People of color face widespread inequities, says data analysis by ABC-owned TV stations

People of color face widespread inequities in areas ranging from health to policing, according to a sweeping data analysis by ABC-owned television stations.

Karla Rodriguez moved her family from El Salvador to Los Angeles five months ago to give her kids a better education and a better life.

Her 8-year-old son has autism. Someone at his new school recommended she reach out to a nonprofit health advocacy group, Community Health Councils, to help with his special care. Among other support and guidance, the organization helped the Rodriguez family get health insurance.

"We are immigrants, and perhaps we don't have rights that citizens do," Rodriguez told Los Angeles ABC station KABC in Spanish, adding that she's grateful that California is welcoming to families like hers. "This is a huge privilege, a blessing, for our family to be able to count on something so vital, such as health care and access to it."

But access to health insurance is a luxury not available to millions of Hispanic or Latino people across the United States. In the 100 largest U.S. cities, white people are more likely to have health insurance than people of color -- and the largest gaps in most communities is experienced by Latino or Hispanic families.