Table 4. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Percent by selected population characteristics, United States, 
first half of 2000

Population
characteristic

Total
population in
thousands

Percent 
distribution of
population

Percent 
uninsured

Percent
distribution of 
uninsured 
population

Total^a 

240,688

100.0

18.2

100

Age in years 

under 4

15,380

6.4

12.5

4.4

4-6

12,484

5.2

12.4

3.5

7-12

24,674

10.3

13.6

7.7

13-17

19,516

8.1

16.3

7.3

Total under 18

72,054

29.9

13.9

22.9

18

3,986

1.7

21.7

–

19-24

22,766

9.5

33.1

17.2

25-29

18,017

7.5

24.9

10.3

30-34

19,394

8.1

20.9

9.2

35-54

81,086

33.7

16.1

29.9

55-64

23,385

9.7

16.1

8.6

Sex 

Male

119,356

49.6

19.6

53.4

Female

121,332

50.4

16.8

46.6

Race/ethnicity 

Total hispanic

30,981

12.9

35.2

24.9

Total black

31,602

13.1

23.2

16.7

Total white

167,650

69.7

14.2

54.2

Total other

10,456

4.3

17.6

4.2

Hispanic male

15,652

6.5

37.6

13.4

Black male

14,869

6.2

24.9

8.5

White male

84,062

34.9

15.5

29.7

Other male

4,773

2.0

17.3

–

Hispanic female

15,329

6.4

32.8

11.5

Black female

16,732

7.0

21.6

8.3

White female

83,588

34.7

12.9

24.5

Other female

5,683

2.4

17.9

–

Marital status^b 

Married

93,321

38.8

13.1

27.9

Widowed

3,014

1.3

27.7

–

Divorced

18,987

7.9

25.2

10.9

Separated

3,814

1.6

32.1

2.8

Never married

57,126

23.7

28.0

36.5

Census region

Northeast

45,053

18.7

13.2

13.6

Midwest

56,191

23.3

14.0

18.0

South

83,735

34.8

22.8

43.6

West

55,709

23.1

19.5

24.9

Perceived health status 

Excellent

91,086

37.9

15.8

33.0

Very good

76,652

31.9

17.5

30.7

Good

53,041

22.1

21.2

25.7

Fair

14,832

6.2

23.5

8.0

Poor

4,892

2.0

23.5

2.6

^b For individuals age 16 and over. Excludes unknown marital status. As a result, percents do not sum to 100. 

– Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates. 

Note: Percent distributions may not add to 100 because of rounding. 

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2000.

Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2000
Corresponds to Table 4

Population
characteristic

Percent 
distribution 
of population

Percent 
uninsured

Percent 
distribution of 
uninsured 
population

Total^a

0.62

Age in years 

under 4

0.22

1.23

0.38

4-6

0.19

1.05

0.28

7-12

0.26

1.22

0.53

13-17

0.24

1.33

0.49

Total under 18

0.44

0.93

1.03

18

0.10

2.54

–

19-24

0.27

1.44

0.80

25-29

0.26

1.28

0.57

30-34

0.24

1.15

0.42

35-54

0.37

0.74

0.83

55-64

0.29

1.02

0.54

Sex 

Male

0.34

0.69

0.88

Female

0.34

0.67

0.88

Race/ethnicity 

Total hispanic

1.05

1.30

1.95

Total black

1.12

1.68

1.71

Total white

1.13

0.57

1.93

Total other

0.40

2.12

0.69

Hispanic male

0.52

1.42

1.04

Black male

0.51

1.86

0.95

White male

0.65

0.68

1.24

Other male

0.21

2.56

–

Hispanic female

0.55

1.52

1.01

Black female

0.63

1.81

0.88

White female

0.60

0.64

1.14

Other female

0.21

2.63

–

Marital status^c 

Married

0.53

0.66

0.98

Widowed

0.08

2.67

–

Divorced

0.31

1.56

0.72

Separated

0.13

3.21

0.36

Never married

0.51

0.90

1.11

Census region 

Northeast

1.27

0.97

1.18

Midwest

1.30

1.01

1.51

South

1.97

1.42

2.61

West

2.68

1.00

2.62

Perceived health status 

Excellent

0.63

0.76

1.18

Very good

0.46

0.80

1.07

Good

0.60

0.89

1.08

Fair

0.23

1.36

0.44

Poor

0.12

2.53

0.31

^aTotal includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status. 

^bNot applicable. 

^cFor individuals age 16 and over. 

– Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates. 

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2000.