Census: Honolulu has fewest lacking health coverage
According to new U.S. Census Bureau data on 70 U.S. cities with civilian populations of 250,000 or more, Honolulu has the lowest percentage of uninsured residents. The city enjoys the most extensive coverage of any major American city, with only 5.25 percent of its residents not under the umbrella of health insurance. The city with the worst record is Dallas, where an estimated 36.97 percent of all people are not covered by health insurance, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The American Community Survey is an annual program designed to generate data during the years between the Census Bureau’s decennial headcounts. The bureau has been releasing 2008 ACS data in stages during the past month.
The following are the top 10 out of 70 major U.S. cities with the fewest residents without health insurance. These rankings are limited to the cities proper, not their metropolitan areas:
- Honolulu, 5.25% without health insurance
- Boston, 5.76% without health insurance
- Washington, 8.05% without health insurance
- Seattle, 9.51% without health insurance
- Virginia Beach, 9.67% without health insurance
- Pittsburgh, 10.34% without health insurance
- San Francisco, 10.39% without health insurance
- Louisville, 11.21% without health insurance
- St. Paul, 11.56% without health insurance
- Lexington, Ky., 12.16% without health insurance
