| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 41.3 | 0.8 | 39.3 | 1.1 | 41.4 | 1.1 | 42.0 | 1.0 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 46.2 | 1.0 | 46.9 | 1.6 | 46.0 | 1.5 | 46.0 | 1.3 |
| 45-64 | 41.5 | 1.1 | 38.1 | 2.0 | 43.0 | 1.6 | 41.4 | 1.5 |
| 65 and over | 29.1 | 1.3 | 30.3 | 1.8 | 28.3 | 1.8 | 28.8 | 2.2 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 41.5 | 0.9 | 39.3 | 1.4 | 41.8 | 1.4 | 42.3 | 1.2 |
| Female | 41.0 | 0.8 | 39.3 | 1.3 | 41.1 | 1.2 | 41.8 | 1.1 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 41.1 | 0.8 | 39.6 | 1.2 | 41.4 | 1.2 | 41.6 | 1.1 |
| Black | 42.1 | 1.7 | 38.9 | 2.6 | 40.4 | 2.4 | 46.0 | 2.6 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 44.0 | 3.5 | * | * | 45.7 | 7.4 | 45.1 | 3.9 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 30.8 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 41.3 | 0.8 | 39.3 | 1.1 | 41.4 | 1.1 | 42.0 | 1.0 |
| White | 41.1 | 0.9 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 41.0 | 1.3 | 41.6 | 1.1 |
| Black | 41.8 | 1.8 | 38.8 | 2.6 | 40.4 | 2.4 | 45.3 | 2.6 |
| Hispanic | 41.7 | 1.7 | 38.6 | 2.0 | 46.4 | 2.9 | 42.3 | 2.7 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 40.6 | 1.6 | 40.3 | 2.4 | 42.4 | 2.7 | 38.3 | 3.5 |
| Near poor/low | 35.5 | 1.3 | 32.5 | 1.8 | 37.2 | 2.0 | 37.4 | 2.5 |
| Middle | 41.6 | 1.1 | 41.7 | 1.9 | 40.1 | 1.7 | 43.1 | 1.5 |
| High | 43.3 | 1.2 | 44.8 | 2.3 | 44.5 | 1.8 | 42.5 | 1.4 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 45.0 | 0.9 | 47.1 | 1.6 | 45.6 | 1.3 | 44.3 | 1.1 |
| Public only | 37.7 | 1.7 | 37.0 | 2.5 | 39.3 | 2.9 | 36.3 | 3.9 |
| Uninsured | 42.3 | 1.8 | 41.4 | 2.8 | 42.1 | 2.6 | 43.5 | 3.7 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | 30.0 | 2.0 | 30.8 | 3.0 | 28.9 | 2.9 | 30.3 | 3.7 |
| Medicare and private | 28.9 | 1.6 | 30.3 | 2.8 | 28.4 | 2.3 | 28.2 | 2.6 |
| Medicare and other public | 27.5 | 2.8 | 29.4 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 46.1 | 1.1 | 44.6 | 1.6 | 49.2 | 1.7 | 44.7 | 1.5 |
| Metropolitan-small | 37.6 | 1.3 | 36.1 | 2.0 | 36.5 | 1.9 | 39.2 | 1.8 |
| Micropolitan | 30.8 | 1.9 | 31.3 | 2.5 | 27.5 | 2.4 | 33.7 | 2.8 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 34.1 | 3.3 | 32.9 | 3.7 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 36.5 | 6.4 |
| Noncore-rural | 39.2 | 5.6 | * | * | 38.2 | 5.2 | 44.5 | 9.7 |
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.