The least insured county in every state

Some states have counties where more than half of the nonelderly population does not have any health insurance, while other states boast having no county where the uninsured rate is more than 6 percent, according to financial news site 24/7 Tempo.

24/7 Tempo analyzed five-year estimates of the percentage of the noninstitutionalized population under 65 without health insurance from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey

Counties were excluded if the noninstitutionalized population under 65 was less than 1,000, or if the sampling error associated with a county's data was deemed too high. The 2,945 eligible counties or equivalent places were ranked within their state based on their under 65 uninsured rates.

The least insured county in every state:

Alabama

Escambia County: 17.4 percent

State uninsured rate: 11.3 percent

Alaska

Aleutians East Borough: 50.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 15.3 percent

Arizona

Apache County: 28.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 12.4 percent

Arkansas

Sevier County: 19.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 10.1 percent

California

Mono County: 17.9 percent

State uninsured rate: 8.6 percent

Colorado

Custer County: 25.4 percent

State uninsured rate: 8.7 percent

Connecticut

Fairfield County: 9.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.3 percent

Delaware

Sussex County: 9 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.8 percent

Florida

Glades County: 33.8 percent

State uninsured rate: 15.7 percent

Georgia

Echols County: 27.5 percent

State uninsured rate: 15.2 percent

Hawaii

Hawaii County: 6.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 4.6 percent

Idaho

Owyhee County: 25.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 12.4 percent

Illinois

Moultrie County: 18.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 7.9 percent

Indiana

LaGrange County: 45.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 9.8 percent

Iowa

Davis County: 31.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 5.5 percent

Kansas

Hamilton County: 22.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 10.3 percent

Kentucky

Todd County: 17.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.7 percent

Louisiana

Tensas Parish: 23.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 11 percent

Maine

Washington County: 15.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 9.8 percent

Maryland

Prince George's County: 11.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.9 percent

Massachusetts

Nantucket County: 5.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 3.2 percent

Michigan

Oscoda County: 18 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.5 percent

Minnesota

Mahnomen County: 16.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 5.2 percent

Mississippi

Sharkey County: 21 percent

State uninsured rate: 14.5 percent

Missouri

Scotland County: 39.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 11.1 percent

Montana

Glacier County: 42.3 percent

State uninsured rate: 10.9 percent

Nebraska

Thurston County: 28.5 percent

State uninsured rate: 9.5 percent

Nevada

Mineral County: 14.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 12.9 percent

New Hampshire

Carroll County: 12.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 7.1 percent

New Jersey

Passaic County: 14.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 9 percent

New Mexico

McKinley County: 22.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 11.4 percent

New York

Yates County: 21.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.7 percent

North Carolina

Swain County: 26.1 percent

State uninsured rate: 12.6 percent

North Dakota

Sioux County: 34 percent

State uninsured rate: 8.5 percent

Ohio

Holmes County: 44.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 7.2 percent

Oklahoma

Adair County: 31.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 16.5 percent

Oregon

Lincoln County: 12.9 percent

State uninsured rate: 8 percent

Pennsylvania

Mifflin County: 14.9 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.8 percent

Rhode Island

Providence County: 6.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 5.3 percent

South Carolina

Jasper County: 18.9 percent

State uninsured rate: 12.6 percent

South Dakota

Buffalo County: 41.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 11.2 percent

Tennessee

Perry County: 20 percent

State uninsured rate: 11.4 percent

Texas

Menard County: 44.7 percent

State uninsured rate: 19.4 percent

Utah

Piute County: 25.9 percent

State uninsured rate: 10.4 percent

Vermont

Windham County: 6.6 percent

State uninsured rate: 4.8 percent

Virginia

Accomack County: 21.3 percent

State uninsured rate: 10 percent

Washington

Adams County: 18 percent

State uninsured rate: 7.3 percent

West Virginia

Monroe County: 12 percent

State uninsured rate: 7.4 percent

Wisconsin

Menominee County: 28.4 percent

State uninsured rate: 6.4 percent

Wyoming

Fremont County: 22.2 percent

State uninsured rate: 13.5 percent


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