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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
White All Income Levels Both Sexes Total 219656 188098 161676 139788 73090 20710 4785 30913
Under 18 Years 55606 47962 39573 36894 284 9728 2094 260
18 to 24 Years 19992 14507 12745 10516 4377 1909 472 109
25 to 34 Years 32638 25752 23471 22014 16655 2158 428 308
35 to 44 Years 36438 30978 28740 26769 19072 2100 399 567
45 to 54 Years 28071 24566 22951 21192 15669 1286 343 742
55 to 59 Years 9935 8733 7972 7044 5271 539 138 512
60 to 64 Years 8512 7368 6445 5357 3964 539 110 922
65 Years And Over 28464 28232 19779 10003 7797 2450 802 27493
65 to 74 Years 15983 15842 11431 6607 4973 1270 400 15202
75 Years And Over 12481 12390 8348 3396 2823 1181 402 12292
Male
Total 108338 91297 79874 70318 42358 8988 2301 13303
Under 18 Years 28573 24661 20420 19029 171 5038 1121 139
18 to 24 Years 10194 7065 6437 5349 2358 626 193 66
25 to 34 Years 16449 12412 11598 10873 9615 673 165 153
35 to 44 Years 18314 15191 14235 13274 11417 838 182 329
45 to 54 Years 13882 12149 11343 10535 9015 538 159 391
55 to 59 Years 4831 4307 3970 3546 3046 207 68 256
60 to 64 Years 4073 3607 3169 2756 2369 204 35 471
65 Years And Over 12022 11907 8702 4956 4368 865 378 11498
65 to 74 Years 7218 7147 5302 3354 2882 482 203 6792
75 Years And Over 4804 4760 3400 1602 1486 384 175 4706
Female
Total 111318 96800 81802 69470 30732 11721 2484 17610
Under 18 Years 27033 23302 19152 17865 114 4690 973 121
18 to 24 Years 9798 7442 6308 5167 2019 1283 279 43
25 to 34 Years 16189 13340 11873 11141 7041 1485 263 155
35 to 44 Years 18124 15787 14505 13494 7655 1262 217 238
45 to 54 Years 14189 12417 11608 10657 6654 748 184 351
55 to 59 Years 5104 4426 4002 3498 2225 332 70 256
60 to 64 Years 4439 3761 3276 2601 1595 336 75 451
65 Years And Over 16442 16325 11077 5047 3429 1585 424 15996
65 to 74 Years 8765 8695 6129 3253 2091 788 197 8410
75 Years And Over 7677 7630 4948 1794 1338 797 226 7585
Related Children
Under 18 Years 55336 47812 39483 36846 274 9667 2090 260
Under 6 Years 18646 16164 12494 11813 0 4276 896 104
6 to 17 Years 36690 31648 26989 25032 274 5391 1195 156

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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
White All Income Levels Both Sexes Total 20375 3539 6981 31558
Under 18 Years 91 177 1734 7644
18 to 24 Years 45 61 651 5485
25 to 34 Years 78 160 855 6886
35 to 44 Years 155 248 871 5460
45 to 54 Years 280 202 1061 3505
55 to 59 Years 209 89 461 1202
60 to 64 Years 448 171 467 1144
65 Years And Over 19071 2431 882 232
65 to 74 Years 10817 1254 597 141
75 Years And Over 8253 1177 285 91
Male
Total 8993 1392 3705 17041
Under 18 Years 51 96 845 3912
18 to 24 Years 33 40 355 3129
25 to 34 Years 37 77 447 4037
35 to 44 Years 77 141 430 3123
45 to 54 Years 137 90 591 1733
55 to 59 Years 98 28 236 524
60 to 64 Years 244 62 266 466
65 Years And Over 8316 858 535 116
65 to 74 Years 4966 477 345 71
75 Years And Over 3350 381 190 45
Female
Total 11382 2146 3276 14518
Under 18 Years 40 81 889 3731
18 to 24 Years 12 21 295 2356
25 to 34 Years 41 83 407 2849
35 to 44 Years 77 108 441 2337
45 to 54 Years 143 112 470 1772
55 to 59 Years 111 61 225 678
60 to 64 Years 204 109 201 678
65 Years And Over 10755 1572 347 116
65 to 74 Years 5852 776 253 70
75 Years And Over 4903 796 94 47
Related Children
Under 18 Years 91 177 1725 7523
Under 6 Years 40 64 564 2481
6 to 17 Years 51 113 1161 5042

