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Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 265
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                                    Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                                 Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         Own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                                 at any time  health insurance     private  Employment  Employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                      Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
ASIAN, not Hispanic                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                       
Number/Percent                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Total                               11,081            1,937             9,144       7,811       7,031       3,515        2,030       1,258          1,258         847 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Age                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                       
Under 18 years                        3,019              398             2,621       2,145       1,999           5          666         567            567          36 
 Under 6 years                        1,028               86               942         752         713           0          250         215            215           3 
 6 to 11 years                        1,001              156               845         704         679           0          199         184            184          15 
 12 to 17 years                         990              156               834         689         607           5          216         168            168          18 
18 to 24 years                        1,108              337               772         700         552         224          112          75             75           0 
25 to 34 years                        2,032              460             1,572       1,518       1,400       1,099          106          72             72           7 
35 to 44 years                        1,874              293             1,581       1,471       1,375         947          165         102            102          27 
45 to 54 years                        1,468              240             1,227       1,143       1,041         726          121          82             82          19 
55 to 64 years                          757              175               582         486         406         307          135          86             86          31 
Under 65 years                       10,259            1,903             8,355       7,464       6,772       3,308        1,304         984            984         121 
65 years and over                       822               34               789         347         259         207          726         274            274         726 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Sex                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                       
Male                                  5,400            1,021             4,379       3,778       3,432       2,066          897         573            573         376 
Female                                5,681              916             4,765       4,033       3,599       1,449        1,134         685            685         471 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Nativity                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                       
Native                                4,074              519             3,555       3,084       2,819         838          761         487            487         189 
Foreign-born                          7,007            1,418             5,589       4,727       4,212       2,677        1,269         771            771         658 
 Naturalized citizen                  3,430              483             2,947       2,505       2,230       1,522          736         336            336         474 
 Not a citizen                        3,577              935             2,643       2,223       1,982       1,155          533         436            436         184 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Region                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Northeast                             1,853              440             1,412       1,172       1,086         523          343         257            257         119 
Midwest                               1,294              218             1,076         972         866         409          191         127            127          73 
South                                 1,905              366             1,539       1,423       1,307         619          201          96             96          56 
West                                  6,028              912             5,116       4,243       3,773       1,965        1,296         778            778         599 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 266
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                                    Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                                 Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         Own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                                 at any time  health insurance     private  Employment  Employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                      Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                       
In families                           9,703            1,613             8,091       6,884       6,266       2,770        1,834       1,153          1,153         704 
Householders                          2,617              419             2,199       1,953       1,785       1,420          394         188            188         230 
 Under 65 years                       2,376              410             1,966       1,830       1,686       1,336          185         136            136          21 
 65 years and over                      242                9               233         123          99          84          209          52             52         209 
 Spouse present                       2,171              302             1,869       1,688       1,565       1,211          304         123            123         200 
 No spouse present                      446              117               329         264         220         209           91          65             65          30 
Spouses of householders               2,307              306             2,000       1,788       1,624         813          386         164            164         202 
 Under 65 years                       2,113              301             1,812       1,699       1,560         776          216         115            115          32 
 65 years and over                      193                5               188          89          64          37          170          48             48         170 
Children of householders              3,682              536             3,146       2,642       2,438         262          711         580            580          43 
 Under 6 years                          963               67               896         716         682           0          234         201            201           3 
 6 to 11 years                          934              129               804         665         645           0          191         176            176          15 
 12 to 17 years                         897              121               776         643         575           4          198         149            149          18 
 > 17 years                             888              219               669         618         536         259           88          54             54           6 
Other relatives of householders       1,097              351               746         501         418         275          342         221            221         229 
In unrelated subfamilies                 35               11                24          23          19           7            1           1              1           0 
Unrelated individuals                 1,342              313             1,029         904         746         739          195         104            104         143 
                                                                                                                                                                       
