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Table HI08.  Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 2006

(Numbers in thousands)

                                                ___________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                  Covered by private or government health insurance
                                                                  _________________________________________________________________________
                                                                           Private health insurance    Government health insurance
                                                                           __________________________  ____________________________________
                                                Total    Not                        Group    Direct-
                                                persons  covered  Total    Total    health   purchase  Total    Medicaid  Medicare  Champus
                                                ___________________________________________________________________________________________


ALL CHILDREN

 Total........................................   74,101    8,661   65,440   47,906   44,257     3,890   22,109    20,067       411    2,058

Age
Under 3 years.................................   12,293    1,460   10,833    7,183    6,755       550    4,431     4,109        95      327
3 to 5 years..................................   12,265    1,311   10,954    7,665    7,241       559    4,100     3,776        60      328
6 to 11 years.................................   23,789    2,632   21,157   15,560   14,544     1,348    7,024     6,390       120      638
12 to 17 years................................   25,755    3,258   22,497   17,499   15,717     1,433    6,554     5,792       136      764


Race or Hispanic Origin

     All Races................................   74,101    8,661   65,440   47,906   44,257     3,890   22,109    20,067       411    2,058
White alone or in combination.................   58,660    6,493   52,166   39,642   36,573     3,250   16,055    14,430       291    1,645
  White alone.................................   56,478    6,297   50,181   38,324   35,324     3,164   15,218    13,691       272    1,549
    White alone, not Hispanic.................   42,416    3,103   39,313   32,615   29,944     2,808    9,341     8,089       152    1,323
Black alone or in combination.................   12,445    1,708   10,737    6,129    5,698       428    5,522     5,152       115      359
  Black alone.................................   11,378    1,604    9,774    5,575    5,174       399    5,011     4,686       102      314
Asian alone or in combination.................    3,590      365    3,225    2,662    2,500       233      751       647        25      105
  Asian alone.................................    2,973      338    2,635    2,179    2,033       214      609       541        13       68
Hispanic (of any race)........................   15,217    3,364   11,852    6,225    5,861       388    6,432     6,131       130      253


Region

Northeast.....................................   12,660    1,073   11,587    8,899    8,445       477    3,423     3,309        47      120
Midwest.......................................   16,130    1,165   14,965   11,567   10,788       811    4,437     4,197        78      244
South.........................................   27,296    4,055   23,241   16,268   14,983     1,364    8,706     7,571       219    1,125
West..........................................   18,016    2,369   15,647   11,173   10,040     1,238    5,543     4,991        67      569


Nativity

Native........................................   71,036    7,646   63,390   46,555   43,014     3,752   21,275    19,274       399    2,017
Foreign-born..................................    3,065    1,014    2,051    1,351    1,244       139      834       793        12       41
 Naturalized citizen..........................      513       75      438      333      297        43      132       119         5       14
Not a citizen.................................    2,552      940    1,613    1,019      947        96      702       675         7       26


Family Status

In families...................................   72,837    8,371   64,466   47,463   43,875     3,867   21,519    19,494       392    2,050

  Family type

  Married couple families.....................   51,385    4,959   46,426   38,206   35,765     3,109   11,271     9,638       186    1,714
  Male householder, no spouse present.........    3,932      826    3,106    2,075    1,842       181    1,258     1,172        26       75
  Female householder, no spouse present.......   17,520    2,586   14,933    7,182    6,268       577    8,990     8,684       181      261


  Family income

  Less than $25,000...........................   14,922    2,721   12,201    3,432    2,840       462    9,739     9,498       203      210
  25,000-$49,999..............................   17,436    2,751   14,685    9,279    8,384       812    6,762     6,204       128      565
  50,000-$74,999..............................   14,054    1,422   12,632   10,953   10,237       821    2,646     2,150        32      523
  75,000 or more..............................   26,425    1,477   24,948   23,799   22,414     1,772    2,371     1,642        29      752


  Family Reference Person - Work Experience

  Worked during year..........................   58,462    6,025   52,437   41,419   38,457     3,218   14,666    13,101       262    1,561
   Full time..................................   49,998    5,116   44,882   36,360   33,935     2,701   11,615    10,243       206    1,352
   Part time..................................    8,464      909    7,555    5,059    4,522       517    3,052     2,858        56      209

  Did not work................................   14,375    2,346   12,029    6,044    5,417       649    6,852     6,393       131      489


  Number of Family Workers Age 18-64

  None........................................    5,317      932    4,385      945      717       148    3,685     3,557        84      116
  One.........................................   30,338    4,060   26,279   17,474   15,783     1,607   10,983    10,089       213      915
  Two or more.................................   37,182    3,379   33,803   29,044   27,374     2,112    6,850     5,848        95    1,019


In unrelated sub-families.....................      719      111      608      311      281        20      347       337         8        5
Unrelated individuals.........................      546      179      367      133      102         4      244       236        11        3























Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table HI08.  Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 2006

(Numbers in thousands)

                                                ____________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                  Covered by private or government health insurance
                                                                  __________________________________________________________________
                                                                         Private health insuranc  Government health insurance
                                                                         _______________________  __________________________________
                                                Total    Not                    Group   Direct-
                                                persons  covered  Total  Total  health  purchase  Total  Medicaid  Medicare  Champus
                                                ____________________________________________________________________________________


