12% of Children Are Without Health Insurance Nationwide: Texas Has Most Uninsured Children at 22%

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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In 2001, 11.7% of all children nationwide were not covered by health insurance. Of all the states, Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured children at 22%. All figures given for 2001 are the average percentage derived from three years of data obtained from 2000 through 2002 from annual, nationwide interviews of 50,000 to 78,000 households.

In the United States in 2001, 11.7% of all children under the age of 18 were not . . .