Below are summaries of the charts, tables and graphs contained in Section 2 of the Minnesota Health Care Chartbook by page number. This chartbook was last updated in November 2024 and contains 12 pages. Pages without charts or graphs are not listed below.

Page 5 - Distribution of Minnesota Population by Primary Source of Insurance Coverage, 2023

This chart depicts the distribution of Minnesota population by primary source of insurance coverage. Total population is 5.7 million.
Private Health Insurance=55.6%
Medicare=19.4%
Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare=20.0%
Uninsured=3.8%
TRICARE=1.1%
- Sources: MDH Health Economics Program; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Minnesota.
- MA and MNCare includes Medical Assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare (MNCare).
- Detail may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Page 8 – Uninsurance Rates in Minnesota

This chart depicts the uninsurance rate in Minnesota from 2014 to 2023.
2014: 5.4%
2015: 4.3%
2016: 5.3%
2017: 6.3%
2018: 5.5%
2019: 4.7%
2020: 4.3%
2021: 4.0%
2022: 4.0%
2023: 3.8%
- Sources: MDH Health Economics Program. Uninsurance rate estimates based on the 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 Minnesota Health Access (MNHA) Surveys. For years in which MNHA surveys are not available, MDH typically estimates the uninsurance rate based on between-survey average; the exception is the 2014 uninsurance rate, which is based on Minnesota estimates from national surveys due to major policy changes.

Page 10 - Private Health Insurance: Enrollment in Fully-Insured and Self-Insured Plans

This chart depicts the percentage of privately insured Minnesotans in fully-insured versus self-insured plans from 2014 to 2023.
2014: Fully-Insured=36.3%, Self-Insured=63.7%
2015: Fully-Insured=34.9%, Self-Insured=65.1%
2016: Fully-Insured=35.1%, Self-Insured=64.9%
2017: Fully-Insured=33.3%, Self-Insured=66.7%
2018: Fully-Insured=32.0%, Self-Insured=68.0%
2019: Fully-Insured=31.9%, Self-Insured=68.1%
2020: Fully-Insured=30.9%, Self-Insured=69.1%
2021: Fully-Insured=30.8%, Self-Insured=69.2%
2022: Fully-Insured=32.6%, Self-Insured=67.4%
2023: Fully-Insured: 32.5%, Self-Insured=67.5%
- Sources: MDH Health Economics Program; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Minnesota.
- Private health insurance excludes the High-Risk Pool (otherwise known as the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association plan) that ended in 2014.

Page 11 - Distribution of Minnesota’s Private Health Insurance Market by Market Space

This chart depicts the changing distribution of Minnesota’s private health insurance market, by market space, from 2014 to 2023.
2014: Large Group=82.5% (enrollment=2,762,000), Small Group=8.8% (enrollment=295,000), Individual Market=8.7% (enrollment=293,000)
2015: Large Group=83.3% (enrollment=2,766,000), Small Group=7.9% (enrollment=261,000), Individual Market=8.9% (enrollment=295,000)
2016: Large Group=85.0% (enrollment=2,782,000), Small Group=7.8% (enrollment=254,000), Individual Market=7.2% (enrollment=237,000)
2017: Large Group=86.9% (enrollment=2,800,000), Small Group=8.5% (enrollment=274,000), Individual Market=4.6% (enrollment=149,000)
2018: Large Group=87.0% (enrollment=2,844,000), Small Group=8.7% (enrollment=286,000), Individual Market=4.3% (enrollment=141,000)
2019: Large Group=87.7% (enrollment=2,950,000), Small Group=8.0% (enrollment=268,000), Individual Market=4.3% (enrollment=145,000)
2020: Large Group=88.2% (enrollment=2,983,000), Small Group=7.3% (enrollment=248,000), Individual Market=4.5% (enrollment=153,000)
2021: Large Group=88.0% (enrollment=2,884,000), Small Group=7.1% (enrollment=232,000), Individual Market=4.9% (enrollment=160,000)
2022: Large Group=88.2% (enrollment=2,815,000), Small Group=6.9% (enrollment=222,000), Individual Market=4.9% (enrollment=156,000)
2023: Large Group=88.4% (enrollment=2,820,000), Small Group=6.5% (enrollment=208,000), Individual Market=5.1% (enrollment=163,000)
- Sources: MDH Health Economics Program; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in Minnesota.
- Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.
- Private health insurance excludes the High-Risk Pool (otherwise known as the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association plan) that ended in 2014.

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