Table 1. Demographic Characteristics by Nativity Status for Current Population Survey and Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Samples, 2017.
| Characteristic | Participants, % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPS respondents (n = 180 084) | MEPS respondents (n = 30 585) | |||||||||
| All immigrants (n = 24 729) | Citizen immigrants (n = 11 693) | Documented noncitizen immigrants (n = 6640) | Undocumented immigrants (n = 6396) | US-born citizens (n = 155 355) | All immigrants (n = 5745) | Citizen immigrants (n = 2711) | Documented noncitizen immigrants (n = 2519) | Undocumented immigrants (n = 515) | US-born citizens (n = 24 840) | |
| Age group, y | ||||||||||
| 0-17 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 25.7 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 25.8 |
| 18-39 | 35.4 | 24.3 | 38.6 | 52.7 | 28.6 | 34.4 | 23.9 | 44.3 | 52.3 | 28.3 |
| 40-64 | 44.2 | 50.5 | 38.5 | 38.2 | 29.7 | 44.6 | 49.5 | 39.5 | 37.7 | 29.9 |
| ≥65 | 14.6 | 22.1 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 16.0 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 51.4 | 53.8 | 53.3 | 44.9 | 50.9 | 51.9 | 52.9 | 53.5 | 40.6 | 50.9 |
| Male | 48.6 | 46.2 | 46.7 | 55.1 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 47.1 | 46.5 | 59.4 | 49.1 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45.0 | 34.6 | 52.5 | 56.8 | 14.0 | 45.8 | 37.6 | 57.4 | 45.7 | 13.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 8.8 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 13.0 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 18.8 | 22.9 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 67.3 | 16.9 | 21.1 | 11.3 | 15.9 | 67.1 |
| Othera | 27.3 | 31.9 | 20.9 | 25.4 | 5.9 | 29.1 | 32.0 | 23.8 | 33.7 | 6.3 |
| Primary health insurance | ||||||||||
| Private | 55.0 | 57.4 | 43.6 | 61.9 | 58.7 | 52.6 | 57.4 | 42.3 | 65.2 | 59.9 |
| Medicare | 14.6 | 22.3 | 15.0 | 0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 24.8 | 9.3 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Medicaid or other government plan | 13.6 | 11.4 | 31.1 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 2.0 | 16.4 |
| Uninsured | 16.8 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 38.1 | 7.4 | 17.1 | 6.5 | 27.6 | 32.8 | 4.9 |
| Time in US, y | ||||||||||
| ≤10 | 26.5 | 9.6 | 39.4 | 45.2 | NA | 23.3 | 8.4 | 35.5 | 53.3 | NA |
| >10 | 73.5 | 90.4 | 60.6 | 54.8 | NA | 74.7 | 91.6 | 64.5 | 46.7 | NA |
| Citizen | 48.1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 44.2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Abbreviations: CPS, Current Population Survey; MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; NA, not applicable.
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Other races and ethnicities include American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and multiple races and/or ethnicities.