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Table HI08. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 2004
(Numbers in thousands. The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction in the weights in the 2005 ASEC and a
modification to the process that assigns coverage to non-policy holders)
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Covered by private or government health insurance
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Private health insurance Government health insurance
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Total Not Group Direct-
persons covered Total Total health purchase Total Medicaid Medicare Champus
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ALL CHILDREN
Total........................................ 73,791 7,721 66,070 49,017 45,274 4,271 22,023 19,917 503 2,090
Age
Under 3 years................................. 12,164 1,133 11,031 7,357 6,895 674 4,524 4,144 103 385
3 to 5 years.................................. 11,963 1,104 10,859 7,670 7,136 714 4,032 3,711 74 313
6 to 11 years................................. 23,834 2,436 21,398 16,049 14,980 1,446 7,022 6,361 186 630
12 to 17 years................................ 25,830 3,048 22,783 17,941 16,262 1,437 6,446 5,701 139 762
Race or Hispanic Origin
All Races................................ 73,791 7,721 66,070 49,017 45,274 4,271 22,023 19,917 503 2,090
White alone or in combination................. 58,551 5,935 52,616 40,779 37,601 3,610 15,465 13,883 332 1,574
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic... 44,985 3,180 41,805 34,822 32,104 3,091 9,778 8,452 191 1,398
White alone................................. 56,428 5,721 50,707 39,440 36,387 3,465 14,684 13,202 309 1,481
White alone, not Hispanic................. 43,227 3,022 40,205 33,685 31,079 2,964 9,152 7,909 176 1,316
Black alone or in combination................. 12,333 1,444 10,889 6,104 5,715 443 5,947 5,506 152 433
Black alone................................. 11,366 1,342 10,023 5,597 5,266 386 5,501 5,105 145 386
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
Islander alone or in combination............. 3,699 314 3,386 2,802 2,541 306 838 689 18 149
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
Asian and Native Hawaiian................. 3,007 271 2,736 2,268 2,051 250 664 574 16 90
Asian alone or in combination............... 3,423 278 3,145 2,635 2,381 293 728 611 18 115
Asian alone............................... 2,864 242 2,622 2,189 1,972 249 613 537 16 73
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
alone or in combination.................... 353 41 312 219 211 17 135 102 0 37
Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone................... 136 28 107 73 73 1 50 36 0 17
American Indian and Alaska Native
alone or in combination...................... 1,579 271 1,308 809 757 70 652 590 24 54
American Indian and
Alaska Native alone........................ 695 153 542 282 269 18 314 301 9 14
Two or more races............................. 2,302 233 2,069 1,436 1,306 153 862 736 22 120
Hispanic (of any race)........................ 14,322 2,905 11,418 6,279 5,799 541 6,038 5,760 152 197
Region
Northeast..................................... 12,955 1,006 11,950 9,332 8,807 553 3,426 3,247 87 152
Midwest....................................... 16,311 1,234 15,078 11,919 11,082 912 4,280 3,957 96 321
South......................................... 26,751 3,423 23,328 16,546 15,374 1,421 8,626 7,568 213 1,055
West.......................................... 17,773 2,057 15,716 11,221 10,010 1,384 5,691 5,145 107 562
Nativity
Native........................................ 70,544 6,657 63,888 47,568 43,966 4,107 21,132 19,049 492 2,072
Foreign-born.................................. 3,247 1,064 2,183 1,450 1,308 164 892 868 10 18
