Source: Census Bureau table B27020 2019-2023 5-year estimates (would’ve used 2023 1-year estimates but data was missing for a few PUMAs and I wanted to be consistent between maps) – accessed via tidycensus package in R
PUMA stands for Public Use Microdata Area. PUMAs are areas designated by the Census Bureau for statistical reporting. They each have between 100k and 200k residents, don’t cross state lines, and follow county and city boundaries when possible. Their big advantage over county maps is letting us see much more detail in urban areas, but it does come at the cost of being able to present all the information in one image. Additionally, many counties often have very high margins of error for survey data like this. The relatively consistent size of PUMAs ensures reasonably low margins of error across the whole map.
Yet another illustration of how the GOP lures voters in with xenophobia and then just shits all over those same voters with their policies.
Would north east indiana be driven by the amish community?
Wonder if those red and dark orange states had Governors who refused Medicaid Expansion
top 5 states: MAGA
bottom 5 states: Democratic led
shocker.
If you ever get a whiff of an air of superiority from a Bostonian/Masshole….these charts are the reason why.
Congratulations Mississippi on not being the worst in the country on something! You killed it!
Overlay this with the new redistricting maps.
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Don’t mess with Texas. They’re fragile and can’t afford to get hurt.
Same states full of politician’s talking about people taking advantage of the healthcare system and getting free rides likely have the most amount of people with medical debt.
I can afford health insurance or rent. Def not both
A huge factor here is a government run affordable health care system. MNSure is singlehandedly why MN performs so well on this list(I believe Mass has a similar system).
When I was in my grad degree and got kicked off my parents insurance at 26 it cost me zero dollars. Prescriptions had a zero dollar copay and urgent care had a 3 dollar copay. It worked wonders to hold me over until I finished grad school and got a job. It does WONDERS for the working poor.
But that is considered communist, leftist bullshit by the half of the country living it the shithole states that could benefit most from socialized medicine
Proud Minnesotan here. It’s astounding to me how many of the rural folks continue to shit on the state simply because it’s blue. They have no idea how good they have it, because they don’t care about data. We’re consistently in the top 5 states for quality of life, but somehow that data is “fake news.” It drives me nuts, but at the same time I realize that the stupid rural/urban battle is present in every state.
I have health insurance but it cost $25,000 a year. None of us are winning in our current health care situation.
How large is the proportion if you include also those that, despite having some insurance, wouldn’t financially manage to become severely ill, because the out-of-pocket would still be crippling?
Not surprised to see Massachusetts with a low number. They’ve got state wide health insurance.
The Affordable Health Care Act cut this number in half. About 16% of the country didn’t have health insurance compared to the now 8%.
But remember kids, Obama was bad.
It’s crazy that for pretty much any quality of life list, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont are pretty much always in the top 5.
All the bad stereotypes that foreigners have about the US are basically people talking about Texas.
If you do this exact same study next year it’s going to be much higher numbers due to the Big Beautiful Bill, and I would love to see the contrast.
We have relatively really good public health insurance in Massachusetts. Mass-Health is available either for free or low cost for low income individuals. Also home to some of the best hospitals in the world, really not surprised to see we have the lowest non-insured rate.
It’s nice to see my state leading the way. Am masshole…sorry friends.
Massachusetts is always killing it in these things
So 91.5% do have it. That’s pretty good for a country that doesn’t have nationalized health insurance.
Sometimes insurance coverage is there but it doesn’t cover things like emergencies, such as a visit to the emergency room, amongst other things
Overlay with a poverty/class position map, $20 says level of insureds/uninsureds will line up purty darn tight. Looking at Bay Area, LA, & San Diego you can nearly perfectly ID the neighborhoods by class/insurance.
That’s pretty low. If you got your info from r/politics you’d think it was 85%
notice how it’s people and not americans
As an ER physician in Texas – I can say it is truly awful to see the amount of poverty and neglect here.
Moved here from Midwest and it was truly wild west. “Follow-up with PCP” type of guidance only to see the patients come back critically ill in 2-3 weeks from preventable causes.
Someone should do a remind me on this post and juxtapose it to what itll be a year from now
![[OC] Percent of People Without Health Insurance in the US](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/qo6fc97y1vwf1-1080x1024.jpg)
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Does the south ever get tired of winning?
