2023 Annual Disability Statistics Supplement

Health Insurance Coverage

Section 9: Health Insurance Coverage

This section presents statistics on health insurance coverage in the United States, especially the health insurance coverage of people with disabilities. Specifically, the data address the percentage of people with and without disabilities who have some sort of health insurance coverage as well as the difference in percent health insurance coverage between people with and without disabilities (health insurance coverage gap). This section also presents the type of health insurance coverage possessed by people with disabilities. The principal source of these data is the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the American Community Survey. Statistics for people with disabilities (disability status) are based on having responded ‘yes’ to a series of questions within the American Community Survey (see the glossary for more details).

Table 9.3 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Civilians Ages Under 18 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S. 96.3 94.8  1.5 MO 97.5 94.2  3.3
AL 97.6 96.0  1.6 MT 95.3 92.1  3.2
AK 96.1 93.0  3.1 NE 97.7 94.5  3.2
AZ 93.3 91.7  1.6 NV 93.0 91.4  1.6
AR 97.6 94.5  3.1 NH 99.0 95.9  3.1
CA 97.0 96.7  0.3 NJ 97.3 96.6  0.7
CO 96.0 95.4  0.6 NM 99.0 93.3  5.7
CT 97.8 97.7  0.1 NY 99.1 97.3  1.8
DE 96.0 96.6 -0.6 NC 95.8 94.8  1.0
DC 95.6 ND 89.8 93.7 -3.9
FL 94.2 92.8  1.4 OH 95.2 94.9  0.3
GA 96.7 93.6  3.1 OK 93.7 93.2  0.5
HI 99.8 97.6  2.2 OR 98.8 96.7  2.1
ID 94.7 93.8  0.9 PA 98.0 95.6  2.4
IL 98.4 97.1  1.3 RI 99.0 98.0  1.0
IN 95.3 94.3  1.0 SC 96.1 95.0  1.1
IA 99.2 96.6  2.6 SD 98.4 91.3  7.1
KS 97.6 94.9  2.7 TN 97.1 95.2  1.9
KY 95.4 96.6 -1.2 TX 92.5 88.5  4.0
LA 97.9 96.2  1.7 UT 95.0 91.9  3.1
ME 99.5 96.4  3.1 VT 98.5
MD 97.1 95.6  1.5 VA 95.1 95.7 -0.6
MA 99.2 98.9  0.3 WA 98.0 96.8  1.2
MI 98.5 96.8  1.7 WV 96.1 96.8 -0.7
MN 97.6 97.0  0.6 WI 96.7 95.8  0.9
MS 97.4 93.8  3.6 WY 99.0 89.9  9.1
Table 9.4 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Civilians Ages 65 Years and Over Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S. 99.4  99.1  0.3 MO 99.5  99.6 -0.1
AL 99.7  99.5  0.2 MT  99.5
