In 2021, around 22.6 percent of all uninsured were from the <100% poverty level group. Moreover, of those in the lowest poverty level, roughly one in five were uninsured. This statistic shows the percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level.
Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level*
* The U.S. Census Bureau's poverty threshold for a family with two adults and one child was $21,811 in 2021.
This is the official measurement of poverty used by the federal government and the definition used in
these tables.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (September 23, 2022). Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level*." Chart. September 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2022). Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage and Rate of Non-elderly People without Health Insurance in The U.S. in 2021, by Family Poverty Level*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 20, 2025)
Percentage and rate of non-elderly people without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by family poverty level* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, September 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/498547/share-and-rate-of-us-non-elderly-without-health-insurance-by-family-poverty/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
