On August 26th, 2008 the U.S. Census Bureau released the data for health insurance coverage in 2007. The data showed 45.7 million uninsured in the United States, a decline from 15.8% in 2006 to 15.3% of the population. The percent of children (under 18) uninsured also decreased, from 11.7% to 11%. The decrease was due mostly to an increase in those covered by government insurance (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid), as the percent covered by their employer continued its long decline. Just under 7.4 million or 19.5% of Blacks were uninsured in 2007, down from 20.5% in 2006. This is still almost double the rate for non-Hispanic whites (10.4%) and the second highest rate of uninsured after Latinos (32.1%). Since 2000, the uninsured rate has increased by 1.6% overall and 1.2% for blacks.