An estimated 14.0 percent of the population were without health insurance coverage during the entire year in 2000, down from 14.3 percent in 1999. Similarly, the number of people without health insurance coverage declined in 2000, to 38.7 million, down 0.6 million from the previous year.

The estimates in this report are based on the March 2001 Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Respondents provide answers to the best of their ability, but as with all surveys, the estimates may differ from the actual values. A facsimile of the CPS March Supplement questionnaire is available electronically at the link below.

CPS March Supplement Questionnaire

March 2001: (Annual Demographic File) [1.35 MB]

Tables

Table 1. Type of Health Insurance and Coverage Status, All People: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Type of Health Insurance and Coverage Status, Poor People: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Workers Age 18 to 64 Covered by Their Own Employment-Based Health Insurance by Firm Size: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Children Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Poor Children Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Children by Coverage Type: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Poor Children by Coverage Type: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Children Covered by Private Health Insurance by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 9. Poor Children Covered by Private Health Insurance by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Children Covered by Medicaid by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table 11. Poor Children Covered by Medicaid by Age, Race, and Ethnicity: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table A. People Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Selected Characteristics: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table A-3. People Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Selected Characteristics: 1999 and 2000 -- without adjustment for the health insurance verification question [<1.0 MB]

Table B. Poor People Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Selected Characteristics: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table C. People Without Health Insurance For the Entire Year by Race and Ethnicity (3-Year average): 1998 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Table D. Percent of People Without Health Insurance Coverage Throughout the Year by State (3-year Average): 1998 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Visualizations

People Without Health Insurance Coverage: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Children Without Health Insurance Coverage: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Changes in Health Insurance Coverage by Type of Insurance: 1999 and 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Health Insurance Coverage by State: 1998 to 2000 [<1.0 MB]

Detailed Tables

TABLE

Current Population Survey Tables for Health Insurance Coverage

The Current Population Survey is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.

Others in Series

FIGURE | SEPTEMBER 2001

Money Income in the United States: 2000

These visualizations examine annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.

FIGURE | SEPTEMBER 2001

Poverty in the United States: 2000

These visualizations show how poverty rates vary by characteristics — age, race, Hispanic origin, nativity, family composition, work experience, & geography.

PUBLICATION | OCTOBER 2001

Experimental Poverty Measures: 1999

Based on recommendations from the NRC, the experimental measures incorporate the effects of key government policies aimed at the most needy families.

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