Ohio 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, 93.66% of the population of Ohio had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 10,866,334 people), and 6.34% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 735,559 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in Ohio had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (18.65%), the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (17.52%), and the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (11.35%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Ohio had 5.62% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 14.70% 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 Ohio. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in Ohio.

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

Ohio 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
Ohio Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
Ohio 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 113730 26071
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 3130 665
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 15720 2013
Black or African American Alone 1295733 111960
Two Or More Races 457740 38867
Asian Alone 256715 19518
White Alone 8723566 536465
Ohio 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 8533333 507717
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 404425 69671