Population share without health insurance by location U.S. 2019

This statistic shows the percentage of the U.S. population under 65 years of age without health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2019, by location of residence. In 2019, over 11 percent of the U.S. population within metropolitan statistical areas under 65 years of age were without health insurance coverage.

Percentage of U.S. population without health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2019, by location of residence*

Characteristic	Within MSA**	Outside MSA**
2019	11.6%	14.6%
2018	10.6%	14%
2017	10.2%	13.8%
2016	9.9%	13.3%
2015	10.3%	12.8%
2014	13%	15.2%
2013	16.2%	19.3%
2012	16.4%	19.9%
2011	16.7%	19.8%
2010	17.8%	20.4%
2009	17.1%	20.2%
2008	16.4%	19.1%
2007	16.1%	19.4%
2006	16.6%	19.3%
2005	16.1%	17.8%
2000	16.6%	18.6%
1999	15.4%	18.8%
1998	15.9%	19.1%
1997	16.9%	19.8%
1995	15.5%	18.6%
1994	17%	19.1%
1989	15.2%	17%
1984	13.6%	16.6%

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1984 to 2019

Age group

under 65 years

Supplementary notes

* Data prior to 1997 are not strictly comparable with data for later years due to the 1997 questionnaire redesign.
Estimates for 2000-2002 were calculated using 2000-based sample weights and may differ from estimates in other reports that used 1990-based sample weights for 2000-2002 estimates.
Beginning in quarter 3 of the 2004 NHIS, persons under 65 years with no reported coverage were asked explicitly about Medicaid coverage. In this statistic, estimates were calculated with the additional information starting with 2005 data.
Includes all other races not shown separately, those with unknown marital status, unknown disability status, and, in 1984 and 1989, persons with unknown poverty level.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.
** MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Starting with 2006 data, MSA status is determined using 2000 census data and the 2000 standards for defining MSAs.

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