AK 99.1  95.8  3.3 NE 99.3  99.5 -0.2
AZ 99.5  99.2  0.3 NV 99.1  98.5  0.6
AR 99.7  99.4  0.3 NH 99.9  99.3  0.6
CA 99.1  98.8  0.3 NJ 99.2  98.8  0.4
CO 99.2  99.4 -0.2 NM 99.3  98.9  0.4
CT 99.4  99.2  0.2 NY 99.6  99.0  0.6
DE 99.9  99.4  0.5 NC 99.7  99.2  0.5
DC 99.6  99.2  0.4 ND 98.2  99.7 -1.5
FL 99.3  98.8  0.5 OH 99.5  99.5  0.0
GA 99.4  99.3  0.1 OK 99.6  99.3  0.3
HI 98.9  99.3 -0.4 OR 99.5  99.4  0.1
ID 99.8  99.3  0.5 PA 99.6  99.4  0.2
IL 99.3  99.3  0.0 RI 99.6  99.0  0.6
IN 99.2  99.5 -0.3 SC 99.6  99.3  0.3
IA 99.9  99.9  0.0 SD 99.7  99.9 -0.2
KS 99.4  99.6 -0.2 TN 99.7  99.2  0.5
KY 99.6  99.6  0.0 TX 98.6  97.9  0.7
LA 99.3  99.3  0.0 UT 99.6  99.1  0.5
ME  99.8 VT 99.8 100.0 -0.2
MD 99.5  99.0  0.5 VA 99.4  99.1  0.3
MA 99.7  99.4  0.3 WA 99.3  99.1  0.2
MI 99.8  99.5  0.3 WV 99.6  99.7 -0.1
MN 99.8  99.6  0.2 WI 99.7  99.5  0.2
MS 99.8  99.5  0.3 WY  99.6
Table 9.5 Health Insurance Coverage — Civilians with Disabilities Under 18 Years Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Type of Coverage: 2021
State Coverage (%) No Coverage (%) [1]   State Coverage (%) No Coverage (%) [1]
Private Public Private Public
U.S. 43.9 61.4  3.7 MO 51.2 58.4  2.5
AL 38.7 65.9  2.4 MT 33.3 71.2  4.7
AK 33.7 87.3  3.9 NE 55.8 55.9  2.3
AZ 43.6 59.4  6.7 NV 44.2 60.2  7.0
AR 35.9 70.3  2.4 NH 52.1 63.2  1.0
CA 44.8 61.0  3.0 NJ 51.8 49.9  2.7
CO 50.3 53.7  4.0 NM 31.7 76.5  1.0
CT 42.6 58.1  2.2 NY 46.3 65.2  0.9
DE 47.5 63.7  4.0 NC 44.2 58.2  4.2
DC 50.2 52.3 ND 64.6 36.1 10.2
FL 40.6 58.3  5.8 OH 39.3 63.4  4.8
GA 39.9 63.8  3.3 OK 39.4 65.8  6.3
HI 70.0 48.0  0.2 OR 37.9 68.8  1.2
ID 50.8 53.1  5.3 PA 41.7 73.6  2.0
IL 50.5 54.8  1.6 RI 42.5 66.7  1.0
IN 38.6 65.1  4.7 SC 36.0 68.3  3.9
IA 48.9 65.5  0.8 SD 54.7 55.9  1.6
KS 44.6 59.5  2.4 TN 42.1 65.9  2.9
KY 35.3 70.3  4.6 TX 41.3 56.8  7.5
LA 28.8 74.7  2.1 UT 71.0 35.8  5.0
ME 43.7 70.6  0.5 VT 31.4 84.6
MD 49.5 54.8  2.9 VA 52.8 50.9  4.9
MA 50.9 60.5  0.8 WA 51.0 55.7  2.0
MI 44.4 65.0  1.5 WV 31.4 74.2  3.9
MN 52.6 55.6  2.4 WI 53.6 59.2  3.3
MS 29.1 76.4  2.6 WY 60.5 47.5  1.0
Table 9.6 Health Insurance Coverage — Civilians with Disabilities Ages 65 Years and Over Living in the Community for the United States and States, by Type of Coverage: 2021
