Table 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for All People
in Poverty Universe: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)
Covered by some type of health
insurance during the year
Covered by private health in Covered by government health insurance
Covered by Medicaid Covered by Medicare Not cov.
Own Also cov. Also cov. Cov. by at any
Empl. Empl. by priv. by priv. Also cov. mil. rel. time during
Total Total Total based based Total Total ins. Total ins. by Medicaid hlth. care the year
WHITE
ALL INCOME LEVELS
Both Sexes
Total........................... 225,997 196,887 169,638 149,206 77,605 52,618 19,290 3,964 32,035 19,223 3,699 6,528 29,110
Under 18 years.................... 56,412 50,387 42,133 39,560 219 11,030 9,514 1,925 283 75 144 1,531 6,025
18 to 24 years.................... 21,532 16,021 14,583 12,000 5,141 2,224 1,588 422 88 21 30 598 5,511
25 to 34 years.................... 29,867 23,847 22,010 20,795 15,937 2,454 1,649 255 305 66 152 658 6,020
35 to 44 years.................... 36,691 31,426 29,591 27,931 19,830 2,781 1,684 317 608 167 305 846 5,265
45 to 54 years.................... 31,964 28,429 26,720 24,942 18,282 2,808 1,284 254 984 338 318 921 3,534
55 to 59 years.................... 11,450 9,988 9,099 8,182 6,180 1,367 609 99 615 212 188 367 1,461
60 to 64 years.................... 8,960 7,835 6,827 5,796 4,304 1,729 555 95 1,025 433 187 394 1,124
65 years and over................. 29,122 28,953 18,677 9,999 7,712 28,227 2,407 597 28,128 17,911 2,376 1,212 169
65 to 74 years................. 15,604 15,479 10,368 6,125 4,536 14,904 1,254 329 14,849 9,762 1,238 746 126
75 years and over.............. 13,518 13,475 8,309 3,874 3,176 13,323 1,153 268 13,279 8,150 1,138 467 43
Male
Total............................. 111,297 96,003 83,759 74,820 44,771 23,828 8,696 1,914 14,115 8,578 1,534 3,509 15,294
Under 18 years.................... 28,950 25,791 21,515 20,188 106 5,766 4,953 1,021 147 53 76 826 3,159
18 to 24 years.................... 10,906 7,867 7,374 6,114 2,745 853 560 181 44 13 15 279 3,039
25 to 34 years.................... 14,937 11,586 10,881 10,288 9,183 980 557 100 183 38 99 342 3,351
35 to 44 years.................... 18,392 15,490 14,677 13,867 11,895 1,231 689 143 344 72 180 412 2,902
45 to 54 years.................... 15,795 14,081 13,179 12,352 10,473 1,448 626 142 554 169 172 498 1,714
55 to 59 years.................... 5,557 4,951 4,508 4,089 3,540 663 246 28 323 116 70 192 605
60 to 64 years.................... 4,198 3,758 3,322 2,911 2,443 779 186 32 472 209 57 200 441
65 years and over................. 12,562 12,478 8,302 5,010 4,386 12,108 879 267 12,048 7,908 865 760 84
65 to 74 years................. 7,235 7,180 4,944 3,241 2,768 6,875 518 174 6,846 4,622 511 434 55
75 years and over.............. 5,326 5,297 3,358 1,769 1,618 5,233 361 92 5,202 3,286 354 326 29
Female
Total..:.......................... 114,700 100,884 85,879 74,386 32,835 28,790 10,594 2,049 17,921 10,646 2,166 3,019 13,816
Under 18 years.................... 27,462 24,596 20,618 19,372 113 5,264 4,560 904 135 22 68 705 2,867
18 to 24 years.................... 10,626 8,154 7,208 5,886 2,396 1,371 1,028 242 43 8 15 318 2,472
25 to 34 years.................... 14,930 12,260 11,128 10,507 6,754 1,474 1,092 155 122 29 53 317 2,669
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for All People
in Poverty Universe: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)
Covered by some type of health
insurance during the year
Covered by private health in Covered by government health insurance
Covered by Medicaid Covered by Medicare Not cov.