In married-couple families            8,193            1,185             7,008       6,061       5,576       2,338        1,453         860            860         605 
Husbands                              2,138              298             1,840       1,647       1,528       1,285          322         127            127         231 
 Under 65 years                       1,881              284             1,597       1,525       1,429       1,201          107          75             75          16 
 65 years and over                      257               14               243         122          99          84          215          52             52         215 
Wives                                 2,340              310             2,030       1,830       1,662         739          368         160            160         170 
 Under 65 years                       2,188              310             1,878       1,754       1,610         713          230         120            120          32 
 65 years and over                      153                0               153          76          52          25          138          40             40         138 
Children under 18 years               2,551              289             2,262       1,901       1,804           2          505         414            414          36 
 Under 6 years                          888               65               822         679         653           0          190         162            162           3 
 6 to 11 years                          840              115               724         621         610           0          149         134            134          15 
 12 to 17 years                         823              108               715         600         541           2          166         118            118          18 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 267
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                                    Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                                 Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         Own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                                 at any time  health insurance     private  Employment  Employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                      Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
                                                                                                                                                                       
In families with female                                                                                                                                                
householders, no spouse present       1,012              292               720         526         421         240          288         231            231          61 
Householders                            287               74               212         162         127         123           69          46             46          20 
 Under 65 years                         955              290               665         504         408         226          234         214            214           6 
 65 years and over                       57                2                55          21          14          14           55          17             17          55 
Children under 18                       380               94               286         183         142           2          144         137            137           0 
 Under 6 years                          118               14               104          62          50           0           54          47             47           0 
 6 to 11 years                          138               39               100          66          52           0           47          47             47           0 
 12 to 17 years                         123               40                83          55          41           2           44          44             44           0 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Household Income                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                       
Less than $25,000                     1,851              564             1,287         627         459         265          791         616            616         310 
$25,000 to $49,999                    2,389              537             1,852       1,593       1,416         689          456         286            286         203 
$50,000 to $74,999                    2,179              293             1,887       1,695       1,512         731          325         166            166         126 
$75,000 or more                       4,662              544             4,118       3,896       3,645       1,831          458         191            191         207 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Education                                                                                                                                                              
(Persons 18 years and over)                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                       
Total                                 8,062            1,539             6,523       5,666       5,032       3,510        1,364         691            691         811 
No high school diploma                  999              224               775         434         368         225          444         304            304         292 
High school grad,only                 1,679              405             1,274       1,074         953         641          364         174            174         208 
Some college,no degree                1,317              329               988         881         744         435          202          82             82          64 
Associate degree                        582               88               494         458         415         276           73          30             30          41 
Bachelor's degree +                   3,486              494             2,992       2,819       2,552       1,933          282         100            100         205 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Work experience                                                                                                                                                        
(Persons age 18 to 64)                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Total                                 7,240            1,505             5,734       5,318       4,773       3,303          638         417            417          85 
Worked during the year                5,647            1,054             4,593       4,435       4,067       3,193          299         168            168          19 
 Full-time                            4,790              818             3,972       3,871       3,613       3,028          210         105            105          12 
 Part-time                              857              236               621         564         454         165           88          63             63           7 
Did not work                          1,592              451             1,141         883         706         110          340         249            249          65 
                                                                                                                                                                       
Firm Size                                                                                                                                                              
(workers age 18-64)                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                       
Total                                 5,647            1,054             4,593       4,435       4,067       3,193          299         168            168          19 
Less than 25 employees                1,689              535             1,154       1,082         852         533          112          86             86           6 
25 to 99 employees                      635              140               495         481         452         340           34          13             13           4 
100 to 499 employees                    723              112               611         594         563         475           32          22             22           1 
500 to 999 employees                    240               30               211         202         197         169           12           6              6           4 
1000 or more employees                2,359              237             2,122       2,075       2,003       1,676          108          42             42           5 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 268
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
ASIAN, not Hispanic                                                                       
                                                                                          
Number/Percent                                                                            
                                                                                          
 Total                                        276          272          329           335 
                                                                                          
Age                                                                                       
                                                                                          
Under 18 years                                 89          122           10            25 
 Under 6 years                                 37           39            0             3 
 6 to 11 years                                 10           46            8            10 
 12 to 17 years                                43           38            2            12 
18 to 24 years                                 36           27            0             0 
25 to 34 years                                 29           29            3             3 
35 to 44 years                                 52           17            6            16 
45 to 54 years                                 33           18           10            13 
55 to 64 years                                 23           14           14             5 
Under 65 years                                262          227           44            61 
65 years and over                              15           45          285           274 
                                                                                          
