Health Insurance Coverage Rate

Description: 

Percent of people covered by private or government-funded health insurance.

Source: 

U.S. Census Bureau, Health Insurance Historical Tables, HIC Series. The Census Bureau’s estimates are based on the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

Methodological Notes: 

In 2014, the Census Bureau implemented a complete redesign of the health insurance questions in the CPS ASEC. The new questions improve upon the previous questionnaire, which produced health insurance estimates that were not in line with those produced by other federal surveys or administrative records. However, because of the redesign, the estimates for years 2013 and later are not directly comparable to 2012 and prior years. Estimates for earlier years are therefore not included in the graphing utility.