HEALTH COVERAGE & UNINSURED

◆ OVERVIEW◆ ADULT INSURANCE COVERAGE◆ CHILD INSURANCE COVERAGE◆ UNINSURED ADULTS BY COUNTY◆ HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE & THE ACA◆ PUBLICATIONS

OVERVIEW

Every year the Center for Mississippi Health Policy monitors trends in health insurance coverage in Mississippi, analyzing Census data. Using this data, we compile chartbooks that examine detailed demographic characteristics such as income, age, education, and work status for the various types of coverage and provide a profile of the uninsured. In addition, we publish a separate fact sheet presenting county-level data on uninsured adults.

Why this analysis is important:

After key policies in the Affordable Care Act went into effect, uninsurance rates decreased steadily state-wide from 2016. The number of adults without health coverage dropped to 22.4% in households with incomes below 400% FPL and almost 30.3% in households at 138% FPL. From 2017 to 2018 we saw a decline of 2,556 uninsured at the 138% FPL level and 4,264 for 400% FPL, however when we look at recently released data from SAHIE for 2018 to 2020 the numbers jump to 21,662 and 30,163 respectively for 138% FPL and 400% FPL.

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ADULT INSURANCE COVERAGE

The Center for Mississippi Health Policy has updated two chartbooks that provide a detailed look at health insurance coverage for non-elderly adults and for children in Mississippi. Data from the 2019 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau were analyzed to develop a profile of coverage for each age group.

Key findings from the analysis provide insight into health coverage in the state and are summarized on the Center’s website. Included in the analysis is an examination of recent health insurance trends for both adults and children.

Non-Elderly Adults

Non-elderly adults in Mississippi have lower rates of private health insurance when compared to the national rate. However, uninsurance rates for Mississippians fell from 2012 to 2015 and increased slightly since.
Non-elderly adults, ages 45 to 64, had the lowest uninsurance rates while young adults, ages 19-25, had the highest rates of uninsurance.
Most working non-elderly adults in Mississippi (60%) had private health insurance. However, only 2% of part-time employees had private health insurance.
Uninsurance rates were highest for Native American and Hispanic, non-elderly adults.
Persons below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) experience the highest rates of uninsurance.
Private coverage is least at the lowest level of educational attainment.
Annual premiums and employee contributions have trended upwards since 2006.

CHILD INSURANCE COVERAGE

The Center for Mississippi Health Policy has updated two chartbooks that provide a detailed look at health insurance coverage for non-elderly adults and for children in Mississippi. Data from the 2018 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau were analyzed to develop a profile of coverage for each age group.

Key findings from the analysis provide insight into health coverage in the state and are summarized on the Center’s web site. Included in the analysis is an examination of recent health insurance trends for both adults and children.

Children

Mississippi children under 19 years of age have uninsurance rates that are slightly higher than the national rate. However, the state rate increased in 2019.
Statewide trends show a decrease in employment-based and military coverage for Mississippi children from 2018 to 2019 and an increase in uninsurance.
Roughly one out of 20 children lacks health insurance coverage statewide.
Over two-thirds of uninsured children in Mississippi are likely eligible for public insurance coverage.
Public coverage rates decline as children get older.
Uninsurance rates are highest for Native American children.
43,000 children are uninsured in Mississippi, however, most (92%) of these children are eligible for coverage.
Seven percent of children living at or below 214% Federal Poverty Level (FPL) lacks any type of insurance coverage.

UNINSURED ADULTS BY COUNTY

This fact sheet provides the number and percentage of adults ages 18 – 64 without health insurance at the county level in Mississippi and compares rates for years 2018 and 2021, the most recent data. Under the Affordable Care Act, Adults with household incomes below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) would qualify for expanded Medicaid coverage currently not elected by the state. Adults from households with incomes below 400% FPL qualify for federal support (subsidies) to buy health insurance through a Health Insurance Exchange. Data is from the 2020 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) calculated by the United States Census Bureau.