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region United States: 219656 188098 161676 139788 73090 20710 4785 30913
Metropolitan 173691 149137 128908 113079 59286 15551 3462 23278
Central City 55697 45704 37346 32143 18358 6796 1170 7845
Not Central City 117994 103434 91562 80935 40928 8755 2291 15433
Not Metropolitan 45964 38960 32768 26709 13804 5159 1323 7635
Northeast 43014 37869 33034 29041 15230 4002 923 6479
Metropolitan 37720 33107 28912 25549 13465 3412 768 5659
Central City 10090 8294 6174 5384 3163 1868 246 1674
Not Central City 27630 24813 22738 20164 10302 1544 522 3985
Not Metropolitan 5294 4763 4123 3493 1765 590 155 820
Midwest 54451 49044 43860 37865 19054 4173 1158 7757
Metropolitan 39254 35550 32182 28606 14450 2664 736 5115
Central City 12036 10442 9057 7895 4422 1115 185 1708
Not Central City 27218 25107 23125 20711 10028 1549 550 3407
Not Metropolitan 15197 13495 11677 9259 4604 1509 423 2642
South 72043 60176 51172 44126 24023 6422 1563 10794
Metropolitan 53912 45380 39026 34101 18502 4361 1069 7619
Central City 16345 13366 11156 9623 5654 1578 367 2495
Not Central City 37566 32013 27870 24477 12848 2783 702 5124
Not Metropolitan 18132 14797 12146 10025 5521 2060 494 3175
West 50147 41008 33610 28755 14783 6113 1141 5883
Metropolitan 42805 35101 28788 24823 12869 5113 889 4886
Central City 17226 13601 10959 9241 5119 2234 373 1969
Not Central City 25579 21500 17829 15583 7750 2879 517 2916
Not Metropolitan 7342 5906 4822 3932 1914 1000 251 998
Household Relationship
Total 219656 188098 161676 139788 73090 20710 4785 30913
65 Years And Over 28464 28232 19779 10003 7797 2450 802 27493
In Families 184119 159181 138345 123117 57036 17455 4131 20687
Householders 58934 52514 46243 40331 32637 3946 938 10643
Under 65 Years 48963 42602 38859 36092 29067 3347 687 1042
65 Years And Over 9971 9911 7384 4239 3570 599 251 9601
Related Children
Under 18 Years 54599 47278 39137 36535 271 9438 2046 259
Under 6 Years 18431 16010 12405 11742 0 4197 881 104
6 to 17 Years 36168 31268 26732 24793 271 5240 1165 155
18 Years And Over 16917 12583 11166 9830 4374 1466 377 391

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region United States: 20375 3539 6981 31558
Metropolitan 15191 2617 5541 24554
Central City 4888 1113 1983 9994
Not Central City 10303 1503 3558 14560
Not Metropolitan 5184 922 1440 7004
Northeast 4460 713 827 5145
Metropolitan 3885 619 699 4613
Central City 945 303 125 1796
Not Central City 2940 315 574 2817
Not Metropolitan 575 94 128 531
Midwest 5567 662 1114 5407
Metropolitan 3686 438 810 3705
Central City 1223 161 304 1593
Not Central City 2463 276 506 2111
Not Metropolitan 1881 225 304 1702
South 6977 1349 3280 11867
Metropolitan 4884 881 2520 8532
Central City 1576 380 942 2979
Not Central City 3308 501 1578 5553
Not Metropolitan 2092 468 760 3335
West 3371 815 1760 9139
Metropolitan 2735 680 1512 7704
Central City 1144 269 612 3625
Not Central City 1591 411 900 4079
Not Metropolitan 635 135 248 1435
Household Relationship
Total 20375 3539 6981 31558
65 Years And Over 19071 2431 882 232
In Families 14087 2002 6265 24938
Householders 7531 847 2105 6421
Under 65 Years 444 260 1749 6361
65 Years And Over 7087 587 356 60
Related Children
Under 18 Years 91 176 1704 7321
Under 6 Years 40 63 563 2421
6 to 17 Years 51 113 1141 4900
18 Years And Over 126 151 416 4334

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 152156 134139 121274 108864 49003 9630 2945 17640
Husbands 47679 43407 39659 34932 28960 1705 632 9182
Under 65 Years 38937 34709 32924 30959 25554 1262 415 801
65 Years And Over 8742 8698 6735 3973 3406 442 217 8380
Wives 47509 42753 39248 34528 16531 1982 672 7208
Under 65 Years 40751 36025 34069 31765 15283 1662 517 667
65 Years And Over 6758 6728 5179 2764 1248 320 155 6541
Related Children
Under 18 Years 42781 37460 33268 31323 216 4870 1342 140
Under 6 Years 14827 13003 11004 10447 0 2309 572 66
6 to 17 Years 27954 24457 22264 20876 216 2562 770 74
18 Years And Over 11677 8916 8225 7455 2788 751 250 162
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 23744 19101 12409 10211 5599 6714 962 2300
Householder 8339 6902 4745 3827 3761 1908 252 1383
Under 65 Years 7100 5670 4027 3482 3422 1751 206 181
65 Years And Over 1239 1232 718 345 340 156 47 1203
Related Children
Under 18 Years 9351 7926 4461 3943 39 3968 571 101
Under 6 Years 2740 2345 995 928 0 1569 239 25
6 to 17 Years 6611 5581 3466 3014 39 2399 332 76
18 Years And Over 4133 2910 2306 1805 1275 597 100 191
In Unrelated Subfamilies 1290 909 591 519 194 357 49 19
Under 18 Years 744 539 346 310 4 234 44 1
Under 6 Years 215 154 89 71 0 78 14 0
6 to 17 Years 530 385 257 239 4 156 30 1
18 Years And Over 545 370 245 209 190 123 5 18

