Private health insured share U.S. 1984-2018

This statistic shows the percentage of persons under 65 years in the U.S. with private health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2018. In 2018, approximately 65.3 percent of the U.S. population under 65 years of age had private health insurance coverage.

Percentage of U.S. population with private health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2018*

Characteristic	Percentage of persons
2018	65.3%
2017	65.7%
2016	65.7%
2015	65.5%
2014	63.7%
2013	61.8%
2012	61.8%
2011	61.8%
2010	61.7%
2009	63.3%
2008	65.6%
2007	66.8%
2006	66.3%
2005	68.2%
2004	68.8%
2003	68.9%
2002	69.4%
2001	71.2%
2000	71.5%
1999	72.8%
1998	72.1%
1997	70.7%
1995	71.3%
1994	69.9%
1989	75.9%
1984	76.8%

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1984 to 2018

Age group

under 65 years

Supplementary notes

Any private health insurance coverage (both individual and insurance obtained through the workplace) at the time of interview; includes those who also had another type of coverage.
Data prior to 1997 are not strictly comparable with data for later years due to the 1997 questionnaire redesign.
Estimates for 2000-2002 were calculated using 2000-based sample weights and may differ from estimates in other reports that used 1990-based sample weights for 2000-2002 estimates.
Includes all other races not shown separately, those with unknown marital status, unknown disability status, and, in 1984 and 1989, persons with unknown poverty level.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.

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