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Data Spreadsheets

2018-2021 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 138% BY COUNTY

County	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change
Adams	1,375	28.6	-24.1%
Alcorn	1,484	27.3	-29.8%
Amite	588	30.4	-4.5%
Attala	839	30.2	-11.7%
Benton	431	33.7	-9.3%
Bolivar	1,567	25.3	-27.7%
Calhoun	691	31.3	-27.6%
Carroll	368	30.4	-16.6%
Chickasaw	856	32	-16.9%
Choctaw	351	30.1	-10.5%
Claiborne	400	25.4	-26.5%
Clarke	706	33	-10.5%
Clay	863	27.1	-18.0%
Coahoma	1,163	24.7	-17.0%
Copiah	1,330	30.6	-17.7%
Covington	976	32.4	-11.5%
DeSoto	5,788	34	-2.5%
Forrest	4,179	28.4	-8.3%
Franklin	386	34.4	-0.8%
George	1,088	32.8	-1.0%
Greene	508	30.3	3.3%
Grenada	969	27.9	-8.8%
Hancock	1,550	28.4	-34.2%
Harrison	8,822	31	-20.2%
Hinds	9,947	28.6	-5.8%
Holmes	893	22.9	-26.7%
Humphreys	465	25.8	-22.0%
Issaquena	63	29.7	-12.5%
Itawamba	931	33.4	-18.6%
Jackson	5,900	33.2	-6.8%
Jasper	677	28.6	-20.7%
Jefferson	390	26	-26.6%
Jefferson Davis	569	29.7	-36.4%
Jones	3,141	33.1	-16.5%
Kemper	446	31.9	-26.2%
Lafayette	2,661	31.1	-5.9%
Lamar	2,710	33.6	0.9%
Lauderdale	2,871	26.7	-9.7%
Lawrence	568	31.4	-5.6%
Leake	1,076	33.9	-24.9%
Lee	2,878	29.9	-23.6%
Leflore	1,364	24	-22.0%
Lincoln	1,472	31.1	-14.9%
Lowndes	2,392	29	-18.6%
Madison	2,922	34.9	2.3%
Marion	1,303	31.5	-13.0%
Marshall	1,495	29.9	-5.1%
Monroe	1,409	30.2	-18.8%
Montgomery	425	28	-14.0%
Neshoba	1,470	34.4	-17.6%
Newton	1,024	34.7	-11.5%
Noxubee	555	28.7	-23.9%
Oktibbeha	3,070	26.6	-11.5%
Panola	1,724	29.3	-10.6%
Pearl River	2,181	31.1	-14.9%
Perry	564	31.5	-23.2%
Pike	2,030	26.8	-21.0%
Pontotoc	1,583	39.6	-6.8%
Prentiss	1,199	30.9	-20.8%
Quitman	341	24.7	-35.9%
Rankin	4,266	33.5	1.4%
Scott	1,658	36.1	-27.5%
Sharkey	205	27.2	-31.7%
Simpson	1,236	32.6	-25.9%
Smith	614	34.8	-22.9%
Stone	798	32.8	-7.0%
Sunflower	1,143	24	-19.9%
Tallahatchie	532	25.2	-23.2%
Tate	1,172	31.7	-20.9%
Tippah	1,088	30.2	-13.2%
Tishomingo	914	32.5	-15.3%
Tunica	574	24.6	-7.6%
Union	1,287	35.7	-14.5%
Walthall	752	33	-19.9%
Warren	1,686	27.8	-22.6%
Washington	2,136	24	-24.1%
Wayne	1,094	33.5	-7.6%
Webster	434	31.9	-18.4%
Wilkinson	367	28.4	-32.5%
Winston	733	28	-24.7%
Yalobusha	526	26	-16.6%
Yazoo	1,184	25.9	-13.5%

