Ethnic Trends: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance, US, 2005

Bruce P. Corrie, PhD Emerging Markets Series corrie@csp.edu

American Indian/Native Alaskan

Percent Uninsured (2002-2004 average) 29.0

Percent in Poverty (2002-2004 average) 24.3

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 33, 132

Black

Percent Uninsured (2002-2004 average) 19.8

Percent in Poverty (2002-2004 average) 24.4

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 30, 355

Hispanic (Any race)

Percent Uninsured (2002-2004 average) 32.6

Percent in Poverty (2002-2004 average) 22.1

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 34, 299

Asian

Percent Uninsured (2002-2004 average) 18.0

Percent in Poverty (2002-2004 average) 10.6

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 56, 664

White (not Hispanic)

Percent Uninsured (2002-2004 average) 11.0

Percent in Poverty (2002-2004 average) 8.3

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 49, 101

Foreign Born

Percent Uninsured (2003) 33.7

Percent in Poverty (Naturalized Citizen, 2003) 9.8

Percent in Poverty (Non Citizen, 2003) 21.6

Median Income (2002-2004 average) $ 39, 421

Source: U S Census, (2005), Income, Poverty,and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2004.