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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Private Health Insurance
Related to Current or Past Employment Related to Covered By Medicaid Covered By
Total Total Total of Relative or SelfOwn Current or Past Employment Total Covered By Private Insurance Medicare Total
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Both Sexes Total 48761 34484 13076 8738 3898 20213 1911 6931
Under 18 Years 18634 14555 4354 3739 46 11108 1126 191
18 to 24 Years 5801 3342 1594 765 497 1834 156 38
25 to 34 Years 6856 3762 1579 1202 935 2220 146 147
35 to 44 Years 5579 3212 1413 1081 805 1771 137 279
45 to 54 Years 3315 2039 919 630 505 1013 100 301
55 to 59 Years 1565 1061 449 266 200 459 28 272
60 to 64 Years 1420 1030 484 291 246 389 32 312
65 Years And Over 5591 5481 2285 762 664 1418 185 5392
65 to 74 Years 2638 2570 1017 439 373 744 84 2507
75 Years And Over 2953 2911 1268 324 291 674 101 2885
Male
Total 21085 13992 5464 3931 1717 8040 808 2191
Under 18 Years 9371 7338 2243 1935 13 5561 588 93
18 to 24 Years 2390 1164 700 303 216 467 37 9
25 to 34 Years 2819 1172 668 508 458 474 43 78
35 to 44 Years 2363 1165 576 455 386 531 43 153
45 to 54 Years 1462 862 376 266 232 375 39 162
55 to 59 Years 614 406 164 111 96 162 13 130
60 to 64 Years 551 401 190 136 124 132 8 130
65 Years And Over 1516 1484 548 217 191 339 38 1436
65 to 74 Years 837 815 265 129 110 210 20 779
75 Years And Over 679 669 283 88 81 129 18 657
Female
Total 27677 20492 7612 4807 2181 12173 1103 4740
Under 18 Years 9264 7218 2111 1804 33 5547 538 98
18 to 24 Years 3412 2178 894 463 281 1367 120 29
25 to 34 Years 4037 2590 911 694 476 1746 104 68
35 to 44 Years 3216 2048 837 626 419 1241 95 126
45 to 54 Years 1853 1177 543 364 272 638 61 139
55 to 59 Years 951 655 285 154 104 297 15 142
60 to 64 Years 869 629 294 156 122 256 24 182
65 Years And Over 4075 3997 1737 545 473 1080 147 3956
65 to 74 Years 1801 1755 752 309 263 534 64 1728
75 Years And Over 2274 2242 985 236 210 545 83 2228
Related Children
Under 18 Years 18364 14418 4283 3697 30 11035 1118 186
Under 6 Years 7175 5911 1350 1216 0 4894 404 80
6 to 17 Years 11189 8508 2933 2481 30 6141 714 106

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Medicare Covered By Not Covered
Covered By Private Insurance Covered By MedicaidChampus, VA or Military Health Care at Any Time During TheYear
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Both Sexes Total 2360 2304 1245 14278
Under 18 Years 10 129 387 4079
18 to 24 Years 9 31 145 2459
25 to 34 Years 16 110 149 3094
35 to 44 Years 23 195 140 2367
45 to 54 Years 35 182 161 1276
55 to 59 Years 18 120 61 504
60 to 64 Years 41 122 78 389
65 Years And Over 2208 1415 125 110
65 to 74 Years 963 744 100 67
75 Years And Over 1246 670 25 42
Male
Total 589 722 719 7093
Under 18 Years 7 57 211 2033
18 to 24 Years 3 8 67 1226
25 to 34 Years 16 49 81 1647
35 to 44 Years 14 99 80 1198
45 to 54 Years 10 85 111 600
55 to 59 Years 13 47 31 207
60 to 64 Years 18 40 39 149
65 Years And Over 509 339 99 32
65 to 74 Years 238 210 80 22
75 Years And Over 271 129 19 10
Female
Total 1771 1581 526 7185
Under 18 Years 4 73 175 2046
18 to 24 Years 6 23 78 1234
25 to 34 Years 0 61 68 1447
35 to 44 Years 9 96 60 1169
45 to 54 Years 25 97 49 676
55 to 59 Years 5 74 30 296
60 to 64 Years 23 82 39 240
65 Years And Over 1699 1076 26 78
65 to 74 Years 725 534 20 45
75 Years And Over 974 542 6 32
Related Children
Under 18 Years 10 125 384 3946
Under 6 Years 4 58 147 1264
6 to 17 Years 7 67 237 2681

