Number and Percentage of Uninsured Children in Each State
There are more than 8 million uninsured children in America. Overall, about 10.3 percent of children in the United States are uninsured, but the percentage of uninsured children in each state varies widely.
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*The percentage and number of uninsured children in the United States are from the most recent year of data and represent coverage in 2008.
Notes: The estimated percentage of uninsured children in each state is an average of the percentage of uninsured children in that state over three years. Three-year averages are used because of small sample sizes in some states. The average percentage of uninsured children in this table is based on the 2007, 2008 and 2009 ASEC surveys. The estimated number of uninsured children in each state is calculated by applying that average percentage to the most recent Census estimate of children younger than 19 in the state.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC); and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "State Single Year of Age and Sex Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 - RESIDENT," at <http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC-EST2008-AGESEX-RES.csv>. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund.
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