Sex                                                                                       
                                                                                          
Male                                           91          122          157           136 
Female                                        185          149          172           198 
                                                                                          
Nativity                                                                                  
                                                                                          
Native                                        138          104          125            40 
Foreign-born                                  138          168          204           294 
 Naturalized citizen                          107          100          181           177 
 Not a citizen                                 31           68           24           117 
                                                                                          
Region                                                                                    
                                                                                          
Northeast                                      16           51           54            47 
Midwest                                        17           45           41            19 
South                                          65           35           21            16 
West                                          179          141          213           253 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 269
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
                                                                                          
Household Relationship                                                                    
                                                                                          
In families                                   269          257          268           276 
Householders                                   49           39          107            67 
 Under 65 years                                43           26            8            15 
 65 years and over                              6           14           99            52 
 Spouse present                                40           26           91            54 
 No spouse present                              8           14           15            13 
Spouses of householders                        88           40           92            60 
 Under 65 years                                81           30           21            11 
 65 years and over                              7           10           71            48 
Children of householders                      114          127           12            25 
 Under 6 years                                 35           35            0             3 
 6 to 11 years                                 10           39            8            10 
 12 to 17 years                                43           31            2            12 
 > 17 years                                    27           23            2             0 
Other relatives of householders                19           51           57           125 
In unrelated subfamilies                        0            0            0             0 
Unrelated individuals                           7           15           61            59 
                                                                                          
In married-couple families                    243          173          224           241 
Husbands                                       32           24          104            62 
 Under 65 years                                26           14           11            10 
 65 years and over                              6           10           93            52 
Wives                                          97           42           79            52 
 Under 65 years                                90           32           17            11 
 65 years and over                              7           10           62            40 
Children under 18 years                        81           77           10            25 
 Under 6 years                                 29           27            0             3 
 6 to 11 years                                 10           33            8            10 
 12 to 17 years                                42           18            2            12 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 270
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
                                                                                          
In families with female                                                                   
householders, no spouse present                17           76           21            20 
Householders                                    7           10           10             5 
 Under 65 years                                17           71            0             3 
 65 years and over                              0            6           21            17 
Children under 18                               7           41            0             0 
 Under 6 years                                  7           13            0             0 
 6 to 11 years                                  0           13            0             0 
 12 to 17 years                                 0           16            0             0 
                                                                                          
Household Income                                                                          
                                                                                          
Less than $25,000                              24           72           78           152 
$25,000 to $49,999                             47           90          107            80 
$50,000 to $74,999                             85           33           56            48 
$75,000 or more                               120           76           88            55 
                                                                                          
Education                                                                                 
(Persons 18 years and over)                                                               
                                                                                          
Total                                         187          149          319           310 
No high school diploma                         13           43           76           163 
High school grad,only                          52           48          109            69 
Some college,no degree                         82           24           35            23 
Associate degree                               14            5           22             8 
Bachelor's degree +                            26           29           77            47 
                                                                                          
Work experience                                                                           
(Persons age 18 to 64)                                                                    
                                                                                          
Total                                         173          105           34            36 
Worked during the year                        119           65            8             8 
 Full-time                                     97           50            5             4 
 Part-time                                     22           15            3             4 
Did not work                                   54           40           26            28 
                                                                                          
Firm Size                                                                                 
(workers age 18-64)                                                                       
                                                                                          
