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TABLE
6. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BY RACE
AND SOURCE OF COVERAGE
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS UNDER 65 YEARS OF AGE
1997 |
|
|
EMPLOYMENT
RELATED GROUP |
NONGROUP/
OTHER |
MEDICAID
|
UNINSURED
|
TOTAL
|
|
RACE
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
%
|
NO.
|
|
WHITE
NON-HISPANIC
|
3,504,187
|
76.1
|
346,013
|
7.5
|
107,615
|
2.3
|
648,888
|
14.1
|
4,606,702
|
|
BLACK
NON-HISPANIC
|
598,165
|
52.1
|
59,482
|
5.2
|
238,733
|
20.8
|
252,230
|
22.0
|
1,148,610
|
|
HISPANIC
|
438,973
|
47.2
|
26,505
|
2.8
|
134,253
|
14.4
|
330,776
|
35.5
|
930,507
|
|
OTHER
NON-HISPANIC
|
268,506
|
70.8
|
24,985
|
6.6
|
16,910
|
4.5
|
68,892
|
18.2
|
379,293
|
|
TOTAL
|
4,809,831
|
68.1
|
456,985
|
6.5
|
497,510
|
7.0
|
1,300,7866
|
18.4
|
7,065,113
|
SOURCE:
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY OF MARCH, 1998
U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
NOTE:
PERSONS UNDER 65 COVERED BY MEDICARE ARE IN THE "OTHER" GROUP IN
THIS TABLE |
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