Health insurance in Duval County, Florida
7 insurers sell 142 marketplace plans here, and 11.9% of under-65 residents have no coverage at all.
Source: CMS Marketplace Open Enrollment Public Use Files and US Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2026 release.
7 insurers competing here
7 insurers sell in Duval County — 142 plans in total, around 20 each. Few people compare 142 plans properly without help. Each insurer averages about 20 plans, so most of the choice here is between products from the same company rather than between companies. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
How many people here have no coverage
11.9% of Duval County's 859,295 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 102,123 people. That is below the Florida rate of 13.7%, and puts Duval County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (708th).
Some of those 102,123 are in the Florida coverage gap: under $15,960 a year, too little for a subsidy and no expanded Medicaid to fall back on.
The marketplace is used heavily here
186,404 Duval County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 217 per thousand under-65 residents, 83rd of 1,817. That is 2.8× the 78 per thousand typical here. 38,541 — 21% — were new rather than renewing, an unusually high share.
Duval County against Florida
Duval County is the 6th largest of the 32 Florida counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 1.8 points lower than Florida overall and its 7 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 13. Marketplace use is close to the Florida rate.
| Duval County | Florida | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 11.9% | 13.7% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 7 | 1–13 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 142 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 217 | 254 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 21% | 16% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinellas County | 694,820 | 12.2% | 7 | 149 |
| Polk County | 666,818 | 13.7% | 7 | 159 |
| Lee County | 602,881 | 16.8% | 6 | 132 |
| Palm Beach County | 1,157,259 | 16.5% | 12 | 195 |
Palm Beach County has 12 insurers against this county's 7 — a reminder that the county line, not the state line, is what decides your options.
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