| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 27.7 | 0.6 | 47.2 | 1.0 | 29.6 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.6 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 33.2 | 0.7 | 52.8 | 1.2 | 36.3 | 1.0 | 22.4 | 0.8 |
| 45-64 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 34.2 | 1.6 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 13.4 | 0.8 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 29.5 | 0.7 | 50.9 | 1.4 | 31.4 | 1.2 | 19.5 | 0.8 |
| Female | 25.9 | 0.6 | 43.5 | 1.2 | 27.8 | 0.9 | 18.4 | 0.7 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 26.9 | 0.6 | 48.7 | 1.1 | 28.6 | 0.9 | 18.0 | 0.7 |
| Black | 32.6 | 1.2 | 42.1 | 2.1 | 33.6 | 1.7 | 25.7 | 1.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 25.3 | 2.4 | 30.8 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 5.2 | 20.8 | 2.4 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 39.9 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 27.7 | 0.6 | 47.2 | 1.0 | 29.6 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 0.6 |
| White | 22.6 | 0.6 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 25.4 | 0.9 | 16.5 | 0.7 |
| Black | 32.3 | 1.2 | 42.3 | 2.2 | 33.2 | 1.7 | 25.3 | 1.7 |
| Hispanic | 51.6 | 1.2 | 62.9 | 1.5 | 49.7 | 2.2 | 34.9 | 1.8 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 54.0 | 1.4 | 60.8 | 1.8 | 51.8 | 2.3 | 44.7 | 2.9 |
| Near poor/low | 50.5 | 1.3 | 58.6 | 1.6 | 48.5 | 1.8 | 43.5 | 2.1 |
| Middle | 28.5 | 0.8 | 40.1 | 1.6 | 28.5 | 1.2 | 23.1 | 1.1 |
| High | 13.2 | 0.6 | 23.6 | 2.4 | 14.9 | 1.1 | 11.4 | 0.7 |
| Insurance coverage (Under age 65) | ||||||||
| Any private | 13.1 | 0.4 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Public only | 31.0 | 1.6 | 31.2 | 2.3 | 29.5 | 2.1 | 33.3 | 3.4 |
| Uninsured | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 27.7 | 0.8 | 47.8 | 1.4 | 31.5 | 1.2 | 19.1 | 0.8 |
| Metropolitan-small | 27.1 | 1.1 | 46.8 | 2.1 | 27.6 | 1.4 | 18.9 | 1.3 |
| Micropolitan | 27.5 | 1.7 | 46.7 | 2.6 | 26.2 | 2.0 | 17.3 | 1.8 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 32.2 | 2.3 | 47.0 | 3.8 | 29.0 | 2.6 | 23.7 | 3.7 |
| Noncore-rural | 26.4 | 3.4 | * | * | 30.4 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 3.6 |
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.