District Of Columbia 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, 96.61% of the population of District Of Columbia had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 650,874 people), and 3.39% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 22,843 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in District Of Columbia had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (15.17%), the Some Other Race Alone racial group (11.57%), and the Asian Alone racial group (4.84%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in District Of Columbia had 1.32% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 7.52% 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 District Of Columbia. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in District Of Columbia.

You can also see similar information for other states, and for the United States.

District Of Columbia 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
District Of Columbia Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
District Of Columbia 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
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 302 54
Some Other Race Alone 28485 3727
Asian Alone 26336 1340
Black or African American Alone 288028 11820
Two Or More Races 37036 1443
White Alone 268761 4434
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1926 25
District Of Columbia 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 244285 3270
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 70503 5730