Outliers of Uninsurance: Mapping America’s Worst-Insured Counties

Counties with a high number of residents lacking health insurance are more likely to be Native American, Amish, and Hispanic.

Lew Blank
Lew Blank
Dec 26, 2019 · 4 min read

Sioux County, N.D. was the site of the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Most people living there are Native American, and it’s one of the worst-insured places in North Dakota. Seventeen percent of its residents lack health insurance, compared to 11 percent statewide, according to data from the U.S. Census…

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