The #easttexas area covers over 28,000-square miles!
Its geography ranges from the Piney Woods bordering LA and AR to the prairies on the eastern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and from OK south to the lakes, wetlands and beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. #texaslyceum
Over 1.9 million people live in the East Texas area.
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the Upper East region’s estimated total population was about 1.15 million (4% of state’s total population) and the Southeast region was about 769,000 (2.6% of the state’s total population).
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Roughly 5 million people in #Texas are uninsured. So who are they? #healthcare
That's what we wanted to find out in our latest multi-year study. Here's a breakdown of what we found so far.
Most of the roughly five million uninsured Texans already qualify for a government #health program or for federal subsidies that would help pay for coverage — but they have not signed up.