Health Insurance Status

Health Insurance Status

Exhibit 18: Percent of Population without Health Insurance, 2016-2020

Percent ZIP Code City/Town Population Uninsured

19701 Bear 42,141 6.3%

19702 Newark

54,659 7.9% 19703 Claymont 15,356 5.3% 19706 Delaware City 1,792 7.0% 19707 Hockessin 16,070 2.1% 19709 Middletown 44,775 2.7% 19711 Newark 52,972 4.6% 19713 Newark 30,127 6.9% 19716 Newark 1,426 1.6% 19717 Newark 3,649 1.8% 19720 New Castle 58,539 6.2% 19730 Odessa 441 7.0% 19731 Port Penn 350 12.9% 19732 Rockland 81 24.7% 19733 Saint Georges 68 0.0% 19734 Townsend 13,069 4.4% 19736 Yorklyn 59 0.0% 19801 Wilmington 15,688 5.4% 19802 Wilmington 25,957 5.3% 19803 Wilmington 21,095 3.3% 19804 Wilmington 17,516 4.7% 19805 Wilmington 37,560 7.6% 19806 Wilmington 8,940 3.6% 19807 Wilmington 7,307 2.1% 19808 Wilmington 37,609 4.5% 19809 Wilmington 14,667 3.5% 19810 Wilmington 25,177 2.3%

Community 1 155,260 5.8% Community 2 391,830 5.2% Community Total 547,090 5.1% Delaware 951,930 5.8%

United States 321,525,041 8.7%

Source: U.S. Census, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2020.

Description Exhibit 18 presents the estimated percent of population without health insurance. Light grey shading indicated ZIP Codes that have a higher percentage uninsured than the

Delaware state average and dark grey shading indicates ZIP Codes that are more than 50 percent above the state average. Observations

• New Castle County had a lower percentage of the population without health insurance compared to national averages. • Delaware Medicaid expansion became effective January 1, 2014. According to an analysis published in October 2019 by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 62,500 adults became eligible for coverage under Delaware Medicaid expansion.6

• About a third of New Castle County ZIP Codes had higher percentages of population without health insurance compared to the Delaware state average. • Port Penn’s and Rockland’s rate of uninsured was more than 50 percent above the state average. • The average rate of uninsured population in Community 1 was higher than

Community 2; however, it was the same as the state of Delaware.

6 http://files.kff.org/attachment/fact-sheet-medicaid-state-DE