Key Points
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- In 2018, there were 250,355 uninsured Kansans representing 8.8 percent of the population. The uninsured rate varied from a high of 10.2 percent in the 4th Congressional District to a low of 7.7 percent in the 2nd District.
- There were 38,137 uninsured children in Kansas, a statewide rate of 5.1 percent. The uninsured rate among children in the 4th District was 6.1 percent, one and a half times the rate of 4.1 percent in the 1st District.
- About one-quarter (24.4 percent) of the population in the 3rd District was covered by public insurance (including Medicare, Medicaid/CHIP, VA and others) compared to nearly one-third in the other districts (30.5 percent in the 1st District, 32.5 percent in the 2nd District and 32.3 percent in the 4th District).