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region In Married Couple Families 12673 1336 5660 18017
Husbands 6832 570 1923 4272
Under 65 Years 404 133 1562 4228
65 Years And Over 6428 437 361 45
Wives 5374 440 1906 4756
Under 65 Years 377 125 1636 4726
65 Years And Over 4998 315 269 30
Related Children
Under 18 Years 65 80 1502 5321
Under 6 Years 33 34 508 1824
6 to 17 Years 32 46 994 3497
18 Years And Over 54 65 294 2762
In Families With Female
Householder,
No Spouse Present 1067 543 406 4644
Householder 722 250 115 1438
Under 65 Years 31 98 105 1430
65 Years And Over 691 152 10 8
Related Children
Under 18 Years 18 78 161 1425
Under 6 Years 3 16 43 395
6 to 17 Years 15 62 118 1030
18 Years And Over 61 70 84 1224
In Unrelated Subfamilies 9 6 31 380
Under 18 Years 0 1 21 205
Under 6 Years 0 0 1 61
6 to 17 Years 0 1 20 144
18 Years And Over 9 5 10 175

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 34247 28007 22739 16152 15861 2898 605 10207
Male 16094 12214 10468 8256 8157 1019 256 2701
Under 65 Years 13742 9886 8929 7525 7434 710 140 443
Living Alone 6728 5535 5009 4293 4286 362 81 292
65 Years And Over 2352 2328 1539 731 723 309 115 2259
Living Alone 2017 1999 1346 670 666 243 89 1941
Female 18153 15793 12272 7896 7703 1879 350 7505
Under 65 Years 10940 8606 7605 6196 6075 1001 161 418
Living Alone 5905 5102 4571 3784 3770 510 89 291
65 Years And Over 7213 7188 4666 1700 1628 878 189 7087
Living Alone 6890 6868 4486 1623 1555 839 173 6783
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 25362 21938 17999 16907 42 4666 1025 124
16 to 64 Years 70953 57453 53173 48456 37948 3457 898 1681
Worked During Year 62532 51091 49101 45115 36650 1687 646 322
Year-Round Full Time 45705 39281 38369 36062 31902 630 337 106
Not Year-Round Full Time 16827 11810 10731 9054 4748 1057 309 216
DID Not Work 8421 6361 4072 3341 1298 1770 252 1359
65 Years And Over 12022 11907 8702 4956 4368 865 378 11498
Worked During Year 2569 2532 2065 1342 1179 106 69 2248
Year-Round Full Time 952 930 789 586 530 19 16 687
Not Year-Round Full Time 1617 1602 1276 756 648 86 53 1561
Did Not Work 9454 9375 6637 3614 3189 759 309 9250
Female
Under 16 Years 24039 20763 16927 15946 38 4353 905 113
16 to 64 Years 70837 59712 53798 48476 27265 5784 1155 1502
Worked During Year 53229 45953 43656 39910 25905 2514 769 252
Year-Round Full Time 29143 26029 25558 24243 19577 547 269 51
Not Year-Round Full Time 24085 19924 18098 15667 6328 1967 501 201
Did Not Work 17608 13758 10141 8566 1360 3270 385 1250
65 Years And Over 16442 16325 11077 5047 3429 1585 424 15996
Worked During Year 1911 1885 1475 836 663 89 44 1694
Year-Round Full Time 468 457 381 285 258 14 10 331
Not Year-Round Full Time 1442 1428 1094 551 404 75 34 1362
Did Not Work 14531 14440 9602 4211 2766 1496 380 14302

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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
White All Income Levels Residence And Region Unrelated Individuals 6278 1531 685 6239
Male 1578 470 513 3880
Under 65 Years 102 161 394 3856
Living Alone 69 105 243 1193
65 Years And Over 1476 309 119 24
Living Alone 1294 243 107 18
Female 4700 1061 172 2359
Under 65 Years 134 186 115 2334
Living Alone 109 105 79 803
65 Years And Over 4566 875 57 25
Living Alone 4401 836 56 22
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 Years 51 83 767 3424
16 to 64 Years 627 451 2404 13501
Worked During Year 163 91 1957 11441
Year-Round Full Time 78 16 1402 6424
Not Year-Round Full Time 85 76 555 5017
DID Not Work 463 359 446 2060
65 Years And Over 8316 858 535 116
Worked During Year 1787 102 69 37
Year-Round Full Time 547 18 22 22
Not Year-Round Full Time 1240 84 47 15
Did Not Work 6528 757 466 79
Female
Under 16 Years 37 73 789 3276
16 to 64 Years 590 501 2140 11125
Worked During Year 112 94 1475 7275
Year-Round Full Time 28 17 699 3114
Not Year-Round Full Time 84 78 777 4161
Did Not Work 478 407 664 3850
65 Years And Over 10755 1572 347 116
Worked During Year 1287 86 39 26
Year-Round Full Time 256 14 6 11
Not Year-Round Full Time 1031 73 33 14
Did Not Work 9468 1486 308 91
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_004.htm