According to the survey, the number of currently uninsured adults dropped from 37 million in 2010 to 24 million in 2020. However, the number of those insured, but underinsured (those with such high out-of-pocket costs or deductibles relative to income that they were effectively underinsured) had increased from 29 million in 2010 to 41 million in 2020. This statistic displays the number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in millions in the United States from 2003 to 2020.
Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions)
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Statistics on Americans without health insurance
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of health uninsured vs insured adults in the U.S. 2003-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of people in the U.S. without health insurance by age 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults without health insurance by gender 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults without health insurance by poverty level 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Health insurance coverage for people with and without disabilities from 2008 to 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of total U.S. population without health insurance in 2021, by state
Children
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- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by age 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children total number by family income 2021
- Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by household type 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by family work status 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by citizenship 2021
Nonelderly adults
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- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. non-elderly people total number by age 2021
- Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. non-elderly people by family income 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people number by household type in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people in the U.S. by family work status 2021
- Premium Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people in the U.S. by citizenship 2021
Nonelderly adult workers
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- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. adult workers in 2021, by age
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. workers 2021, by annual income
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. workers in 2021, by work status
- Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. adult workers 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult workers in 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult workers in 2021, by income
Gender comparison
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Ethnic group comparison
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance by ethnicity 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Population without health insurance in 2021, by ethnicity and age
- Premium Statistic Share without health insurance in the U.S. 2021, by Medicaid expansion and ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people in the U.S. by ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children number by ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic Uninsured adult U.S. workers in 2021, by ethnicity
ACA effects on uninsured
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- Basic Statistic Number of sign-ups during 2022 Obamacare open enrollment, by U.S. state
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults without health insurance by Medicaid expansion status 2010-2021
- Basic Statistic Estimated number of uninsured without ACA in the U.S. 2015-2025
- Premium Statistic Estimated number of less uninsured due to ACA 2015-2025
- Premium Statistic Estimated number of uninsured under ACA in the U.S. 2015-2025
Further related statistics
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- Percentage of uninsured U.S. adults earning below 200% FPL by ethnicity 2001-2016
- U.S. adults potentially eligible for coverage visiting the ACA marketplace 2014
- Perception of new health insurance coverage through (ACA) marketplace in adults 2014
- Impact of first ACA open enrollment on adult uninsured rate by age group 2014
- Impact of first ACA open enrollment on adult U.S. uninsured rate by income 2014
- Share of adults that enrolled in health insurance through marketplace 2014 by age
- U.S. metro areas: lowest percentage of uninsured residents
- U.S. metro areas: highest percentage of uninsured residents
- US adults who had or tried to buy insurance by health and income 2010 & 2016
- Adults who had cost problems related to healthcare US number 2005-2018
- Adults who had forgone healthcare due to cost US 2003-2020
- Time spent waiting for appointment to see preferred doctor after ACA enrollment 2014
- Uninsured U.S. non-elderly people total number by family poverty 2021
- Highest uninsured rates in U.S. metropolitan areas in 2015
- Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult men in 2017, by age
- Most popular sports among adults in Denmark 2016
- Share of Americans with POS (Point of Service) health insurance 2018, by age
- Out-of-pocket health spending U.S. 2014, by number of conditions and insurance
- Mexico: number of people with health insurance by type 2020
- Share of Americans with Medicaid health insurance 2018, by age
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Statistics
- Percentage of uninsured U.S. adults earning below 200% FPL by ethnicity 2001-2016
- U.S. adults potentially eligible for coverage visiting the ACA marketplace 2014
- Perception of new health insurance coverage through (ACA) marketplace in adults 2014
- Impact of first ACA open enrollment on adult uninsured rate by age group 2014
- Impact of first ACA open enrollment on adult U.S. uninsured rate by income 2014
- Share of adults that enrolled in health insurance through marketplace 2014 by age
- U.S. metro areas: lowest percentage of uninsured residents
- U.S. metro areas: highest percentage of uninsured residents
- US adults who had or tried to buy insurance by health and income 2010 & 2016
- Adults who had cost problems related to healthcare US number 2005-2018
- Adults who had forgone healthcare due to cost US 2003-2020
- Time spent waiting for appointment to see preferred doctor after ACA enrollment 2014
- Uninsured U.S. non-elderly people total number by family poverty 2021
- Highest uninsured rates in U.S. metropolitan areas in 2015
- Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult men in 2017, by age
- Most popular sports among adults in Denmark 2016
- Share of Americans with POS (Point of Service) health insurance 2018, by age
- Out-of-pocket health spending U.S. 2014, by number of conditions and insurance
- Mexico: number of people with health insurance by type 2020
- Share of Americans with Medicaid health insurance 2018, by age
Commonwealth Fund. (August 19, 2020). Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/
Commonwealth Fund. "Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. August 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/
Commonwealth Fund. (2020). Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/
Commonwealth Fund. "Number of Health Insured Vs. Uninsured Adults in The United States from 2003 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/
Commonwealth Fund, Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Number of health insured vs. uninsured adults in the United States from 2003 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, August 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/671672/development-of-uninsured-adults-in-us-by-number/