Todd has state’s third-highest uninsured rate

By Nick Tabor, New Era Senior Staff Writer

In 2010, Todd County had Kentucky’s third-highest rate of people without health insurance, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Of roughly 10,458 people below age 65, the county had about 2,455 who didn’t have health insurance. That’s 23.5 percent.

The only counties topping it were Casey and Monroe.

Judge-Executive Daryl Greenfield noted that Todd has a fairly high number of people who are self-employed. Many don’t get health insurance from their companies and can’t afford to buy it independently, he said.

Uninsured Rates

As my story in today's New Era explains, Todd County has the third-highest uninsured rate in Kentucky, according to 2010 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. To report this story, I put census data into spreadsheets and sorted it by different variables. You can view simplified charts here.

Click here for a chart of Kentucky's counties ranked by uninsured rates.

Click here for a similar chart that only has information on the poor: those whose incomes are below 138 percent of the federal poverty line.

To view the data at its source, head over to the Census Bureau’s website.