Table 1. Demographics of US adults by insurance coverage (average over 17 surveys and range from 1997–2013).
| Characteristic | All | Medicaid | Uninsured | Private | Other | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | 1997 | 2013 | N | % | 1997 | 2013 | N | % | 1997 | 2013 | N | % | 1997 | 2013 | N | % | 1997 | 2013 | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 288644 | 51.9 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 34440 | 66.3 | 70.7 | 62.7 | 44570 | 46.3 | 46.3 | 47.0 | 181274 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 51.5 | 28360 | 52.3 | 54.2 | 51.6 |
| Male | 225399 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 13635 | 33.7 | 29.3 | 37.3 | 43730 | 53.7 | 53.7 | 53.0 | 146016 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 22018 | 47.7 | 45.8 | 48.4 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18–34 | 149075 | 31.2 | 33.0 | 30.2 | 16596 | 40.0 | 40.9 | 39.6 | 41107 | 50.3 | 54.4 | 46.1 | 87673 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 28.7 | 3699 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 7.5 |
| 35–49 | 147587 | 29.7 | 31.8 | 25.6 | 12027 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 23.0 | 29566 | 31.5 | 31.0 | 30.4 | 101495 | 32.1 | 34.2 | 28.0 | 4499 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 7.9 |
| 50–64 | 115652 | 22.5 | 18.7 | 25.9 | 9689 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 22.6 | 16736 | 17.2 | 14.0 | 22.5 | 80851 | 24.6 | 20.2 | 28.6 | 8376 | 17.7 | 16.3 | 18.8 |
| 65+ | 101729 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 18.3 | 9763 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 891 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 57271 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 33804 | 64.9 | 61.2 | 65.9 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
| <12 | 96494 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 13.8 | 20588 | 40.8 | 48.7 | 34.5 | 28112 | 29.8 | 33.2 | 26.0 | 33670 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 14124 | 26.1 | 37.1 | 18.3 |
| = 12 | 142577 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 26.0 | 14204 | 32.0 | 29.2 | 31.8 | 27298 | 33.6 | 32.7 | 32.4 | 86042 | 27.1 | 29.8 | 22.5 | 15033 | 31.4 | 30.2 | 31.3 |
| Some college | 146933 | 29.4 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 9902 | 20.7 | 17.6 | 25.5 | 22739 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 29.2 | 101476 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 32.5 | 12816 | 26.2 | 22.3 | 29.5 |
| BA + | 123709 | 25.3 | 21.8 | 29.3 | 2709 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 9086 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 12.4 | 104238 | 31.9 | 27.0 | 38.6 | 7676 | 16.2 | 10.5 | 20.9 |
| Race | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NH-White | 322458 | 70.8 | 74.6 | 66.1 | 18295 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 45.8 | 36503 | 50.8 | 57.6 | 44.9 | 235409 | 77.7 | 80.5 | 73.9 | 32251 | 72.2 | 71.8 | 72.2 |
| NH-Black | 73530 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 13066 | 23.3 | 26.0 | 22.2 | 14169 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 37381 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8914 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 11.6 |
| Hispanic | 88332 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 15.0 | 13551 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 21.9 | 32440 | 28.7 | 22.5 | 33.7 | 35772 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 6569 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 10.1 |
| Other | 29642 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 3162 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 10.1 | 5174 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 18668 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 2638 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
Note: NH stands for Non-Hispanic