Uninsured Children

Nearly twenty percent of uninsured are children. The likelihood that a child is uninsured fell from 14.0 percent in 1998, to 10.9 percent in 2004. It has since increased to 11.3 percent in 2007.

Number & Percentage of Children Age 0-18 Without Health Insurance, 1994-2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 995-2008 Supplements. Note: 1994-2003 data are adjusted for Census correction announced in March 2007.

Uninsured Children by Race and Ethnic Origin, 2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.

Uninsured Children by Age, 2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.

Uninsured Children by Family Poverty Status, 2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.

Uninsured Children by Work Status of the Family Head, 2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.