North Carolina 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, 89.26% of the population of North Carolina had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 9,076,155 people), and 10.74% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 1,092,162 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in North Carolina had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (33.96%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (17.51%), and the Two Or More Races racial group (14.61%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in North Carolina had 7.90% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 29.23% 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 North Carolina. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in North Carolina.

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

North Carolina 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
North Carolina Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
North Carolina 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 243216 125045
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 91496 19424
Two Or More Races 416752 71286
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 5696 897
Black or African American Alone 1905214 235474
White Alone 6127937 614517
Asian Alone 285844 25519
North Carolina 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 5823114 499429
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 703453 290496