Health insurance in Clark County, Ohio
8 insurers sell 130 marketplace plans here, and 8.5% 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.
8 insurers competing here
8 insurers sell in Clark County — 130 plans in total, around 16 each. Few people compare 130 plans properly without help. It gained 1 since the previous plan year, up from 7.
How many people here have no coverage
8.5% of Clark County's 106,240 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 8,996 people. That is close to the Ohio rate of 8.1%, and puts Clark County in the middle half of the 1,817 counties on this site (1324th).
A market taking in new buyers
6,600 Clark County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 62 per thousand under-65 residents, 1376th of 1,817. That is under the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 1,365 — 21% — were new rather than renewing, an unusually high share.
Clark County against Ohio
Clark County is the 18th largest of the 22 Ohio counties we publish. Its uninsured rate tracks the state almost exactly and its 8 insurers sit between the state's 3 and 9. Marketplace use is close to the Ohio rate.
| Clark County | Ohio | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 8.5% | 8.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 8 | 3–9 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 130 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 62 | 50 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 21% | 16% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood County | 105,567 | 6.2% | 7 | 106 |
| Richland County | 92,782 | 9.7% | 4 | 66 |
| Wayne County | 90,989 | 13.4% | 7 | 113 |
| Miami County | 89,701 | 7.1% | 8 | 130 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 8, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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