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HC1 Health insurance coverage: Percentage of childrena ages 0–17 covered by health insurance by selected characteristics, 1987–2006

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Characteristic 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Any health insurance
Total 87.1 86.9 86.7 87.0 87.3 87.3 86.3 85.8 86.2 85.3 85.3 85.0 87.5 88.4 88.7 88.8 89.0 89.5 89.1 88.3
Gender
Male 87.1 86.7 86.7 86.9 87.2 87.6 86.5 85.7 86.3 85.4 85.1 84.8 87.8 88.4 88.8 88.6 89.0 89.6 88.9 87.9
Female 87.1 87.2 86.8 87.0 87.5 87.1 86.1 85.9 86.2 85.3 85.5 85.1 87.2 88.4 88.6 89.0 88.9 89.5 89.3 88.7
Age
Ages 0–5 87.6 87.4 87.2 88.5 88.7 89.3 88.5 86.2 86.7 86.4 86.0 84.9 87.6 88.8 89.6 89.5 89.9 90.7 89.6 88.7
Ages 6–11 87.3 87.1 87.1 87.0 87.7 87.6 87.0 86.5 86.5 85.6 86.3 85.6 87.9 88.7 89.1 89.4 89.3 89.8 90.1 88.9
Ages 12–17 86.4 86.3 85.8 85.2 85.4 84.8 83.1 84.8 85.5 84.1 83.6 84.4 87.0 87.7 87.4 87.5 87.8 88.2 87.8 87.4
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.0 90.4 90.2 89.4 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.5 89.6 92.5 92.8 93.0 — — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 92.6 92.9 93.0 93.0 92.7
Black 83.1 84.0 83.5 85.4 84.7 86.3 84.4 83.4 84.7 81.4 81.5 81.0 84.2 86.3 86.8 — — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 86.5 86.1 88.2 88.2 85.9
Hispanicc 71.5 70.9 69.8 71.6 73.4 74.5 74.3 71.5 73.2 71.4 71.6 70.5 74.1 75.1 76.2 77.8 79.3 79.7 78.5 77.9
Region
Northeast 92.4 92.7 91.3 92.0 91.6 90.8 89.6 88.1 89.4 87.7 87.9 88.8 91.8 91.8 91.8 91.3 91.4 92.2 92.4 91.5
Midwest 92.3 92.6 91.7 91.1 91.6 91.1 90.8 91.0 90.5 90.8 90.4 89.3 91.8 91.9 92.7 92.7 92.5 92.4 92.5 92.8
South 82.1 81.0 82.3 82.9 83.2 83.8 82.7 83.2 82.9 81.8 81.6 82.0 84.9 86.0 86.7 86.3 86.4 87.2 87.0 85.2
West 84.6 85.0 84.2 84.3 85.3 85.9 84.2 82.5 84.3 83.2 83.5 82.0 83.7 86.3 86.1 86.9 87.8 88.4 86.9 86.9
Private health insurance
Total 73.6 73.5 73.6 71.1 69.7 68.7 67.4 65.6 66.1 66.5 67.3 67.9 70.0 70.2 68.8 67.9 66.3 66.4 65.8 64.7
Gender
Male 73.4 73.6 73.7 71.1 69.9 69.2 67.5 65.8 66.4 67.1 67.3 68.1 69.9 70.1 69.1 67.8 66.3 66.2 65.7 64.5
Female 73.9 73.4 73.5 71.2 69.4 68.1 67.3 65.4 65.8 65.9 67.2 67.8 70.1 70.3 68.5 68.1 66.3 66.7 66.0 64.8
Age
Ages 0–5 71.7 71.0 70.6 68.2 66.1 64.6 63.4 59.7 60.4 62.4 63.6 64.3 66.4 66.5 64.9 63.9 62.3 62.3 61.4 60.5
Ages 6–11 74.3 74.1 74.9 72.5 71.2 70.8 70.0 67.3 67.2 67.1 68.4 68.5 70.2 70.4 69.0 68.5 66.6 67.3 66.6 65.4
Ages 12–17 75.1 75.5 75.7 73.0 72.1 70.9 69.0 70.3 71.0 70.2 69.8 70.9 73.2 73.5 72.4 71.2 69.7 69.5 69.2 67.9
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 83.2 83.2 83.1 80.8 79.9 79.5 77.8 77.1 78.0 77.9 78.0 79.3 81.6 81.4 80.2 — — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 79.6 78.6 77.9 78.1 76.9
Black 49.2 49.9 51.5 48.5 45.4 46.1 45.5 43.0 43.9 45.4 48.2 47.6 52.2 53.9 53.1 — — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 50.8 48.0 49.3 48.7 49.0
Hispanicc 47.9 48.3 48.2 44.9 42.8 41.9 41.8 37.7 38.3 39.9 41.8 43.2 46.3 45.2 43.9 43.5 42.4 43.8 42.0 40.9
Region
Northeast 79.4 78.4 78.3 76.7 75.3 73.3 71.3 69.5 71.2 69.4 69.5 70.3 72.9 73.7 72.7 71.2 71.6 72.0 71.2 70.3
Midwest 79.4 80.4 79.6 76.0 75.1 74.4 73.2 73.9 74.4 75.4 76.4 75.3 77.5 78.6 77.5 76.6 74.3 73.1 72.8 71.7
South 68.1 67.9 69.4 66.4 65.0 63.5 63.0 61.7 61.0 61.6 62.3 64.8 66.8 66.5 64.9 62.9 61.2 61.9 61.2 59.6
West 71.2 70.1 69.6 68.3 66.2 66.7 64.7 59.9 61.2 62.5 63.7 63.1 64.9 65.4 64.5 64.9 62.7 63.1 62.6 62.0
Public health insuranced
Total 19.0 19.2 19.2 21.9 23.9 25.2 26.8 26.3 26.4 24.9 23.4 22.8 23.2 24.4 25.9 26.8 29.1 29.9 29.7 29.8
