U.S. Uninsured Rate Unchanged in 2025

The overall number of Americans without health insurance increased by fewer than one million from 2024 to 2025 according to a new report that CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) will release on Thursday.

The report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2025" shows that 11.6% of working-age Americans (those ages 18-64), did not have health insurance in 2025. This percentage is unchanged since 2024 but is significantly lower than 13.5% in 2021.

Highlights from the report include:

• In 2025, 8.3% of Americans of all ages (28.0 million people) did not have health insurance, a significant decrease from 9.2% (30.0 million) in 2021.
• The percentage of uninsured children in 2025 was 5.6% (4.0 million), representing a non-significant one-year increase from 5.1% (3.7 million) in 2024.
• Almost two-thirds (66.2%) of people younger than 65 were covered by private health insurance and more than a quarter (26.0%) were covered by public health insurance in 2025.
• Among Black, non-Hispanic adults ages 18-64, the percentage who were uninsured decreased by 20%, from 14.1% in 2021 to 11.3% in 2025.
• In 2025, more than 1 in 5 Hispanic adults ages 18-64 (21.9%) lacked health insurance, a greater percentage than Black, non-Hispanic adults (11.3%); White, non-Hispanic adults (8.5%) and Asian, non-Hispanic adults (4.9%).
• Adults ages 18-64 who live in states that had not expanded Medicaid were almost twice as likely to be uninsured (18.1%) in 2025 compared to those living in states that had expanded Medicaid (9.0%).
• The percentage of Americans younger than 65 with a private health plan purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace or state-based increased from 4.3% in 2021 to 6.3% in 2025.

The report will be available on the NCHS web site at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs.