Uninsured Americans By Race...

Uninsured By Race and Hispanic Origin Using 3-Year Average: 2004 to 2006
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year)
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All races....................................................................45,102

White.........................................................................34,151

White, non Hispanic..............................................20,875

Black............................................................................7,174

American Inidan and Alaska Native........................748

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander..........139

Hispanic origin (any race).....................................14,187

Because of the relatively small population of these racial groups, the sampling variability of their health insurance data is larger than for the other racial groups and may cause single-year estimates to fluctuate more widely. American Indians and Alaska Natives had a 3-year average (2004-2006) uninsured rate (31.4 percent) that was higher than the rate for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (21.7 percent) and higher than those of other race groups. The 3-year average also shows that the uninsured rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives was not statistically different from the rate for Hispanics (32.7 percent).

In 2006, the uninsured rate for non-Hispanic Whites was statistically unchanged at 10.8 percent. The uninsured rate for Blacks increased in 2006 to 20.5 percent, from 19.0 percent in 2005, while the uninsured rate for Asians decreased to 15.5 percent in 2006, from 17.2 percent in 2005. Among Hispanics, the uninsured number and rate both increased in 2006 to 15.3 million and 34.1 percent, from 13.9 million and 32.3 percent in 2005.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau