Health insurance in Fulton County, Georgia
45,575 people here have no coverage and earn in the range a premium tax credit is built for — 46% 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.
How many here a premium tax credit would reach
Fulton County has 45,575 uninsured residents earning inside the premium tax credit range, 46% of its uninsured total. 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.
How many people here have no coverage
11.0% of Fulton County's 902,846 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 99,481 people. That is below the Georgia rate of 14.0%, and puts Fulton County in the upper half of the 3,143 counties measured nationally (1,233rd).
The people below the subsidy floor
30,074 of Fulton County's uninsured — 30%, 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.
Older residents here are better covered
14,144 people aged 50 to 64 in Fulton County have no coverage, a rate of 7.3% — lower than the 11.0% across all under-65 residents here, which is the usual pattern — people in their fifties and early sixties tend to be more settled in employer coverage. Age-rated premiums make this the most expensive group to cover before Medicare.
Fulton County against Georgia
Fulton County is the largest of the 30 Georgia counties we publish, by under-65 population. Its uninsured rate runs 3.0 points lower than Georgia overall and 4 points fewer of its uninsured sit in the subsidy band than statewide. Coverage among 50 to 64 year olds is better here than across Georgia.
| Fulton County | Georgia | National median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 11.0% | 14.0% | 9.8% |
| Uninsured in the subsidy band | 45,575 | 629,756 | — |
| Subsidy band as a share of uninsured | 46% | 50% | 51% |
| At or below 138% of poverty | 30% | 30% | 31% |
| Uninsured, 50 to 64 | 7.3% | 11.1% | 8.1% |
The next largest counties
| County | Uninsured | In the subsidy band | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinnett County | 16.5% | 73,752 | 52% |
| Cobb County | 12.9% | 40,867 | 48% |
| DeKalb County | 14.5% | 43,782 | 48% |
| Clayton County | 16.2% | 20,563 | 52% |
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