2018-2021 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 400% BY COUNTY

County	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change
Adams	2,643	23.4	-17.5%
Alcorn	3,058	21.8	-21.3%
Amite	1,092	22.7	-11.5%
Attala	1,686	23.8	-5.0%
Benton	864	24.6	-2.0%
Bolivar	2,654	21.1	-22.2%
Calhoun	1,399	24.2	-21.9%
Carroll	758	21.7	-16.2%
Chickasaw	1,763	24.4	-9.2%
Choctaw	692	21.4	-3.8%
Claiborne	674	19.3	-17.3%
Clarke	1,436	23.4	-7.4%
Clay	1,662	21.2	-12.8%
Coahoma	1,999	21.7	-11.4%
Copiah	2,598	22.4	-11.8%
Covington	1,880	23.6	-8.0%
DeSoto	13,458	20.9	-7.7%
Forrest	7,555	22.5	-7.5%
Franklin	738	24.7	3.7%
George	2,248	23	-5.2%
Greene	926	20.3	-11.2%
Grenada	1,930	22.3	-2.3%
Hancock	3,245	19.5	-33.0%
Harrison	19,074	23	-15.2%
Hinds	20,666	22.4	-1.6%
Holmes	1,445	19.3	-19.0%
Humphreys	791	22.7	-11.7%
Issaquena	121	25.1	-1.6%
Itawamba	2,256	23.9	-6.7%
Jackson	12,375	22.6	-12.2%
Jasper	1,293	19.7	-16.6%
Jefferson	656	20.4	-18.1%
Jefferson Davis	1,047	21.9	-28.6%
Jones	6,341	24.1	-10.8%
Kemper	822	22.9	-24.0%
Lafayette	4,777	22.8	-3.8%
Lamar	5,865	24.3	10.9%
Lauderdale	5,620	20.8	-9.7%
Lawrence	1,055	22.4	-10.1%
Leake	2,151	25.3	-20.9%
Lee	6,951	22.3	-14.2%
Leflore	2,479	21	-10.1%
Lincoln	3,084	22.8	-9.1%
Lowndes	4,953	21.8	-12.3%
Madison	6,800	22.4	4.8%
Marion	2,474	24.8	-9.2%
Marshall	2,994	21.9	-5.9%
Monroe	2,968	22	-17.7%
Montgomery	864	22.4	-3.8%
Neshoba	3,034	26.5	-11.2%
Newton	2,063	25.1	-9.1%
Noxubee	1,077	23.2	-17.0%
Oktibbeha	4,716	20.6	-9.7%
Panola	3,311	23.2	-6.8%
Pearl River	4,892	22.4	-7.8%
Perry	1,124	22.4	-17.2%
Pike	3,704	21.4	-14.6%
Pontotoc	3,625	27.2	6.3%
Prentiss	2,329	22.8	-13.8%
Quitman	592	20.7	-29.1%
Rankin	10,601	21.3	3.7%
Scott	3,119	26.4	-21.2%
Sharkey	370	23.1	-25.4%
Simpson	2,572	24.2	-14.0%
Smith	1,334	24.7	-19.4%
Stone	1,807	23.9	2.8%
Sunflower	2,001	20.5	-14.6%
Tallahatchie	962	20.3	-18.3%
Tate	2,433	22.6	-17.7%
Tippah	2,193	22.9	-11.1%
Tishomingo	1,880	24.5	-9.0%
Tunica	996	21.1	7.7%
Union	2,979	25.7	-2.0%
Walthall	1,501	25.4	-9.9%
Warren	3,550	21.4	-11.8%
Washington	3,993	20.8	-16.5%
Wayne	2,090	25	-7.0%
Webster	945	23	-0.7%
Wilkinson	687	21.9	-21.8%
Winston	1,517	21.6	-18.7%
Yalobusha	1,016	19	-9.9%
Yazoo	2,120	21.5	-6.6%

2017-2020 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 138% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change in Number
Adams	1,425	27.9%	-9.5%
Alcorn	1,507	27.2%	-19.8%
Amite	551	33%	-26.2%
Attala	829	30.7%	-13.4%
Benton	442	32.6%	-14.0%
Bolivar	1,714	29.1%	-18.3%
Calhoun	765	35.7%	-22.3%
Carroll	369	32%	-20.3%
Chickasaw	790	31.6%	-27.4%
Choctaw	351	31.7%	-10.0%
Claiborne	440	29.2%	-17.6%
Clarke	631	31.2%	-14.7%
Clay	934	29%	-13.7%
Coahoma	1,207	25.8%	-9.2%
Copiah	1,250	29%	-26.4%
Covington	925	32.4%	-13.9%
DeSoto	5,125	33.2%	1.8%
Forrest	3,947	28.3%	-14.6%
Franklin	341	33.1%	-9.8%
George	1,004	31.7%	-3.9%
Greene	458	29.8%	-12.9%
Grenada	868	28.5%	-16.9%
Hancock	1,792	27.6%	-25.1%
Harrison	8,902	30.6%	-16.4%
Hinds	8,024	23.3%	-34.8%
Holmes	897	23.1%	-26.3%
Humphreys	511	28.9%	-12.2%
Issaquena	58	24.6%	-20.5%
Itawamba	972	36.2%	-12.4%
Jackson	5,640	33%	-7.3%
Jasper	716	31.8%	-20.4%
Jefferson	381	28.1%	-15.3%
Jefferson Davis	552	29.7%	-29.9%
Jones	2,830	29.9%	-29.9%
Kemper	564	36.3%	-13.1%
Lafayette	2,784	35%	2.5%
Lamar	2,974	36.9%	6.3%
Lauderdale	2,977	29.2%	-4.2%
Lawrence	574	32.2%	-13.2%
Leake	1,386	40.7%	-4.2%
Lee	3,107	31.7%	-15.0%
Leflore	1,420	25.5%	-24.7%
Lincoln	1,395	31.6%	-16.4%
Lowndes	2,233	28.1%	-24.2%
Madison	2,559	33.3%	-18.0%
Marion	1,257	31.9%	-12.2%
Marshall	1,444	29.6%	-11.2%
Monroe	1,430	31.7%	-15.3%
Montgomery	448	32.1%	-14.5%
Neshoba	1,788	38.9%	2.9%
Newton	1,020	34.1%	-10.4%
Noxubee	527	27.8%	-30.6%
Oktibbeha	3,083	28%	-9.2%
Panola	1,886	32.6%	2.6%
Pearl River	2,083	28.9%	-17.8%
Perry	599	32.5%	-18.6%
Pike	2,022	28.2%	-11.5%
Pontotoc	1,602	39.3%	-10.1%
Prentiss	1,287	32.2%	-9.0%
Quitman	395	26.5%	-27.8%
Rankin	4,004	32.7%	-4.6%
Scott	1,681	36.7%	-27.5%
Sharkey	247	30.7%	-12.1%
Simpson	1,138	29.7%	-27.0%
Smith	707	37.7%	-14.1%
Stone	746	31.6%	3.5%
Sunflower	1,062	23.4%	-26.6%
Tallahatchie	564	25.4%	-21.1%
Tate	1,106	31.1%	-17.5%
Tippah	1,122	33.2%	-3.4%
Tishomingo	888	32.1%	-20.5%
Tunica	557	28.2%	-12.6%
Union	1,307	37.5%	-20.5%
Walthall	710	30.4%	-23.7%
Warren	1,981	31.2%	-19.1%
Washington	2,404	27.2%	-22.6%
Wayne	1,027	34.4%	-12.3%
Webster	418	32.4%	-13.5%
Wilkinson	389	29.2%	-22.0%
Winston	838	33.2%	-17.9%
Yalobusha	491	27.4%	-29.5%
Yazoo	1,115	24.7%	-18.1%

