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Health Insurance Coverage: 1997
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 Table 7. Children Covered by Health Insurance, Private, and Medicaid; by
 Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1997 (Children under 18. Numbers in
 thousands.)

 ALL CHILDREN

                           Total covered       Private         Medicaid

                   Total  Number  Percent  Number Percent  Number  Percent

 All              71,682  60,939     85.0  47,968    66.9  14,683     20.5

 Age

 Under 6 years    23,848  20,424     85.6  15,066    63.2   6,122     25.7

 6 to 11 years    24,226  20,860     86.1  16,502    68.1   4,873     20.1

 12 to 17 years   23,608  19,655     83.3  16,400    69.5   3,689     15.6

 Race and Hispanic
 Origin

 White            56,313  48,375     85.9  39,973    71.0   9,649     17.1

 Non-Hispanic     45,811  40,889     89.3  35,562    77.6   6,318     13.8
 White

 Black            11,507   9,333     81.1   5,486    47.7   4,225     36.7

 Asian or          3,107   2,638     84.9   2,167    69.7     555     17.9
 Pacific
 Islander

 Hispanic         10,938   7,805     71.4   4,542    41.5   3,528     32.3
 origin1

 POOR CHILDREN

 All              14,113  10,751     76.2   2,827    20.0   8,550     60.6

 Age

 Under 6 years     5,199   4,153     79.9     975    18.8   3,468     66.7

 6 to 11 years     4,882   3,799     77.8   1,001    20.5   3,006     61.6

 12 to 17 years    4,033   2,798     69.4     851    21.1   2,077     51.5

 Race and Hispanic
 Origin

 White             8,990   6,705     74.6   1,970    21.9   5,111     56.9

 Non-Hispanic      5,204   4,091     78.6   1,497    28.8   2,887     55.5
 White

 Black             4,225   3,344     79.1     667    15.8   2,869     67.9

 Asian or            628     504     80.3     163    26.0     398     63.4
 Pacific
 Islander

 Hispanic          3,972   2,765     69.6     481    12.1   2,366     59.6
 origin1

 1/Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, March 1998 Current Population Survey.

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