NerdWallet: Obamacare benefits Collier, Alachua counties most in Florida
Some of the NerdWallet findings:
■ In Collier, there are 71 primary-care doctors for every 100,000 people and the uninsured rate is 28.6 percent. The average Collier premium for an individual is $304 a month; it’s $905 for a family of four.
■ In Lee County, there are 59 primary-care doctors per 100,000 population and the uninsured rate is 26 percent. The average premium cost for an individual is $344; it’s $1,023 for a family of four. Lee County ranked 46th in terms of benefiting from Obamacare.
■ Top-ranked Alachua has 202 primary-care doctors per 100,000 population, a consequence of Gainesville being home to the University of Florida, which has a medical school, Pratini said. The uninsured rate is 20.4 percent. The average premium cost for an individual is $300 and $893 for a family of four in Alachua.
read more @ Naples Now
some interesting facts :
The county continues to experience significant growth and is becoming increasingly diverse. As of the 2010 census, the county’s population had increased to 321,520, an increase of 27.9% over the 2000 census. As of 2012, the United States Census estimates the county’s population at 332,427, an increase of 3.4% since the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census, 65.7% of the population was non-Hispanic whites, 25.9% was Latino or Hispanic, 6.6% was African-American and 1.1% was Asian.For the 2010 census, the Latino or Hispanic ethnic group represented the greatest source of population growth since the 2000 census, growing from 49,000 (19.6% of the total population) to 83,177 (25.9% of the total population. As of the 2010 census, the greatest source of population growth in the county since the 2000 census came from the Latino or Hispanic population which grew from 49,296 (19.6% of the total population) to 83,177 (25.9% of the total population).
In Collier, there are 71 primary-care doctors for every 100,000 people and the uninsured rate is 28.6 percent. The average Collier premium for an individual is $304 a month; it’s $905 for a family of four.
Alachua
Alachua is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city’s population was 9,059. The city is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 264,275 people at the 2010 census.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,075, and the median income for a family was $49,542. Males had a median income of $36,315 versus $28,018 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,299. About 14.0% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.3% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.
Top-ranked Alachua has 202 primary-care doctors per 100,000 population, a consequence of Gainesville being home to the University of Florida, which has a medical school, Pratini said. The uninsured rate is 20.4 percent. The average premium cost for an individual is $300 and $893 for a family of four in Alachua.