Interactive: Where Are the Uninsured in Texas?

Texas’ 28 largest cities — including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso — had a greater percentage of their population without health insurance in 2010 than the collective United States, according to the American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

There were 5.7 million Texans, nearly a quarter of the state’s population, who didn’t have health insurance in 2010. In comparison, 15 percent of the U.S. lacked health insurance, according to 2010 American Community Survey estimates.

The greatest number of uninsured Texans live in Houston, Texas' largest city, where 637,861 people, or more than 30 percent of the population, don’t have health insurance. This map shows the percentage of the population in Texas cities without health insurance in 2010. Zoom in to metropolitan areas and click on the cities’ dots to compare how many people lacked insurance in each area.

The Texas Tribune has also explored the demographics of the uninsured in Texas. Find more information on the complicated debate over how to expand insurance coverage in Texas here.

The American Community Survey data used for this interactive was compiled from monthly surveys taken over three years. In the sortable table below, you’ll find more information on all of the cities in the map, including the margin of error for each of the categories. You can read more on the methodology of the American Community Survey here or download the data using the New American FactFinder.

The 35 Texas Cities With the Greatest:
Number of Uninsured | Percent of Pop. Uninsured

 
City or *Census-designated place Total Population Population Without Health Insurance Children Without Health Insurance
Estimated People Margin of Error Estimated People Margin of Error Percent of Population Margin of Error Estimated Children Margin of Error Percent of Children Margin of Error
State of Texas 24,298,281 +/-3,009 5,721,404 +/-31,216 23.5% +/-0.1% 1,086,995 +/-14,376 16.1% +/-0.2%
Abilene 105,104 +/-850 19,484 +/-1,748 18.5% +/-1.7% 2,640 +/-685 10% +/-2.6%
Allen 81,608 +/-53 10,429 +/-1,642 12.8% +/-2% 2,936 +/-854 10.9% +/-3.1%
Alvin 20,863 +/-543 5,887 +/-993 28.2% +/-4.5% 1,037 +/-370 17.1% +/-6.2%
Amarillo 187,718 +/-306 42,846 +/-2,021 22.8% +/-1.1% 7,080 +/-1,176 13.9% +/-2.3%
Arlington 362,262 +/-595 88,043 +/-3,770 24.3% +/-1% 18,456 +/-2,145 17.9% +/-2%
Atascocita* 58,977 +/-3,841 7,913 +/-1,845 13.4% +/-2.9% 1,913 +/-850 10.3% +/-4.3%