Own Also cov. Also cov. Cov. by at any
Empl. Empl. by priv. by priv. Also cov. mil. rel. time during
Total Total Total based based Total Total ins. Total ins. by Medicaid hlth. care the year
35 to 44 years.................... 18,299 15,936 14,913 14,063 7,935 1,551 995 174 264 95 125 434 2,363
45 to 54 years.................... 16,169 14,348 13,541 12,590 7,809 1,359 658 112 430 169 146 423 1,820
55 to 59 years.................... 5,893 5,037 4,591 4,093 2,641 703 363 70 293 96 118 175 856
60 to 64 years.................... 4,761 4,078 3,505 2,885 1,861 950 369 63 554 224 129 194 684
65 years and over................. 16,560 16,476 10,375 4,990 3,326 16,119 1,528 330 16,079 10,003 1,511 453 85
65 to 74 years................. 8,369 8,298 5,424 2,884 1,768 8,029 736 154 8,002 5,140 727 312 71
75 years and over.............. 8,191 8,178 4,951 2,105 1,558 8,090 792 176 8,077 4,863 784 141 14
Related Children1
Under 18 years.................... 55,463 49,690 41,653 39,168 204 10,750 9,272 1,890 279 74 144 1,497 5,773
Under 6 years................... 18,277 16,438 12,990 12,496 0 4,395 3,840 658 127 31 61 549 1,839
6 to 17 years................... 37,186 33,252 28,662 26,672 204 6,355 5,433 1,231 152 43 83 948 3,935
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan...................... 180,296 156,736 135,963 120,946 63,254 39,861 14,575 3,057 24,012 14,214 2,771 5,130 23,560
Central city..................... 56,014 46,546 38,133 33,473 19,190 14,225 6,371 1,120 7,643 4,187 1,137 1,766 9,468
Not central city................. 124,283 110,190 97,831 87,473 44,064 25,636 8,204 1,936 16,368 10,026 1,634 3,364 14,093
Not metropolitan.................. 45,701 40,151 33,675 28,259 14,351 12,757 4,715 907 8,024 5,010 928 1,397 5,550
Northeast.......................... 43,604 39,414 34,332 30,542 15,662 10,321 3,961 905 6,732 4,157 875 725 4,190
Metropolitan...................... 38,210 34,520 30,130 26,926 13,852 8,903 3,414 804 5,866 3,591 794 589 3,690
Central city..................... 9,820 8,502 6,490 5,735 3,389 3,149 1,715 277 1,760 864 404 110 1,319
Not central city................. 28,390 26,018 23,640 21,192 10,462 5,754 1,699 526 4,106 2,727 390 478 2,372
Not metropolitan.................. 5,394 4,895 4,202 3,616 1,810 1,418 547 101 866 566 81 136 499
Midwest............................ 55,055 49,704 44,916 39,477 19,741 11,120 3,557 899 7,443 5,126 658 1,050 5,351
Metropolitan...................... 40,000 36,117 32,963 29,671 14,909 7,422 2,363 640 4,861 3,346 400 770 3,883
Central city..................... 11,363 9,874 8,621 7,641 4,245 2,606 1,089 282 1,466 951 187 319 1,489
Not central city................. 28,637 26,244 24,342 22,030 10,664 4,816 1,274 358 3,395 2,395 213 451 2,393
Not metropolitan.................. 15,055 13,587 11,954 9,806 4,832 3,699 1,194 259 2,582 1,780 258 280 1,468
South.............................. 74,630 63,769 53,999 47,358 25,586 18,469 6,003 1,172 11,575 6,530 1,414 2,979 10,861
Metropolitan...................... 56,511 48,082 41,271 36,485 19,910 13,054 4,009 803 8,201 4,632 989 2,329 8,429
Central city..................... 17,088 13,720 11,290 9,808 5,731 4,207 1,456 216 2,433 1,374 259 754 3,369
Not central city................. 39,423 34,362 29,980 26,677 14,179 8,848 2,553 588 5,768 3,258 729 1,576 5,061
Not metropolitan.................. 18,119 15,687 12,728 10,872 5,676 5,415 1,994 369 3,373 1,898 425 650 2,432
West............................ 52,708 44,000 36,391 31,828 16,616 12,708 5,769 987 6,285 3,410 752 1,773 8,708
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for All People
in Poverty Universe: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)
Covered by some type of health
insurance during the year
Covered by private health in Covered by government health insurance
Covered by Medicaid Covered by Medicare Not cov.