Total                                         119           65            8             8 
Less than 25 employees                         23           25            3             4 
25 to 99 employees                             21            6            0             4 
100 to 499 employees                           10           11            1             1 
500 to 999 employees                            3            1            0             0 
1000 or more employees                         62           22            5             0 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 271
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                                  Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                               Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                               at any time  health insurance     private  employment  employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                    Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
ASIAN, not Hispanic                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                     
Number/Percent                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                     
 Total                             100.00            17.48             82.52       70.49       63.45       31.73        18.32       11.35          11.35        7.64 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Age                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                     
Under 18 years                     100.00            13.18             86.82       71.06       66.21        0.18        22.05       18.78          18.78        1.21 
 Under 6 years                     100.00             8.35             91.65       73.12       69.36        0.00        24.30       20.87          20.87        0.29 
 6 to 11 years                     100.00            15.62             84.38       70.36       67.78        0.00        19.93       18.42          18.42        1.50 
 12 to 17 years                    100.00            15.73             84.27       69.62       61.35        0.55        21.87       16.95          16.95        1.85 
18 to 24 years                     100.00            30.37             69.63       63.12       49.76       20.18        10.07        6.81           6.81        0.00 
25 to 34 years                     100.00            22.64             77.36       74.69       68.88       54.09         5.20        3.57           3.57        0.36 
35 to 44 years                     100.00            15.64             84.36       78.53       73.37       50.54         8.80        5.42           5.42        1.46 
45 to 54 years                     100.00            16.38             83.62       77.88       70.95       49.48         8.28        5.58           5.58        1.33 
55 to 64 years                     100.00            23.11             76.89       64.21       53.58       40.51        17.80       11.36          11.36        4.03 
Under 65 years                     100.00            18.55             81.45       72.75       66.02       32.25        12.71        9.60           9.60        1.18 
65 years and over                  100.00             4.08             95.92       42.25       31.50       25.17        88.31       33.28          33.28       88.31 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Sex                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                     
Male                               100.00            18.91             81.09       69.96       63.56       38.27        16.60       10.61          10.61        6.96 
Female                             100.00            16.12             83.88       70.99       63.36       25.51        19.95       12.06          12.06        8.30 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Nativity                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                     
Native                             100.00            12.74             87.26       75.70       69.21       20.58        18.69       11.95          11.95        4.63 
Foreign-born                       100.00            20.23             79.77       67.46       60.11       38.20        18.11       11.00          11.00        9.40 
 Naturalized citizen               100.00            14.09             85.91       73.03       65.02       44.37        21.46        9.78           9.78       13.82 
 Not a citizen                     100.00            26.12             73.88       62.13       55.40       32.29        14.89       12.18          12.18        5.15 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Region                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                     
Northeast                          100.00            23.77             76.23       63.26       58.59       28.21        18.49       13.90          13.90        6.40 
Midwest                            100.00            16.85             83.15       75.11       66.88       31.59        14.76        9.80           9.80        5.64 
South                              100.00            19.21             80.79       74.69       68.59       32.48        10.54        5.03           5.03        2.94 
West                               100.00            15.13             84.87       70.39       62.59       32.60        21.50       12.90          12.90        9.94 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 272
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                                  Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                               Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                               at any time  health insurance     private  employment  employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                    Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                     
In families                        100.00            16.62             83.38       70.94       64.57       28.55        18.90       11.88          11.88        7.25 
Householders                       100.00            16.00             84.00       74.60       68.21       54.25        15.06        7.19           7.19        8.78 
 Under 65 years                    100.00            17.26             82.74       77.01       70.97       56.22         7.79        5.72           5.72        0.87 
 65 years and over                 100.00             3.60             96.40       50.88       41.08       34.83        86.55       21.63          21.63       86.55 
 Spouse present                    100.00            13.90             86.10       77.77       72.10       55.77        13.98        5.69           5.69        9.19 
 No spouse present                 100.00            26.22             73.78       59.18       49.27       46.86        20.30       14.51          14.51        6.77 
Spouses of householders            100.00            13.28             86.72       77.52       70.41       35.24        16.75        7.09           7.09        8.75 
 Under 65 years                    100.00            14.25             85.75       80.38       73.84       36.72        10.24        5.46           5.46        1.51 
 65 years and over                 100.00             2.63             97.37       46.19       32.90       19.10        87.86       24.95          24.95       87.86 
Children of householders           100.00            14.56             85.44       71.76       66.22        7.12        19.32       15.77          15.77        1.16 
 Under 6 years                     100.00             6.99             93.01       74.41       70.83        0.00        24.32       20.84          20.84        0.31 
 6 to 11 years                     100.00            13.82             86.18       71.28       69.08        0.00        20.47       18.86          18.86        1.61 
 12 to 17 years                    100.00            13.50             86.50       71.63       64.09        0.41        22.07       16.65          16.65        2.04 
 > 17 years                        100.00            24.63             75.37       69.53       60.37       29.11         9.91        6.12           6.12        0.72 
Other relatives of householders    100.00            32.03             67.97       45.62       38.12       25.04        31.22       20.10          20.10       20.89 
In unrelated subfamilies           100.00            32.08             67.92       64.69       54.61       19.32         3.22        3.22           3.22        0.00 
Unrelated individuals              100.00            23.30             76.70       67.39       55.59       55.04        14.50        7.75           7.75       10.69 
                                                                                                                                                                     