2017-2020 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 400% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change in Number
Adams	2,693	22.1%	-5.1%
Alcorn	3,154	20.9%	-11.1%
Amite	1,104	24.5%	-22.1%
Attala	1,707	23.6%	-4.2%
Benton	893	23.4%	-0.4%
Bolivar	2,957	23.7%	-11.3%
Calhoun	1,585	25.3%	-12.3%
Carroll	787	22.8%	-18.0%
Chickasaw	1,657	23.7%	-17.5%
Choctaw	694	21.9%	-3.7%
Claiborne	734	21.1%	-9.5%
Clarke	1,326	21.8%	-11.1%
Clay	1,793	22.2%	-7.6%
Coahoma	2,046	21.5%	-7.3%
Copiah	2,468	21.2%	-18.8%
Covington	1,831	22.9%	-10.6%
DeSoto	13,149	20.6%	4.2%
Forrest	7,307	22.4%	-11.1%
Franklin	657	22.5%	-9.4%
George	2,126	22.8%	-5.3%
Greene	902	20.9%	-17.2%
Grenada	1,790	21.6%	-14.1%
Hancock	3,940	20.9%	-18.0%
Harrison	19,203	23.4%	-13.0%
Hinds	17,350	18.5%	-27.0%
Holmes	1,438	18.9%	-19.1%
Humphreys	844	23.9%	-6.7%
Issaquena	102	21.5%	-21.5%
Itawamba	2,382	25.6%	2.8%
Jackson	12,135	22.2%	-8.2%
Jasper	1,385	21.7%	-16.6%
Jefferson	662	21.6%	-8.3%
Jefferson Davis	1,009	21.7%	-20.8%
Jones	5,889	21.9%	-22.5%
Kemper	1,048	27.4%	-11.1%
Lafayette	5,057	24.6%	6.0%
Lamar	6,030	26.1%	9.6%
Lauderdale	6,019	22%	-1.9%
Lawrence	1,157	23.2%	-10.7%
Leake	2,734	30.1%	0.1%
Lee	7,415	22.9%	-9.1%
Leflore	2,531	21.2%	-13.6%
Lincoln	2,970	22.9%	-10.2%
Lowndes	4,745	20.9%	-17.6%
Madison	6,291	21.4%	-11.3%
Marion	2,474	24.9%	-5.8%
Marshall	3,031	21.3%	-8.8%
Monroe	3,151	22.8%	-10.6%
Montgomery	911	23.7%	-6.9%
Neshoba	3,600	29.6%	1.9%
Newton	2,111	25.2%	-7.9%
Noxubee	1,033	22.3%	-22.2%
Oktibbeha	4,749	21.5%	-9.4%
Panola	3,552	24.1%	4.1%
Pearl River	4,726	21.9%	-9.4%
Perry	1,166	23.3%	-14.8%
Pike	3,702	22.1%	-9.4%
Pontotoc	3,583	26.3%	-6.4%
Prentiss	2,496	23.7%	-4.1%
Quitman	707	21.9%	-15.4%
Rankin	10,443	21.1%	2.3%
Scott	3,227	27.1%	-21.8%
Sharkey	446	24.7%	-8.6%
Simpson	2,370	21.9%	-15.6%
Smith	1,546	26.1%	-5.2%
Stone	1,695	23.5%	12.9%
Sunflower	1,909	20%	-20.1%
Tallahatchie	1,041	20.5%	-12.7%
Tate	2,385	22.1%	-16.6%
Tippah	2,279	23.7%	-0.7%
Tishomingo	1,830	23.1%	-15.9%
Tunica	916	20.6%	-6.7%
Union	3,111	26.3%	-9.5%
Walthall	1,371	22.7%	-21.3%
Warren	4,012	23.1%	-10.5%
Washington	4,312	22.9%	-17.0%
Wayne	2,075	25%	-7.8%
Webster	859	21.6%	-5.6%
Wilkinson	704	22.3%	-16.5%
Winston	1,784	25.2%	-8.6%
Yalobusha	1,011	19.9%	-16.2%
Yazoo	1,998	20.6%	-15.1%

