QHP Index

Where almost everyone pays $10 a month or less

CMS publishes, per county, how many people ended up paying $10 a month or less after the tax credit in 2026. In the counties below that is most of them. It is the clearest evidence that the listed premium tells a reader very little about what they would actually pay.

CountyStatePaying $10 or lessEveryone enrolledShare
Reagan CountyTexas 361439 82.2%
Sanpete CountyUtah 3,5944,557 78.9%
Haskell CountyTexas 7541,002 75.2%
Clay CountyTexas 3,0624,092 74.8%
Hamilton CountyFlorida 3,3894,532 74.8%
Howard CountyTexas 2,4243,311 73.2%
Garfield CountyUtah 506700 72.3%
Millard CountyUtah 1,0851,507 72.0%
Piute CountyUtah 143199 71.9%
Allen CountyKansas 1,0061,403 71.7%
Beaver CountyUtah 9241,294 71.4%
Kenedy CountyTexas 81115 70.4%
Rankin CountyMississippi 19,02627,305 69.7%
Wayne CountyUtah 318457 69.6%
Lafayette CountyFlorida 1,0541,541 68.4%
Kane CountyUtah 8901,302 68.4%
Cochran CountyTexas 341499 68.3%
Jim Hogg CountyTexas 590867 68.1%
Dawson CountyTexas 672992 67.7%
Presidio CountyTexas 7281,081 67.3%
Sevier CountyUtah 1,7532,606 67.3%
Nolan CountyTexas 9301,396 66.6%
Maverick CountyTexas 8,79613,230 66.5%
Bailey CountyTexas 6641,000 66.4%
Val Verde CountyTexas 6,5689,921 66.2%
Borden CountyTexas 281429 65.5%
Anderson CountyKansas 432660 65.5%
Jones CountyTexas 1,0561,615 65.4%
Archer CountyTexas 2,6434,075 64.9%
Irion CountyTexas 8831,372 64.4%
Coke CountyTexas 296460 64.3%
Gaines CountyTexas 1,4232,219 64.1%
McCulloch CountyTexas 517809 63.9%
Dallas CountyTexas 288,856452,075 63.9%
Morehouse ParishLouisiana 1,2631,981 63.8%
Eastland CountyTexas 1,4652,316 63.3%
East Carroll ParishLouisiana 267423 63.1%
Madison ParishLouisiana 390618 63.1%
Taylor CountyTexas 9,48915,037 63.1%
Ellis CountyTexas 16,01625,545 62.7%
Luce CountyMichigan 147236 62.3%
Callahan CountyTexas 1,2141,950 62.3%
Tensas ParishLouisiana 178286 62.2%
Brown CountyTexas 4,5577,389 61.7%
McMullen CountyTexas 151245 61.6%
Cameron CountyTexas 48,57578,862 61.6%
Briscoe CountyTexas 144234 61.5%
Roberts CountyTexas 120195 61.5%
Stephens CountyTexas 6901,122 61.5%
Evangeline ParishLouisiana 1,1451,862 61.5%
Crosby CountyTexas 480786 61.1%
Cimarron CountyOklahoma 224367 61.0%
Rich CountyUtah 282463 60.9%
Crane CountyTexas 390643 60.7%
Shawnee CountyKansas 6,35310,495 60.5%
Moore CountyTexas 1,4162,360 60.0%
Terrell CountyTexas 85142 59.9%
Grand CountyUtah 9421,575 59.8%
Hale CountyTexas 2,0343,410 59.6%
Glasscock CountyTexas 97163 59.5%
Yoakum CountyTexas 436733 59.5%
Midland CountyTexas 15,80526,713 59.2%
Dimmit CountyTexas 9431,607 58.7%
Pecos CountyTexas 1,3532,306 58.7%
Saint Mary ParishLouisiana 1,7022,904 58.6%
Washington CountyFlorida 1,6782,866 58.5%
Ector CountyTexas 21,39536,589 58.5%
Atchison CountyKansas 524897 58.4%
Navarro CountyTexas 3,1365,374 58.4%
Hudspeth CountyTexas 1,0041,721 58.3%
Terry CountyTexas 9931,704 58.3%
Daggett CountyUtah 62107 57.9%
Reeves CountyTexas 1,2452,153 57.8%
Shackelford CountyTexas 252439 57.4%
Runnels CountyTexas 6801,188 57.2%
Floyd CountyTexas 475830 57.2%
Kinney CountyTexas 235411 57.2%
Delta CountyTexas 6121,073 57.0%
Newton CountyTexas 6561,154 56.8%
Cache CountyUtah 8,00614,089 56.8%
Hertford CountyNorth Carolina 5971,051 56.8%
Duval CountyTexas 9071,597 56.8%
Juab CountyUtah 1,2242,163 56.6%
Iberia ParishLouisiana 2,6184,639 56.4%
Linn CountyKansas 408725 56.3%
Jackson ParishLouisiana 495880 56.3%
Perry CountyTennessee 337600 56.2%
Mitchell CountyTexas 429764 56.2%
Gray CountyTexas 1,2802,281 56.1%
Ochiltree CountyTexas 6221,109 56.1%
Hill CountyTexas 2,0503,671 55.8%
Oldham CountyTexas 178319 55.8%
Franklin CountyKansas 9971,787 55.8%
Ouachita ParishLouisiana 6,35711,429 55.6%
Hockley CountyTexas 1,5202,741 55.5%
Dickens CountyTexas 107193 55.4%
Woodson CountyKansas 108195 55.4%
