In 2010, nearly 641,000 or 17.5 percent of Kentuckians under the age of 65 did not have health insurance, according to estimates released?today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
At 17.5 percent, the rate of uninsured residents in the state was higher than in all but 18 states. Massachusetts had the lowest rate of uninsured at 5.2 percent; Texas was highest at 26.3 percent.
Minorities and the poor were more likely to be uninsured, according to the Census Bureau estimates.
More than 28 percent of residents under 65 in families that made less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level lacked health insurance. ??For residents under 65 in families that made less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level the percentage lacking health insurance jumped to 30 percent.
The uninsured rate among whites was 16.5 percent compared to 20.1 percent for blacks and 37.4 percent for Hispanics.?
The uninsured rate among persons under 19 years of age was only 6.7 percent compared to 21.8 percent for persons 18 to 64 years of age.?
Oldham County had the lowest percentage of uninsured residents, at 10.2 percent.? The highest estimated uninsured rate was in Casey County, at 24.2 percent followed by Monroe County (23.8 percent); Todd County (23.5 percent); and Adair and Cumberland counties each with an uninsured rate of 23 percent.
With more than 101,000 uninsured residents, Jefferson County had the largest number of uninsured followed by Fayette County with 46,700 and Kenton County with 21,300 uninsured.?
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