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Private Health Insurance
Related to Current or Past Employment Related to Covered By Medicaid Covered By
Total Total Total of Relative or SelfOwn Current or Past Employment Total Covered By Private Insurance Medicare Total
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region United States: 48761 34484 13076 8738 3898 20213 1911 6931
Metropolitan 37594 26431 9542 6519 2981 15957 1320 4887
Central City 20665 14516 4371 3035 1395 9762 719 2387
Not Central City 16928 11914 5172 3484 1586 6195 601 2500
Not Metropolitan 11168 8053 3534 2219 916 4257 591 2044
Northeast 8502 6409 2221 1504 663 4064 349 1396
Metropolitan 7571 5767 1978 1386 617 3690 316 1223
Central City 4787 3687 918 681 294 2747 196 628
Not Central City 2784 2080 1060 704 324 943 120 594
Not Metropolitan 931 643 243 118 46 374 34 174
Midwest 9294 7191 3190 2091 863 3903 481 1320
Metropolitan 6663 5106 1978 1348 589 2983 274 850
Central City 4098 3077 921 630 301 2119 163 381
Not Central City 2564 2028 1057 718 288 864 112 469
Not Metropolitan 2632 2085 1212 743 274 920 207 470
South 19096 12900 4986 3281 1558 7145 662 3042
Metropolitan 13221 8814 3407 2263 1091 4935 432 1826
Central City 6641 4349 1493 1028 485 2639 210 861
Not Central City 6580 4465 1914 1236 606 2296 222 966
Not Metropolitan 5875 4086 1578 1018 468 2209 230 1215
West 11868 7984 2679 1862 813 5102 419 1173
Metropolitan 10138 6744 2178 1522 685 4349 298 988
Central City 5139 3403 1038 696 316 2257 150 517
Not Central City 5000 3341 1140 825 369 2092 149 471
Not Metropolitan 1730 1240 501 340 129 753 120 185
Household Relationship
Total 48761 34484 13076 8738 3898 20213 1911 6931
65 Years And Over 5591 5481 2285 762 664 1418 185 5392
In Families 36847 26196 9201 7184 2559 17084 1619 2629
Householders 10223 7199 2878 2065 1809 3913 325 1445
Under 65 Years 9168 6159 2465 1885 1652 3680 295 435
65 Years And Over 1055 1040 413 181 158 233 29 1010
Related Children
Under 18 Years 17891 14048 4172 3607 29 10747 1088 185
Under 6 Years 7011 5773 1323 1192 0 4778 398 80
6 to 17 Years 10879 8275 2849 2415 29 5969 690 105
18 Years And Over 2828 1486 469 303 138 989 60 102

