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Lack of Health Insurance Coverage
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U.S. Census Estimates for 5-Year Period ending 2017

City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Los Angeles County 13.3% 5.5% 20.3% 22.0% 19.9% 15.1% 1.8%
Acton* 7.9% 4.9% 12.3% 12.4% 14.0% 9.4% 0.0%
Agoura Hills 3.6% 2.0% 1.4% 7.4% 3.8% 5.7% 0.0%
Agua Dulce* 2.3% 2.1% 0.0% 13.0% 5.3% 0.5% 0.0%
Alhambra 10.1% 4.8% 19.9% 16.8% 11.4% 11.1% 2.1%
Alondra Park* 13.7% 9.0% 14.8% 33.9% 17.4% 12.0% 3.0%
Altadena* 8.0% 2.1% 17.8% 21.3% 9.7% 8.1% 1.2%
Arcadia 5.9% 3.4% 9.9% 8.0% 7.8% 8.1% 1.4%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Artesia 14.3% 4.1% 25.0% 24.8% 20.2% 15.8% 3.9%
Avalon 18.4% 19.5% 25.2% 32.6% 25.1% 11.3% 0.0%
Avocado Heights* 13.2% 3.5% 19.1% 24.1% 16.9% 17.6% 2.0%
Azusa 11.9% 5.6% 10.8% 19.9% 21.1% 14.0% 3.5%
Baldwin Park 15.6% 4.0% 26.7% 23.0% 23.5% 20.4% 2.7%
Bell Gardens 18.3% 4.9% 25.0% 25.3% 34.2% 24.8% 3.1%
Bellflower 13.9% 6.7% 19.9% 20.5% 25.8% 14.1% 2.4%
Bell 21.9% 8.7% 30.0% 32.9% 35.9% 28.6% 2.8%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Beverly Hills 5.5% 5.2% 6.5% 7.6% 6.7% 7.7% 0.6%
Bradbury 8.0% 2.5% 12.1% 15.4% 31.5% 4.3% 0.9%
Burbank 9.9% 5.4% 16.9% 16.3% 11.0% 11.6% 1.3%
Calabasas 4.0% 5.3% 2.1% 9.4% 4.2% 3.5% 0.8%
Carson 10.5% 4.9% 18.8% 18.6% 15.1% 11.4% 1.7%
Castaic* 4.5% 2.5% 8.6% 14.0% 4.7% 3.5% 0.0%
Cerritos 6.9% 5.7% 11.9% 14.0% 6.9% 7.8% 2.1%
Charter Oak* 5.9% 1.2% 8.4% 10.4% 5.1% 9.5% 0.0%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Citrus* 15.4% 6.0% 27.3% 25.0% 18.7% 19.0% 0.0%
Claremont 4.8% 5.8% 4.5% 7.9% 7.4% 5.1% 0.2%
Commerce 17.4% 7.6% 23.6% 26.3% 25.4% 24.7% 2.4%
Compton 16.4% 6.7% 25.6% 28.4% 24.6% 18.1% 3.7%
Covina 9.0% 2.8% 13.5% 15.4% 14.3% 11.1% 1.9%
Cudahy 23.1% 7.1% 38.6% 34.4% 37.4% 29.3% 3.1%
Culver City 6.6% 2.1% 14.6% 11.5% 6.8% 7.9% 1.0%
Del Aire* 9.0% 4.8% 0.7% 20.1% 12.0% 8.4% 2.4%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Desert View Highlands* 12.5% 5.1% 29.9% 18.0% 37.4% 11.0% 0.0%
Diamond Bar 7.3% 4.2% 11.1% 14.3% 10.8% 7.1% 1.9%
Downey 14.4% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 17.9% 16.5% 3.0%
Duarte 12.8% 8.6% 20.7% 22.9% 15.1% 15.8% 0.4%
East Los Angeles* 20.8% 8.8% 29.1% 31.5% 34.0% 25.0% 3.9%
East Pasadena* 10.4% 2.5% 25.1% 17.6% 20.9% 8.6% 1.1%
East Rancho Dominguez* 20.0% 11.5% 24.3% 30.4% 29.4% 23.4% 0.0%
East San Gabriel* 7.3% 2.8% 10.6% 20.1% 7.8% 8.7% 0.5%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
East Whittier* 11.3% 5.7% 16.4% 21.2% 20.0% 11.6% 0.7%
Elizabeth Lake* 5.9% 0.0% 23.0% 5.1% 3.8% 9.1% 0.0%
El Monte 19.9% 4.6% 32.1% 32.3% 32.6% 24.7% 3.6%
El Segundo 5.4% 4.1% 4.2% 10.7% 6.6% 5.9% 0.0%
Florence-Graham* 21.1% 6.1% 25.0% 32.0% 35.8% 31.0% 6.5%
Gardena 13.3% 7.5% 18.9% 19.0% 17.3% 17.5% 3.6%
Glendale 10.3% 4.7% 19.1% 17.0% 14.5% 11.5% 0.8%
Glendora 7.1% 4.8% 15.9% 11.9% 10.0% 7.0% 0.6%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Green Valley* 12.3% 7.7% 0.0% 26.5% 33.6% 10.2% 0.0%
