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Table HI09.  Health Insurance Coverage Status by Nativity, Citizenship, and Duration of Residence for All People: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                                      --------------------Covered by private or government health insurance-------------------- 
                                                                   Private health insurance                                                     
                                  Total          Not                                  Group  -----------Government health insurance------------ 
                                persons      covered        Total        Total       health        Total     Medicaid     Medicare      Champus 
                                                                                                                                                
ALL PEOPLE                                                                                                                                      
 Total                           276540        38683       237857       200249       177286        66935        28613        37028         8334 
                                                                                                                                                
Native                                                                                                                                          
 Total                           246629        29219       217409       183829       162711        61170        25656        33704         7892 
                                                                                                                                                
Foreign born                                                                                                                                    
 Total                            29912         9464        20448        16420        14575         5765         2957         3324          442 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years             11783         5055         6728         5537         4973         1497         1206          356          113 
   10 to 19 years                  8319         2848         5471         4626         4258         1080          774          402          105 
   20 to 29 years                  5029         1112         3917         3242         2945          884          547          477           77 
   30 to 39 years                  2659          360         2299         1764         1511          824          251          658           74 
   40 years or more                2121           88         2032         1252          889         1481          178         1431           72 
                                                                                                                                                
Naturalized citizen                                                                                                                             
 Total                            11378         1805         9573         7599         6605         3158         1075         2432          276 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years              1180          241          940          795          719          208          133           96           16 
   10 to 19 years                  3216          736         2479         2146         1961          447          276          220           71 
   20 to 29 years                  3198          545         2652         2233         2031          574          340          344           57 
   30 to 39 years                  1982          221         1761         1344         1134          653          178          528           72 
   40 years or more                1802           61         1741         1081          759         1276          148         1245           59 
                                                                                                                                                
Not a citizen                                                                                                                                   
 Total                            18534         7659        10875         8822         7971         2607         1882          892          166 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years             10603         4815         5788         4742         4253         1289         1073          261           97 
   10 to 19 years                  5104         2111         2992         2479         2297          633          499          182           33 
   20 to 29 years                  1832          567         1265         1009          914          310          207          133           21 
   30 to 39 years                   677          139          538          420          377          171           73          130            2 
   40 years or more                 319           27          291          171          130          205           30          187           13 
Table HI09.  Health Insurance Coverage Status by Nativity, Citizenship, and Duration of Residence for All People: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                                      --------------------Covered by private or government health insurance-------------------- 
                                                                   Private health insurance                                                     
                                  Total          Not                                  Group  -----------Government health insurance------------ 
                                persons      covered        Total        Total       health        Total     Medicaid     Medicare      Champus 
                                                                                                                                                
ALL PEOPLE                                                                                                                                      
 Total                            100.0         14.0         86.0         72.4         64.1         24.2         10.3         13.4          3.0 
                                                                                                                                                
Native                                                                                                                                          
 Total                            100.0         11.8         88.2         74.5         66.0         24.8         10.4         13.7          3.2 
                                                                                                                                                
Foreign born                                                                                                                                    
 Total                            100.0         31.6         68.4         54.9         48.7         19.3          9.9         11.1          1.5 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years             100.0         42.9         57.1         47.0         42.2         12.7         10.2          3.0          1.0 
   10 to 19 years                 100.0         34.2         65.8         55.6         51.2         13.0          9.3          4.8          1.3 
   20 to 29 years                 100.0         22.1         77.9         64.5         58.6         17.6         10.9          9.5          1.5 
   30 to 39 years                 100.0         13.5         86.5         66.3         56.8         31.0          9.5         24.7          2.8 
   40 years or more               100.0          4.2         95.8         59.0         41.9         69.8          8.4         67.5          3.4 
                                                                                                                                                
Naturalized citizen                                                                                                                             
 Total                            100.0         15.9         84.1         66.8         58.0         27.8          9.4         21.4          2.4 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years             100.0         20.4         79.6         67.3         60.9         17.6         11.3          8.1          1.4 
   10 to 19 years                 100.0         22.9         77.1         66.7         61.0         13.9          8.6          6.8          2.2 
   20 to 29 years                 100.0         17.1         82.9         69.8         63.5         18.0         10.6         10.7          1.8 
   30 to 39 years                 100.0         11.2         88.8         67.8         57.2         32.9          9.0         26.6          3.6 
   40 years or more               100.0          3.4         96.6         60.0         42.1         70.8          8.2         69.1          3.3 
                                                                                                                                                
Not a citizen                                                                                                                                   
 Total                            100.0         41.3         58.7         47.6         43.0         14.1         10.2          4.8          0.9 
                                                                                                                                                
Duration of U.S. residency                                                                                                                      
   less than 10 years             100.0         45.4         54.6         44.7         40.1         12.2         10.1          2.5          0.9 
   10 to 19 years                 100.0         41.4         58.6         48.6         45.0         12.4          9.8          3.6          0.7 
   20 to 29 years                 100.0         31.0         69.0         55.1         49.9         16.9         11.3          7.3          1.1 
   30 to 39 years                 100.0         20.5         79.5         62.0         55.6         25.3         10.8         19.1          0.3 
   40 years or more               100.0          8.6         91.4         53.6         40.8         64.2          9.5         58.6          4.0 

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/h09_001.htm