Austin 772,945 +/-2,527 177,876 +/-5,407 23% +/-0.7% 27,426 +/-2,137 15.9% +/-1.2%
Balch Springs 23,105 +/-252 8,327 +/-1,174 36% +/-5% 1,961 +/-578 26.6% +/-7.6%
Baytown 70,835 +/-968 18,367 +/-1,656 25.9% +/-2.4% 3,624 +/-859 17% +/-3.9%
Beaumont 114,260 +/-1,731 27,824 +/-1,991 24.4% +/-1.7% 5,302 +/-862 17.7% +/-2.9%
Bedford 46,622 +/-473 6,355 +/-1,212 13.6% +/-2.6% 1,025 +/-538 10.3% +/-5.3%
Benbrook 20,861 +/-252 3,066 +/-678 14.7% +/-3.2% 496 +/-318 11.1% +/-7%
Big Spring 20,852 +/-904 4,873 +/-806 23.4% +/-3.6% 1,042 +/-369 17.2% +/-5.8%
Brownsville 170,701 +/-508 62,833 +/-2,054 36.8% +/-1.2% 11,698 +/-1,275 18.9% +/-2.1%
Brushy Creek* 23,499 +/-1,901 2,385 +/-852 10.1% +/-3.5% 278 +/-209 3.8% +/-2.8%
Bryan 71,903 +/-607 15,224 +/-1,315 21.2% +/-1.8% 3,040 +/-763 15.8% +/-3.8%
Burleson 34,608 +/-781 4,526 +/-1,023 13.1% +/-2.9% 894 +/-494 8.8% +/-4.9%
Canyon Lake* 20,285 +/-1,581 3,294 +/-779 16.2% +/-3.6% 267 +/-175 6.6% +/-4.4%
Carrollton 118,295 +/-389 25,376 +/-2,409 21.5% +/-2% 5,219 +/-1,147 16.9% +/-3.5%
Cedar Hill 43,869 +/-371 8,374 +/-1,534 19.1% +/-3.5% 1,944 +/-738 14.8% +/-5.7%
Cedar Park 47,153 +/-541 4,614 +/-905 9.8% +/-1.9% 1,084 +/-424 7.6% +/-2.9%
Channelview* 34,507 +/-2,666 11,430 +/-1,813 33.1% +/-4.1% 2,580 +/-762 23.4% +/-6.1%
Cleburne 28,788 +/-359 7,428 +/-1,099 25.8% +/-3.8% 1,248 +/-415 16.8% +/-5.6%
Cloverleaf* 24,003 +/-2,709 10,192 +/-1,970 42.5% +/-4.9% 2,402 +/-931 32.4% +/-9.7%
College Station 91,048 +/-333 10,974 +/-1,352 12.1% +/-1.5% 863 +/-367 6.4% +/-2.7%
Colleyville 22,573 +/-48 768 +/-308 3.4% +/-1.4% 68 +/-65 1.2% +/-1.1%
Conroe 53,502 +/-378 18,190 +/-1,550 34% +/-2.9% 3,609 +/-733 24.3% +/-4.9%
Coppell 38,378 +/-290 2,544 +/-594 6.6% +/-1.6% 470 +/-225 4% +/-2%
Copperas Cove 29,981 +/-712 4,295 +/-967 14.3% +/-3.2% 870 +/-389 9.3% +/-4.1%
Corinth 19,376 +/-42 2,888 +/-801 14.9% +/-4.1% 794 +/-363 13.7% +/-6.2%
Corpus Christi 296,216 +/-3,258 65,239 +/-3,166 22% +/-1% 10,210 +/-1,615 13% +/-2.1%
Corsicana 23,228 +/-527 6,333 +/-882 27.3% +/-3.6% 1,279 +/-430 19.1% +/-6.4%
Dallas 1,174,770 +/-1,995 389,014 +/-6,668 33.1% +/-0.6% 75,917 +/-3,901 24.1% +/-1.1%
Deer Park 31,513 +/-259 5,204 +/-892 16.5% +/-2.8% 1,090 +/-455 12.7% +/-5.1%
Del Rio 34,553 +/-368 9,874 +/-977 28.6% +/-2.8% 1,736 +/-573 16.3% +/-5.5%
Denison 22,300 +/-238 5,448 +/-804 24.4% +/-3.6% 817 +/-403 15.1% +/-7.7%
Denton 108,159 +/-500 21,773 +/-1,939 20.1% +/-1.8% 3,213 +/-955 15% +/-4.3%
DeSoto 46,933 +/-735 8,358 +/-1,340 17.8% +/-2.8% 1,859 +/-598 14.7% +/-4.6%
