Illinois 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, 93.00% of the population of Illinois had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 11,761,037 people), and 7.00% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 885,820 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in Illinois had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (19.13%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (13.42%), and the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (12.54%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Illinois had 4.37% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 15.51% 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 Illinois. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in Illinois.

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

Illinois 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
Illinois Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
Illinois 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 641315 151712
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 36186 5607
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 4401 631
Two Or More Races 665839 77828
Black or African American Alone 1602286 142065
Asian Alone 675383 47276
White Alone 8135627 460701
Illinois 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 7296145 333616
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 1886007 346306