Health insurance in Harrison County, Mississippi
4 insurers sell 41 marketplace plans here, and 12.7% 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 Harrison County, offering 41 plans between them, roughly 10 each. It gained 2 since the previous plan year, up from 2.
How many people here have no coverage
12.7% of Harrison County's 171,375 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 21,748 people. That is close to the Mississippi rate of 12.1%, and puts Harrison County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (577th).
Some of those 21,748 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
21,886 Harrison County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 128 per thousand under-65 residents, 483rd of 1,817. That is above the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 3,133 of them — 14% — were new rather than renewing.
Harrison County against Mississippi
Harrison County is the largest of the 4 Mississippi counties we publish, by under-65 population. Its uninsured rate runs 0.6 points higher than Mississippi overall and its 4 insurers sit between the state's 3 and 5. Marketplace use is close to the Mississippi rate.
| Harrison County | Mississippi | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 12.7% | 12.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 4 | 3–5 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 41 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 128 | 137 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 14% | 20% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto County | 166,554 | 9.1% | 5 | 48 |
| Hinds County | 161,566 | 13.3% | 5 | 48 |
| Rankin County | 128,750 | 9.9% | 5 | 48 |
DeSoto 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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