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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Both Sexes Total 266218 224744 187250 163082 85771 31236 6543 35209
Under 18 Years 70650 60337 47074 43915 351 15287 3077 466
18 to 24 Years 24987 17770 15066 12423 5235 2909 606 156
25 to 34 Years 40256 31283 27915 26205 20114 3264 587 433
35 to 44 Years 43960 36809 33448 31231 22667 3109 535 767
45 to 54 Years 33013 28504 26266 24329 18263 1875 456 948
55 to 59 Years 11579 10084 9031 7975 6045 835 202 677
60 to 64 Years 9896 8417 7227 6056 4531 742 151 1145
65 Years And Over 31877 31541 21224 10948 8565 3215 928 30616
65 to 74 Years 18015 17804 12349 7254 5501 1676 470 17007
75 Years And Over 13862 13738 8875 3694 3064 1539 458 13610
Male
Total 130353 108132 92161 81562 48693 13320 3124 15116
Under 18 Years 36199 30928 24314 22673 204 7809 1660 227
18 to 24 Years 12535 8463 7534 6240 2749 944 236 82
25 to 34 Years 20040 14792 13697 12860 11439 931 215 215
35 to 44 Years 21793 17760 16381 15308 13189 1156 219 432
45 to 54 Years 16119 13946 12877 11992 10259 760 213 501
55 to 59 Years 5575 4919 4453 3975 3422 331 94 331
60 to 64 Years 4689 4083 3520 3086 2652 293 58 587
65 Years And Over 13404 13242 9384 5429 4778 1095 429 12742
65 to 74 Years 8085 7979 5762 3689 3185 602 234 7543
75 Years And Over 5319 5263 3622 1740 1593 493 195 5199
Female
Total 135865 116612 95089 81519 37079 17916 3419 20093
Under 18 Years 34451 29409 22760 21242 147 7478 1417 239
18 to 24 Years 12452 9307 7532 6183 2486 1964 371 74
25 to 34 Years 20217 16491 14217 13345 8674 2333 372 219
35 to 44 Years 22167 19048 17067 15924 9478 1953 315 335
45 to 54 Years 16894 14558 13389 12337 8004 1115 243 447
55 to 59 Years 6003 5165 4578 4000 2624 503 108 346
60 to 64 Years 5207 4334 3707 2970 1879 448 93 558
65 Years And Over 18474 18299 11840 5519 3787 2121 499 17874
65 to 74 Years 9930 9824 6587 3564 2316 1074 237 9464
75 Years And Over 8544 8475 5253 1955 1471 1047 262 8411
Related Children
Under 18 Years 70283 60133 46956 43841 341 15207 3073 459
Under 6 Years 23708 20484 14816 14027 0 6526 1230 165
6 to 17 Years 46574 39649 32140 29814 341 8680 1843 295

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Both Sexes Total 21913 4884 8712 41474
Under 18 Years 128 295 2291 10313
18 to 24 Years 51 89 829 7217
25 to 34 Years 98 248 1086 8974
35 to 44 Years 182 342 1173 7152
45 to 54 Years 325 299 1282 4509
55 to 59 Years 257 183 526 1495
60 to 64 Years 530 241 526 1479
65 Years And Over 20341 3188 998 336
65 to 74 Years 11588 1654 690 212
75 Years And Over 8753 1534 309 124
Male
Total 9703 1897 4618 22221
Under 18 Years 68 140 1113 5271
18 to 24 Years 33 52 456 4072
25 to 34 Years 43 122 562 5248
35 to 44 Years 83 188 578 4033
45 to 54 Years 161 133 725 2173
55 to 59 Years 121 72 274 656
60 to 64 Years 281 104 298 607
65 Years And Over 8913 1085 613 162
65 to 74 Years 5352 595 411 106
75 Years And Over 3562 490 202 56
Female
Total 12210 2988 4095 19253
Under 18 Years 61 155 1178 5042
18 to 24 Years 18 37 374 3145
25 to 34 Years 55 125 524 3726
35 to 44 Years 98 154 596 3119
45 to 54 Years 165 166 557 2336
55 to 59 Years 136 111 252 838
60 to 64 Years 249 137 228 873
65 Years And Over 11428 2103 386 174
65 to 74 Years 6237 1059 278 106
75 Years And Over 5191 1044 107 69
Related Children
Under 18 Years 128 294 2282 10149
Under 6 Years 57 92 731 3224
6 to 17 Years 71 201 1551 6925