Duncanville 38,152 +/-47 9,845 +/-1,213 25.8% +/-3.2% 2,497 +/-722 23.3% +/-6.7%
Eagle Pass 25,864 +/-36 8,080 +/-1,041 31.2% +/-4% 1,517 +/-599 17.9% +/-6.6%
Edinburg 72,336 +/-581 20,656 +/-1,740 28.6% +/-2.4% 3,116 +/-895 13.3% +/-3.9%
El Paso 625,587 +/-1,505 175,403 +/-5,625 28% +/-0.9% 29,425 +/-2,441 15.8% +/-1.3%
Euless 50,892 +/-57 11,293 +/-1,364 22.2% +/-2.7% 1,725 +/-552 13.9% +/-4.4%
Farmers Branch 28,411 +/-32 7,047 +/-1,079 24.8% +/-3.8% 1,237 +/-388 18.3% +/-5.8%
Flower Mound 64,256 +/-796 4,192 +/-1,149 6.5% +/-1.7% 1,032 +/-543 4.7% +/-2.4%
Fort Hood* 20,905 +/-1,616 1,027 +/-609 4.9% +/-2.9% 382 +/-386 3.2% +/-3.2%
Fort Worth 716,459 +/-1,210 177,427 +/-5,128 24.8% +/-0.7% 34,500 +/-2,533 16.2% +/-1.2%
Friendswood 35,153 +/-271 3,156 +/-823 9% +/-2.4% 727 +/-377 7.6% +/-3.8%
Frisco 110,934 +/-117 11,297 +/-1,502 10.2% +/-1.4% 2,605 +/-822 7.2% +/-2.2%
Galveston 47,694 +/-282 10,355 +/-1,264 21.7% +/-2.6% 1,387 +/-480 13.8% +/-4.6%
Garland 224,717 +/-346 66,346 +/-3,339 29.5% +/-1.5% 14,369 +/-1,748 22.4% +/-2.6%
Georgetown 44,627 +/-826 6,161 +/-1,245 13.8% +/-2.8% 1,474 +/-611 13% +/-5.3%
Grand Prairie 170,326 +/-370 46,831 +/-3,183 27.5% +/-1.9% 10,919 +/-1,557 20.7% +/-2.9%
Grapevine 46,046 +/-47 5,869 +/-1,068 12.7% +/-2.3% 921 +/-405 7.7% +/-3.3%
Greenville 23,730 +/-1,334 5,661 +/-983 23.9% +/-3.7% 982 +/-387 12.8% +/-4.7%
Haltom 41,875 +/-251 12,350 +/-1,375 29.5% +/-3.3% 2,403 +/-695 20.4% +/-5.5%
Harker Heights 24,059 +/-503 4,001 +/-957 16.6% +/-3.9% 770 +/-424 9.2% +/-4.9%
Harlingen 64,275 +/-221 19,672 +/-1,917 30.6% +/-3% 4,070 +/-1,011 21.8% +/-5.2%
Houston 2,068,275 +/-2,818 637,861 +/-10,525 30.8% +/-0.5% 114,479 +/-5,194 21.2% +/-1%
Huntsville 25,968 +/-2,811 4,022 +/-912 15.5% +/-3.3% 477 +/-283 10.6% +/-6.1%
Hurst 36,618 +/-524 7,717 +/-989 21.1% +/-2.7% 1,324 +/-490 15.9% +/-5.5%
Irving 213,208 +/-100 62,433 +/-3,240 29.3% +/-1.5% 13,222 +/-1,549 22.7% +/-2.6%
Keller 38,644 +/-73 2,838 +/-684 7.3% +/-1.8% 301 +/-183 2.6% +/-1.6%
Kerrville 21,223 +/-597 4,256 +/-860 20.1% +/-4.1% 869 +/-433 20.8% +/-10%
Killeen 110,104 +/-1,486 18,518 +/-2,206 16.8% +/-1.9% 3,156 +/-877 8.1% +/-2.3%
Kingsville 25,007 +/-1,222 5,661 +/-942 22.6% +/-3.7% 933 +/-485 15% +/-7.7%
Kyle 25,785 +/-300 4,120 +/-885 16% +/-3.4% 942 +/-520 10.1% +/-5.3%
Lake Jackson 25,546 +/-876 4,242 +/-1,052 16.6% +/-4.1% 917 +/-594 12.6% +/-7.7%
Lancaster 35,145 +/-245 7,403 +/-1,260 21.1% +/-3.6% 1,404 +/-543 12.7% +/-4.9%
La Porte 33,583 +/-28 6,893 +/-1,365 20.5% +/-4.1% 1,581 +/-705 17.1% +/-7.4%
