Chart: Compared with white workers, Latinx workers are over three times as likely to be uninsured while employed: Shares of Latinx and white workers who are employed but do not have health insurance, 2018

Latinx disparities

Compared with white workers, Latinx workers are over three times as likely to be uninsured while employed: Shares of Latinx and white workers who are employed but do not have health insurance, 2018

	Latinx	White
Employed and without health insurance	23.6%	7.5%

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Notes: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race. Data refer to workers who are employed but who do not have health insurance (whether provided by their employer or through another source).

Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year microdata.

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