On Thursday, September 25th at 1:00 PM CST, SHADAC hosted a webinar covering the release of the latest health insurance coverage estimates from 2024. The estimates come from two key federal surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau: The American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Check out a recording of the webinar below along with the presentation slides and a written transcript:
Webinar presentation slides [PDF]
SHADAC Director Elizabeth Lukanen moderated the discussion as SHADAC researchers shared key findings from the 2024 health insurance estimates, discussing data trends at the national and state levels. They also dug into more granular data by coverage type (private, public, uninsurance) and a range of other demographic categories (age, geography, poverty level, and more).
In addition to sharing more about the 2024 estimates themselves, SHADAC walked attendees through:
- How to access the ACS and CPS estimates via Census reports and the data.census.gov website
- How to access state-level estimates from the ACS using SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool
- Examples of how to use 2024 Census data to understand health insurance coverage trends and answer specific research questions
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2025 page here.