State Coverage (%) No Coverage (%) [1]   State Coverage (%) No Coverage (%) [1]
Private Public Private Public
U.S. 52.5 97.8 0.6 MO 51.6 98.2 0.5
AL 55.3 98.3 0.3 MT 58.7 98.0
AK 43.6 96.9 0.9 NE 60.6 98.0 0.7
AZ 52.2 98.3 0.5 NV 44.1 97.3 0.9
AR 49.2 98.9 0.3 NH 62.0 96.2 0.1
CA 42.7 97.0 0.9 NJ 54.9 97.4 0.8
CO 53.2 97.0 0.8 NM 49.6 97.7 0.7
CT 51.1 97.2 0.6 NY 50.9 97.9 0.4
DE 65.6 98.3 0.1 NC 54.7 98.8 0.3
DC 56.2 95.7 0.4 ND 62.4 97.7 1.8
FL 46.7 97.8 0.7 OH 54.0 97.9 0.5
GA 52.0 97.9 0.6 OK 55.5 98.6 0.4
HI 66.6 96.1 1.1 OR 54.0 98.4 0.5
ID 55.3 99.1 0.2 PA 59.5 97.9 0.4
IL 53.8 97.3 0.7 RI 51.5 98.1 0.4
IN 55.0 98.0 0.8 SC 53.1 98.6 0.4
IA 55.0 98.4 0.1 SD 57.9 98.9 0.3
KS 58.0 98.0 0.6 TN 51.8 98.8 0.3
KY 54.2 98.7 0.4 TX 46.7 97.0 1.4
LA 46.0 96.9 0.7 UT 53.9 98.3 0.4
ME 57.6 98.6 VT 60.4 97.5 0.2
MD 64.9 97.2 0.5 VA 58.2 97.0 0.6
MA 55.9 97.0 0.3 WA 57.5 97.4 0.7
MI 65.1 98.8 0.2 WV 57.6 99.0 0.4
MN 65.0 98.8 0.2 WI 59.5 98.8 0.3
MS 48.8 98.8 0.2 WY 54.3 99.7
Table 9.7 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Non-Hispanic White Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%)   State Coverage (%)
Disability No Disability Gap (% pts) Disability No Disability Gap (% pts)
U.S. 95.7 94.0  1.7 MO 92.7 91.8  0.9
AL 92.6 91.5  1.1 MT 96.5 92.6  3.9
AK 91.7 92.2 -0.5 NE 95.8 95.2  0.6
AZ 96.7 93.4  3.3 NV 95.4 92.9  2.5
AR 95.3 92.6  2.7 NH 96.9 95.4  1.5
CA 97.6 96.3  1.3 NJ 97.9 96.6  1.3
CO 97.2 94.7  2.5 NM 97.5 95.4  2.1
CT 98.5 97.2  1.3 NY 98.3 96.6  1.7
DE 96.0 95.9  0.1 NC 94.0 92.4  1.6
DC 97.2 98.7 -1.5 ND 95.3 93.6  1.7
FL 94.4 90.4  4.0 OH 96.0 94.0  2.0
GA 92.1 90.2  1.9 OK 91.2 89.3  1.9
HI 96.6 96.4  0.2 OR 96.7 95.1  1.6
ID 95.3 93.2  2.1 PA 97.4 95.2  2.2
IL 96.9 95.6  1.3 RI 98.2 97.0  1.2
IN 96.0 93.0  3.0 SC 93.1 92.1  1.0
IA 97.5 96.0  1.5 SD 95.5 93.6  1.9
KS 93.4 93.3  0.1 TN 92.3 91.8  0.5
KY 96.9 94.9  2.0 TX 92.2 89.6  2.6
LA 95.5 93.9  1.6 UT 95.9 93.6  2.3
ME 96.0 94.4  1.6 VT 99.2 96.4  2.8
MD 98.6 96.8  1.8 VA 96.5 95.6  0.9
MA 98.7 98.4  0.3 WA 97.0 95.3  1.7
MI 97.4 95.2  2.2 WV 96.0 93.5  2.5
MN 97.2 96.6  0.6 WI 97.7 95.7  2.0
MS 91.8 89.9  1.9 WY 93.9 90.1  3.8
