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Health Insurance Coverage: 1997
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 Table 5. Uninsured Children by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1997
 (Children under 18. Numbers in thousands.)

 ALL CHILDREN

                                                      Uninsured

                                          Total    Number     Percent

 All                                     71,682    10,743        15.0

 Age

 Under 6 years                           23,848     3,424        14.4

 6 to 11 years                           24,226     3,366        13.9

 12 to 17 years                          23,608     3,953        16.7

 Race and Hispanic Origin

 White                                   56,313     7,938        14.1

 Non-Hispanic White                      45,811     4,922        10.7

 Black                                   11,507     2,174        18.9

 Asian or Pacific Islander                3,107       469        15.1

 Hispanic origin1                        10,938     3,133        28.6

 POOR CHILDREN

                                                      Uninsured

                                          Total    Number     Percent

 All                                     14,113     3,362        23.8

 Age

 Under 6 years                            5,199     1,046        20.1

 6 to 11 years                            4,882     1,083        22.2

 12 to 17 years                           4,033     1,235        30.6

 Race and Hispanic Origin

 White                                    8,990     2,285        25.4

 Non-Hispanic White                       5,204     1,113        21.4

 Black                                    4,225       881        20.9

 Asian or Pacific Islander                  628       124        19.7

 Hispanic origin1                         3,972     1,207        30.4

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

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

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