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region United States: 266218 224744 187250 163082 85771 31236 6543 35209
Metropolitan 213970 180949 151615 133804 70709 24168 4908 26874
Central City 79729 64456 49689 43351 24867 13109 2203 10271
Not Central City 134241 116493 101925 90453 45843 11059 2704 16603
Not Metropolitan 52248 43795 35635 29277 15062 7067 1635 8335
Northeast 51455 44359 37335 33062 17402 6181 1194 7204
Metropolitan 46018 39480 33122 29481 15608 5553 1026 6375
Central City 15765 12596 8692 7724 4510 3645 453 2195
Not Central City 30253 26884 24430 21757 11098 1909 573 4180
Not Metropolitan 5437 4880 4213 3581 1795 628 168 829
Midwest 61940 55352 48281 41939 21216 6016 1479 8506
Metropolitan 46092 41290 36267 32409 16490 4295 1018 5804
Central City 16653 14236 11489 10151 5711 2474 435 2231
Not Central City 29439 27054 24777 22259 10779 1820 583 3573
Not Metropolitan 15849 14062 12014 9529 4726 1721 461 2702
South 93123 76329 62348 54316 29724 11099 2432 12779
Metropolitan 70186 57984 48098 42395 23228 7688 1756 9039
Central City 25560 20432 15926 13955 8254 3862 804 3467
Not Central City 44626 37552 32171 28441 14974 3826 953 5572
Not Metropolitan 22936 18346 14250 11921 6495 3411 675 3740
West 59700 48703 39286 33765 17429 7939 1438 6720
Metropolitan 51674 42195 34128 29518 15383 6632 1107 5655
Central City 21750 17192 13581 11522 6391 3128 512 2378
Not Central City 29924 25004 20547 17997 8992 3504 595 3277
Not Metropolitan 8026 6508 5158 4247 2046 1308 331 1065
Household Relationship
Total 266218 224744 187250 163082 85771 31236 6543 35209
65 Years And Over 31877 31541 21224 10948 8565 3215 928 30616
In Families 223955 190681 160430 143496 66910 26806 5757 23577
Householders 70241 61827 53114 46634 38069 6067 1267 12028
Under 65 Years 59107 50775 45138 41997 34161 5258 969 1362
65 Years And Over 11133 11052 7976 4637 3909 809 298 10665
Related Children
Under 18 Years 69411 59484 46560 43481 338 14908 3025 452
Under 6 Years 23452 20295 14710 13939 0 6430 1216 164
6 to 17 Years 45959 39189 31850 29542 338 8478 1808 288
18 Years And Over 21879 15839 13618 12024 5616 2306 507 517

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region United States: 21913 4884 8712 41474
Metropolitan 16569 3678 7064 33021
Central City 5756 1846 2601 15273
Not Central City 10813 1832 4463 17749
Not Metropolitan 5343 1207 1648 8453
Northeast 4746 921 914 7096
Metropolitan 4168 822 784 6538
Central City 1114 469 186 3169
Not Central City 3055 353 598 3370
Not Metropolitan 578 99 130 557
Midwest 5856 844 1334 6589
Metropolitan 3948 607 973 4802
Central City 1402 286 389 2417
Not Central City 2546 321 584 2385
Not Metropolitan 1908 237 361 1787
South 7629 2044 4287 16793
Metropolitan 5427 1337 3423 12202
Central City 1951 728 1272 5128
Not Central City 3476 609 2151 7074
Not Metropolitan 2202 706 863 4591
West 3682 1075 2178 10997
Metropolitan 3027 911 1884 9478
Central City 1290 363 754 4559
Not Central City 1737 549 1130 4920
Not Metropolitan 656 164 294 1518
Household Relationship
Total 21913 4884 8712 41474
65 Years And Over 20341 3188 998 336
In Families 15170 2876 7813 33274
Householders 8142 1210 2575 8414
Under 65 Years 539 413 2177 8333
65 Years And Over 7603 797 398 81
Related Children
Under 18 Years 128 287 2258 9927
Under 6 Years 57 92 730 3157
6 to 17 Years 71 195 1528 6770
18 Years And Over 134 224 539 6040

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 174421 152394 136493 123112 55471 12343 3726 19370
Husbands 53604 48477 43970 38943 32222 2173 778 10015
Under 65 Years 44128 39056 36805 34671 28572 1634 529 957
65 Years And Over 9476 9421 7165 4272 3650 539 249 9058
Wives 53604 47895 43706 38713 18957 2458 808 7801
Under 65 Years 46336 40664 38248 35763 17620 2071 636 781
65 Years And Over 7268 7230 5458 2949 1337 387 172 7019
Related Children
Under 18 Years 49954 43429 38079 35900 251 6238 1751 195
Under 6 Years 17212 15010 12596 11980 0 2794 693 81
6 to 17 Years 32742 28419 25482 23920 251 3444 1058 114
18 Years And Over 14026 10531 9622 8731 3396 1011 324 201
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 38584 30555 17976 15144 8252 12868 1714 3265
Householder 12790 10521 6738 5582 5499 3474 422 1905
Under 65 Years 11142 8892 5884 5148 5073 3205 360 336
65 Years And Over 1648 1629 854 434 426 269 62 1569
Related Children
Under 18 Years 16213 13570 6693 5938 68 7814 1079 222
Under 6 Years 5083 4380 1587 1472 0 3174 429 68
6 to 17 Years 11129 9190 5106 4466 68 4640 649 154
18 Years And Over 6479 4394 3255 2630 1853 1132 151 274
In Unrelated Subfamilies 1536 1097 675 595 216 464 54 31
Under 18 Years 879 655 397 361 4 303 48 7
Under 6 Years 256 189 106 88 0 96 14 0
6 to 17 Years 623 466 291 273 4 207 34 7
18 Years And Over 657 442 279 234 213 161 5 24