Hacienda Heights* 9.1% 4.9% 19.3% 19.4% 11.6% 8.8% 1.3%
Hasley Canyon* 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 41.9% 29.0% 1.0% 0.0%
Hawaiian Gardens 19.7% 5.0% 31.6% 28.5% 36.8% 24.2% 4.2%
Hawthorne 16.8% 6.5% 29.6% 25.3% 22.6% 19.3% 1.5%
Hermosa Beach 4.1% 2.0% 0.7% 5.6% 6.6% 5.0% 0.5%
Hidden Hills 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 23.4% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0%
Huntington Park 22.2% 5.9% 30.1% 35.4% 36.3% 30.8% 2.8%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Industry 7.8% 0.0% 0.0% 29.3% 7.7% 18.0% 0.0%
Inglewood 16.7% 8.1% 22.7% 28.4% 23.8% 18.6% 3.4%
Irwindale 8.4% 3.5% 11.8% 9.9% 7.9% 15.8% 2.0%
La Cañada Flintridge 2.8% 4.2% 2.1% 6.6% 3.9% 1.6% 0.6%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 5.7% 1.2% 8.2% 12.2% 6.3% 8.0% 1.7%
Ladera Heights* 3.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0.6% 10.2% 4.5% 0.0%
La Habra Heights 7.8% 7.6% 5.7% 13.3% 4.8% 14.3% 0.0%
Lake Hughes* 17.9% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 34.0% 0.0%
Lake Los Angeles* 13.0% 9.2% 13.5% 25.9% 19.6% 12.9% 3.2%
Lakewood 7.6% 4.0% 10.2% 14.9% 9.1% 8.8% 1.2%
La Mirada 7.3% 5.1% 10.5% 16.2% 6.2% 8.6% 0.2%
Lancaster 8.9% 5.5% 14.7% 14.7% 12.4% 9.1% 1.5%
La Puente 17.2% 4.5% 19.9% 29.1% 31.7% 22.0% 4.3%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
La Verne 4.7% 2.5% 6.8% 9.9% 7.1% 6.3% 0.0%
Lawndale 17.7% 3.2% 28.4% 27.2% 25.5% 21.8% 4.8%
Lennox* 25.0% 8.6% 35.5% 32.8% 42.5% 33.0% 1.0%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Leona Valley* 5.3% 0.0% 4.1% 18.3% 19.0% 3.7% 3.7%
Littlerock* 15.7% 9.6% 53.2% 0.0% 13.9% 29.0% 0.0%
Lomita 11.6% 8.0% 18.2% 24.6% 17.7% 8.5% 1.5%
Long Beach 12.0% 5.3% 19.4% 19.4% 17.1% 12.3% 1.4%
Los Angeles 15.5% 5.5% 21.7% 24.3% 23.4% 17.9% 2.1%
Lynwood 20.3% 8.8% 30.6% 28.7% 30.8% 25.4% 1.1%
Malibu 5.7% 7.3% 6.1% 10.6% 3.3% 7.5% 0.8%
Manhattan Beach 2.3% 1.9% 2.0% 3.3% 3.3% 3.1% 0.2%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Marina del Rey* 8.9% 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% 15.8% 12.0% 0.0%
Mayflower Village* 8.8% 3.6% 9.5% 16.8% 3.4% 13.8% 4.5%
Maywood 21.4% 5.3% 31.9% 33.0% 36.8% 28.3% 3.5%
Monrovia 9.7% 0.9% 17.4% 23.9% 12.7% 11.1% 0.3%
Montebello 16.5% 5.2% 30.0% 28.0% 24.3% 19.5% 1.5%
Monterey Park 10.1% 5.5% 13.5% 17.3% 14.1% 13.1% 1.5%
North El Monte* 6.4% 2.7% 0.0% 10.7% 12.0% 9.6% 0.0%
Norwalk 14.1% 6.9% 22.6% 22.5% 21.1% 15.3% 1.7%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Palmdale 11.0% 5.2% 17.9% 18.1% 17.1% 12.7% 2.2%
Palos Verdes Estates 2.2% 2.3% 2.8% 12.2% 0.9% 2.7% 0.0%
Paramount 17.5% 6.8% 22.9% 29.9% 26.6% 20.3% 5.7%
Pasadena 10.2% 3.5% 19.9% 14.9% 12.8% 12.4% 1.4%
Pico Rivera 14.0% 5.5% 25.6% 20.4% 17.6% 18.3% 2.8%
Pomona 16.6% 6.6% 23.1% 25.7% 26.3% 19.5% 2.2%
Quartz Hill* 12.2% 5.8% 18.7% 15.5% 22.7% 15.7% 0.8%
Rancho Palos Verdes 3.2% 1.9% 9.5% 7.9% 7.3% 3.0% 0.6%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Redondo Beach 5.6% 2.3% 12.1% 8.2% 7.8% 6.7% 0.1%
