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In 2019, an anomaly in ACA marketplace enrollment continues: for the third straight year, Latinx enrollment has risen in HealthCare.gov states, while overall enrollment has fallen.
Caveats abound. Ethnic data is self-reported, and about a quarter of enrollees don't report ethnicity -- which CMS has broken out separately from race since 2017*. But still, the steady rise in the percentage of enrollees who self-report as "Hispanic/Latino" is striking.
Latinx enrollment, 2016-2019, HealthCare.gov states
In 2019, an anomaly in ACA marketplace enrollment continues: for the third straight year, Latinx enrollment has risen in HealthCare.gov states, while overall enrollment has fallen.
Caveats abound. Ethnic data is self-reported, and about a quarter of enrollees don't report ethnicity -- which CMS has broken out separately from race since 2017*. But still, the steady rise in the percentage of enrollees who self-report as "Hispanic/Latino" is striking.
Latinx enrollment, 2016-2019, HealthCare.gov states
Self-reported ethnicity
Enrollee group
|
2016*
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
Latinx
|
918,626
|
956,516
|
1,033,699
|
1,037,306
|
All enrollees
|
9,719,648
|
9,201,805
|
8,743,642
|
8,411,614
|
Percent Latinx
|
9.5%
|
10.4%
|
11.8%
|
13.3%
|
* Because Kentucky