Own Also cov. Also cov. Cov. by at any
Empl. Empl. by priv. by priv. Also cov. mil. rel. time during
Total Total Total based based Total Total ins. Total ins. by Medicaid hlth. care the year
Metropolitan...................... 45,575 38,017 31,600 27,864 14,584 10,482 4,788 810 5,083 2,645 588 1,442 7,558
Central city..................... 17,742 14,451 11,732 10,289 5,825 4,264 2,111 346 1,983 998 287 583 3,291
Not central city................. 27,833 23,566 19,868 17,574 8,759 6,218 2,677 464 3,100 1,647 301 859 4,267
Not metropolitan.................. 7,133 5,983 4,791 3,965 2,032 2,226 981 177 1,202 765 164 332 1,150
Household Relationship
Total.............................. 225,997 196,887 169,638 149,206 77,605 52,618 19,290 3,964 32,035 19,223 3,699 6,528 29,110
65 years and over................. 29,122 28,953 18,677 9,999 7,712 28,227 2,407 597 28,128 17,911 2,376 1,212 169
In families......................... 187,677 164,658 143,325 129,304 58,370 40,135 16,038 3,389 21,571 13,184 2,042 5,835 23,019
Householder...................... 60,222 53,706 47,261 41,867 31,841 14,829 3,152 674 11,085 7,033 862 2,043 6,515
Under 65 years.................. 49,923 43,441 40,401 37,810 28,541 4,862 2,534 482 1,149 484 258 1,508 6,482
65 years and over............... 10,299 10,266 6,860 4,057 3,300 9,966 618 193 9,935 6,550 603 535 33
Related children1/
Under 18 years.................. 55,463 49,690 41,653 39,168 204 10,750 9,272 1,890 279 74 144 1,497 5,773
Under 6 years.................. 18,277 16,438 12,990 12,496 0 4,395 3,840 658 127 31 61 549 1,839
6 to 17 years.................. 37,186 33,252 28,662 26,672 204 6,355 5,433 1,231 152 43 83 948 3,935
Own children 18 years and over... 16,725 12,912 11,619 10,295 4,165 1,796 1,264 281 429 71 184 324 3,813
In married-couple families.......... 155,122 139,106 124,949 113,646 49,698 30,536 9,456 2,438 18,312 11,906 1,417 5,342 16,016
Husbands......................... 48,677 44,642 40,414 36,165 29,707 11,811 1,485 481 9,631 6,565 615 1,884 4,035
Under 65 years.................. 39,591 35,594 33,997 32,224 26,369 3,023 992 276 868 420 133 1,359 3,997
65 years and over............... 9,086 9,048 6,417 3,941 3,338 8,788 493 204 8,763 6,145 483 525 38
Wives............................ 48,636 43,872 39,845 35,621 16,780 10,158 1,748 473 7,438 4,918 465 1,857 4,764
Under 65 years.................. 41,681 36,930 35,085 32,999 15,692 3,403 1,424 345 705 359 145 1,481 4,751
65 years and over............... 6,955 6,943 4,761 2,622 1,088 6,755 324 128 6,733 4,558 321 375 12
Related children1/
Under 18 years.................. 43,818 39,805 35,166 33,376 143 6,603 5,307 1,265 190 60 87 1,329 4,013
Under 6 years.................. 14,804 13,489 11,459 11,042 0 2,756 2,258 465 93 23 39 492 1,316
6 to 17 years.................. 29,014 26,316 23,707 22,334 143 3,847 3,050 800 98 37 48 837 2,698
Own children 18 years and over... 11,523 9,240 8,635 7,840 2,556 953 642 183 167 32 79 236 2,284
In families with female house-
holder,no spouse present........... 23,591 18,960 13,122 11,099 5,969 7,646 5,479 752 2,380 931 459 295 4,630
Householder...................... 8,293 6,729 4,895 4,047 3,931 2,700 1,318 149 1,520 694 208 81 1,565
Under 65 years.................. 6,925 5,368 4,220 3,724 3,620 1,363 1,169 136 191 43 67 73 1,557
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for All People
in Poverty Universe: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)
Covered by some type of health
insurance during the year
Covered by private health in Covered by government health insurance
Covered by Medicaid Covered by Medicare Not cov.