Rolling Hills Estates 4.0% 0.0% 5.0% 20.4% 6.2% 6.4% 2.2%
Rolling Hills 5.0% 2.2% 5.0% 20.1% 10.2% 6.4% 1.3%
Rose Hills* 3.6% 0.0% 6.3% 26.1% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0%
Rosemead 11.5% 3.1% 18.2% 19.2% 17.2% 15.3% 1.1%
Rowland Heights 13.9% 5.1% 19.5% 27.3% 19.8% 16.2% 2.4%
San Dimas 5.2% 1.6% 11.2% 7.2% 6.9% 7.2% 1.4%
San Fernando 14.3% 4.8% 16.7% 21.3% 28.1% 15.6% 1.4%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
San Gabriel 13.2% 6.5% 19.0% 22.9% 18.6% 15.3% 0.5%
San Marino 3.4% 3.2% 11.0% 0.3% 4.1% 3.8% 1.7%
San Pasqual* 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Santa Clarita 8.5% 4.5% 14.9% 16.2% 13.7% 7.7% 1.2%
Santa Fe Springs 11.5% 4.3% 17.3% 23.6% 12.5% 15.2% 0.5%
Santa Monica 6.1% 3.8% 10.1% 8.5% 6.4% 8.1% 0.3%
Sierra Madre 3.3% 0.0% 12.6% 13.3% 1.5% 3.3% 1.2%
Signal Hill 14.1% 11.2% 19.9% 18.5% 27.5% 8.5% 0.0%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
South El Monte 21.1% 7.5% 31.6% 38.2% 30.9% 25.3% 4.4%
South Gate 20.8% 9.4% 25.7% 30.2% 33.2% 25.7% 4.6%
South Monrovia Island* 19.1% 6.3% 35.0% 28.8% 11.1% 27.6% 0.0%
South Pasadena 6.3% 1.4% 8.1% 9.4% 13.8% 7.3% 0.5%
South San Gabriel* 11.5% 5.0% 22.4% 20.1% 20.2% 11.3% 0.4%
South San Jose Hills* 20.6% 6.7% 35.2% 38.6% 30.0% 23.7% 2.6%
South Whittier* 13.8% 6.2% 22.4% 21.1% 17.5% 17.2% 2.7%
Stevenson Ranch* 2.8% 1.6% 5.3% 5.8% 1.4% 4.3% 0.0%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Sun Village* 10.7% 3.6% 14.4% 17.9% 22.4% 14.0% 0.0%
Temple City 9.7% 7.0% 12.6% 21.1% 14.8% 9.8% 1.1%
Topanga* 4.1% 1.3% 15.0% 4.0% 4.1% 7.5% 0.0%
Torrance 6.4% 4.0% 11.4% 10.4% 7.8% 7.8% 0.9%
Valinda* 15.4% 5.3% 22.6% 32.3% 17.3% 16.0% 2.4%
Val Verde* 22.0% 10.9% 30.8% 34.5% 14.6% 30.9% 12.4%
Vernon 14.5% 11.8% 18.2% 16.7% 10.0% 22.2% 0.0%
View Park-Windsor Hills* 5.4% 1.6% 4.9% 10.5% 8.6% 8.0% 0.4%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
Vincent* 10.0% 5.1% 14.9% 21.2% 8.2% 11.2% 3.0%
Walnut Park* 6.5% 2.7% 7.8% 17.5% 7.8% 7.0% 1.3%
Walnut 19.1% 5.7% 27.9% 32.1% 27.0% 25.2% 1.7%
West Athens* 19.6% 13.2% 29.6% 24.9% 33.2% 20.7% 0.0%
West Carson* 6.8% 1.8% 4.2% 19.9% 13.2% 7.0% 0.0%
West Covina 9.8% 4.0% 15.3% 18.7% 12.5% 11.6% 0.8%
West Hollywood 9.2% 4.4% 8.9% 12.7% 13.6% 8.0% 0.4%
West Puente Valley* 12.9% 7.1% 23.0% 20.8% 15.5% 15.0% 0.3%
City/Community - No Health Insurance Coverage Percent All Ages Percent Age 0-18 Percent Age 19-25 Percent Age 26-34 Percent Age 35-44 Percent Age 45-64 Percent Age 65+
West Rancho Dominguez* 10.8% 2.4% 15.0% 20.7% 22.6% 11.5% 2.8%
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 14.7% 7.2% 22.5% 16.5% 22.9% 18.5% 3.0%
Westlake Village 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 14.6% 6.0% 2.6% 0.0%
Westmont* 16.0% 4.6% 27.8% 31.2% 21.7% 20.2% 3.1%
Whittier 8.8% 4.8% 11.2% 18.0% 9.9% 11.0% 1.3%
Willowbrook* 21.4% 12.5% 26.8% 26.6% 27.1% 32.1% 2.5%

* Unincorporated community

Source: U.S. Census Bureau