Table 9.8 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Non-Hispanic Black Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S.  94.3 89.7  4.6 MO  88.9 87.5  1.4
AL  93.7 88.4  5.3 MT 100.0 98.3  1.7
AK 100.0 96.5  3.5 NE  96.4 91.2  5.2
AZ  94.5 88.6  5.9 NV  96.5 89.0  7.5
AR  94.5 90.6  3.9 NH 100.0 95.8  4.2
CA  96.9 93.7  3.2 NJ  95.4 92.5  2.9
CO  94.8 91.7  3.1 NM  99.9 85.4 14.5
CT  94.4 92.9  1.5 NY  96.5 93.6  2.9
DE  99.3 93.4  5.9 NC  93.6 88.7  4.9
DC  96.3 95.2  1.1 ND  90.6 84.0  6.6
FL  91.9 85.5  6.4 OH  95.5 90.7  4.8
GA  91.8 86.1  5.7 OK  92.7 85.0  7.7
HI 100.0 91.0  9.0 OR  99.3 94.6  4.7
ID  99.4 76.4 23.0 PA  96.9 93.4  3.5
IL  96.1 91.7  4.4 RI  93.9 91.0  2.9
IN  92.7 91.0  1.7 SC  93.9 88.5  5.4
IA  99.3 90.0  9.3 SD  81.4 71.9  9.5
KS  91.6 83.2  8.4 TN  92.6 88.3  4.3
KY  95.1 92.9  2.2 TX  90.1 83.3  6.8
LA  96.1 92.1  4.0 UT  86.0 84.7  1.3
ME  99.2 87.6 11.6 VT 100.0 94.6  5.4
MD  96.2 94.0  2.2 VA  96.0 93.1  2.9
MA  97.2 94.8  2.4 WA  95.7 91.2  4.5
MI  96.7 92.8  3.9 WV  99.3 93.3  6.0
MN  95.4 95.6 -0.2 WI  97.9 92.1  5.8
MS  92.5 85.7  6.8 WY 100.0 82.9 17.1
Table 9.9 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Non-Hispanic Asian Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S.  94.8 94.2   0.6 MO  89.0 92.5  -3.5
AL  96.1 89.9   6.2 MT  80.3 92.3 -12.0
AK  80.2 92.6 -12.4 NE  80.6 95.2 -14.6
AZ  97.3 93.7   3.6 NV  92.2 90.7   1.5
AR 100.0 88.2  11.8 NH  94.6 87.5   7.1
CA  97.0 96.2   0.8 NJ  96.4 95.3   1.1
CO  89.3 92.6  -3.3 NM  85.0 93.2  -8.2
CT  96.8 95.3   1.5 NY  95.7 93.4   2.3
DE  98.7 97.2   1.5 NC  93.8 93.0   0.8
DC 100.0 95.6   4.4 ND 100.0 94.5   5.5
FL  90.9 90.4   0.5 OH  88.6 90.9  -2.3
GA  90.2 91.4  -1.2 OK  90.7 90.3   0.4
HI  97.6 96.9   0.7 OR  94.6 95.4  -0.8
ID 100.0 90.6   9.4 PA  92.4 93.6  -1.2
IL  92.5 94.0  -1.5 RI  81.5 95.2 -13.7
IN  87.4 92.1  -4.7 SC  82.1 86.9  -4.8
IA  95.6 91.8   3.8 SD 100.0 93.6   6.4
KS  85.1 92.8  -7.7 TN  92.1 90.3   1.8
KY  97.5 94.2   3.3 TX  91.5 90.7   0.8
LA  98.2 88.0  10.2 UT  86.8 95.0  -8.2
ME  81.5 96.0 -14.5 VT  76.0 89.7 -13.7
MD  94.5 94.2   0.3 VA  94.5 93.6   0.9
MA  95.1 97.1  -2.0 WA  95.8 94.8   1.0
MI  96.0 96.0   0.0 WV 100.0 97.5   2.5
MN  94.9 95.3  -0.4 WI  96.3 92.0   4.3
MS  97.2 85.8  11.4 WY  56.0 86.6 -30.6
