Statistics of Those Without Tennessee Health Insurance

Non-Elderly Tennesseans Without Health Insurance In 2007-2008

Nearly one out of three people (32.4 percent) in Tennessee under the age of 65 went without health insurance for all or part of the two-year period 2007-2008.

Of the 1.7 million uninsured Tennesseans, nearly three-quarters (72.9 percent) went without health coverage for six months or longer during this period.

Working Tennesseans Without Health Insurance

Most uninsured Tennesseans (74.7 percent) are members of working families.

The remaining 25.3 percent of uninsured Tennesseans who were not working were either actively searching for employment or were not in the labor force because they were disabled, chronically ill, family caregivers, or not looking for employment for other reasons.

Low-Income Tennesseans Without Health Insurance

Families in Tennessee with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level ($20,800 a year for a single adult and $35,200 a year for a family of three in 2008) were much more likely to be uninsured than families with incomes at or above 200 percent of poverty.