The Number of Uninsured Americans Is On the Decline

You may have read recently that the United States Census Bureau has reported a decrease in the number of uninsured Americans from 2006 to 2007. Here are a few quick facts to put that statement into perspective.

 The number of uninsured children declined from 8.7 million (11.7 percent in 2006 to 8.1 million (11.0 percent) in 2007.
 The number of uninsured non-hispanic whites declined from 21.2 million (10.8 percent) in 2006 to 20.5 million (10.4 percent) in 2007.
 The number of uninsured blacks remained statistically unchanged at 7.4 million while the percentage declined from 20.5 percent in 2006 to 19.5 percent in 2007.
 The number of uninsured hispanics declined from 15.3 million (34.1 percent) in 2006 to 14.8 million (32.1 percent) in 2007.