Salem County, NJ Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 95.47% of the population of Salem County, NJ had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 60,648 people), and 4.53% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 2,877 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in Salem County, NJ had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (16.28%), the Black or African American Alone racial group (5.53%), and the Two Or More Races racial group (5.43%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Salem County, NJ had 3.62% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 10.24% 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 in Salem County, NJ. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage per race and ethnicity.

You can also see similar information for other New Jersey counties, and for New Jersey.

Salem County, NJ 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
Salem County, NJ Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
Salem County, NJ 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 1419 276
Black or African American Alone 8561 501
Two Or More Races 2350 135
White Alone 47601 1951
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 180 5
Asian Alone 519 9
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 18 0
Salem County, NJ 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 44677 1676
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 5656 645