With the national health insurance uninsured rate back on the rise, growing from 10.9% in late 2016 to 12.2% in late 2017, WalletHub, a personal-finance website, released its report on "2018's Uninsured Rates by City" and by state.
WalletHub compared the rates for 547 U.S. cities and the 50 states, in addition to a breakdown by age, race/ethnicity, and income level. The following are some highlights from the reports:
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States With Lowest Uninsured Rates |
States With Highest Uninsured Rates |
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1 |
Massachusetts, 2.8% |
41 |
North Carolina, 10.68% |
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2 |
Hawaii, 3.85% |
42 |
South Carolina, 10.99% |
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3 |
Minnesota, 4.39% |
43 |
Nevada, 11.23% |
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4 |
Vermont, 4.55% |
44 |
Mississippi, 12.04% |
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5 |
Rhode Island, 4.62% |
45 |
Wyoming, 12.25% |
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6 |
Iowa, 4.71% |
46 |
Florida, 12.94% |
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7 |
Michigan, 5.17% |
47 |
Georgia, 13.43% |
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8 |
Kentucky, 5.38% |
48 |
Alaska, 13.66% |
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9 |
Wisconsin, 5.41% |
49 |
Oklahoma, 14.16% |
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10 |
Delaware, 5.41% |
50 |
Texas, 17.3% |
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For the full list, see https://wallethub.com/edu/uninsured-rates-by-state/4800/.
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Cities With Lowest Uninsured Rates |
Cities With Highest Uninsured Rates |
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1 |
Union City, California – .888% |
538 |
Miami Gardens, Florida – 22.683% |
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2 |
Newton, Massachusetts – 1.112% |
539 |
Houston, Texas – 22.778% |
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3 |
Fremont, California – 1.218% |
540 |
Dallas, Texas, – 23.963% |
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4 |
Yorba Linda, California – 1.414% |
541 |
Pharr, Texas – 25.829% |
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5 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan – 1.442% |
542 |
Passaic, New Jersey – 25.854% |
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6 |
Milpitas, California – 1.5% |
543 |
Pasadena, Texas – 26.523% |
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7 |
Chino Hills, California – 1.589% |
544 |
McAllen, Texas – 27.133% |
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Santa Clara, California – 1.657% |
545 |
Laredo, Texas – 29.065% |
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Livermore, California – 1.711% |
546 |
Brownsville, Texas – 30.104% |
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10 |
Folsom, California – 1.728% |
547 |
Mission, Texas – 32.335% |
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For the full list, see https://wallethub.com/edu/uninsured-rates-by-city/25030/.
Interesting about Texas cities.
Hi Rebecca,
Yes, it’s sad that conservative politicians have the power to adopt policies that deny consumers health insurance.
I noticed there were a lot of California cities that were in the lowest group for not having health insurance.
Rita