Uninsured rate held steady in 2024 with 27 million lacking health coverage: Census Bureau

Published September 9, 2025 1:06pm ET



About a million more Americans were uninsured in 2024 compared to 2023, according to a new report on economic, health, and poverty metrics during the last year of the Biden administration from the Census Bureau.

The uninsured rate stayed the same at roughly 8%, but more than 27 million people reportedly had no health insurance for all or part of 2024, compared to roughly 26 million the year prior, the report outlined on Tuesday.

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