US Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 91.23% of the US population had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 296,329,423 people), and 8.77% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 28,489,142 people).

By Race: The following racial groups had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (19.86%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (19.32%), and the Two Or More Races racial group (11.99%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group had 5.97% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 17.65% of its population without a health insurance coverage.

The charts below show the percentage of each race and ethnicity's population with or without a health insurance coverage. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity.

Related Topics: US ACS - 2021 Topic List.
US Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race in 2021
White Alone
Black or AA Alone
Asian Alone
AIAN Alone
NHPI Alone
SOR Alone
Two or More Races
US Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
US Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Race Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Some Other Race Alone 14563430 3608346
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2143909 513337
Two Or More Races 20026171 2728966
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 534547 67107
Black or African American Alone 36167169 3994355
White Alone 205381823 16403257
Asian Alone 17512374 1173774
US Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Ethnicity Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Non-Hispanic White Alone 181818566 11551841
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 49453468 10601031