Texas Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 82.42% of the population of Texas had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 23,415,482 people), and 17.58% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 4,995,381 people).
By Race: The following racial groups in Texas had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (32.96%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (23.93%), and the Two Or More Races racial group (23.23%).
By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Texas had 10.12% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 27.08% 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 Texas. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in Texas.
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 | 1338943 | 658148 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native Alone | 109959 | 34596 |
| Two Or More Races | 2384807 | 721430 |
| Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone | 18643 | 4882 |
| White Alone | 15397029 | 2903029 |
| Black or African American Alone | 2877420 | 515163 |
| Asian Alone | 1288681 | 158133 |
| Ethnicity | Num. of People With Health Insurance | Num. of People Without Health Insurance |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic White Alone | 10387180 | 1169923 |
| Hispanic or Latino of All Races | 8271864 | 3072551 |