Health insurance in Webb County, Texas
3 insurers sell 45 marketplace plans here, and 26.2% 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
3 insurers sell marketplace plans in Webb County, offering 45 plans between them, roughly 15 each. The number has not changed since the previous plan year.
Coverage is worse here than across the state
26.2% of Webb County's 236,623 under-65 residents have no health coverage — 61,896 people. That is far higher than Texas as a whole, which sits at 19.1% — 7.1 points above its own state, and puts Webb County in the top 1% of the 1,817 counties on this site (16th).
Some of those 61,896 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
51,727 Webb County residents selected a marketplace plan for 2026: 219 per thousand under-65 residents, 80th of 1,817. That is 2.8× the 78 per thousand typical here. 6,594 of them — 13% — were new rather than renewing.
Webb County against Texas
Webb County is the 20th largest of the 43 Texas counties we publish. Its uninsured rate runs 7.1 points higher than Texas overall and its 3 insurers sit between the state's 1 and 10. Marketplace use is about 1.4 times the Texas rate.
| Webb County | Texas | Published median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured, under 65 | 26.2% | 19.1% | 9.9% |
| Insurers selling | 3 | 1–10 | 4 |
| Plans offered | 45 | — | 57 |
| Selections per 1,000 | 219 | 159 | 78 |
| New rather than renewing | 13% | 18% | 15% |
Counties of a similar size nearby
| County | Under 65 | Uninsured | Insurers | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays County | 249,025 | 14.9% | 9 | 102 |
| McLennan County | 219,047 | 18.3% | 3 | 44 |
| Lubbock County | 272,118 | 16.6% | 5 | 74 |
| Brazos County | 200,739 | 17.3% | 4 | 55 |
Hays County has 9 insurers against this county's 3 — a reminder that the county line, not the state line, is what decides your options.
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