8.2%
2024 (latest)
UNINSURED RATE
percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population without health insurance · 2008–2024 · lower is better · Census Bureau, American Community Survey (Table HIC-4_ACS)
14.6%
2008
15.5%
high · 2010
7.9%
low · 2023
−6.4 pts
since 2008
┊ dashed lines mark 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. People with no health insurance coverage at the time of the survey, all ages, from the 1-year ACS. The ACS health-insurance question began in 2008; 2020 has no standard estimate (Census released experimental data only for the pandemic year) and is left blank. The CPS series reaches back to 1987 but was redesigned in 2013 and is not spliced in.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/health-insurance/historical-series/hic.html
- https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/health-insurance/time-series/acs/hic04_acs.xlsx
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Uninsured Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 2023 | 7.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 8.0% | −0.6 pts |
| 2021 | 8.6% | −0.6 pts |
| 2019 | 9.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 2018 | 8.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2017 | 8.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 2016 | 8.6% | −0.8 pts |
| 2015 | 9.4% | −2.3 pts |
| 2014 | 11.7% | −2.8 pts |
| 2013 | 14.5% | −0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 14.8% | −0.3 pts |
| 2011 | 15.1% | −0.4 pts |
| 2010 | 15.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 2009 | 15.1% | +0.5 pts |
| 2008 | 14.6% | — |
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