Naturalized citizen.......................... 512 78 435 345 317 42 120 107 5 11
Not a citizen................................. 2,734 986 1,748 1,105 991 122 772 762 5 7
Family Status
In families................................... 72,335 7,382 64,953 48,446 44,788 4,220 21,394 19,320 483 2,068
Family type
Married couple families..................... 51,149 4,482 46,666 38,891 36,364 3,469 11,024 9,331 220 1,753
Male householder, no spouse present......... 4,028 724 3,304 2,197 1,977 180 1,358 1,264 38 95
Female householder, no spouse present....... 17,158 2,176 14,982 7,358 6,447 571 9,012 8,725 226 220
Family income
Less than $25,000........................... 16,314 2,825 13,488 4,001 3,301 550 10,698 10,385 252 263
25,000-$49,999.............................. 18,006 2,409 15,597 10,905 9,930 1,053 6,272 5,724 114 549
50,000-$74,999.............................. 14,511 1,118 13,394 12,030 11,281 945 2,227 1,788 75 448
75,000 or more.............................. 23,504 1,030 22,474 21,510 20,277 1,672 2,197 1,422 43 808
Family Reference Person - Work Experience
Worked during year.......................... 58,285 5,468 52,816 42,145 39,175 3,515 14,601 12,974 333 1,605
Full time.................................. 49,258 4,583 44,674 36,514 34,160 2,891 11,475 10,079 281 1,365
Part time.................................. 9,027 885 8,142 5,631 5,015 625 3,126 2,894 53 240
Did not work................................ 14,050 1,914 12,136 6,301 5,613 705 6,793 6,346 150 463
Number of Family Workers Age 18-64
None........................................ 5,147 750 4,397 1,021 757 223 3,720 3,546 103 169
One......................................... 30,726 3,670 27,056 18,189 16,513 1,698 11,174 10,398 262 748
Two or more................................. 36,461 2,962 33,500 29,236 27,518 2,299 6,499 5,377 119 1,151
In unrelated sub-families..................... 677 119 558 316 270 30 285 269 8 12
Unrelated individuals......................... 780 219 560 255 215 21 345 328 11 10
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table HI08. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 2004
(Numbers in thousands. The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction in the weights in the 2005 ASEC and a
modification to the process that assigns coverage to non-policy holders)
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Covered by private or government health insurance
__________________________________________________________________
Private health insuranc Government health insurance
_______________________ __________________________________
Total Not Group Direct-
persons covered Total Total health purchase Total Medicaid Medicare Champus
____________________________________________________________________________________
ALL CHILDREN
Total........................................ 100.0 10.5 89.5 66.4 61.4 5.8 29.8 27.0 0.7 2.8
Age
Under 3 years................................. 100.0 9.3 90.7 60.5 56.7 5.5 37.2 34.1 0.8 3.2
3 to 5 years.................................. 100.0 9.2 90.8 64.1 59.7 6.0 33.7 31.0 0.6 2.6
6 to 11 years................................. 100.0 10.2 89.8 67.3 62.9 6.1 29.5 26.7 0.8 2.6
12 to 17 years................................ 100.0 11.8 88.2 69.5 63.0 5.6 25.0 22.1 0.5 3.0
Race or Hispanic Origin
All Races................................ 100.0 10.5 89.5 66.4 61.4 5.8 29.8 27.0 0.7 2.8
White alone or in combination................. 100.0 10.1 89.9 69.6 64.2 6.2 26.4 23.7 0.6 2.7
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic... 100.0 7.1 92.9 77.4 71.4 6.9 21.7 18.8 0.4 3.1
White alone................................. 100.0 10.1 89.9 69.9 64.5 6.1 26.0 23.4 0.5 2.6
White alone, not Hispanic................. 100.0 7.0 93.0 77.9 71.9 6.9 21.2 18.3 0.4 3.0
Black alone or in combination................. 100.0 11.7 88.3 49.5 46.3 3.6 48.2 44.6 1.2 3.5
