Health insurance in Wyandotte County, Kansas
5 insurers sell 55 marketplace plans here, and 16.0% 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
5 insurers compete in Wyandotte County with 55 plans between them, about 11 plans each. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
Coverage is worse here than across the state
16.0% of Wyandotte County's 142,064 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 22,686 people. That is far higher than Kansas as a whole, which sits at 10.1% — 5.9 points above its own state, and puts Wyandotte County in the top quarter of the 1,817 counties on this site (279th).
Some of those 22,686 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
15,136 Wyandotte County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 107 per thousand under-65 residents, 714th of 1,817. That is above the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 2,446 of them — 16% — were new rather than renewing.
Wyandotte County against Kansas
Wyandotte County is the 3rd largest of the 4 Kansas counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 5.9 points higher than Kansas overall and with 5 insurers it is as well served as anywhere in Kansas. Marketplace use is about 1.3 times the Kansas rate.
| Wyandotte County | Kansas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 16.0% | 10.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 5 | 1–5 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 55 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 107 | 81 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 16% | 14% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee County | 139,491 | 9.3% | 4 | 46 |
| Sedgwick County | 441,332 | 12.1% | 2 | 25 |
| Johnson County | 532,660 | 6.3% | 5 | 55 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 5, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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