Armstrong CountyTexas 229414 55.3%
Winkler CountyTexas 9621,753 54.9%
Bienville ParishLouisiana 484882 54.9%
Motley CountyTexas 62113 54.9%
Tom Green CountyTexas 8,75815,979 54.8%
Coleman CountyTexas 6101,113 54.8%
Hansford CountyTexas 363663 54.8%
Concordia ParishLouisiana 7411,354 54.7%
Uvalde CountyTexas 2,1143,866 54.7%
Liberty CountyTexas 9,02316,520 54.6%
Lynn CountyTexas 371680 54.6%
Limestone CountyTexas 9581,756 54.6%
Potter CountyTexas 8,83916,258 54.4%
Swisher CountyTexas 486894 54.4%
Jasper CountyTexas 2,1213,903 54.3%
Caldwell ParishLouisiana 308568 54.2%
Wharton CountyTexas 2,7635,096 54.2%
Saint Landry ParishLouisiana 2,9795,511 54.1%
El Paso CountyTexas 73,133135,308 54.0%
Kaufman CountyTexas 8,43415,607 54.0%
Richland ParishLouisiana 6501,204 54.0%
Falls CountyTexas 8621,597 54.0%
Deaf Smith CountyTexas 1,2432,303 54.0%
Bee CountyTexas 1,3392,483 53.9%
Edgecombe CountyNorth Carolina 1,2522,322 53.9%
Ontonagon CountyMichigan 193358 53.9%
Baraga CountyMichigan 148275 53.8%
Hall CountyTexas 222413 53.8%
Fisher CountyTexas 301560 53.8%
Glacier CountyMontana 374698 53.6%
Rockwall CountyTexas 8,29315,487 53.5%
Gogebic CountyMichigan 430804 53.5%
Dallam CountyTexas 459859 53.4%
Hutchinson CountyTexas 1,1072,074 53.4%
Schoolcraft CountyMichigan 208390 53.3%
Osage CountyKansas 412774 53.2%
Upton CountyTexas 234440 53.2%
Saint James ParishLouisiana 6521,227 53.1%
Lamb CountyTexas 7051,327 53.1%
Sterling CountyTexas 180339 53.1%
Bertie CountyNorth Carolina 6171,163 53.1%
Hardee CountyFlorida 1,7393,278 53.1%
Comanche CountyTexas 9401,776 52.9%
La Salle CountyTexas 419795 52.7%
Wilbarger CountyTexas 9041,716 52.7%
Collin CountyTexas 88,601168,207 52.7%
Atascosa CountyTexas 3,9747,546 52.7%
Union ParishLouisiana 6481,231 52.6%
Martin CountyTexas 441838 52.6%
Washington CountyTexas 1,5983,040 52.6%
McLennan CountyTexas 10,77620,502 52.6%
Zapata CountyTexas 2,3614,495 52.5%
Kent CountyTexas 2242 52.4%
Emery CountyUtah 374714 52.4%
Bell CountyTexas 20,64339,425 52.4%
Mills CountyTexas 251480 52.3%
Castro CountyTexas 517991 52.2%
Washita CountyOklahoma 6951,333 52.1%
Claiborne ParishLouisiana 390749 52.1%
Franklin ParishLouisiana 7951,528 52.0%
Willacy CountyTexas 1,8003,464 52.0%
Roosevelt CountyMontana 306589 52.0%
Concho CountyTexas 154297 51.9%
Ward CountyTexas 8821,703 51.8%
Frio CountyTexas 1,0762,090 51.5%
Scurry CountyTexas 7371,435 51.4%
Hemphill CountyTexas 189368 51.4%
Camp CountyTexas 1,1742,292 51.2%
Dickinson CountyMichigan 7921,549 51.1%
Parmer CountyTexas 446873 51.1%
Clarendon CountySouth Carolina 2,4244,755 51.0%
Houston CountyTennessee 263516 51.0%
Houghton CountyMichigan 1,1082,174 51.0%
Jones CountyMississippi 5,61511,028 50.9%
Kleberg CountyTexas 1,5533,056 50.8%
Crockett CountyTexas 5961,174 50.8%
Iron CountyMichigan 403794 50.8%
San Jacinto CountyTexas 2,3254,581 50.8%
Victoria CountyTexas 5,22910,305 50.7%
West Carroll ParishLouisiana 277546 50.7%
Jim Wells CountyTexas 2,7345,399 50.6%
Houston CountyTexas 1,2492,469 50.6%
Bosque CountyTexas 8431,668 50.5%
Garza CountyTexas 284563 50.4%
Wichita CountyTexas 8,11816,108 50.4%
Catahoula ParishLouisiana 387769 50.3%
Delta CountyMichigan 1,1982,383 50.3%
Denton CountyTexas 60,319120,019 50.3%
Sherman CountyTexas 226450 50.2%
Randall CountyTexas 6,62313,199 50.2%
Big Horn CountyMontana 356710 50.1%
Culberson CountyTexas 184367 50.1%
Lincoln ParishLouisiana 1,2202,436 50.1%
Keweenaw CountyMichigan 66132 50.0%
Stonewall CountyTexas 56112 50.0%
Johnson CountyTexas 9,19318,398 50.0%
Bedford CountyTennessee 1,8603,735 49.8%
San Patricio CountyTexas 3,5987,237 49.7%
Saint Martin ParishLouisiana 1,4582,937 49.6%
Coffee CountyTennessee 2,0334,096 49.6%
Lamar CountyTexas 3,6907,439 49.6%
Harris CountyTexas 362,558731,300 49.6%
Giles CountyTennessee 1,1412,303 49.5%

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