Health insurance in Hunt County, Texas
5 insurers sell 74 marketplace plans here, and 19.4% 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 Hunt County with 74 plans between them, about 15 plans each. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
One in six has no coverage
19.4% of Hunt County's 97,787 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 18,974 people. That is close to the Texas rate of 19.1%, and puts Hunt County in the top 10% of the 1,817 counties on this site (143rd).
Some of those 18,974 are in the Texas 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
10,256 Hunt County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 105 per thousand under-65 residents, 728th of 1,817. That is above the 78 per thousand typical of published counties. 1,604 of them — 16% — were new rather than renewing.
Hunt County against Texas
Hunt County is the 39th largest of the 43 Texas counties we publish. Its uninsured rate tracks the state almost exactly and its 5 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 10. Marketplace use is well under the Texas rate.
| Hunt County | Texas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 19.4% | 19.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 5 | 1–10 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 74 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 105 | 159 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 16% | 18% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita County | 98,606 | 17.7% | 1 | 19 |
| Liberty County | 96,077 | 24.1% | 5 | 60 |
| Tom Green County | 95,790 | 18.4% | 3 | 45 |
| Bastrop County | 94,713 | 23.2% | 4 | 47 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 5, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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