Throughout the country, city dwellers are more likely to be insured than their rural counterparts, with 16.3 percent and 18.8 percent going without insurance, respectively.
Regionally, adults under 65 in the Northeast and Midwest are the most likely to have insurance, with Massachusetts and Vermont having some of the highest rates of insured citizens in the nation. Texas has one of the highest rates of uninsured citizens at more than 30 percent, with Southern rates of uninsurance higher than in other parts of the country.
Additionally, Hispanics are less likely than other Americans to have insurance, with more than 30 percent of working-age Hispanics uninsured in 28 states. The trend is particularly pronounced in the South — more than 40 percent of Hispanics are uninsured in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi.
By contrast, the percent of uninsured African-Americans tops 25 in only three states: Alaska, Montana and Florida.
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