Source: Census Bureau table B27020 2019-2023 5-year estimates (would’ve used 2023 1-year estimates but data was missing for a few PUMAs and I wanted to be consistent between maps) – accessed via tidycensus package in R
Tools: R (packages: dplyr, ggplot2, sf, usmap, tools, ggfx, grid, scales, cowplot, showtext, sysfonts)
You may be wondering what a PUMA is…
PUMA stands for Public Use Microdata Area. PUMAs are areas designated by the Census Bureau for statistical reporting. They each have between 100k and 200k residents, don’t cross state lines, and follow county and city boundaries when possible. Their big advantage over county maps is letting us see much more detail in urban areas, but it does come at the cost of being able to present all the information in one image. Additionally, many counties often have very high margins of error for survey data like this. The relatively consistent size of PUMAs ensures reasonably low margins of error across the whole map.
Yet another illustration of how the GOP lures voters in with xenophobia and then just shits all over those same voters with their policies.
You can see when each state expanded Medicaid and those that have not [here](https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/state-indicator/state-activity-around-expanding-medicaid-under-the-affordable-care-act/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D)
Edit: [map](https://www.reddit.com/user/haydendking/comments/1oe5lob/year_of_medicaid_expansion/)
Would north east indiana be driven by the amish community?
Wonder if those red and dark orange states had Governors who refused Medicaid Expansion
top 5 states: MAGA
bottom 5 states: Democratic led
shocker.
If you ever get a whiff of an air of superiority from a Bostonian/Masshole….these charts are the reason why.
Congratulations Mississippi on not being the worst in the country on something! You killed it!
Overlay this with the new redistricting maps.
[deleted]
Don’t mess with Texas. They’re fragile and can’t afford to get hurt.
Same states full of politician’s talking about people taking advantage of the healthcare system and getting free rides likely have the most amount of people with medical debt.
I can afford health insurance or rent. Def not both
A huge factor here is a government run affordable health care system. MNSure is singlehandedly why MN performs so well on this list(I believe Mass has a similar system).
When I was in my grad degree and got kicked off my parents insurance at 26 it cost me zero dollars. Prescriptions had a zero dollar copay and urgent care had a 3 dollar copay. It worked wonders to hold me over until I finished grad school and got a job. It does WONDERS for the working poor.
But that is considered communist, leftist bullshit by the half of the country living it the shithole states that could benefit most from socialized medicine
Proud Minnesotan here. It’s astounding to me how many of the rural folks continue to shit on the state simply because it’s blue. They have no idea how good they have it, because they don’t care about data. We’re consistently in the top 5 states for quality of life, but somehow that data is “fake news.” It drives me nuts, but at the same time I realize that the stupid rural/urban battle is present in every state.
I have health insurance but it cost $25,000 a year. None of us are winning in our current health care situation.
How large is the proportion if you include also those that, despite having some insurance, wouldn’t financially manage to become severely ill, because the out-of-pocket would still be crippling?
Not surprised to see Massachusetts with a low number. They’ve got state wide health insurance.
The Affordable Health Care Act cut this number in half. About 16% of the country didn’t have health insurance compared to the now 8%.
But remember kids, Obama was bad.
It’s crazy that for pretty much any quality of life list, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Vermont are pretty much always in the top 5.
All the bad stereotypes that foreigners have about the US are basically people talking about Texas.
If you do this exact same study next year it’s going to be much higher numbers due to the Big Beautiful Bill, and I would love to see the contrast.
We have relatively really good public health insurance in Massachusetts. Mass-Health is available either for free or low cost for low income individuals. Also home to some of the best hospitals in the world, really not surprised to see we have the lowest non-insured rate.
It’s nice to see my state leading the way. Am masshole…sorry friends.
Massachusetts is always killing it in these things
So 91.5% do have it. That’s pretty good for a country that doesn’t have nationalized health insurance.
Sometimes insurance coverage is there but it doesn’t cover things like emergencies, such as a visit to the emergency room, amongst other things
Overlay with a poverty/class position map, $20 says level of insureds/uninsureds will line up purty darn tight. Looking at Bay Area, LA, & San Diego you can nearly perfectly ID the neighborhoods by class/insurance.
That’s pretty low. If you got your info from r/politics you’d think it was 85%
notice how it’s people and not americans
As an ER physician in Texas – I can say it is truly awful to see the amount of poverty and neglect here.
Moved here from Midwest and it was truly wild west. “Follow-up with PCP” type of guidance only to see the patients come back critically ill in 2-3 weeks from preventable causes.
Someone should do a remind me on this post and juxtapose it to what itll be a year from now
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