Uninsured Rate · Washington

## What this measures

The share of people in Washington who have no health insurance of any kind, private or public, when surveyed. Annual, in percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population, from the American Community Survey 1-year estimates, from 2008.

## Why it matters

Coverage varies widely between states with their Medicaid rules, the mix of jobs that offer insurance, incomes and the share of residents who are immigrants. The state rate shows where Washington stands against the national rate (health.acs.uninsured_rate) and the other states.

## How to read it

Percent of people. Lower means more people covered. There is no 2020 point: Census did not release standard 1-year estimates for 2020.

## What it does not say

Coverage is what people report at the time of the survey, so someone uninsured for part of the year but covered when asked counts as insured. It is a survey estimate with a margin of error, which is wider for smaller populations, so small year-to-year moves may be noise. The universe is the civilian population outside institutions; active-duty military and people in prisons or nursing homes are left out. A rate says nothing about how good or affordable the coverage is.

## Source

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, table B27001 (health insurance coverage status by sex by age), read through the Census Data API. Palanor adds the cells for people with no health insurance coverage and divides by the table total, to one decimal, the figure Census publishes as "Percent Uninsured" in table S2701. A work of the U.S. Government (17 U.S.C. §105), public domain. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Census releases the 1-year estimates each September; Palanor checks monthly.