Laredo 230,501 +/-643 82,922 +/-3,663 36% +/-1.6% 16,834 +/-1,875 20.6% +/-2.3%
League 80,054 +/-421 10,744 +/-1,669 13.4% +/-2.1% 2,238 +/-820 10.1% +/-3.7%
Leander 25,002 +/-281 4,006 +/-1,152 16% +/-4.6% 1,253 +/-624 15% +/-7.3%
Lewisville 94,571 +/-424 21,029 +/-1,607 22.2% +/-1.7% 3,263 +/-788 13.1% +/-3.1%
Little Elm 24,251 +/-63 4,240 +/-790 17.5% +/-3.3% 913 +/-404 10.6% +/-4.4%
Longview 78,341 +/-631 18,571 +/-1,656 23.7% +/-2.1% 4,096 +/-732 20.1% +/-3.6%
Lubbock 223,144 +/-747 40,387 +/-2,663 18.1% +/-1.2% 5,677 +/-1,049 10.9% +/-2%
Lufkin 34,156 +/-369 7,219 +/-994 21.1% +/-3% 1,301 +/-472 14.8% +/-5.2%
McAllen 127,524 +/-345 43,364 +/-2,461 34% +/-1.9% 7,782 +/-1,355 21% +/-3.4%
McKinney 124,095 +/-368 19,703 +/-2,120 15.9% +/-1.7% 4,221 +/-1,008 10.4% +/-2.4%
Mansfield 53,445 +/-538 6,621 +/-1,133 12.4% +/-2.1% 1,438 +/-455 7.9% +/-2.4%
Marshall 23,066 +/-321 5,884 +/-976 25.5% +/-4.2% 1,508 +/-559 23.8% +/-8.3%
Mesquite 137,028 +/-754 32,644 +/-2,386 23.8% +/-1.7% 6,629 +/-1,272 16.5% +/-3.1%
Midland 108,982 +/-687 22,370 +/-1,531 20.5% +/-1.4% 4,616 +/-860 15.1% +/-2.8%
Mission 74,101 +/-374 24,055 +/-2,072 32.5% +/-2.8% 5,326 +/-1,404 19.9% +/-5.1%
Mission Bend* 37,837 +/-3,310 11,948 +/-1,873 31.6% +/-3.4% 2,379 +/-728 20.6% +/-5.8%
Missouri 67,719 +/-1,644 10,728 +/-1,850 15.8% +/-2.6% 2,242 +/-951 11.5% +/-4.6%
Nacogdoches 32,107 +/-356 8,056 +/-1,003 25.1% +/-3.1% 879 +/-284 11.9% +/-3.9%
New Braunfels 54,224 +/-1,448 8,545 +/-1,243 15.8% +/-2.3% 1,200 +/-481 8% +/-3.2%
North Richland Hills 62,604 +/-206 9,978 +/-1,202 15.9% +/-1.9% 1,936 +/-537 12.5% +/-3.4%
Odessa 97,952 +/-879 25,753 +/-1,633 26.3% +/-1.7% 6,361 +/-798 22.7% +/-2.9%
Paris 25,078 +/-150 4,732 +/-757 18.9% +/-3% 358 +/-221 5.9% +/-3.7%
Pasadena 147,435 +/-434 48,396 +/-2,494 32.8% +/-1.7% 11,376 +/-1,503 24.4% +/-3.1%
Pearland 86,865 +/-739 8,651 +/-1,501 10% +/-1.7% 1,602 +/-605 6% +/-2.3%
Pflugerville 44,674 +/-296 7,700 +/-1,294 17.2% +/-2.9% 1,768 +/-777 12.2% +/-5.3%
Pharr 68,473 +/-59 26,989 +/-1,740 39.4% +/-2.5% 5,058 +/-904 21.3% +/-3.8%
Plainview 21,652 +/-413 3,349 +/-795 15.5% +/-3.6% 748 +/-362 11.1% +/-5.4%
Plano 257,897 +/-1,054 43,368 +/-2,620 16.8% +/-1% 7,564 +/-1,027 11.1% +/-1.5%
Port Arthur 53,508 +/-214 15,630 +/-1,563 29.2% +/-2.9% 2,964 +/-725 21% +/-5.1%
Richardson 98,272 +/-198 17,783 +/-1,732 18.1% +/-1.8% 3,726 +/-987 16.7% +/-4.2%
Rockwall 36,616 +/-48 5,973 +/-1,212 16.3% +/-3.3% 1,437 +/-589 13% +/-5.2%
Rosenberg 30,113 +/-48 8,895 +/-1,214 29.5% +/-4% 1,946 +/-580 21% +/-6.1%
