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What percentage of American adults have no health insurance at all?

11.5% of American adults have no health insurance at all — about 12 in every 100, or 1 in 10. That is the figure published by the National Health Interview Survey for 2025.

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11.5

Where this number comes from

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National Health Interview Survey
What it measured
A person was defined as uninsured if he or she did not have any private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), state-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, or military plan. A person was also defined as uninsured if he or she had only Indian Health Service coverage or had only a private plan that paid for one type of service, such as accidents or dental care.
Population
U.S. adults aged 18 and over
Year
2025
95% confidence interval
10.8% to 12.2%

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