In married-couple families         100.00            14.46             85.54       73.97       68.05       28.54        17.73       10.50          10.50        7.38 
Husbands                           100.00            13.93             86.07       77.04       71.46       60.10        15.07        5.93           5.93       10.82 
 Under 65 years                    100.00            15.10             84.90       81.09       75.95       63.83         5.70        3.98           3.98        0.87 
 65 years and over                 100.00             5.37             94.63       47.34       38.54       32.77        83.70       20.22          20.22       83.70 
Wives                              100.00            13.25             86.75       78.20       71.02       31.57        15.73        6.84           6.84        7.27 
 Under 65 years                    100.00            14.18             85.82       80.17       73.58       32.61        10.51        5.48           5.48        1.45 
 65 years and over                 100.00             0.00            100.00       49.84       34.31       16.63        90.75       26.46          26.46       90.75 
Children under 18 years            100.00            11.33             88.67       74.52       70.73        0.07        19.81       16.21          16.21        1.43 
 Under 6 years                     100.00             7.37             92.63       76.50       73.57        0.00        21.39       18.20          18.20        0.34 
 6 to 11 years                     100.00            13.73             86.27       74.00       72.62        0.00        17.80       16.01          16.01        1.79 
 12 to 17 years                    100.00            13.16             86.84       72.91       65.72        0.21        20.14       14.28          14.28        2.23 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 273
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                                                                  Covered by                          Covered by                              Covered by             
                                               Not covered      some type of  Covered by  Covered by         own   Covered by                Medicaid or             
                                               at any time  health insurance     private  employment  employment   government  Covered by  Indian Health  Covered by 
                                    Total  during the year   during the year   insurance       based       based  health plan    Medicaid        Service    Medicare 
                                                                                                                                                                     
