The Houston metropolitan area had the highest percentage of uninsured residents in 2022, while the Boston metro had the lowest, according to new data released by the Census Bureau Sept. 14 as part of its American Community Survey.
Most uninsured metropolitan areas in America:
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas: 18 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas: 15.8 percent
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas: 15 percent
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla: 13 percent
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, Ga: 11.1 percent
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla: 10.7 percent
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Ariz: 10.6 percent
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla: 10.5 percent
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.-S.C: 8.6 percent
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif: 7.7 percent
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif: 7.7 percent
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis: 7.3 percent
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.V: 7.2 percent
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo: 6.9 percent
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, Calif: 6.4 percent
New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa: 6 percent
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash: 5.5 percent
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill: 5.5 percent
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash: 5.3 percent
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md: 5.1 percent
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md: 4.6 percent
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis: 4.4 percent
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich: 4.3 percent
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, Calif: 3.9 percent
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H: 2.4 percent