[Census Bureau] Health Insurance Coverage: 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 2. Persons Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, by Selected Characteristics: 1997 (Numbers in thousands.) ALL PERSONS Uninsured Total Number Percent Persons 269,094 43,448 16.1 Sex Male 131,705 23,130 17.6 Female 137,390 20,319 14.8 Age Under 18 years 71,682 10,743 15.0 18 to 24 years 25,201 7,582 30.1 25 to 34 years 39,354 9,162 23.3 35 to 44 years 44,462 7,699 17.3 45 to 64 years 56,313 7,928 14.1 65 years and over 32,082 333 1.0 Race and Hispanic Origin White 221,651 33,242 15.0 Non-Hispanic White 192,179 23,135 12.0 Black 34,598 7,432 21.5 Asian or Pacific Islander 10,492 2,172 20.7 Hispanic origin1 30,773 10,534 34.2 Education (persons aged 18+) No high school diploma 35,244 9,189 26.1 High school graduate, only 66,076 12,204 18.5 Some college, no degree 38,258 5,974 15.6 Associate degree 13,996 1,726 12.3 Bachelor's degree or higher 43,837 3,611 8.2 Work Experience (persons aged 18 to 64) Worked during year 135,568 24,572 18.1 Worked full time 111,174 18,698 16.8 Worked part time 24,394 5,874 24.1 Did not work 29,762 7,800 26.2 Nativity Native 242,813 34,444 14.2 Foreign-born 26,281 9,003 34.3 Naturalized citizen 9,739 1,798 18.5 Not a citizen 16,542 7,206 43.6 POOR PERSONS Uninsured Total Number Percent Persons 35,574 11,238 31.6 Sex Male 15,187 5,446 35.9 Female 20,387 5,792 28.4 Age Under 18 years 14,113 3,362 23.8 18 to 24 years 4,416 2,006 45.4 25 to 34 years 4,759 2,259 47.5 35 to 44 years 4,251 1,862 43.8 45 to 64 years 4,658 1,649 35.4 65 years and over 3,376 99 2.9 Race and Hispanic Origin White 24,396 8,055 33.0 Non-Hispanic White 16,491 4,784 29.0 Black 9,116 2,495 27.4 Asian or Pacific Islander 1,468 471 32.1 Hispanic origin1 8,308 3,393 40.8 Education (persons aged 18+) No high school diploma 8,917 3,196 35.8 High school graduate, only 7,147 2,731 38.2 Some college, no degree 3,115 1,138 36.5 Associate degree 776 248 32.0 Bachelor's degree or higher 1,505 561 37.3 Work Experience (persons aged 18 to 64) Worked during year 8,969 4,270 47.6 Worked full time 5,330 2,625 49.2 Worked part time 3,639 1,645 45.2 Did not work 9,116 3,508 38.5 Nativity Native 30,336 8,528 28.1 Foreign-born 5,238 2,710 51.7 Naturalized citizen 1,111 387 34.8 Not a citizen 4,127 2,323 56.3 1/Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, March 1998 Current Population Survey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division at 301-457-3242 or mail to hhes-info@census.gov for further information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go to Health Insurance Coverage: 1997 Go to Health Insurance Last Revised: Wednesday, 03-Feb-99 08:15:06 People | Housing | Business | Geography | News | Subjects A to Z | Search | Catalog | Data Tools | Privacy | Home [______] [U.S. Census Bureau: Helping You Make Informed Decisions]