| Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 42.8 | 0.5 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 38.8 | 0.7 | 53.5 | 0.7 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 39.9 | 0.7 | 27.2 | 1.2 | 33.9 | 1.0 | 49.4 | 0.9 |
| 45-64 | 48.7 | 0.8 | 24.3 | 1.6 | 44.4 | 1.2 | 58.8 | 1.0 |
| 65 and over | 40.8 | 1.0 | 25.2 | 1.4 | 42.4 | 1.7 | 56.7 | 1.7 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 38.1 | 0.6 | 23.2 | 1.1 | 33.1 | 1.0 | 48.7 | 0.9 |
| Female | 47.1 | 0.6 | 28.7 | 1.1 | 44.0 | 0.9 | 57.9 | 0.8 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 45.2 | 0.6 | 27.4 | 1.0 | 41.2 | 0.8 | 56.0 | 0.7 |
| Black | 26.7 | 1.2 | 18.5 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 1.7 | 35.6 | 1.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 39.2 | 2.5 | 27.8 | 4.7 | 35.1 | 4.0 | 43.3 | 3.3 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 36.2 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 42.8 | 0.5 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 38.8 | 0.7 | 53.5 | 0.7 |
| White | 48.1 | 0.6 | 30.8 | 1.2 | 43.1 | 0.9 | 57.4 | 0.7 |
| Black | 26.8 | 1.2 | 18.7 | 1.6 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 35.5 | 1.9 |
| Hispanic | 26.3 | 1.0 | 19.7 | 1.1 | 25.2 | 1.8 | 39.0 | 2.0 |
| Family incomeb | ||||||||
| Negative or poor | 25.2 | 1.1 | 19.5 | 1.4 | 25.6 | 1.9 | 35.6 | 2.6 |
| Near poor/low | 27.7 | 0.8 | 17.8 | 1.1 | 29.2 | 1.4 | 40.0 | 1.7 |
| Middle | 40.2 | 0.8 | 29.8 | 1.5 | 37.9 | 1.2 | 48.4 | 1.2 |
| High | 55.4 | 0.8 | 42.9 | 2.1 | 49.0 | 1.3 | 59.6 | 0.9 |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||
| Under age 65 | ||||||||
| Any private | 49.4 | 0.7 | 35.4 | 1.6 | 43.4 | 0.9 | 55.9 | 0.8 |
| Public only | 26.2 | 1.2 | 20.9 | 1.6 | 28.3 | 2.2 | 35.0 | 3.2 |
| Uninsured | 20.0 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 1.2 | 18.1 | 1.4 | 30.1 | 2.0 |
| Age 65 and over | ||||||||
| Medicare only | 34.8 | 1.6 | 23.1 | 2.2 | 38.4 | 3.1 | 47.7 | 3.0 |
| Medicare and private | 47.9 | 1.3 | 31.2 | 2.3 | 46.4 | 2.1 | 61.5 | 2.0 |
| Medicare and other public | 21.2 | 2.5 | 16.2 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * |
| Residence locationc | ||||||||
| Metropolitan-large | 43.5 | 0.7 | 26.7 | 1.4 | 38.3 | 1.0 | 53.2 | 0.9 |
| Metropolitan-small | 43.9 | 1.0 | 27.2 | 1.6 | 40.3 | 1.3 | 54.8 | 1.4 |
| Micropolitan | 39.6 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 1.9 | 39.0 | 1.8 | 51.7 | 2.3 |
| Noncore-adjacent | 34.3 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 2.8 | 35.0 | 3.1 | 47.6 | 3.6 |
| Noncore-rural | 42.2 | 4.2 | 23.1 | 3.4 | 37.2 | 3.9 | 61.9 | 6.3 |
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.