Health insurance in Shawnee County, Kansas
4 insurers sell 46 marketplace plans here, and 9.3% 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.
Who sells here, and how much choice that gives
4 insurers sell marketplace plans in Shawnee County, offering 46 plans between them, roughly 12 each. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
How many people here have no coverage
9.3% of Shawnee County's 139,491 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 12,938 people. That is close to the Kansas rate of 10.1%, and puts Shawnee County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (1187th).
Some of those 12,938 are in the Kansas coverage gap: under $15,960 a year, too little for a subsidy and no expanded Medicaid to fall back on.
How much the marketplace is used
10,495 Shawnee County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 75 per thousand under-65 residents, 1173rd of 1,817. That is close to the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 1,524 of them — 15% — were new rather than renewing.
Shawnee County against Kansas
Shawnee County is the smallest of the 4 Kansas counties we publish a page for. Its uninsured rate runs 0.8 points lower than Kansas overall and its 4 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 5. Marketplace use is close to the Kansas rate.
| Shawnee County | Kansas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 9.3% | 10.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 4 | 1–5 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 46 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 75 | 81 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 15% | 14% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte County | 142,064 | 16.0% | 5 | 55 |
| Sedgwick County | 441,332 | 12.1% | 2 | 25 |
| Johnson County | 532,660 | 6.3% | 5 | 55 |
| Yellowstone County (Montana) | 136,958 | 10.4% | 3 | 42 |
Wyandotte County has 5 insurers against this county's 4 — a reminder that the county line, not the state line, is what decides your options.
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