Chart: Expanded public health insurance coverage reduced Black uninsured rates in 2021: Uninsured rate by race and Hispanic origin, 2020 and 2021 | Economic Policy Institute

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Expanded public health insurance coverage reduced Black uninsured rates in 2021: Uninsured rate by race and Hispanic origin, 2020 and 2021

Race	2020	2021
White, non-Hispanic	5.4%	5.2%
Black	10.4	9
Asian	5.9	6.2
Hispanic (any race)	18.3	18.3

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Source: EPI analysis of Keisler-Starkley, Katherine and Lisa N. Bunch, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021, U.S. Census Bureau report #P60-278, September 2022.

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