Which Cities Have The Highest and Lowest Rates of Health Insurance Coverage? 🏥

What We're Showing

The top and bottom U.S. metropolitan areas by share of residents with health insurance, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Data is for 2023 and shows the share of civilian noninstitutionalized population with health coverage, public or private.

Key Takeaways

• The cities with the highest rates of health insurance coverage are concentrated in Massachusetts–one of the top states by median income–and the Midwest. Amherst, MA tops the list with 98.4% of its population having health insurance.
• Texas dominates the bottom of the ranking, with 7 of the 10 lowest-coverage metro areas. Many border cities like Laredo (70.7%), McAllen (74.7%), and Brownsville (76.5%) have some of the lowest rates of insured populations.
• The gap between the most and least insured cities exceeds 27 percentage points, highlighting stark regional disparities in access to health coverage.