2016-2019 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 138% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change in Numbers
Pontotoc	1,971	42.6%	13.0%
Neshoba	2,042	42.0%	11.5%
George	1,185	40.5%	9.9%
Adams	1,762	32.3%	8.9%
Rankin	4,910	39.0%	8.7%
Stone	818	35.6%	7.0%
Leake	1,611	42.5%	5.5%
Bolivar	1,992	29.1%	4.9%
Pike	2,303	29.5%	4.8%
Scott	2,373	46.1%	3.8%
Lafayette	2,990	34.4%	3.3%
Coahoma	1,386	26.8%	1.7%
Simpson	1,550	34.9%	1.3%
Marion	1,555	36.5%	1.1%
Lamar	2,787	34.1%	0.7%
Newton	1,181	36.1%	0.4%
DeSoto	5,369	34.7%	0.1%
Warren	2,182	32.3%	0.1%
Tishomingo	1,047	35.8%	-0.7%
Prentiss	1,463	34.0%	-2.3%
Franklin	366	34.3%	-2.5%
Tunica	579	25.1%	-2.6%
Oktibbeha	3,169	26.2%	-2.8%
Benton	479	33.2%	-2.9%
Madison	2,919	38.0%	-2.9%
Panola	1,926	32.3%	-3.0%
Tate	1,291	34.3%	-3.3%
Pearl River	2,559	36.3%	-3.4%
Wayne	1,105	35.3%	-4.0%
Lauderdale	3,304	30.9%	-4.1%
Attala	928	31.0%	-4.2%
Harrison	10,716	36.1%	-4.4%
Marshall	1,661	33.1%	-4.4%
Sharkey	282	31.1%	-4.6%
Lee	3,586	33.7%	-4.9%
Copiah	1,513	33.7%	-5.4%
Jones	3,700	36.8%	-5.7%
Lincoln	1,710	36.3%	-5.8%
Webster	482	32.7%	-6.0%
Clarke	776	34.8%	-6.8%
Grenada	1,081	31.2%	-7.1%
Smith	795	39.8%	-7.3%
Jackson	5,965	35.6%	-8.2%
Humphreys	547	27.4%	-8.4%
Monroe	1,508	32.1%	-8.5%
Alcorn	1,832	31.6%	-8.9%
Jasper	934	37.2%	-8.9%
Wilkinson	456	31.0%	-9.4%
Perry	714	36.9%	-9.5%
Choctaw	385	31.2%	-10.4%
Kemper	586	35.4%	-10.6%
Yazoo	1,336	29.0%	-10.9%
Leflore	1,719	27.2%	-11.5%
Walthall	885	35.1%	-12.2%
Amite	615	34.8%	-13.7%
Hancock	2,249	36.5%	-13.8%
Tallahatchie	725	30.0%	-14.2%
Hinds	11,378	31.8%	-14.3%
Covington	1,106	37.3%	-14.6%
Forrest	4,274	30.7%	-14.6%
Tippah	1,116	32.6%	-14.7%
Greene	499	38.0%	-16.0%
Clay	1,047	30.9%	-16.8%
Union	1,434	38.0%	-17.0%
Holmes	1,152	25.7%	-17.4%
Claiborne	464	26.8%	-18.3%
Calhoun	882	36.1%	-20.9%
Sunflower	1,294	26.8%	-21.0%
Quitman	465	27.5%	-21.3%
Winston	893	33.8%	-21.3%
Lawrence	568	32.7%	-21.5%
Yalobusha	540	29.2%	-23.3%
Issaquena	59	31.6%	-23.7%
Jefferson Davis	685	33.5%	-25.3%
Lowndes	2,528	28.9%	-25.6%
Carroll	412	35.4%	-25.7%
Jefferson	459	29.4%	-25.7%
Washington	2,321	24.8%	-26.7%
Itawamba	989	34.3%	-26.8%
Chickasaw	894	33.1%	-27.6%
Montgomery	475	29.9%	-28.4%
Noxubee	712	33.6%	-31.5%

