 0.4 | 30.8 | 0.9 | 16.6 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| White | 11.0 | 0.4 | 22.4 | 1.2 | 13.2 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Black | 17.8 | 1.1 | 26.8 | 2.1 | 19.6 | 1.7 | 10.5 | 1.2 |
| Hispanic | 36.4 | 1.2 | 47.7 | 1.7 | 33.6 | 2.0 | 20.5 | 1.8 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 34.1 | 1.2 | 38.8 | 1.7 | 33.8 | 2.1 | 26.0 | 2.3 |
| Near poor/low | 30.7 | 1.1 | 41.2 | 1.7 | 28.3 | 1.5 | 21.2 | 1.8 |
| Middle | 14.4 | 0.7 | 25.6 | 1.6 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 0.7 |
| High | 6.1 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 15.1 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 1.5 | 17.6 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 14.5 | 0.8 | 28.6 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
| Micropolitan | 16.3 | 1.2 | 30.3 | 2.3 | 15.1 | 1.6 | 9.1 | 1.3 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 17.3 | 1.7 | 28.9 | 3.2 | 13.7 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 2.5 |
| Noncore-rural | 18.8 | 2.8 | * | * | 24.5 | 3.5 | * | * |
aPersons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
bNegative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
cSee MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: SE: Standard error.
Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.