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Youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 with health insurance coverage by race and ethnicity in United States

Youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 with health insurance coverage by race and ethnicity

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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.

Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 who are covered by health insurance by race and ethnicity. 

The data are based on health insurance coverage at the time of the survey; interviews are conducted throughout the calendar year. Children receiving health insurance through a variety of State Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) are counted as having health insurance.

Data Source

PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample files.

Notes

S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.

N.A. - Data not available.

Beginning in 2020, any comparisons to prior estimates by race and ethnicity should be made with caution. Differences may be the result of demographic changes and/or differences in question wording, race reporting, or coding updates. For more information, visit the ACS Race User Note: Improvements to the Race Question

A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at

Youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 with health insurance coverage by race and ethnicity.

Last Updated

May 2024