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In the U.S., the uninsured rate for adults is at 13.4% for April and May, the first two months of the year's second quarter. The sharpest declines since the fourth quarter of 2013 are among blacks and Hispanics.

Fifty-six percent of uninsured Americans who plan to buy health insurance say they will do so through a government health insurance exchange, up from 50% in December and 45% in October.

Fifty-five percent of uninsured Americans in February said they plan to get health insurance rather than pay a fine, down modestly from last fall. The majority of those who intend to get insurance plan to use the exchanges.

Medicaid recipients are less likely than those with other types of insurance and the uninsured to rate their health positively. They are also more likely to smoke and be obese.

About 7.26 million Americans have gotten health insurance coverage since late last year and 4% of Americans became insured for the first time in 2014.

The U.S. uninsured rate continues to decline in 2014, registering 15.9% so far in 2014 compared with 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013. The uninsured rate has dropped most among lower-income and black Americans.

Six states, led by Kentucky and Arkansas, have reduced their uninsured rates by at least 10 percentage points since 2013.

Uninsured Americans' intentions to sign up for health insurance are highly related to their politics, with Democrats twice as likely as Republicans to say they will get insurance.

Despite Americans continuing to view the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more negatively than positively and a federal health exchange website rife with technological glitches, the U.S. uninsured rate has fallen in so far in 2014.

The U.S. uninsured rate is 16.1% so far in January, modestly down from 17.3% in December after the Affordable Care Act's requirement for Americans to have health insurance took effect on Jan. 1.