New York Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 94.67% of the population of New York had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 18,818,637 people), and 5.33% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 1,059,370 people).
By Race: The following racial groups in New York had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (12.48%), the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (12.13%), and the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (11.89%).
By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in New York had 3.27% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 10.09% 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 New York. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in New York.
You can also see similar information for other states, and for the United States.
| Race | Num. of People With Health Insurance | Num. of People Without Health Insurance |
|---|---|---|
| Some Other Race Alone | 1567936 | 223489 |
| Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone | 7706 | 1064 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native Alone | 72677 | 9806 |
| Two Or More Races | 1111198 | 80314 |
| Asian Alone | 1620906 | 112773 |
| Black or African American Alone | 2805558 | 178898 |
| White Alone | 11632656 | 453026 |
| Ethnicity | Num. of People With Health Insurance | Num. of People Without Health Insurance |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic White Alone | 10521916 | 355571 |
| Hispanic or Latino of All Races | 3446559 | 386840 |