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The overall number of Americans without health insurance dropped by 4.4 million from 2020 to 2024. These findings are included in a new report to be released on Tuesday by ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Data show a small increase from 2023 to 2024 in the percentage of uninsured that is not statistically significant.

The findings are featured in the report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2024." It shows that among working-age Americans (those ages 18–64), 11.6% did not have health insurance in 2024, a non-significant decrease from 13.9% in 2020.

Highlights from the report include:

1. 8.2%, or 27.2 million, of Americans of all ages did not have health insurance in 2024 compared to 9.7%, or 31.6 million, in 2020.
2. The percentage of uninsured children remained consistent at 5.1% (3.7 million) over the period, despite a significant one-year increase from 3.9% (2.8 million) in 2023.
3. Almost two-thirds (65.4%) of people younger than 65 were covered by private health insurance and more than a quarter (26.6%) were covered by public health insurance in 2024.
4. Among Black, non-Hispanic adults ages 18–64, the percentage who were uninsured decreased by 28% from 14.6% in 2020 to 10.5% in 2024.
5. In 2024, almost 1 in 4 Hispanic adults ages 18–64 (24.6%) lacked health insurance, a greater percentage than Black, non-Hispanic adults (10.5%); White, non-Hispanic adults (7.9%) and Asian, non-Hispanic adults (5.4%).
6. Adults ages 18–64 who live in states that had not expanded Medicaid were almost twice as likely to be uninsured (17.4%) compared to those living in states that had expanded Medicaid (9.3%) in 2024.
7. The percentage of Americans younger than 65 with exchange-based private health insurance increased from 3.8% in 2020 to 5.7% in 2024.

The report will be available on the NCHS website at .

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