American Community Survey (ACS) data
This blog documents the expected 2025 releases of data from many federal health-related surveys and the data's current status—published (on-time or delayed); not yet published; or status remains uncertain.
Children's health insurance coverage in 2024 saw uninsurance rise for the second straight year for both all and low-income children. Learn the details and state-level findings in this blog.
Each year, SHADAC uses data released from the American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau's data.census.gov tool to produce estimates of uninsurance at the state and county level.
Following the release of single-year estimates of health insurance coverage, household income, and poverty levels, the U.S. Census Bureau has now made available 5-year American Community Survey data files. These ACS 5 Year estimates are generated by pooling together five years of American Community… Read more
This blog reviews SHADAC analysis of 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) data on health insurance coverage rates, including detail by state, age group, and coverage type.
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.
Housing affordability is a key social determinant of health. Housing and health are connected – in this blog, we take a look at housing affordability in the U.S. by state and subpopulation.
The following is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Accurate estimates of uninsured rates (the percentage of people that do not have insurance coverage, also referred to as uninsurance) are important in understanding trends and the impacts of actions, events, or shifts in the economic landscape that may affect health insurance coverage. Learn more… Read more
SHADAC researchers have updated our ‘Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile’ to include the latest ACS data from 2019 - 2023.