Medi-Cal enrollment in the Valley

About 50% of the population in the San Joaquin Valley are covered by Medi-Cal, California's incarnation of the federal Medicaid insurance program for low-income people, as of September 2025. That's a higher percentage than both California and the U.S.

Figures for the Valley, Valley counties and California are for Medi-Cal enrollment as of September 2025; the U.S. figure represents Medicaid enrollment nationwide as of June 2025.
Chart: Tim Sheehan / Central Valley Journalism CollaborativeSource: California Department of Health Care Services; U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper