Medicare beneficiaries were White.
This statistic shows the distribution of Medicaid enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity.
In 2021, just under four in ten Medicaid/CHIP enrollees were White, non-Hispanic. In comparison, roughly three-quarters of Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity
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Statistics on Medicaid/CHIP
Overview
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- Premium Statistic U.S. health care expenditure distribution by payer 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicaid 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Change in total Medicaid spending and enrollment 1998-2023
- Premium Statistic Medicaid enrollment and expenditure by enrollment group 2021
Enrollment
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- Premium Statistic Total Medicaid enrollment 1966-2019
- Premium Statistic Medicaid and CHIP enrollee numbers May 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic Medicaid enrollment by eligibility group 2013-2018
- Basic Statistic Medicaid/CHIP enrollment distribution by eligibility group 2020
- Basic Statistic Medicaid/CHIP enrollment distribution by age 2021
- Basic Statistic Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees 2021, by ethnicity
Expenditures
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- Basic Statistic Total Medicaid expenditure 1966-2019
- Basic Statistic Total Medicaid federal and state expenditures in the U.S. 1966-2019
- Premium Statistic Medicaid spending as a percent of total U.S. health expenditure by service 2020
- Basic Statistic Medicaid spending expenditure by eligibility group FY2020
- Basic Statistic Medicaid spending per FYE enrollee U.S. FY 2020, by eligibility group
- Basic Statistic Medicaid spending per FYE enrollee U.S. FY 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. states with the highest Medicaid expenditure 2021
- Premium Statistic Medicaid long-term care services expenditures in the U.S. 1990-2021
CHIP - Children’s Health Insurance Program
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- Premium Statistic CHIP enrollment number 1998-2020
- Premium Statistic Medicaid and CHIP child enrollee numbers August 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic CHIP health expenditure 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic CHIP spending in the U.S. FY 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Median Medicaid/CHIP eligibility threshold January 2022
- Basic Statistic Medicaid/CHIP income eligibility limits for children as of Jan 2022, by state and age
- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. states with Medicaid/CHIP cost sharing requirements for children 2020
Care quality measures: child and adult core set
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- Premium Statistic Performance of Medicaid/CHIP children's health quality measures 2020
- Basic Statistic Number of Medicaid/CHIP children's health care quality measures 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. states reporting Medicaid/CHIP children's health quality measures 2020
- Basic Statistic Reporting of Medicaid Adult and Child Core Set health care quality measures 2020
- Premium Statistic Performance of Medicaid adult's health quality measures 2020
Medicaid fraud
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- Basic Statistic Provider types with highest number of convictions for fraud under Medicaid 2021
- Basic Statistic Provider types with high number of convictions for abuse/neglect under Medicaid 2020
- Basic Statistic Civil recoveries paid from fraud and abuse cases under Medicaid 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Recoveries and expenditures from fraud cases under Medicaid 2021
- Premium Statistic Money returned due to health care fraud in the U.S. 2012-2020
- Basic Statistic Money returned to private persons due to health care fraud in the U.S. 2012-2020
Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Medicaid spending per FYE enrollee U.S. FY 2020, by eligibility group
- Change in total Medicaid spending and enrollment 1998-2023
- Total and state Medicaid spending growth 2000-2023
- U.S. Medicaid - total spending history and forecast 2000-2032
- Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees 2021, by ethnicity
- Total Medicaid spending in the U.S. 2021, by state
- Medicaid spending expenditure by eligibility group FY2020
- Change in Medicaid PMPM spending in top medical benefit drugs 2020-2021
- Medicaid spending as a percent of total U.S. health expenditure by service 2020
- Medicaid enrollment and expenditure by enrollment group 2021
- Medicaid and CHIP enrollee numbers May 2022, by state
- Change in Medicaid PMPM spending in drug categories 2020-2021
- Medicaid PMPM spending on medical drug claims 2018-2021
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in New Jersey by service 2021
- Distribution of Medicaid spending in Connecticut by service 2021
- Medicaid long-term care services expenditures in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Top 10 Medicaid prescriptions by spending 2019
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in Pennsylvania by service 2021
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in Texas, by service 2021
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in Ohio, by service 2021
- Distribution of Medicaid: spending in Missouri by service 2021
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Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. (December 15, 2022). Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. "Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. December 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. (2022). Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. "Distribution of Medicaid/Chip Enrollees in The United States in 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Distribution of Medicaid/CHIP enrollees in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, December 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289100/medicaid-chip-enrollees-share-by-ethnicity/