Demographics
Medicaid Enrollee Counts 1999 - 2007
NOTE: Useful Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) Data Validation Tables, Data Anomalies Reports, and other data documentation about file content by state and year are available for review on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) web site.
Medicaid Enrollment by Maintenance Assistance Status, 1999 - 2007
Description: The number of people enrolled in Medicaid has increased since 1999, with larger increases in the late 1990’s and early 2000 – and less of an increase in from 2003 forward. The largest categories for any given year are Poverty and Cash Assistance – together constituting approximately 65% of enrollees. The proportion of enrollees eligible due to being medically needy decreased from 8.49% in 1999 to 4.85% in 2007; the proportion eligible due to either poverty or cash assistance (categories combined) has remained stable over time; the proportion with 1115 waivers has increased slightly from 6.79% in 1999 to over 10% by 2001.
Technical notes: Maintenance Assistance Status – determined using the first digit of the uniform eligibility code.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment by Basis of Eligibility, 1999 - 2007
Description: The number of people enrolled in Medicaid has increased since 1999, with larger increases in the late 1990’s and early 2000 – and less of an increase in from 2003 forward. Around 48% of enrollees for any given year were classified as “Child”. The proportion of enrollees within each category of basis of eligibility has been quite stable over time.
Technical notes: Basis of Eligibility – determined using the second digit of the uniform eligibility code.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment by Age Group, 1999 - 2007
Description: Children (0 - 14 years) and adolescents (15 - 20 years) comprise the majority of Medicaid enrollees. The number of enrollees has increased over time in each of the age groups. The proportion of enrollees by age group has been fairly stable over time, with slightly fewer 0-14 year olds (43.29% in 1999 and 41.54% in 2007) and 65+ year enrollees (11.28% in 1999 and 9.71% in 2007), but more 45-64 year olds (8.89% in 1999 and 10.37% in 2007).
Technical notes: Age is calculated based on age at the end of the calendar year.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment by Race, 1999 - 2007
Description: The White Non-Hispanic racial group is the largest racial category. The proportion of enrollees who were classified as White Non-Hispanic or Black has decreased since 1999 (43.35% white in 1999 and 40.73% in 2007; 25.24% black in 1999 and 22.13% in 2007), whereas the proportion who were Asian or Pacific Islander increased from 2.71% in 1999 to 3.79% of enrollees in 2007, and the proportion who were classified as Hispanic or Hispanic and another race increased from 18.63% in 1999 to 23.9% in 2007.
Technical notes: Race classification changed in 2000 to allow for selection of more than one race. For this graphic, some race categories were combined due to small numbers: the Asian and Pacific Islander groups are combined; the Hispanic and one or more other races group is included in the Hispanic category; the More than one race category and unknown race are included in the "Other" group.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment by Gender, 1999 - 2007
Description: The gender distribution of Medicaid enrollees has been very stable over time, with approximately 58% of enrollees classified as female.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Maintenance Assistance Status
Description: The proportion of the Medicaid population eligible due to either Poverty or Cash Assistance in 2007 was 65.4%. A total of 5% of the Medicaid population was eligible due to being classified as Medically Needy.
Technical notes: Maintenance Assistance Status – determined using the first digit of the uniform eligibility code.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Basis of Eligibility
Description: The proportion of the Medicaid population eligible classified as “Child” in 2007 was 48%; 25% were classified as “Adult” and 9% as “Aged”. A total of 15% of the Medicaid population was classified as “Blind”.
Technical notes: Basis of Eligibility – determined using the second digit of the uniform eligibility code.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Age Group
Description: The age distribution of the Medicaid population is heavily skewed toward the younger population. Twenty percent of the Medicaid population is 5 years of age or younger; and 54% are 20 years or younger. Slightly fewer than 10% are 65 years of age or older.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Racial Group
Description: The most frequently reported racial group for Medicaid enrollees in 2007 was white, non-Hispanic (41%); the second most frequent was Hispanic (24%), then Black (22%).
Technical notes: For this graphic, some race categories were combined due to small numbers: the Asian and Pacific Islander groups are combined; the Hispanic and one or more other races group is included in the Hispanic category; the More than one race category and unknown race are included in the Other group.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Maintenance Assistance Status and Race
Description: White Non-Hispanics comprise the largest category within each of the Eligibility groups. Black comprise the second largest racial group for the cash assistance category, and Hispanics comprised the second largest group for all other categories.
Technical notes: Maintenance Assistance Status– determined using the first digit of the uniform eligibility code. Some race categories were combined due to small numbers: the Asian and Pacific Islander groups are combined; the Hispanic and one or more other races group is included in the Hispanic category; the More than one race category and unknown race are included in the “Other” group.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Medicaid Enrollment, 2007 by Basis of Eligibility and Race
Description: White Non-Hispanics comprise the largest category within each of the Eligibility groups. Black comprise the second largest racial group for aged and blind categories, and Hispanics comprised the second largest group for children and adult categories.
Technical notes: Basis of Eligibility – determined using the second digit of the uniform eligibility code. Some race categories were combined due to small numbers: the Asian and Pacific Islander groups are combined; the Hispanic and one or more other races group is included in the Hispanic category; the More than one race category and unknown race are included in the “Other” group.
Chart Date: November 16, 2011
Description: The number of people enrolled in Medicaid varied by state. In 2007, Wyoming had the smallest number of Medicaid enrollees (78,360) and California had the largest number (10,987,805).
Chart Date: November 16, 2011