Health insurance in DeSoto County, Mississippi
5 insurers sell 48 marketplace plans here, and 9.1% 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 DeSoto County with 48 plans between them, about 10 plans each. It gained 2 since the previous plan year, up from 3.
How many people here have no coverage
9.1% of DeSoto County's 166,554 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 15,205 people. That is below the Mississippi rate of 12.1%, and puts DeSoto County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (1215th).
Some of those 15,205 are in the Mississippi 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
14,846 DeSoto County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 89 per thousand under-65 residents, 926th of 1,817. That is close to the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 1,626 of them — 11% — were new rather than renewing.
DeSoto County against Mississippi
DeSoto County is the 2nd largest of the 4 Mississippi counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 3.0 points lower than Mississippi overall and with 5 insurers it is as well served as anywhere in Mississippi. Marketplace use is well under the Mississippi rate.
| DeSoto County | Mississippi | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 9.1% | 12.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 5 | 3–5 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 48 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 89 | 137 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 11% | 20% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison County | 171,375 | 12.7% | 4 | 41 |
| Hinds County | 161,566 | 13.3% | 5 | 48 |
| Rankin County | 128,750 | 9.9% | 5 | 48 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 5, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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