• In 2004, 120,000 Rhode Island residents were without health insurance for the entire year.¹   However, 249,000 were without insurance for all or part of 2002- 2003.²
• 56 percent of Hispanics living in Rhode Island are uninsured, compared with 21 percent of whites.³
• 19 percent of African-Americans in Rhode Island are uninsured.⁴
• 12 percent of the uninsured in Rhode Island are children under the age of 18, as compared to 19 percent nationwide.⁵
• 65 percent of the uninsured in Rhode Island have at least one full-time worker at home.⁶
• 47 percent of small businesses in Rhode Island do not offer health insurance.⁷
• 40 percent of the Rhode Island uninsured have incomes above 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, compared to 36 percent nationwide.⁸

1 U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Table HI05. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State and Age for All People: 2004.
2 "The Uninsured: A Closer Look", Families USA, June 2004.
3 KFF State Health Facts, 2005.
4 ibid.
5 U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Table HI05. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State and Age for All People: 2004.
6 KFF State Health Facts, 2005.
7 ibid.
8 ibid.