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Medicare Covered By Not Covered
Covered By Private Insurance Covered By MedicaidChampus, VA or Military Health Care at Any Time During TheYear
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region United States: 2360 2304 1245 14278
Metropolitan 1630 1625 908 11163
Central City 637 960 440 6149
Not Central City 993 665 468 5014
Not Metropolitan 730 679 337 3115
Northeast 498 498 64 2093
Metropolitan 436 434 55 1805
Central City 152 294 34 1100
Not Central City 284 141 21 704
Not Metropolitan 62 64 10 289
Midwest 533 323 197 2104
Metropolitan 303 200 145 1557
Central City 114 119 83 1021
Not Central City 189 80 62 536
Not Metropolitan 229 124 52 547
South 999 1034 621 6196
Metropolitan 640 591 416 4407
Central City 255 322 208 2292
Not Central City 385 268 208 2115
Not Metropolitan 359 444 205 1789
West 330 448 363 3885
Metropolitan 251 400 292 3394
Central City 116 225 115 1735
Not Central City 134 175 177 1659
Not Metropolitan 80 48 71 490
Household Relationship
Total 2360 2304 1245 14278
65 Years And Over 2208 1415 125 110
In Families 746 913 960 10652
Householders 435 468 281 3024
Under 65 Years 51 235 249 3009
65 Years And Over 384 233 32 15
Related Children
Under 18 Years 10 123 383 3843
Under 6 Years 4 58 147 1238
6 to 17 Years 7 66 237 2605
18 Years And Over 11 61 64 1341

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Private Health Insurance
Related to Current or Past Employment Related to Covered By Medicaid Covered By
Total Total Total of Relative or SelfOwn Current or Past Employment Total Covered By Private Insurance Medicare Total
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 17504 11348 5393 4194 1504 5570 656 1615
Husbands 4495 2906 1592 1174 993 917 105 903
Under 65 Years 3800 2225 1274 1025 868 795 86 248
65 Years And Over 695 681 318 148 125 122 19 655
Wives 4495 2843 1520 1108 427 1125 127 596
Under 65 Years 3984 2347 1261 984 355 1038 113 113
65 Years And Over 511 495 260 124 71 86 14 483
Related Children
Under 18 Years 7188 5017 2049 1745 12 3220 407 49
Under 6 Years 2756 2040 700 600 0 1448 164 25
6 to 17 Years 4432 2978 1350 1145 12 1773 244 24
18 Years And Over 964 468 205 144 52 256 15 16
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 17287 13605 3359 2654 903 10727 896 852
Householder 5029 3896 1113 758 747 2788 196 489
Under 65 Years 4710 3582 1014 727 715 2695 188 179
65 Years And Over 319 314 99 31 31 93 8 309
Related Children
Under 18 Years 9805 8397 1930 1705 17 7046 642 131
Under 6 Years 3817 3400 552 528 0 3056 222 52
6 to 17 Years 5989 4997 1379 1177 17 3990 420 78
18 Years And Over 1662 917 222 127 81 668 40 71
In Unrelated Subfamilies 806 560 156 120 27 436 37 15
Under 18 Years 480 377 112 91 2 294 30 2
Under 6 Years 164 138 27 25 0 116 6 0
6 to 17 Years 316 239 85 66 2 178 24 2
18 Years And Over 327 183 44 29 25 141 8 14

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Medicare Covered By Not Covered
Covered By Private Insurance Covered By MedicaidChampus, VA or Military Health Care at Any Time During TheYear
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 596 421 723 6155
Husbands 326 222 215 1589
Under 65 Years 31 100 187 1575
65 Years And Over 294 122 28 15
Wives 259 142 208 1652
Under 65 Years 12 56 204 1636
65 Years And Over 247 86 4 16
Related Children
Under 18 Years 7 28 274 2170
Under 6 Years 3 16 105 716
6 to 17 Years 4 12 169 1454
18 Years And Over 0 16 24 496
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 132 410 207 3682
Householder 108 219 53 1134
Under 65 Years 13 127 47 1129
65 Years And Over 95 93 5 5
Related Children
Under 18 Years 4 90 97 1409
Under 6 Years 0 39 35 417
6 to 17 Years 3 51 62 992
18 Years And Over 7 33 40 745
In Unrelated Subfamilies 3 10 0 246
Under 18 Years 0 2 0 103
Under 6 Years 0 0 0 26
6 to 17 Years 0 2 0 77
18 Years And Over 3 8 0 144

