Health insurance in Sutter County, California
3,527 people here have no coverage and earn in the range a premium tax credit is built for — 54% of everyone uninsured in the county.
Source: US Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2024 release. Income bands are measured against the federal poverty level.
Half the uninsured here sit in the subsidy range
3,527 uninsured people in Sutter County earn inside the premium tax credit range — 54% of the county's uninsured. That is near the 51% national median. Within that band itself, 9.6% have no coverage.
How many people here have no coverage
8.0% of Sutter County's 81,279 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 6,516 people. That is close to the California rate of 6.9%, and puts Sutter County in the lower half of the 3,143 counties measured nationally (2,150th).
Who falls under the Medicaid line
1,754 of Sutter County's uninsured — 27%, close to the 31% typical nationally — earn under $22,025 a year, which in California is Medicaid territory rather than marketplace territory.
The years before Medicare
1,129 people aged 50 to 64 in Sutter County have no coverage, a rate of 6.7% — close to the 8.0% across all under-65 residents here. Age-rated premiums make this the most expensive group to cover before Medicare.
Sutter County against California
Sutter County is the smallest of the 34 California counties we publish a page for. Its uninsured rate runs 1.1 points higher than California overall and 2 points more of its uninsured sit in the subsidy band than statewide. Coverage among 50 to 64 year olds matches the California picture.
| Sutter County | California | National median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 8.0% | 6.9% | 9.8% |
| Uninsured in the subsidy band | 3,527 | 1,173,956 | — |
| Subsidy band as a share of uninsured | 54% | 52% | 51% |
| At or below 138% of poverty | 27% | 25% | 31% |
| Uninsured, 50 to 64 | 6.7% | 6.6% | 8.1% |
The nearest by population
| County | Uninsured | In the subsidy band | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa County | 7.0% | 3,772 | 53% |
| Humboldt County | 5.9% | 3,064 | 50% |
| Madera County | 9.5% | 6,652 | 52% |
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