ALL CHILDREN

 Total........................................    100.0     11.7   88.3   64.6    59.7       5.3   29.8      27.1       0.6      2.8

Age
Under 3 years.................................    100.0     11.9   88.1   58.4    55.0       4.5   36.0      33.4       0.8      2.7
3 to 5 years..................................    100.0     10.7   89.3   62.5    59.0       4.6   33.4      30.8       0.5      2.7
6 to 11 years.................................    100.0     11.1   88.9   65.4    61.1       5.7   29.5      26.9       0.5      2.7
12 to 17 years................................    100.0     12.6   87.4   67.9    61.0       5.6   25.4      22.5       0.5      3.0


Race or Hispanic Origin

     All Races................................    100.0     11.7   88.3   64.6    59.7       5.3   29.8      27.1       0.6      2.8
White alone or in combination.................    100.0     11.1   88.9   67.6    62.3       5.5   27.4      24.6       0.5      2.8
  White alone.................................    100.0     11.1   88.9   67.9    62.5       5.6   26.9      24.2       0.5      2.7
    White alone, not Hispanic.................    100.0      7.3   92.7   76.9    70.6       6.6   22.0      19.1       0.4      3.1
Black alone or in combination.................    100.0     13.7   86.3   49.2    45.8       3.4   44.4      41.4       0.9      2.9
  Black alone.................................    100.0     14.1   85.9   49.0    45.5       3.5   44.0      41.2       0.9      2.8
Asian alone or in combination.................    100.0     10.2   89.8   74.1    69.6       6.5   20.9      18.0       0.7      2.9
  Asian alone.................................    100.0     11.4   88.6   73.3    68.4       7.2   20.5      18.2       0.4      2.3
Hispanic (of any race)........................    100.0     22.1   77.9   40.9    38.5       2.5   42.3      40.3       0.9      1.7


Region

Northeast.....................................    100.0      8.5   91.5   70.3    66.7       3.8   27.0      26.1       0.4      0.9
Midwest.......................................    100.0      7.2   92.8   71.7    66.9       5.0   27.5      26.0       0.5      1.5
South.........................................    100.0     14.9   85.1   59.6    54.9       5.0   31.9      27.7       0.8      4.1
West..........................................    100.0     13.1   86.9   62.0    55.7       6.9   30.8      27.7       0.4      3.2


Nativity

Native........................................    100.0     10.8   89.2   65.5    60.6       5.3   29.9      27.1       0.6      2.8
Foreign-born..................................    100.0     33.1   66.9   44.1    40.6       4.5   27.2      25.9       0.4      1.3
 Naturalized citizen..........................    100.0     14.6   85.4   64.8    57.9       8.4   25.7      23.1       1.0      2.8
Not a citizen.................................    100.0     36.8   63.2   39.9    37.1       3.7   27.5      26.4       0.3      1.0


Family Status

In families...................................    100.0     11.5   88.5   65.2    60.2       5.3   29.5      26.8       0.5      2.8

  Family type

  Married couple families.....................    100.0      9.7   90.3   74.4    69.6       6.0   21.9      18.8       0.4      3.3
  Male householder, no spouse present.........    100.0     21.0   79.0   52.8    46.9       4.6   32.0      29.8       0.7      1.9
  Female householder, no spouse present.......    100.0     14.8   85.2   41.0    35.8       3.3   51.3      49.6       1.0      1.5


  Family income

  Less than $25,000...........................    100.0     18.2   81.8   23.0    19.0       3.1   65.3      63.7       1.4      1.4
  25,000-$49,999..............................    100.0     15.8   84.2   53.2    48.1       4.7   38.8      35.6       0.7      3.2
  50,000-$74,999..............................    100.0     10.1   89.9   77.9    72.8       5.8   18.8      15.3       0.2      3.7
  75,000 or more..............................    100.0      5.6   94.4   90.1    84.8       6.7    9.0       6.2       0.1      2.8


  Family Reference Person - Work Experience

  Worked during year..........................    100.0     10.3   89.7   70.8    65.8       5.5   25.1      22.4       0.4      2.7
   Full time..................................    100.0     10.2   89.8   72.7    67.9       5.4   23.2      20.5       0.4      2.7
   Part time..................................    100.0     10.7   89.3   59.8    53.4       6.1   36.1      33.8       0.7      2.5

  Did not work................................    100.0     16.3   83.7   42.0    37.7       4.5   47.7      44.5       0.9      3.4


  Number of Family Workers Age 18-64

  None........................................    100.0     17.5   82.5   17.8    13.5       2.8   69.3      66.9       1.6      2.2
  One.........................................    100.0     13.4   86.6   57.6    52.0       5.3   36.2      33.3       0.7      3.0
  Two or more.................................    100.0      9.1   90.9   78.1    73.6       5.7   18.4      15.7       0.3      2.7


In unrelated sub-families.....................    100.0     15.5   84.5   43.3    39.0       2.7   48.2      46.9       1.1      0.7
Unrelated individuals.........................    100.0     32.8   67.2   24.3    18.7       0.7   44.7      43.3       2.0      0.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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