Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

Uninsured on rise in Nashville, By Anita Wadhwani, August 31, 2012, The Tennessean: “Nearly one in six Tennesseans under the age of 65 lacks health insurance, an increase of more than 14 percent since the start of the recession in 2008, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Every county in Tennessee saw larger numbers of people without insurance from 2008 to 2010. But in Davidson County, there was a significant jump, with 25,000 more people added to the rolls of the uninsured in two years. By 2010, one in five Nashvillians under 65 – or 106,800 people – was uninsured, compared with one in seven in 2008…”
Harris County no longer has nation’s highest uninsured rate, By Todd Ackerman, August 29, 2012, Houston Chronicle: “Harris County’s percentage of people without health insurance improved slightly in new census data released Wednesday, a hopeful sign in the county’s quest to end its dubious distinction as the nation’s symbol of the crisis. An estimated 29.9 percent of Harris County residents lacked health insurance in 2010, according to the new U.S. Census Bureau data, a smaller share than Miami-Dade County’s 35.8 percent and Dallas County’s 31 percent. The rankings represent a reversal of those released two years ago, when Harris had the highest rate among the nation’s large counties, Dallas the second highest and Miami-Dade the third…”