Own Also cov. Also cov. Cov. by at any
Empl. Empl. by priv. by priv. Also cov. mil. rel. time during
Total Total Total based based Total Total ins. Total ins. by Medicaid hlth. care the year
65 years and over............... 1,368 1,361 675 322 311 1,337 149 13 1,330 651 142 9 7
Related children1/
Under 18 years.................. 8,941 7,718 4,825 4,285 48 3,488 3,364 511 65 5 48 114 1,224
Under 6 years.................. 2,597 2,226 1,054 1,000 0 1,333 1,298 146 16 0 13 35 371
6 to 17 years.................. 6,344 5,491 3,771 3,285 48 2,155 2,066 366 49 5 35 79 853
Own children 18 years and over... 4,175 2,984 2,399 1,955 1,304 696 526 73 219 32 89 55 1,191
In unrelated subfamilies............ 1,109 843 599 547 209 321 256 30 28 13 5 41 266
Under 18 years.................. 634 516 342 321 2 222 190 24 4 1 0 28 118
Under 6 years.................. 180 132 70 70 0 66 58 4 2 0 0 6 48
6 to 17 years.................. 454 384 271 251 2 156 132 20 1 1 0 22 71
18 years and over............... 475 327 257 226 207 99 66 7 24 11 5 14 148
Unrelated individuals.............. 37,211 31,386 25,715 19,355 19,026 12,163 2,996 544 10,436 6,027 1,652 652 5,825
Male............................. 17,615 13,985 11,880 9,760 9,649 3,851 1,151 208 3,005 1,516 539 436 3,631
Under 65 years.................. 15,128 11,512 10,455 8,962 8,857 1,436 850 154 604 152 238 260 3,616
Living alone................... 7,371 6,130 5,474 4,805 4,797 900 501 84 446 112 170 158 1,240
65 years and over............... 2,488 2,473 1,425 798 792 2,415 301 55 2,401 1,364 301 176 15
Living alone................... 2,139 2,138 1,281 688 686 2,087 261 52 2,076 1,227 261 171 1
Female........................... 19,596 17,402 13,835 9,595 9,377 8,312 1,845 336 7,431 4,511 1,113 216 2,194
Under 65 years.................. 12,628 10,447 9,384 7,793 7,662 1,463 1,028 174 592 166 302 153 2,181
Living alone................... 7,000 6,214 5,476 4,710 4,696 1,011 676 98 473 126 240 111 786
65 years and over............... 6,968 6,955 4,451 1,802 1,715 6,848 817 162 6,839 4,344 812 62 13
Living alone................... 6,705 6,704 4,334 1,759 1,672 6,605 781 160 6,597 4,235 777 57 1
Work Experience
Male
Under 16 years.................... 25,697 22,924 18,949 17,952 26 5,320 4,601 937 136 49 68 726 2,773
16 to 64 years.................... 73,039 60,601 56,508 51,858 40,358 6,400 3,216 711 1,931 621 601 2,023 12,437
Worked during the year......... 63,833 53,349 51,672 47,919 38,966 3,226 1,401 466 324 149 87 1,630 10,484
Full time, year-round.......... 48,775 42,116 41,253 39,066 34,331 1,905 596 246 120 74 13 1,217 6,658
Not full time, year-round...... 15,058 11,232 10,418 8,853 4,634 1,321 805 220 204 75 75 413 3,826
Did not work................... 9,206 7,253 4,836 3,938 1,392 3,174 1,814 245 1,607 471 513 393 1,953
65 years and over................. 12,562 12,478 8,302 5,010 4,386 12,108 879 267 12,048 7,908 865 760 84
Worked during the year......... 2,931 2,901 2,308 1,503 1,328 2,616 148 83 2,606 2,015 143 123 29
Full time, year-round.......... 1,194 1,173 981 758 695 935 55 31 932 743 52 31 21
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 24. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for All People
in Poverty Universe: 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction. Poverty universe: unrelated individuals under age 15 are excluded)
Covered by some type of health
insurance during the year
Covered by private health in Covered by government health insurance
Covered by Medicaid Covered by Medicare Not cov.
Own Also cov. Also cov. Cov. by at any
Empl. Empl. by priv. by priv. Also cov. mil. rel. time during
Total Total Total based based Total Total ins. Total ins. by Medicaid hlth. care the year
Not full time, year-round...... 1,737 1,728 1,326 745 633 1,680 93 52 1,674 1,272 91 92 8
Did not work................... 9,631 9,576 5,994 3,507 3,058 9,492 731 184 9,442 5,893 722 636 55
Female
Under 16 years.................... 24,400 21,948 18,224 17,298 40 4,868 4,236 818 123 22 61 639 2,452
16 to 64 years.................... 73,740 62,461 57,280 52,099 29,468 7,803 4,830 901 1,719 620 593 1,927 11,279
Worked during the year......... 55,848 48,358 46,295 42,725 27,874 3,616 2,141 544 256 140 57 1,300 7,490
Full time, year-round.......... 32,589 29,096 28,598 27,376 21,889 1,259 530 188 61 53 8 684 3,493
Not full time, year-round...... 23,259 19,262 17,697 15,349 5,984 2,357 1,611 356 195 87 49 616 3,997
Did not work................... 17,891 14,102 10,985 9,374 1,594 4,187 2,689 357 1,462 481 536 627 3,789
65 years and over................. 16,560 16,476 10,375 4,990 3,326 16,119 1,528 330 16,079 10,003 1,511 453 85
Worked during the year......... 2,049 2,042 1,606 893 688 1,880 88 52 1,874 1,438 88 48 7
Full time, year-round.......... 570 566 468 340 309 469 19 11 466 368 19 12 4
Not full time, year-round...... 1,480 1,476 1,137 554 379 1,411 69 41 1,408 1,070 68 36 3
Did not work................... 14,511 14,434 8,770 4,096 2,638 14,239 1,440 278 14,206 8,565 1,424 405 77
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.