Hartford ranked 327th among 548 U.S. cities for its rate of uninsured in 2015, which stood at 10.35 percent, according to a new analysis from WalletHub.
Other Connecticut cities also ranked in the bottom half, including Waterbury, with a 10.82 percent rate of uninsured last year, ranking it 343rd; Bridgeport, 13.92 percent, 443rd; and New Haven, 14.34 percent, 451st.
The state as a whole, though, fared well, ranking in a tie for ninth for its nearly 6 percent uninsured rate last year, according to Census data reported last month.
WalletHub’s analysts broke down uninsured rates for cities even further by age, income level and race. In addition, it conducted the same analysis at the state level.
Hartford’s uninsured rate between 2010 and 2015 went down 6.53 percent, ranking 287th; its 2015 children’s uninsured rate was 4.2 percent, ranking 312th; its adults’ uninsured rate was 12.3 percent, 333rd; its whites’ uninsured rate was 5.72 percent, 257th; its blacks’ uninsured rate was 11.37 percent, 211th; its Hispanics’ uninsured rate was 10.28 percent, 68th; its low-income households’ uninsured rate was 11.62 percent, 215th; and its high-income households’ uninsured rate was 7.96 percent, 461st.
The U.S. city with the lowest uninsured rate was Pleasanton, Calif., 1.17 percent. The highest uninsured rate was in Pharr, Texas, 33.68 percent, WalletHub said.
Massachusetts had the lowest uninsured rate, 2.82 percent. Texas had the highest, 17.1 percent.
