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Health and Seniors

Black residents without health insurance in Florida

Florida ranks 37th of 38 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Florida, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Black residents without health insurance
Florida13.3%
plus or minus 0.2 points
United States9.3%
plus or minus 0.1 points
All residents in Florida: 11.5% (plus or minus 0.1 points). Black seniors 65 and older living below poverty in Florida: 18.7% (plus or minus 0.6 points). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Wakulla County 1.6%, plus or minus 1.6 points. Ranked 1st of 53 counties. What is Wakulla County doing that works? Furthest to go: Walton County, 22.9%. See Wakulla County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Florida

53 ranked of 67
Margin of error
1 Wakulla County 1.6% plus or minus 1.6 points 6.8%
2 Citrus County 5.5% plus or minus 4 points 10.4%
3 St. Johns County 6.1% plus or minus 2.7 points 5.3%
4 Clay County 6.2% plus or minus 1.5 points 8.2%
5 Jackson County 7.5% plus or minus 2.3 points 8.6%
6 Alachua County 8.3% plus or minus 1.5 points 7.4%
7 Taylor County 8.5% plus or minus 6.9 points 11.2%
8 Madison County 9.2% plus or minus 3.4 points 12.3%
9 Bradford County 9.3% plus or minus 6.7 points 11.6%
10 Pasco County 9.4% plus or minus 1.5 points 9.9%
11 Sumter County 9.4% plus or minus 5 points 5.2%
12 Leon County 9.6% plus or minus 1.1 points 7.4%
13 Levy County 9.6% plus or minus 4 points 13.1%
14 Hillsborough County 10.1% plus or minus 0.9 points 11.1%
15 Osceola County 10.1% plus or minus 2.2 points 10.6%
16 Duval County 10.9% plus or minus 0.8 points 11%
17 Seminole County 10.9% plus or minus 1.6 points 9.5%
18 St. Lucie County 11.4% plus or minus 1.7 points 11.4%
19 Brevard County 11.6% plus or minus 1.4 points 9.8%
20 Jefferson County 11.6% plus or minus 4.7 points 9.7%
21 Lake County 11.6% plus or minus 1.9 points 9.6%
22 Columbia County 11.7% plus or minus 3.8 points 12.6%
23 Manatee County 11.9% plus or minus 2.2 points 11.8%
24 Nassau County 11.9% plus or minus 3.9 points 7.2%
25 Hernando County 12.2% plus or minus 3.6 points 11.2%
26 Polk County 12.3% plus or minus 1.3 points 12.4%
27 Suwannee County 12.5% plus or minus 8.4 points 11.1%
28 Escambia County 12.7% plus or minus 1.3 points 11.7%
29 Volusia County 13.1% plus or minus 1.2 points 10.2%
30 Pinellas County 13.2% plus or minus 1.4 points 10.4%
31 Marion County 13.4% plus or minus 2.3 points 12.5%
32 Okaloosa County 14% plus or minus 3.3 points 11.8%
33 Flagler County 14.1% plus or minus 3.6 points 10.5%
34 Gadsden County 14.3% plus or minus 2.5 points 15.7%
35 Broward County 14.4% plus or minus 0.7 points 12.5%
36 Santa Rosa County 14.4% plus or minus 6 points 10.2%
37 Orange County 14.5% plus or minus 0.9 points 12%
38 Charlotte County 15.5% plus or minus 3.5 points 9.7%
39 Sarasota County 15.5% plus or minus 3.1 points 9.9%
40 Miami-Dade County 15.8% plus or minus 0.7 points 13.6%
41 Highlands County 16.2% plus or minus 3.4 points 13.8%
42 Collier County 16.5% plus or minus 2.5 points 11.3%
43 Palm Beach County 16.6% plus or minus 1 points 13.2%
44 Hendry County 16.7% plus or minus 6 points 21.7%
45 Martin County 16.7% plus or minus 5.7 points 10.5%
46 Lee County 17.3% plus or minus 2.1 points 12.9%
47 Monroe County 17.5% plus or minus 4.7 points 12.8%
48 Hamilton County 17.6% plus or minus 5.4 points 14.5%
49 Putnam County 17.6% plus or minus 4.5 points 14.1%
50 Indian River County 17.9% plus or minus 4.7 points 10%
51 Bay County 20.9% plus or minus 3.7 points 14.4%
52 DeSoto County 21.6% plus or minus 9.3 points 19.9%
53 Walton County 22.9% plus or minus 9.9 points 14.7%
Not ranked Baker County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 11.8%
Not ranked Calhoun County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 17.6%
Not ranked Dixie County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 17.1%
Not ranked Franklin County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 16.7%
Not ranked Gilchrist County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 12.8%
Not ranked Glades County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 22.8%
Not ranked Gulf County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.3%
Not ranked Hardee County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 20.1%
Not ranked Holmes County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 13%
Not ranked Lafayette County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 9.5%
Not ranked Liberty County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.2%
Not ranked Okeechobee County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 17.2%
Not ranked Union County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.8%
Not ranked Washington County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 14.1%

Ranked: the 53 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 2,500 Black residents and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Check your coverage, help an elder apply for the benefits they have earned, and know where the nearest clinic is.

    Ask: Who in my family is without coverage right now?

  2. Your county commission Funds the health department, clinics and ambulance service.

    Ask: How far is the nearest clinic that takes Medicaid, and is it open in the evening?

  3. Your state legislators and governor Decide who qualifies for Medicaid and fund public health.

    Ask: How many people here would gain coverage if our state changed who qualifies for Medicaid?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund Medicare, Medicaid and community health centers.

    Ask: How did you vote on Medicaid and Medicare funding?

What you can do

  1. This weekCheck that everyone in your home has coverage, and that the elders in your family have applied for every benefit they have earned.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next open enrollment period for health coverage.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Black residents without health insurance. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.