Health Insurance Coverage
Data are for the U.S.
The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program
Uninsured
- Number of persons under age 65 uninsured at the time of interview: 28.2 million
- Percent of persons under age 65 uninsured at the time of interview: 10.4%
- Percent of children under age 18 uninsured at the time of interview: 5.1%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 uninsured at the time of interview: 12.4%
Private insurance
- Percent of persons under age 65 with private insurance at time of interview: 65.0%
- Percent of children under age 18 with private insurance at time of interview: 53.8%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 with private insurance at time of interview: 69.2%
Public Insurance
- Percent of persons under age 65 with public insurance at time of interview: 26.3%
- Percent of children under age 18 with public insurance at time of interview: 43.0%
- Percent of adults aged 18-64 with public insurance at time of interview: 20.0%
More data
- Responses to recent health policy data requests
- Health, United States trend tables with data on health insurance
- Long-term Trends in Health Insurance: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, United States, 1968–2015
- Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Persons Under Age 65: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2011-June 2016 [PDF – 215 KB]
- The Association of Marital Status and Offers of Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage for Employed Women Aged 27–64: United States, 2014–2015
- Health Care Access and Utilization Among Adults Aged 18-64, by Poverty Level: United States, 2013-2015
- Health Care Access and Utilization Among Adults Aged 18–64, by Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2013 and 2014
- Health Insurance Continuity and Health Care Access and Utilization, 2014
- Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Adults Aged 18-64: National Health Interview Survey, 2013 and 2014 [PDF – 348 KB]
- State Variation in Health Care Service Utilization: United States, 2014
- Acceptance of New Patients With Public and Private Insurance by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2013
- Trends in Insurance Coverage and Source of Private Coverage Among Young Adults Aged 19–25: United States, 2008–2012
- Insurance Coverage for Complementary Health Approaches Among Adult Users: United States, 2002 and 2012
- Characteristics of Children in Medicaid Managed Care and Medicaid Fee-for-service, 2003–2005 [PDF – 222 KB]
- Page last reviewed: January 20, 2017
- Page last updated: March 31, 2017
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