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 13483 1731 6904 22028
Husbands 7266 726 2300 5127
Under 65 Years 454 195 1904 5072
65 Years And Over 6812 531 396 55
Wives 5696 540 2290 5709
Under 65 Years 444 158 1998 5671
65 Years And Over 5252 382 292 38
Related Children
Under 18 Years 73 109 1910 6525
Under 6 Years 37 36 610 2202
6 to 17 Years 36 73 1300 4323
18 Years And Over 55 88 362 3495
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 1264 964 629 8029
Householder 860 460 175 2269
Under 65 Years 64 195 161 2250
65 Years And Over 796 264 14 19
Related Children
Under 18 Years 36 152 278 2642
Under 6 Years 16 40 103 703
6 to 17 Years 20 112 175 1939
18 Years And Over 67 117 123 2085
In Unrelated Subfamilies 9 17 37 440
Under 18 Years 0 7 24 225
Under 6 Years 0 0 1 67
6 to 17 Years 0 7 23 157
18 Years And Over 9 10 13 215

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 40727 32966 26144 18990 18644 3965 732 11601
Male 19426 14591 12221 9758 9636 1435 313 3213
Under 65 Years 16692 11905 10530 8933 8818 1050 185 613
Living Alone 8145 6653 5926 5098 5091 525 110 389
65 Years And Over 2735 2686 1691 825 818 385 128 2600
Living Alone 2314 2291 1467 750 745 303 102 2221
Female 21300 18374 13923 9233 9008 2531 419 8388
Under 65 Years 13326 10429 8980 7380 7233 1423 204 563
Living Alone 7358 6298 5493 4607 4589 776 122 396
65 Years And Over 7975 7945 4942 1853 1775 1108 215 7824
Living Alone 7619 7596 4744 1764 1693 1061 195 7490
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 32172 27617 21473 20187 57 7239 1534 202
16 to 64 Years 84778 67273 61304 55947 43857 4987 1161 2172
Worked During Year 72924 58743 56167 51722 42268 2207 813 372
Year-Round Full Time 52733 44953 43788 41255 36602 800 419 124
Not Year-Round Full Time 20191 13790 12379 10467 5666 1407 394 248
DID Not Work 11854 8530 5137 4225 1589 2779 348 1800
65 Years And Over 13404 13242 9384 5429 4778 1095 429 12742
Worked During Year 2837 2793 2265 1481 1295 134 87 2454
Year-Round Full Time 1063 1041 881 657 590 28 23 754
Not Year-Round Full Time 1774 1753 1384 824 705 105 64 1700
Did Not Work 10567 10449 7119 3948 3483 961 342 10288
Female
Under 16 Years 30666 26239 20138 18999 52 6892 1317 206
16 to 64 Years 86726 72073 63112 57001 33240 8903 1603 2013
Worked During Year 64306 54766 51365 47128 31599 3720 1064 362
Year-Round Full Time 35897 31693 31016 29497 24224 840 413 76
Not Year-Round Full Time 28409 23072 20349 17632 7375 2879 651 286
Did Not Work 22420 17307 11747 9873 1641 5183 539 1651
65 Years And Over 18474 18299 11840 5519 3787 2121 499 17874
Worked During Year 2133 2092 1616 950 763 108 49 1851
Year-Round Full Time 559 537 447 340 312 14 10 370
Not Year-Round Full Time 1574 1555 1169 610 451 94 40 1480
Did Not Work 16340 16207 10224 4569 3023 2013 450 16023

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TABLE 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status - Poverty Status of Persons In 1996 (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 All Income Levels Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 6733 1991 862 7761
Male 1750 628 652 4835
Under 65 Years 133 244 503 4787
Living Alone 94 141 301 1492
65 Years And Over 1617 384 149 48
Living Alone 1409 303 136 23
Female 4983 1363 211 2926
Under 65 Years 160 259 144 2897
Living Alone 135 165 102 1060
65 Years And Over 4823 1104 67 29
Living Alone 4640 1057 65 23
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 63 122 1006 4555
16 to 64 Years 726 690 2999 17505
Worked During Year 179 110 2446 14181
Year-Round Full Time 82 26 1726 7780
Not Year-Round Full Time 97 84 721 6401
DID Not Work 547 580 552 3325
65 Years And Over 8913 1085 613 162
Worked During Year 1932 128 91 43
Year-Round Full Time 596 27 36 22
Not Year-Round Full Time 1336 101 55 21
Did Not Work 6981 957 522 118
Female
Under 16 Years 54 131 1049 4426
16 to 64 Years 728 754 2660 14652
Worked During Year 156 143 1860 9540
Year-Round Full Time 49 26 886 4204
Not Year-Round Full Time 107 116 974 5336
Did Not Work 572 611 800 5112
65 Years And Over 11428 2103 386 174
Worked During Year 1377 105 40 41
Year-Round Full Time 280 14 8 23
Not Year-Round Full Time 1097 92 33 19
Did Not Work 10051 1997 345 133
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 28, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/pov/24_001.htm