Gender
Male 19.2 19.0 19.1 22.1 23.6 24.9 26.8 26.1 26.2 24.7 23.3 22.3 23.6 24.7 25.8 26.8 29.2 30.1 29.6 29.6
Female 18.8 19.4 19.3 21.7 24.2 25.5 26.8 26.5 26.6 25.2 23.6 23.2 22.9 24.2 26.1 26.8 29.0 29.6 29.7 30.1
Age
Ages 0–5 22.1 22.9 23.7 27.6 30.0 32.8 35.1 33.3 32.6 30.8 28.6 26.8 27.3 29.2 31.3 32.1 34.4 35.5 34.7 34.7
Ages 6–11 18.6 18.2 18.0 20.0 22.3 22.9 24.8 25.2 25.6 24.7 23.1 23.0 23.4 24.5 26.4 26.8 28.8 29.5 29.8 29.5
Ages 12–17 16.1 16.2 15.3 17.5 18.6 19.1 19.8 19.9 20.5 19.2 18.6 18.6 19.2 19.8 20.3 21.9 24.4 25.0 24.7 25.5
Race and Hispanic originb
White, non-Hispanic 12.1 12.5 12.7 14.7 16.1 16.7 18.5 18.1 17.5 17.6 17.0 15.8 16.3 17.2 18.7 — — — — —
White-alone, non-Hispanic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 18.5 20.5 21.2 21.2 22.0
Black 42.1 41.9 41.0 45.5 47.5 49.3 49.5 48.5 48.8 44.8 39.6 41.6 39.8 41.9 41.6 — — — — —
Black-alone — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 44.2 46.5 48.4 48.0 44.0
Hispanicc 28.2 27.4 27.0 31.9 36.5 38.3 40.8 38.4 39.0 35.3 33.9 31.5 32.9 34.6 37.0 39.6 42.0 42.2 41.4 42.3
Region
Northeast 17.9 19.0 17.9 20.9 21.5 22.2 25.0 22.9 23.4 23.7 23.4 23.7 24.2 24.3 24.8 25.0 25.8 26.4 27.2 27.0
Midwest 18.2 17.1 17.2 20.0 22.0 22.5 24.1 23.7 22.7 21.0 19.2 19.3 19.5 19.1 21.1 22.0 24.9 26.2 26.0 27.5
South 19.7 19.2 19.7 23.0 24.7 27.6 28.8 28.5 28.2 27.0 25.3 23.6 24.0 25.8 28.5 30.0 31.8 32.3 32.8 31.9
West 19.9 21.8 21.6 23.2 26.6 26.7 28.1 28.5 29.8 26.8 25.0 24.4 25.1 27.3 27.1 27.9 31.2 32.0 30.1 30.8
— Not available.
a Children are considered to be covered by health insurance if they had public or private coverage at any time during the year. Some children are covered by both types of insurance; hence, the sum of public and private is greater than the total.
b For race and Hispanic–origin data in this table: From 1987 to 2002, following the 1977 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the Current Population Survey (CPS) asked respondents to choose one race from the following: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The Census Bureau also offered an "Other" category. Beginning in 2003, following the 1997 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races from the following: White, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. All race groups discussed in this table from 2002 onward refer to people who indicated only one racial identity within the racial categories presented. People who responded to the question on race by indicating only one race are referred to as the race–alone population. The use of the race–alone population in this table does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting or analyzing data. Data from 2002 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
c Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
d Public health insurance for children consists mostly of Medicaid, but also includes Medicare, the State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), and the Civilian Health and Medical Care Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS/Tricare).
NOTE: The data from 1996 to 2004 have been revised since initially published. For more information see user note at: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/usernote/schedule.html. Estimates beginning in 1999 include follow-up questions to verify health insurance status and use the Census 2000-based weights.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, unpublished tables based on analyses from the Current Population Survey, 1988 to 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.