Health insurance in Rockdale County, Georgia
5,434 people here have no coverage and earn in the range a premium tax credit is built for — 49% 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
5,434 uninsured people in Rockdale County earn inside the premium tax credit range — 49% of the county's uninsured. That is near the 51% national median. Within that income band itself, 15.2% are uninsured — roughly one in 7 of the people the credit was designed for.
One in seven has no coverage
14.3% of Rockdale County's 78,445 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 11,179 people. That is close to the Georgia rate of 14.0%, and puts Rockdale County in the top quarter of the 3,143 counties measured nationally (564th).
The people below the subsidy floor
3,804 of Rockdale County's uninsured — 34%, 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
2,302 people aged 50 to 64 in Rockdale County have no coverage, a rate of 11.6% — lower than the 14.3% 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.
Rockdale County against Georgia
Rockdale County is the smallest of the 30 Georgia counties we publish a page for. Its uninsured rate tracks the state almost exactly and its subsidy-band share matches the state. Coverage among 50 to 64 year olds matches the Georgia picture.
| Rockdale County | Georgia | National median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 14.3% | 14.0% | 9.8% |
| Uninsured in the subsidy band | 5,434 | 629,756 | — |
| Subsidy band as a share of uninsured | 49% | 50% | 51% |
| At or below 138% of poverty | 34% | 30% | 31% |
| Uninsured, 50 to 64 | 11.6% | 11.1% | 8.1% |
Counties of a similar size
| County | Uninsured | In the subsidy band | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd County | 16.4% | 6,485 | 50% |
| Jackson County | 13.2% | 5,668 | 53% |
| Barrow County | 15.2% | 6,770 | 54% |
| Whitfield County | 21.5% | 10,268 | 55% |
| Walton County | 12.4% | 5,609 | 50% |
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