Texas

Demographic & Health Data

Data Texas United States Units

Demography
Total Population1 24,782,302 307,006,550
Race/Ethnicity 2
White (Not Hispanic) 47.4% 65.6% Percent of total population
Black 11.9% 12.8% Percent of total population
Hispanic 36.5% 15.4% Percent of total population
Asian 3.5% 4.5% Percent of total population
Other3 0.7% 1.2% Percent of total population
Population Below Poverty Level4 15.8% 13.2% Percent of total population
Median Annual Household Income5 $50,049 $52,029
Unemployment6 8.3% 9.7%
Children of Immigrants7 31.0% 22.0% Percent of total children
Population Living in Rural Areas8 11.0% 16.0% Percent of total population
Health Cost & Budgets9
Health Spending Per Capita $4,601 $5,283
Medicaid Spending per Enrollee $5,410 $6,119
Medicare Spending per Enrollee $8,292 $7,439
Health Coverage
Uninsured Population10 25.2% 15.4% Percent of total population
Uninsured Children11 20.1% 10.3% Percent of total children
Medicaid enrollment12 3,099,600 46,867,300
Medicare enrollment13 2,597,780 42,020,086
Monthly CHIP14Enrollment 15 544,815 4,966,030
Health Insurance Coverage of the
Total Population of Texas Compared to United States16

4.7 15.4 Employer

12.4
United States 52.3 14.1 1.2 Individual
Medicaid

4.1 10.2 25.2 Medicare

Texas 45.6 13.5 1.4 Other Public
Uninsured

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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1
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html (last accessed June 2010).
These figures are from 2009.
2
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
3
Others include American Indian & Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islanders.
4
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html (last accessed June 2010).
These figures are from 2008.
5
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
6
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, U.S. DEP'T OF LABOR, ECONOMY AT A GLANCE (2010), available at http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.tx.htm (last accessed June
2010). These figures are from May 2010.
7
KARINA FORTUNY, THE URBAN INSTITUTE, CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS: NATIONAL AND STATE CHARACTERISTICS 17 (2009), available at
http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/411939_childrenofimmigrants.pdf. These figures are from 2005-2006.
8
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Demographics and the Economy, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=1&rgn=45&rgn=1 (last accessed June 2010).
9
CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS., HEALTH EXPENDITURES BY STATE OF RESIDENCE (2007), available at
http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/res-states.pdf. These figures are from 2004.
10
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data
Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009
Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=125&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
11
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data Source:
Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current
Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
12
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, June 2009. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?rgn=45&cat=4&ind=774 (last accessed June 2010).
13
CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS. MEDICARE ENROLLMENT – ALL BENEFICIARIES: AS OF JULY 2006, available at
http://www.cms.gov/MedicareEnRpts/Downloads/06All.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
14
CHIP stands for Children’s Health Insurance Plan
15
VERNON SMITH ET AL., KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, CHIP ENROLLMENT JUNE 2009: AN UPDATE ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND POLICY
DIRECTIONS 4 (2010), available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7642-04.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
16
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Coverage and Uninsured, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=3&rgn=45&rgn=1 (last accessed June 2010).

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