In families with female                                                                                                                                              
householders, no spouse present    100.00            28.85             71.15       51.95       41.64       23.70        28.51       22.85          22.85        6.00 
Householders                       100.00            25.94             74.06       56.57       44.28       43.07        24.05       16.04          16.04        7.11 
 Under 65 years                    100.00            30.34             69.66       52.84       42.70       23.68        24.47       22.41          22.41        0.61 
 65 years and over                 100.00             4.01             95.99       37.01       23.96       23.96        95.99       30.25          30.25       95.99 
Children under 18                  100.00            24.63             75.37       48.22       37.33        0.50        38.02       36.21          36.21        0.00 
 Under 6 years                     100.00            12.19             87.81       52.65       41.92        0.00        45.86       40.05          40.05        0.00 
 6 to 11 years                     100.00            27.94             72.06       47.52       37.27        0.00        33.68       33.68          33.68        0.00 
 12 to 17 years                    100.00            32.86             67.14       44.75       33.00        1.55        35.37       35.37          35.37        0.00 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Household Income                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                     
Less than $25,000                  100.00            30.47             69.53       33.89       24.78       14.31        42.77       33.26          33.26       16.75 
$25,000 to $49,999                 100.00            22.46             77.54       66.66       59.26       28.83        19.07       11.95          11.95        8.52 
$50,000 to $74,999                 100.00            13.43             86.57       77.79       69.37       33.55        14.91        7.60           7.60        5.79 
$75,000 or more                    100.00            11.66             88.34       83.57       78.19       39.27         9.82        4.10           4.10        4.45 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Education                                                                                                                                                            
(Persons 18 years and over)                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                     
Total                              100.00            19.09             80.91       70.28       62.42       43.54        16.92        8.57           8.57       10.06 
No high school diploma             100.00            22.38             77.62       43.46       36.82       22.49        44.48       30.39          30.39       29.25 
High school grad,only              100.00            24.11             75.89       63.96       56.78       38.21        21.68       10.39          10.39       12.40 
Some college,no degree             100.00            24.96             75.04       66.87       56.50       33.00        15.34        6.26           6.26        4.87 
Associate degree                   100.00            15.08             84.92       78.78       71.38       47.50        12.47        5.22           5.22        7.02 
Bachelor's degree +                100.00            14.17             85.83       80.87       73.22       55.45         8.08        2.88           2.88        5.89 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Work experience                                                                                                                                                      
(Persons age 18 to 64)                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                     
Total                              100.00            20.79             79.21       73.46       65.93       45.62         8.82        5.77           5.77        1.17 
Worked during the year             100.00            18.67             81.33       78.53       72.02       56.54         5.29        2.98           2.98        0.34 
 Full-time                         100.00            17.08             82.92       80.82       75.43       63.21         4.39        2.20           2.20        0.26 
 Part-time                         100.00            27.55             72.45       65.72       52.96       19.26        10.30        7.34           7.34        0.81 
Did not work                       100.00            28.31             71.69       55.48       44.33        6.90        21.33       15.64          15.64        4.10 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Firm Size                                                                                                                                                            
(workers age 18-64)                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                     
Total                              100.00            18.67             81.33       78.53       72.02       56.54         5.29        2.98           2.98        0.34 
Less than 25 employees             100.00            31.68             68.32       64.08       50.45       31.54         6.65        5.11           5.11        0.38 
25 to 99 employees                 100.00            22.05             77.95       75.69       71.10       53.45         5.28        2.00           2.00        0.56 
100 to 499 employees               100.00            15.53             84.47       82.10       77.83       65.63         4.41        3.06           3.06        0.11 
500 to 999 employees               100.00            12.42             87.58       84.16       81.92       70.48         5.16        2.31           2.31        1.62 
1000 or more employees             100.00            10.05             89.95       87.98       84.93       71.07         4.60        1.77           1.77        0.19 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 274
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
ASIAN, not Hispanic                                                                       
                                                                                          
Number/Percent                                                                            
                                                                                          
 Total                                       2.49         2.45         2.97          3.02 
                                                                                          
Age                                                                                       
                                                                                          
Under 18 years                               2.94         4.06         0.35          0.82 
 Under 6 years                               3.57         3.81         0.00          0.29 
 6 to 11 years                               0.96         4.57         0.83          0.95 
 12 to 17 years                              4.30         3.79         0.22          1.24 
18 to 24 years                               3.26         2.43         0.00          0.00 
25 to 34 years                               1.42         1.43         0.17          0.15 
35 to 44 years                               2.76         0.89         0.33          0.84 
45 to 54 years                               2.23         1.24         0.70          0.86 
55 to 64 years                               3.05         1.82         1.85          0.64 
Under 65 years                               2.55         2.21         0.43          0.60 
65 years and over                            1.78         5.44        34.63         33.28 
                                                                                          
Sex                                                                                       
                                                                                          
Male                                         1.69         2.26         2.91          2.52 
Female                                       3.25         2.63         3.03          3.49 
                                                                                          
Nativity                                                                                  
                                                                                          
Native                                       3.39         2.55         3.07          0.99 
Foreign-born                                 1.97         2.40         2.91          4.20 
 Naturalized citizen                         3.12         2.93         5.27          5.16 
 Not a citizen                               0.87         1.89         0.66          3.28 
                                                                                          
Region                                                                                    
                                                                                          
Northeast                                    0.84         2.76         2.91          2.54 
Midwest                                      1.29         3.45         3.21          1.47 
South                                        3.40         1.85         1.10          0.83 
West                                         2.97         2.33         3.53          4.19 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 275
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
                                                                                          
