Health insurance in Barrow County, Georgia

Reviewed September 4, 2026 · 2024 Census data

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

6,770 uninsured people in Barrow County earn inside the premium tax credit range — 54% of the county's uninsured. That is near the 51% national median. Within that income band itself, 16.8% are uninsured — roughly one in 6 of the people the credit was designed for.

One in seven has no coverage

15.2% of Barrow County's 83,033 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 12,619 people. That is above the Georgia rate of 14.0%, and puts Barrow County in the top quarter of the 3,143 counties measured nationally (453rd).

The people below the subsidy floor

3,433 of Barrow County's uninsured — 27%, close to the 31% typical nationally — earn under $22,025 a year. In Georgia that income is the coverage gap, and no marketplace plan reaches it.

The years before Medicare

2,194 people aged 50 to 64 in Barrow County have no coverage, a rate of 12.8% — close to the 15.2% across all under-65 residents here. Age-rated premiums make this the most expensive group to cover before Medicare.

Barrow County against Georgia

Barrow County is the 27th largest of the 30 Georgia counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 1.2 points higher than Georgia overall and 4 points more of its uninsured sit in the subsidy band than statewide. Coverage among 50 to 64 year olds is worse here than across Georgia.

Counties of a similar size

Other Georgia counties · Where the subsidy stops · Enrollment dates