Table 9.10 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Non-Hispanic Other Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S. 92.6 91.1   1.5 MO 87.8 88.9  -1.1
AL 91.3 90.0   1.3 MT 93.9 83.3  10.6
AK 89.1 80.2   8.9 NE 95.0 90.2   4.8
AZ 89.4 86.5   2.9 NV 92.8 87.9   4.9
AR 94.6 87.4   7.2 NH 96.9 94.9   2.0
CA 96.0 95.1   0.9 NJ 92.9 91.5   1.4
CO 91.7 91.6   0.1 NM 92.4 82.8   9.6
CT 92.8 92.0   0.8 NY 95.9 94.6   1.3
DE 97.4 94.4   3.0 NC 91.5 89.3   2.2
DC 91.1 95.2  -4.1 ND 75.9 88.6 -12.7
FL 88.8 85.9   2.9 OH 93.7 93.6   0.1
GA 90.9 87.7   3.2 OK 84.6 80.2   4.4
HI 96.7 95.9   0.8 OR 95.9 94.1   1.8
ID 95.8 88.4   7.4 PA 93.3 94.8  -1.5
IL 97.1 94.7   2.4 RI 97.0 97.1  -0.1
IN 94.5 92.3   2.2 SC 86.2 90.0  -3.8
IA 96.7 94.7   2.0 SD 84.4 73.1  11.3
KS 87.8 87.8   0.0 TN 92.0 90.5   1.5
KY 96.7 94.3   2.4 TX 88.2 88.1   0.1
LA 96.5 90.6   5.9 UT 90.6 91.4  -0.8
ME 99.7 95.0   4.7 VT 97.1 98.4  -1.3
MD 94.7 94.3   0.4 VA 90.7 92.4  -1.7
MA 98.4 96.3   2.1 WA 93.0 93.9  -0.9
MI 95.0 94.0   1.0 WV 97.6 92.0   5.6
MN 97.5 93.1   4.4 WI 94.8 93.9   0.9
MS 91.1 80.8  10.3 WY 79.4 79.5  -0.1
Table 9.11 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Hispanic Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S.  89.1 81.5  7.6 MO  88.9 78.0 10.9
AL  77.8 69.9  7.9 MT  87.8 87.4  0.4
AK  96.9 83.8 13.1 NE  85.0 78.9  6.1
AZ  88.8 81.6  7.2 NV  87.3 79.9  7.4
AR  81.5 73.5  8.0 NH  99.4 87.5 11.9
CA  92.2 87.9  4.3 NJ  89.8 81.7  8.1
CO  91.1 82.8  8.3 NM  94.4 86.2  8.2
CT  92.0 87.0  5.0 NY  95.4 89.6  5.8
DE  89.1 82.6  6.5 NC  82.8 70.5 12.3
DC  95.3 92.6  2.7 ND 100.0 80.2 19.8
FL  91.1 81.7  9.4 OH  88.2 86.0  2.2
GA  73.9 70.7  3.2 OK  80.2 75.0  5.2
HI  94.1 94.7 -0.6 OR  84.4 85.9 -1.5
ID  87.8 80.3  7.5 PA  94.7 86.5  8.2
IL  90.3 84.1  6.2 RI  96.9 90.0  6.9
IN  87.3 84.8  2.5 SC  86.1 70.4 15.7
IA  84.4 84.0  0.4 SD  76.7 82.7 -6.0
KS  81.8 79.3  2.5 TN  78.7 67.8 10.9
KY  79.8 78.9  0.9 TX  82.4 70.8 11.6
LA  92.3 73.5 18.8 UT  84.9 74.3 10.6
ME  90.0 93.9 -3.9 VT 100.0 95.6  4.4
MD  92.2 78.4 13.8 VA  85.9 77.7  8.2
MA  96.6 95.1  1.5 WA  86.4 82.9  3.5
MI  92.5 88.9  3.6 WV  94.0 86.4  7.6
MN  92.5 85.5  7.0 WI  89.8 83.5  6.3
MS  85.1 68.6 16.5 WY  84.7 77.3  7.4