2016-2019 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 400% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change in Number
Rankin	12,564	24.7%	24.9%
Stone	1,898	26.1%	23.1%
George	2,564	27.9%	20.5%
Adams	3,236	25.3%	16.7%
Neshoba	4,026	32.4%	16.7%
Pontotoc	4,019	28.8%	14.3%
Benton	953	24.4%	12.2%
Simpson	2,984	25.9%	12.1%
DeSoto	13,885	21.4%	11.6%
Warren	4,431	24.2%	11.6%
Lafayette	5,289	25.2%	10.8%
Lee	8,396	24.6%	10.7%
Marion	2,895	27.7%	10.0%
Pearl River	5,660	25.9%	9.7%
Attala	1,872	24.3%	9.1%
Madison	6,996	23.3%	8.7%
Smith	1,695	27.6%	8.7%
Leake	3,063	32.0%	8.6%
Bolivar	3,282	24.6%	8.0%
Lamar	5,748	24.4%	7.2%
Panola	3,764	24.4%	6.8%
Tishomingo	2,097	25.6%	6.4%
Scott	4,083	33.1%	4.8%
Lincoln	3,479	26.0%	4.2%
Pike	4,064	23.5%	4.2%
Copiah	2,975	24.4%	4.0%
Alcorn	3,723	23.9%	3.7%
Harrison	22,526	26.5%	3.7%
Marshall	3,412	23.3%	3.4%
Newton	2,315	26.6%	3.0%
Wayne	2,170	25.8%	3.0%
Coahoma	2,278	22.5%	2.6%
Lauderdale	6,604	23.1%	2.2%
Tate	2,722	24.8%	2.0%
Prentiss	2,732	25.0%	1.8%
Choctaw	754	22.4%	1.6%
Hancock	4,877	25.5%	1.6%
Monroe	3,313	23.0%	1.3%
Sharkey	493	25.6%	1.2%
Webster	939	22.8%	1.2%
Clarke	1,553	24.4%	1.0%
Jackson	13,278	23.8%	0.7%
Union	3,241	26.4%	0.3%
Franklin	701	23.1%	0.0%
Tunica	895	18.9%	-0.2%
Hinds	23,513	23.7%	-1.4%
Tippah	2,341	23.5%	-1.5%
Leflore	2,836	22.5%	-2.4%
Jones	7,125	26.3%	-2.5%
Covington	2,128	25.4%	-2.6%
Oktibbeha	4,762	21.0%	-2.7%
Wilkinson	806	23.7%	-2.7%
Itawamba	2,335	24.5%	-3.6%
Grenada	2,097	23.6%	-3.8%
Perry	1,363	25.9%	-4.0%
Winston	1,866	25.4%	-4.1%
Walthall	1,641	26.2%	-4.3%
Humphreys	876	23.1%	-4.8%
Yazoo	2,382	23.5%	-5.1%
Greene	1,059	24.4%	-5.8%
Clay	1,981	23.4%	-5.9%
Forrest	7,835	23.5%	-6.2%
Jasper	1,667	24.9%	-6.3%
Amite	1,252	25.9%	-6.4%
Issaquena	114	23.9%	-7.3%
Yalobusha	1,078	20.3%	-7.7%
Carroll	900	24.4%	-8.7%
Kemper	1,056	26.4%	-9.0%
Chickasaw	1,865	25.4%	-9.2%
Calhoun	1,708	26.3%	-9.4%
Claiborne	737	20.0%	-9.5%
Sunflower	2,246	22.3%	-10.3%
Tallahatchie	1,231	23.4%	-10.5%
Holmes	1,766	21.8%	-10.6%
Noxubee	1,337	26.5%	-10.8%
Washington	4,254	21.0%	-10.9%
Jefferson Davis	1,217	24.3%	-11.2%
Lawrence	1,155	22.5%	-12.0%
Quitman	764	22.5%	-12.0%
Lowndes	5,056	21.4%	-13.3%
Jefferson	747	23.2%	-13.5%
Montgomery	899	22.3%	-16.9%

