Comparison of Uninsured Population and Minority Population

in California

Lauren Minnick

Uninsured Population Compared to Minority Populations in California

• There is an obvious correlation between the two maps depicting the counties with the largest Black and Hispanic populations.

• Several of the counties with the highest percentage minority populations also have a large percentage of the population uninsured.

• The counties with the highest percentage of uninsured persons do not necessarily correspond to counties with a large minority population.

• There is a stronger correlation between the uninsured map and the map of the Hispanic population, than there is between the uninsured map and the map of the Black population.

• Due to the lack of a strong correlation between uninsured and minority populations, it would be useful to look at additional factors, such as the employment rate.