At a glance
Social determinants
Counties with the highest percentage without a high school diploma for 2016-2020 were located primarily in West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, California, and Puerto Rico. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. The range in the percentage of the population ages 25 and older with less than a high school degree was between 1.4% and 78.1%.
Counties with the highest percentage of the population under age 65 without health insurance in 2019 were located primarily in Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, and Alaska. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nebraska. The range in the percentage without health insurance was between 2.4% and 35.8%.
Counties with the highest percentage of the population living in poverty in 2020 were located primarily in West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, South Dakota, and Alaska. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, India, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, California, and Arizona. The range in the percentage living in poverty was between 3.0% and 43.9%.
Counties with the highest unemployment rates in 2021 were scattered throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. Pockets of high-rate counties are also found in Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, and Idaho. The range in the unemployment rate was between 0.9% and 19.9%.