2015-2018 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 138% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Uninsurance Rate	Change in Number
Adams	1,812	32.5%	-3.3%
Alcorn	2,115	34.3%	-1.2%
Amite	616	34.7%	-23.5%
Attala	950	31.1%	-18.7%
Benton	475	32.5%	-12.4%
Bolivar	2,166	30.8%	3.4%
Calhoun	955	37.1%	-11.3%
Carroll	441	35.5%	-24.7%
Chickasaw	1,030	36.2%	-18.8%
Choctaw	392	30.2%	-8.8%
Claiborne	544	28.6%	-6.0%
Clarke	789	35.0%	-11.8%
Clay	1,052	30.4%	-17.3%
Coahoma	1,402	26.5%	-13.2%
Copiah	1,616	33.6%	-5.0%
Covington	1,103	35.0%	-17.7%
DeSoto	5,935	37.2%	7.0%
Forrest	4,557	31.8%	-7.5%
Franklin	389	35.1%	-2.5%
George	1,099	37.5%	-5.5%
Greene	492	35.4%	-16.5%
Grenada	1,062	30.0%	-11.2%
Hancock	2,355	35.9%	-17.8%
Harrison	11,059	36.4%	-7.6%
Hinds	10,556	27.9%	-12.2%
Holmes	1,219	25.6%	-12.0%
Humphreys	596	27.9%	-17.7%
Issaquena	72	34.0%	-8.9%
Itawamba	1,144	36.5%	-8.4%
Jackson	6,333	37.9%	-8.9%
Jasper	854	33.6%	-15.0%
Jefferson	531	31.4%	-1.7%
Jefferson Davis	895	38.0%	1.8%
Jones	3,762	35.9%	-7.7%
Kemper	604	36.9%	-14.0%
Lafayette	2,829	32.8%	-5.2%
Lamar	2,687	32.8%	-6.7%
Lauderdale	3,179	28.6%	-16.6%
Lawrence	602	33.8%	-7.4%
Leake	1,433	39.0%	-16.3%
Lee	3,769	33.4%	-9.1%
Leflore	1,749	26.2%	-27.7%
Lincoln	1,730	35.2%	-19.1%
Lowndes	2,937	32.5%	-11.4%
Madison	2,856	35.6%	-19.3%
Marion	1,498	35.8%	-14.1%
Marshall	1,576	30.6%	-21.4%
Monroe	1,735	35.3%	-15.1%
Montgomery	494	30.6%	-18.5%
Neshoba	1,785	36.8%	-6.6%
Newton	1,157	35.5%	-6.2%
Noxubee	729	32.5%	-25.8%
Oktibbeha	3,470	29.2%	-8.2%
Panola	1,928	31.6%	-10.9%
Pearl River	2,563	34.7%	-16.9%
Perry	734	35.9%	-10.8%
Pike	2,568	32.0%	7.1%
Pontotoc	1,699	37.3%	0.1%
Prentiss	1,514	34.1%	-5.1%
Quitman	532	29.2%	-13.4%
Rankin	4,207	32.5%	-10.1%
Scott	2,286	43.8%	-9.8%
Sharkey	300	32.2%	-8.5%
Simpson	1,668	35.5%	-8.6%
Smith	796	38.3%	-9.9%
Stone	858	36.1%	4.0%
Sunflower	1,427	28.2%	-19.7%
Tallahatchie	693	29.1%	-21.3%
Tate	1,481	37.8%	-2.2%
Tippah	1,254	36.0%	-12.3%
Tishomingo	1,079	35.4%	-8.4%
Tunica	621	24.4%	-8.3%
Union	1,505	37.8%	-21.0%
Walthall	939	35.0%	-9.3%
Warren	2,178	29.6%	-7.2%
Washington	2,814	28.6%	-23.6%
Wayne	1,184	36.0%	-12.8%
Webster	532	32.3%	-5.2%
Wilkinson	544	33.0%	19.3%
Winston	973	33.6%	-19.9%
Yalobusha	631	29.1%	-10.2%
Yazoo	1,369	28.1%	-7.1%