Black alone................................. 100.0 11.8 88.2 49.2 46.3 3.4 48.4 44.9 1.3 3.4
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
Islander alone or in combination............. 100.0 8.5 91.5 75.7 68.7 8.3 22.6 18.6 0.5 4.0
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
Asian and Native Hawaiian................. 100.0 9.0 91.0 75.4 68.2 8.3 22.1 19.1 0.5 3.0
Asian alone or in combination............... 100.0 8.1 91.9 77.0 69.6 8.6 21.3 17.8 0.5 3.3
Asian alone............................... 100.0 8.5 91.5 76.4 68.9 8.7 21.4 18.8 0.6 2.5
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
alone or in combination.................... 100.0 11.5 88.5 62.1 59.7 4.7 38.3 28.8 0.0 10.6
Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone................... 100.0 20.9 79.1 54.2 54.2 0.8 36.6 26.5 0.0 12.6
American Indian and Alaska Native
alone or in combination...................... 100.0 17.2 82.8 51.2 47.9 4.4 41.3 37.3 1.5 3.4
American Indian and
Alaska Native alone........................ 100.0 22.0 78.0 40.5 38.8 2.5 45.1 43.3 1.4 2.0
Two or more races............................. 100.0 10.1 89.9 62.4 56.7 6.6 37.4 32.0 1.0 5.2
Hispanic (of any race)........................ 100.0 20.3 79.7 43.8 40.5 3.8 42.2 40.2 1.1 1.4
Region
Northeast..................................... 100.0 7.8 92.2 72.0 68.0 4.3 26.4 25.1 0.7 1.2
Midwest....................................... 100.0 7.6 92.4 73.1 67.9 5.6 26.2 24.3 0.6 2.0
South......................................... 100.0 12.8 87.2 61.8 57.5 5.3 32.2 28.3 0.8 3.9
West.......................................... 100.0 11.6 88.4 63.1 56.3 7.8 32.0 28.9 0.6 3.2
Nativity
Native........................................ 100.0 9.4 90.6 67.4 62.3 5.8 30.0 27.0 0.7 2.9
Foreign-born.................................. 100.0 32.8 67.2 44.7 40.3 5.1 27.5 26.7 0.3 0.6
Naturalized citizen.......................... 100.0 15.1 84.9 67.4 61.8 8.2 23.4 20.8 1.0 2.1
Not a citizen................................. 100.0 36.1 63.9 40.4 36.2 4.5 28.2 27.9 0.2 0.3
Family Status
In families................................... 100.0 10.2 89.8 67.0 61.9 5.8 29.6 26.7 0.7 2.9
Family type
Married couple families..................... 100.0 8.8 91.2 76.0 71.1 6.8 21.6 18.2 0.4 3.4
Male householder, no spouse present......... 100.0 18.0 82.0 54.5 49.1 4.5 33.7 31.4 0.9 2.4
Female householder, no spouse present....... 100.0 12.7 87.3 42.9 37.6 3.3 52.5 50.9 1.3 1.3
Family income
Less than $25,000........................... 100.0 17.3 82.7 24.5 20.2 3.4 65.6 63.7 1.5 1.6
25,000-$49,999.............................. 100.0 13.4 86.6 60.6 55.1 5.8 34.8 31.8 0.6 3.0
50,000-$74,999.............................. 100.0 7.7 92.3 82.9 77.7 6.5 15.3 12.3 0.5 3.1
75,000 or more.............................. 100.0 4.4 95.6 91.5 86.3 7.1 9.3 6.1 0.2 3.4
Family Reference Person - Work Experience
Worked during year.......................... 100.0 9.4 90.6 72.3 67.2 6.0 25.1 22.3 0.6 2.8
Full time.................................. 100.0 9.3 90.7 74.1 69.3 5.9 23.3 20.5 0.6 2.8
Part time.................................. 100.0 9.8 90.2 62.4 55.6 6.9 34.6 32.1 0.6 2.7
Did not work................................ 100.0 13.6 86.4 44.8 40.0 5.0 48.3 45.2 1.1 3.3
Number of Family Workers Age 18-64
None........................................ 100.0 14.6 85.4 19.8 14.7 4.3 72.3 68.9 2.0 3.3
One......................................... 100.0 11.9 88.1 59.2 53.7 5.5 36.4 33.8 0.9 2.4
Two or more................................. 100.0 8.1 91.9 80.2 75.5 6.3 17.8 14.7 0.3 3.2
In unrelated sub-families..................... 100.0 17.6 82.4 46.7 39.9 4.4 42.1 39.8 1.2 1.8
Unrelated individuals......................... 100.0 28.2 71.8 32.7 27.6 2.7 44.2 42.0 1.4 1.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: May 16, 2007
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