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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 14h

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Massachusetts is the #1 (Best) US State in 2024, in terms of share of persons under 65 WITHOUT health insurance, at 3.3 percent.

Other top 5 best states include #2 Hawaii (4.3%), #3 District of Columbia (5.0%), #4 Vermont (5.4%), and #5 New Hampshire (5.5%)

The US value is 9.8% uninsured

Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 14h

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The other states in the top 5 worst list are #2 Georgia (14.0%), #3 Oklahoma (13.7%), #4 Florida (13.6%), and #5 Nevada (13.5%). Oklahoma (2021) and Nevada (2014) adopted Medicaid Expansion programs. The other top three states have not.

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Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions | KFF

This page displays an interactive map of the current status of state decisions on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Additional Medicaid expansion resources are listed (with links) below th...

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 14h

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Americans Without Health Insurance (Part 2) 1/3

#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

Texas is the #1 (Worst) US State in 2024 in terms of share of persons under 65 WITHOUT Health Insurance: 19.2%.

Texas was also the #1 US State in 2009, at 26.3% uninsured, persons age < 65.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 1d

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The uninsured share for children peaked at 8.57 percent in 2009, and reached a low of 4.46 percent in 2016.

Data for the USA is shown in tabular as well as in an animated line chart.

Questionnaire wording has changed minimally from 2008 to the present.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 1d

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The uninsured range for middle age adults peaked at 17.56 percent in 2011 and reached a low of 9.68 percent by 2023. Currently (2024), 9.73 percent of middle aged adults have no health insurance.

Children (younger than 19) have the second lowest (best) uninsured for health shares.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 1d

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The share of young adults (19-34) without health insurance has decreased from a high of 28.75% in 2010 to a low of 13.49% in 2023. Currently (2024), 14.06% of young adults have no health insurance

The second worse group are middle age adults, age 35 to 64.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 1d

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The (health) uninsured share in the USA has been lowest for persons age 65+, ranging from 1.03 percent of seniors in 2013 to 0.81 percent of seniors in 2021-2022. Currently (2024), 0.82% of seniors have no health insurance.

The highest (worst) uninsured shares are for young adults age 19 to 34

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 1d

Americans Without Health Insurance (Part 1) 1/5

#Census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #ACA #Obamacare

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey has collected on Health Insurance for individuals between 2008 and the present. This analysis examines uninsured shares of the population by age group

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 3d

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Good op-ed piece by urban planner Bill Fulton on pro-housing #SB79 #TOD #TransitOrientedDevelopment

SB79 is now law. But California still has work to do to fix the housing crisis and meet its climate goals

OPINION: “This bet on housing near transit stations could not come at a worse time. Transit ridership is still below pre-pandemic highs — especially on the rail systems that SB79 focuses on.”

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 4d

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Good news for housing advocates

#SB79 signed by Gov Newsom. #YIMBY #TOD #TransitOrirntedDevelopment

New California law would put taller apartment buildings near BART and Caltrain

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed Senate Bill 79 to put dense housing around transit hubs.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 6d

Only two Bay Area places are in the top 25 large California places, in terms of high/severe housing cost burden #4 Vallejo at 51.0%; and #7 Pittsburg, at 49.6%

All large Bay Area places are ranked in Table 9

Least cost burdened place? Santa Clara City at 27.3% of households with high/severe burden

Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 6d

Gimme (Affordable) Shelter, Part 5. Large Cities in California and the Bay Area

#census #ACS #affordability

Continuing analysis of the 2024 share of households with high or severe (30%+) housing cost burdens.

Most cost burdened large city in California? Inglewood at 56.9% of HHs, costs >= 30.0%

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 9d

Columnist Jonathan Lansler’s article on mortgage free households in California

#census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey

Californians free from home loans on the rise
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Californians free from home loans on the rise - East Bay Times

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10d

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF

This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 10d

www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Great news for downtown #Oakland

Exclusive: Bay Area university to open $240 million downtown Oakland campus. Here’s a look inside

The 10-story, 260,000-square-foot building will have state-of-the-art classrooms, a virtual reality center and space for motion analysis research.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 10d

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California leads the nation in this poverty measure — and S.F.’s is even higher

California’s poverty rate is once again the highest in the country, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. What’s more, that rate recently saw its first increase in more than a decade.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 11d

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Great article by S.F. Chronicle

#YIMBY #TransitOrientedDevelopment #SB79

Will this YIMBY bill put more homes near transit? Our map shows where housing could be built

Housing advocates who viewed SB79 as a potential sea change say it became diluted during the political process. The bill’s primary sponsor calls it a “a remarkably strong bill.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 14d

Most Bay Area renters are ‘cost-burdened’ — especially in these areas

#census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #affordability

www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Most Bay Area renters are ‘cost-burdened’ — especially in these areas

Rising housing costs and soft income growth in the outer Bay Area has made it harder for renters to make ends meet.

www.sfchronicle.com

Reposted by Chuck Purvis

Census Dots @censusdots.bsky.social · 17d

A dot map of Sunnyvale, CA's population by race, created using data from the 2020 US Census.

🔵 = White, 🟢 = Black, 🟠 = Hispanic, 🔴 = Asian, 🟤 = Native American/Other, 🟣 = Multiracial

Explore the map: https://www.censusdots.com/race/sunnyvale-ca-demographics?src=bluesky

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 27d

Table 7 shows the 25 very large cities in the United States, by total population, ranked by share of households with high or severe housing cost burdens (cost / income).

The top three VERY large cities are #1 Los Angeles (49.9%); #2 New York (44.4%); and Houston (42.3%).

Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 27d

Florida and New Jersey have three, each, of the top ten places with high housing cost burdens.

Miami is the largest city in this top ten list, at 54.0% of households.

Least housing cost burdened LARGE city in the US? Madison, Alabama, at 16.8% of households with high (30%+) housing cost burden.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 27d

Gimme (Affordable) Shelter, Part 4. Large US Cities.

#census #ACS #AmericanCommunitySurvey #affordability

Continuing analysis of the 2024 share of households with high or severe (30%+) housing cost burdens.

Most cost burdened city? Lauderhill, FL at 58.0% of HHs with costs >= 30.0% of income.

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Chuck Purvis @charleypurvis.bsky.social · 28d

Gimme (Affordable) Shelter. Part 3. Large US Counties.

Continuing analysis of the 2024 share of households with high or severe (30%+) housing cost burdens.

Most cost burdened county? Bronx, NY at 53.5% of HHs with costs >= 30.0% of income.

Least burden? Apache County, AZ (14.9\2%).