2015-2018 UNINSURED ADULTS AT OR BELOW FPL 400% BY COUNTY

County Name	Number of Uninsured	Rate of Uninsured	Change in Number
Adams	3,204	24.4%	0.66%
Alcorn	3,886	24.6%	-1.22%
Amite	1,234	24.8%	-19.08%
Attala	1,774	22.4%	-14.59%
Benton	882	22.3%	-5.26%
Bolivar	3,411	24.8%	1.76%
Calhoun	1,791	26.6%	-5.74%
Carroll	904	24.0%	-18.92%
Chickasaw	1,941	25.9%	-12.96%
Choctaw	719	20.7%	-6.01%
Claiborne	815	21.2%	-5.23%
Clarke	1,551	23.7%	-6.45%
Clay	1,907	22.2%	-11.55%
Coahoma	2,256	21.4%	-15.44%
Copiah	2,945	23.6%	-5.82%
Covington	2,043	24.0%	-11.25%
DeSoto	14,585	22.7%	15.17%
Forrest	8,167	24.0%	-3.71%
Franklin	712	23.0%	-7.41%
George	2,371	25.4%	1.20%
Greene	1,043	23.2%	-8.83%
Grenada	1,975	21.6%	-9.78%
Hancock	4,841	24.7%	-9.85%
Harrison	22,480	25.8%	-5.96%
Hinds	20,999	20.6%	-5.96%
Holmes	1,785	21.2%	-11.55%
Humphreys	896	22.4%	-18.32%
Issaquena	123	24.6%	-11.51%
Itawamba	2,418	24.8%	1.68%
Jackson	14,087	24.8%	-2.99%
Jasper	1,551	22.0%	-13.40%
Jefferson	801	24.2%	-3.03%
Jefferson Davis	1,467	28.1%	3.60%
Jones	7,107	25.5%	-7.58%
Kemper	1,081	26.7%	-13.52%
Lafayette	4,967	23.3%	1.33%
Lamar	5,287	22.3%	-5.28%
Lauderdale	6,227	21.2%	-14.21%
Lawrence	1,174	22.7%	-3.61%
Leake	2,720	28.2%	-13.21%
Lee	8,099	23.2%	-2.53%
Leflore	2,756	21.3%	-23.17%
Lincoln	3,394	24.7%	-10.66%
Lowndes	5,647	23.1%	-6.40%
Madison	6,490	21.3%	-11.89%
Marion	2,725	26.3%	-7.78%
Marshall	3,182	21.1%	-16.94%
Monroe	3,607	24.0%	-8.13%
Montgomery	898	21.5%	-18.44%
Neshoba	3,415	27.3%	-6.49%
Newton	2,270	25.4%	-2.03%
Noxubee	1,297	25.1%	-14.95%
Oktibbeha	5,224	22.9%	-8.22%
Panola	3,553	22.7%	-7.47%
Pearl River	5,303	23.8%	-11.73%
Perry	1,358	25.1%	-7.93%
Pike	4,338	24.7%	0.88%
Pontotoc	3,409	24.7%	-2.49%
Prentiss	2,703	24.1%	-4.45%
Quitman	835	23.2%	-11.73%
Rankin	10,226	19.9%	-6.03%
Scott	3,959	31.1%	-8.25%
Sharkey	496	24.7%	-10.14%
Simpson	2,989	25.6%	-5.56%
Smith	1,655	25.7%	0.30%
Stone	1,758	24.4%	7.39%
Sunflower	2,344	22.4%	-16.02%
Tallahatchie	1,178	21.6%	-19.32%
Tate	2,957	26.2%	-0.97%
Tippah	2,468	24.5%	-6.20%
Tishomingo	2,066	24.4%	-5.40%
Tunica	925	18.6%	-10.28%
Union	3,039	24.7%	-13.42%
Walthall	1,666	25.6%	-9.99%
Warren	4,025	21.1%	-4.78%
Washington	4,782	23.0%	-18.89%
Wayne	2,248	25.6%	-5.27%
Webster	952	22.1%	-6.39%
Wilkinson	878	24.7%	9.07%
Winston	1,867	24.6%	-11.77%
Yalobusha	1,128	20.3%	-6.47%
Yazoo	2,270	22.3%	-9.35%

health insurance coverage & the aca

Insurance

The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers at the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) at Mississippi State University to survey non-elderly Mississippi adults to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This survey serves as a follow-up to a similar study conducted in the fall of 2013 and contains additional analysis by geographic area of the state. The Center has prepared an Issue Brief that summarizes the results of this survey, which was conducted in 2014-2015. A copy of the full SSRC Report containing all survey responses, as well as the survey methodology, is also available under Related Links.

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