| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 25.5 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 24.5 | 0.9 | 25.9 | 0.7 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 26.3 | 0.8 | 28.1 | 1.4 | 24.8 | 1.2 | 26.6 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 26.5 | 0.9 | 28.2 | 1.8 | 25.3 | 1.5 | 26.8 | 1.1 |
| 65 and over | 21.9 | 1.0 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 22.8 | 1.7 | 21.1 | 1.8 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 24.8 | 0.7 | 24.3 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 1.1 | 25.4 | 0.9 |
| Female | 26.0 | 0.6 | 27.3 | 1.2 | 24.6 | 1.0 | 26.4 | 0.8 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 25.9 | 0.6 | 26.4 | 1.1 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 26.4 | 0.8 |
| Black | 21.7 | 1.2 | 22.7 | 2.2 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 22.7 | 1.9 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 24.6 | 2.9 | * | * | 27.6 | 5.4 | 23.1 | 3.2 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 36.4 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 25.5 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 24.5 | 0.9 | 25.9 | 0.7 |
| White | 25.4 | 0.7 | 24.4 | 1.2 | 24.8 | 1.0 | 26.1 | 0.8 |
| Black | 21.6 | 1.3 | 22.4 | 2.2 | 20.0 | 1.8 | 22.6 | 1.9 |
| Hispanic | 31.2 | 1.4 | 33.0 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 2.0 | 32.0 | 2.4 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 25.0 | 1.3 | 25.9 | 1.9 | 24.8 | 2.3 | 23.7 | 2.7 |
| Near poor/low | 26.9 | 1.1 | 26.9 | 1.6 | 27.2 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 2.0 |
| Middle | 25.5 | 1.0 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 27.8 | 1.4 |
| High | 25.0 | 1.0 | 27.6 | 2.4 | 23.8 | 1.5 | 25.2 | 1.0 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 25.9 | 0.7 | 28.0 | 1.5 | 24.6 | 1.1 | 26.2 | 0.9 |
| Public only | 28.0 | 1.6 | 27.9 | 2.3 | 27.8 | 3.0 | 28.7 | 3.7 |
| Uninsured | 28.9 | 1.5 | 28.8 | 2.3 | 25.6 | 2.4 | 33.0 | 3.0 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | 22.0 | 1.7 | 16.4 | 1.7 | 25.3 | 2.9 | 25.9 | 3.9 |
| Medicare and private | 22.0 | 1.4 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 23.0 | 2.2 | 19.3 | 2.1 |
| Medicare and other public | 21.5 | 2.6 | 25.5 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 27.5 | 0.9 | 28.7 | 1.3 | 26.5 | 1.4 | 27.7 | 1.1 |
| Metropolitan-small | 23.3 | 1.1 | 25.1 | 2.0 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 22.6 | 1.2 |
| Micropolitan | 26.5 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 27.1 | 2.3 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 16.3 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 3.0 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 22.1 | 3.5 |
| Noncore-rural | 15.6 | 3.3 | * | * | 16.2 | 3.8 | * | * |
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.