New Bedford city, MA Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 30, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 94.81% of the population of New Bedford city, MA had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 93,918 people), and 5.20% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 5,146 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in New Bedford city, MA had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (10.55%), the Black or African American Alone racial group (5.57%), and the Asian Alone racial group (4.35%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in New Bedford city, MA had 3.92% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 8.24% of its population without a health insurance coverage.

The charts below show the percentage of each race and ethnicity's population with or without a health insurance coverage in New Bedford city, MA. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage per race and ethnicity.

You can also see similar information for other Massachusetts cities and places, and for Massachusetts.

New Bedford city, MA Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race in 2021
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AIAN Alone
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New Bedford city, MA Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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New Bedford city, MA Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Race Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Some Other Race Alone 17086 2015
Black or African American Alone 5693 336
Asian Alone 1342 61
White Alone 57404 2317
Two Or More Races 12096 417
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 297 0
New Bedford city, MA Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Ethnicity Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Non-Hispanic White Alone 54929 2240
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 21203 1903