Health insurance in Travis County, Texas
10 insurers sell 110 marketplace plans here, and 14.6% 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.
10 insurers competing here
10 insurers sell in Travis County — 110 plans in total, around 11 each. Few people compare 110 plans properly without help. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
Coverage is better here than across the state
14.6% of Travis County's 1,187,487 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 173,526 people. That is far below Texas as a whole, which sits at 19.1% — 4.5 points better than its own state, and puts Travis County in the top quarter of the 1,817 counties on this site (385th).
Some of those 173,526 are in the Texas coverage gap: under $15,960 a year, too little for a subsidy and no expanded Medicaid to fall back on.
The marketplace is used heavily here
184,355 Travis County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 155 per thousand under-65 residents, 307th of 1,817. That is 2.0× the 78 per thousand typical here. 37,178 — 20% — were new rather than renewing, an unusually high share.
Travis County against Texas
Travis County is the 5th largest of the 43 Texas counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 4.5 points lower than Texas overall and with 10 insurers it is as well served as anywhere in Texas. Marketplace use is close to the Texas rate.
| Travis County | Texas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 14.6% | 19.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 10 | 1–10 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 110 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 155 | 159 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 20% | 18% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin County | 1,094,272 | 11.0% | 10 | 127 |
| Denton County | 910,036 | 11.7% | 8 | 117 |
| Fort Bend County | 816,264 | 13.0% | 7 | 107 |
| Hidalgo County | 785,748 | 26.7% | 5 | 78 |
All of them have fewer insurers than this county's 10, which makes it the stronger market locally.
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