Hispanics Fact File

The percentage of all children under age 18 with private health insurance coverage decreased from 71 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2005.
- the percentage of children with Medicaid increased from 20 percent to 27 percent.
Eighty-nine percent of children were covered by private or government health insurance in 2005.
Children's health insurance coverage comes from two major sources-private insurance companies and the government (much of which comes from Medicaid).
- Medicaid coverage for children increased from 20 percent of all children under age 18 in 2000 to 27 percent in 2005.
- The percentage of children with private health insurance decreased from 71 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2005.

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Date: 12/16/2005

In 2003, 12.5 percent of Americans were living in poverty, up from 12.1 percent in 2002 and 11.7 percent in 2001.
In 2003 more than 60 percent of black and Hispanic children under 18 years of age and more than one-half of the black and Hispanic population age 65 years and over were poor or near
In 2003, 12.9 million children lived in poverty.
In 2003 the 30-40 percent of Hispanic and black children were poor compared with 10–13 percent of Asian and non-Hispanic white children.

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Date: 11/3/2005

In 2004 nearly one-third of adults and about two-fifths of children were identified as black, Hispanic, Asian, or American Indian or Alaska Native.
Fourteen percent of Americans in 2004 identified themselves as Hispanic
- 12 percent as black
- 4 percent as Asian Non-Hispanic
In 2004, 14 percent of the U.S. population identified themselves as Hispanic and 4 percent as Asian
In 2003 more than 60 percent of black and Hispanic children under 18 years of age and more than one-half of the black and Hispanic population age 65 years and over were poor or near poverty
In 2003 the fertility rate for Hispanic women (96.9 births per 1,000 Hispanic women 15–44 years) was 66 percent higher than for non-Hispanic white women (58.5 per 1,000)

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Date: 11/3/2005