Household Relationship                                                                    
                                                                                          
In families                                  2.78         2.65         2.76          2.85 
Householders                                 1.86         1.51         4.08          2.56 
 Under 65 years                              1.81         1.08         0.32          0.62 
 65 years and over                           2.30         5.71        41.02         21.63 
 Spouse present                              1.86         1.19         4.21          2.50 
 No spouse present                           1.87         3.05         3.47          2.85 
Spouses of householders                      3.80         1.72         3.99          2.59 
 Under 65 years                              3.82         1.43         1.00          0.54 
 65 years and over                           3.58         4.95        36.69         24.95 
Children of householders                     3.11         3.45         0.33          0.67 
 Under 6 years                               3.64         3.63         0.00          0.31 
 6 to 11 years                               1.02         4.13         0.89          1.02 
 12 to 17 years                              4.75         3.42         0.24          1.37 
 > 17 years                                  3.07         2.59         0.19          0.00 
Other relatives of householders              1.70         4.63         5.19         11.37 
In unrelated subfamilies                     0.00         0.00         0.00          0.00 
Unrelated individuals                        0.51         1.08         4.56          4.37 
                                                                                          
In married-couple families                   2.97         2.11         2.74          2.94 
Husbands                                     1.48         1.12         4.88          2.90 
 Under 65 years                              1.39         0.75         0.57          0.54 
 65 years and over                           2.16         3.81        36.40         20.22 
Wives                                        4.13         1.78         3.38          2.21 
 Under 65 years                              4.10         1.47         0.79          0.52 
 65 years and over                           4.54         6.27        40.59         26.46 
Children under 18 years                      3.17         3.02         0.41          0.97 
 Under 6 years                               3.29         2.99         0.00          0.34 
 6 to 11 years                               1.14         3.94         0.99          1.13 
 12 to 17 years                              5.13         2.13         0.26          1.49 
Table HI02. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for People in the Poverty Universe: 2000                                 276
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)

                                                    Covered by   Covered by               
                                       Covered by     Medicaid     Medicare    Covered by 
                                 military related  and private  and private  Medicare and 
                                      health care    insurance    insurance      Medicaid 
                                                                                          
In families with female                                                                   
householders, no spouse present              1.63         7.56         2.09          1.97 
Householders                                 2.51         3.44         3.49          1.61 
 Under 65 years                              1.73         7.39         0.00          0.28 
 65 years and over                           0.00        10.34        37.01         30.25 
Children under 18                            1.81        10.87         0.00          0.00 
 Under 6 years                               5.81        10.70         0.00          0.00 
 6 to 11 years                               0.00         9.14         0.00          0.00 
 12 to 17 years                              0.00        12.98         0.00          0.00 
                                                                                          
Household Income                                                                          
                                                                                          
Less than $25,000                            1.31         3.90         4.20          8.24 
$25,000 to $49,999                           1.97         3.77         4.49          3.34 
$50,000 to $74,999                           3.90         1.52         2.56          2.18 
$75,000 or more                              2.57         1.64         1.90          1.18 
                                                                                          
Education                                                                                 
(Persons 18 years and over)                                                               
                                                                                          
Total                                        2.32         1.85         3.95          3.85 
No high school diploma                       1.27         4.33         7.59         16.32 
High school grad,only                        3.10         2.87         6.51          4.08 
Some college,no degree                       6.26         1.82         2.63          1.77 
Associate degree                             2.40         0.89         3.79          1.42 
Bachelor's degree +                          0.75         0.82         2.21          1.35 
                                                                                          
Work experience                                                                           
(Persons age 18 to 64)                                                                    
                                                                                          
Total                                        2.39         1.44         0.47          0.50 
Worked during the year                       2.11         1.15         0.15          0.14 
 Full-time                                   2.02         1.03         0.10          0.09 
 Part-time                                   2.56         1.78         0.39          0.42 
Did not work                                 3.37         2.50         1.62          1.79 
                                                                                          
Firm Size                                                                                 
(workers age 18-64)                                                                       
                                                                                          
Total                                        2.11         1.15         0.15          0.14 
Less than 25 employees                       1.38         1.46         0.17          0.21 
25 to 99 employees                           3.28         0.92         0.00          0.56 
100 to 499 employees                         1.35         1.54         0.11          0.11 
500 to 999 employees                         1.23         0.51         0.00          0.00 
1000 or more employees                       2.63         0.93         0.19          0.00 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff
Last revised: December 10, 2001
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032001/health/h02_009.htm