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Private Health Insurance
Related to Current or Past Employment Related to Covered By Medicaid Covered By
Total Total Total of Relative or SelfOwn Current or Past Employment Total Covered By Private Insurance Medicare Total
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 11108 7728 3720 1434 1312 2693 255 4287
Male 4354 2435 1151 513 472 847 60 968
Under 65 Years 3649 1738 933 452 413 656 43 290
Living Alone 1373 826 361 193 193 366 25 189
65 Years And Over 705 697 218 61 59 191 17 678
Living Alone 579 574 171 44 43 149 14 562
Female 6754 5293 2569 921 841 1846 195 3319
Under 65 Years 3717 2284 1211 546 486 1018 73 332
Living Alone 1680 1200 557 241 237 577 36 266
65 Years And Over 3037 3009 1359 375 355 828 122 2986
Living Alone 2879 2863 1322 365 348 779 116 2844
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 8511 6757 2010 1787 1 5193 543 85
16 to 64 Years 11058 5751 2907 1927 1525 2509 227 670
Worked During Year 6436 2920 2066 1435 1272 807 114 56
Year-Round Full Time 2349 1181 1017 819 779 141 36 7
Not Year-Round Full Time 4087 1738 1049 617 493 667 78 50
DID Not Work 4622 2832 841 492 253 1702 113 613
65 Years And Over 1516 1484 548 217 191 339 38 1436
Worked During Year 94 92 55 26 24 11 0 78
Year-Round Full Time 15 15 14 7 7 1 0 8
Not Year-Round Full Time 79 77 41 18 17 11 0 71
Did Not Work 1422 1392 493 192 167 327 38 1358
Female
Under 16 Years 8376 6586 1830 1609 10 5155 488 88
16 to 64 Years 15226 9908 4045 2653 1697 5938 468 697
Worked During Year 7019 4283 2507 1735 1378 1950 269 86
Year-Round Full Time 1792 994 788 670 637 241 50 2
Not Year-Round Full Time 5227 3289 1719 1065 742 1709 219 83
Did Not Work 8207 5625 1538 918 319 3987 199 611
65 Years And Over 4075 3997 1737 545 473 1080 147 3956
Worked During Year 158 157 85 35 30 15 4 153
Year-Round Full Time 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 4
Not Year-Round Full Time 154 153 81 32 27 15 4 149
Did Not Work 3916 3840 1652 510 443 1065 144 3803

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
Covered By Some Form of Health Insurance During All or Part of Year
Covered By Medicare Covered By Not Covered
Covered By Private Insurance Covered By MedicaidChampus, VA or Military Health Care at Any Time During TheYear
All Races Below 125 Percent of Poverty Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 1611 1381 284 3380
Male 235 349 213 1919
Under 65 Years 29 158 149 1911
Living Alone 16 91 80 547
65 Years And Over 206 191 64 8
Living Alone 164 149 54 5
Female 1375 1033 71 1461
Under 65 Years 36 208 54 1433
Living Alone 28 165 36 480
65 Years And Over 1339 825 17 27
Living Alone 1303 779 17 16
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 7 51 183 1754
16 to 64 Years 73 333 437 5306
Worked During Year 16 36 230 3516
Year-Round Full Time 0 5 108 1167
Not Year-Round Full Time 16 31 123 2349
DID Not Work 57 297 207 1790
65 Years And Over 509 339 99 32
Worked During Year 41 11 6 1
Year-Round Full Time 6 1 1 0
Not Year-Round Full Time 34 11 6 1
Did Not Work 468 327 92 31
Female
Under 16 Years 4 64 156 1790
16 to 64 Years 68 441 344 5317
Worked During Year 18 60 139 2736
Year-Round Full Time 1 2 23 798
Not Year-Round Full Time 17 58 116 1938
Did Not Work 50 381 205 2582
65 Years And Over 1699 1076 26 78
Worked During Year 80 15 0 1
Year-Round Full Time 3 0 0 0
Not Year-Round Full Time 77 15 0 1
Did Not Work 1619 1061 26 76
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Income, Poverty, and Labor Force Information Staff
Last revised: November 18, 1996
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031996/pov/24_003.htm