Round Rock 97,141 +/-738 16,544 +/-1,730 17% +/-1.8% 2,640 +/-708 8.8% +/-2.4%
Rowlett 55,871 +/-1,002 7,848 +/-1,475 14% +/-2.6% 1,985 +/-801 12.1% +/-4.8%
Sachse 20,110 +/-1,027 2,890 +/-721 14.4% +/-3.5% 745 +/-261 12.6% +/-4.3%
Saginaw 19,137 +/-117 3,122 +/-784 16.3% +/-4.1% 823 +/-422 15% +/-7.4%
San Angelo 86,361 +/-1,240 18,155 +/-1,631 21% +/-1.9% 2,672 +/-781 12.3% +/-3.6%
San Antonio 1,283,491 +/-2,408 287,291 +/-6,642 22.4% +/-0.5% 46,948 +/-3,010 13.4% +/-0.9%
San Benito 24,226 +/-100 7,000 +/-839 28.9% +/-3.5% 977 +/-448 12.4% +/-5.9%
San Juan 32,987 +/-251 14,869 +/-1,237 45.1% +/-3.7% 3,060 +/-696 25.5% +/-5.8%
San Marcos 43,752 +/-399 9,959 +/-925 22.8% +/-2.1% 955 +/-320 13.8% +/-4.5%
Schertz 29,004 +/-494 2,943 +/-574 10.1% +/-2% 501 +/-268 5.9% +/-3.1%
Seguin 24,810 +/-226 5,130 +/-856 20.7% +/-3.5% 818 +/-481 12.5% +/-7.3%
Sherman 37,770 +/-345 10,957 +/-1,057 29% +/-2.8% 2,060 +/-589 21.6% +/-6%
Socorro 31,425 +/-122 13,251 +/-1,273 42.2% +/-4.1% 2,487 +/-619 25.4% +/-6%
Southlake 26,111 +/-357 1,110 +/-370 4.3% +/-1.4% 186 +/-140 2.1% +/-1.6%
Spring* 52,813 +/-4,150 8,111 +/-1,388 15.4% +/-2.4% 1,444 +/-626 9% +/-3.7%
Sugar Land 77,459 +/-342 9,106 +/-1,545 11.8% +/-2% 1,449 +/-565 7.4% +/-2.9%
Temple 63,652 +/-653 8,544 +/-1,245 13.4% +/-2% 1,650 +/-555 10.4% +/-3.4%
Texarkana 35,122 +/-440 7,840 +/-1,171 22.3% +/-3.3% 897 +/-439 10.6% +/-5.1%
Texas City 44,274 +/-376 10,394 +/-1,452 23.5% +/-3.3% 2,588 +/-765 22.5% +/-6.7%
The Colony 35,823 +/-58 5,545 +/-1,103 15.5% +/-3.1% 970 +/-487 9.9% +/-4.9%
The Woodlands* 93,478 +/-3,409 6,920 +/-1,208 7.4% +/-1.3% 893 +/-382 3.3% +/-1.4%
Tyler 94,662 +/-459 21,484 +/-1,778 22.7% +/-1.9% 3,278 +/-867 14.4% +/-3.7%
University Park 23,016 +/-23 1,175 +/-386 5.1% +/-1.7% 162 +/-104 2.4% +/-1.5%
Victoria 61,505 +/-311 14,610 +/-1,679 23.8% +/-2.7% 3,031 +/-925 17.8% +/-5.5%
Waco 121,731 +/-633 26,553 +/-1,945 21.8% +/-1.6% 4,282 +/-989 13.8% +/-3.2%
Watauga 23,423 +/-51 4,177 +/-735 17.8% +/-3.1% 686 +/-287 10.1% +/-4.1%
Waxahachie 28,386 +/-347 5,620 +/-830 19.8% +/-3% 1,045 +/-467 13.2% +/-5.7%
Weatherford 24,321 +/-235 4,643 +/-891 19.1% +/-3.6% 814 +/-368 13.4% +/-6.7%
Weslaco 34,976 +/-259 8,786 +/-1,173 25.1% +/-3.4% 1,478 +/-594 13.1% +/-5.4%
West Odessa* 22,189 +/-1,513 8,997 +/-1,411 40.5% +/-5.4% 2,748 +/-814 36.4% +/-9.5%
Wichita Falls 92,102 +/-1,121 18,993 +/-1,797 20.6% +/-1.9% 3,293 +/-723 13.7% +/-2.9%
Wylie 38,884 +/-414 5,501 +/-1,038 14.1% +/-2.7% 1,479 +/-563 11.3% +/-4.4%