Table 9.12 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Male Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S. 93.7 89.8  3.9 MO 91.4 89.6  1.8
AL 91.5 88.4  3.1 MT 95.9 90.9  5.0
AK 91.4 87.4  4.0 NE 93.7 92.4  1.3
AZ 93.3 87.4  5.9 NV 93.7 86.6  7.1
AR 93.8 88.4  5.4 NH 96.2 94.1  2.1
CA 95.1 91.5  3.6 NJ 94.6 91.7  2.9
CO 94.9 90.6  4.3 NM 95.0 87.9  7.1
CT 95.9 93.6  2.3 NY 96.5 93.3  3.2
DE 95.2 93.0  2.2 NC 92.2 87.7  4.5
DC 94.3 95.4 -1.1 ND 88.9 91.4 -2.5
FL 92.7 85.5  7.2 OH 94.5 92.3  2.2
GA 89.8 85.6  4.2 OK 87.1 84.2  2.9
HI 96.6 95.6  1.0 OR 94.8 92.5  2.3
ID 94.5 89.7  4.8 PA 96.3 93.1  3.2
IL 94.9 91.7  3.2 RI 96.2 94.4  1.8
IN 94.2 91.3  2.9 SC 92.0 88.1  3.9
IA 97.4 94.0  3.4 SD 93.9 90.0  3.9
KS 92.1 89.2  2.9 TN 90.7 87.8  2.9
KY 96.0 92.7  3.3 TX 87.8 80.0  7.8
LA 94.0 90.2  3.8 UT 93.4 89.6  3.8
ME 94.8 93.2  1.6 VT 98.6 94.5  4.1
MD 97.0 92.3  4.7 VA 94.7 91.7  3.0
MA 98.4 96.9  1.5 WA 94.9 92.4  2.5
MI 96.1 93.5  2.6 WV 94.9 92.0  2.9
MN 96.3 94.9  1.4 WI 96.2 93.3  2.9
MS 90.6 85.6  5.0 WY 92.7 87.2  5.5
Table 9.13 Health Insurance Coverage Gap — Female Civilians Living in the Community for the United States and States: 2021
State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]   State Coverage (%) Gap (% pts) [1]
Disability No Disability Disability No Disability
U.S. 95.0 92.1  2.9 MO 92.2 91.4  0.8
AL 93.3 90.6  2.7 MT 95.8 91.9  3.9
AK 91.6 90.1  1.5 NE 95.5 93.1  2.4
AZ 94.7 90.0  4.7 NV 93.0 89.2  3.8
AR 95.6 91.7  3.9 NH 97.9 95.5  2.4
CA 96.0 93.7  2.3 NJ 96.8 93.3  3.5
CO 95.8 92.8  3.0 NM 95.8 90.1  5.7
CT 97.3 95.5  1.8 NY 97.8 95.6  2.2
DE 97.1 94.8  2.3 NC 94.0 90.4  3.6
DC 97.6 97.0  0.6 ND 96.2 93.3  2.9
FL 93.6 88.5  5.1 OH 96.3 94.1  2.2
GA 91.7 88.0  3.7 OK 91.6 87.2  4.4
HI 97.1 96.8  0.3 OR 96.0 94.8  1.2
ID 94.9 92.1  2.8 PA 97.3 95.3  2.0
IL 96.7 93.8  2.9 RI 98.2 96.4  1.8
IN 95.8 93.0  2.8 SC 93.2 91.0  2.2
IA 96.1 95.6  0.5 SD 92.0 90.4  1.6
KS 91.6 92.0 -0.4 TN 93.0 91.3  1.7
KY 96.8 95.3  1.5 TX 89.0 82.3  6.7
LA 97.2 93.4  3.8 UT 94.6 91.3  3.3
ME 97.1 95.4  1.7 VT 99.4 98.1  1.3
MD 97.0 94.6  2.4 VA 95.8 94.1  1.7
MA 97.9 98.1 -0.2 WA 96.3 94.0  2.3
MI 97.7 95.5  2.2 WV 97.3 94.6  2.7
MN 97.2 96.3  0.9 WI 98.1 95.4  2.7
MS 93.0 88.7  4.3 WY 91.4 88.7  2.7