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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Jul;40(7):1090–1098. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00059

EXHIBIT 4.

Immigrant essential workers and their household members likely forgoing Medicaid and nutrition assistance because of the public charge rule change, by geographical area, 2019

Likely to forgo Medicaid
Likely to forgo SNAP
Immigrant essential workers
Household members
Immigrant essential workers
Household members
Geographical area Estimate Range Estimate Range Estimate Range Estimate Range
Arizona 11,003 6,602–15,404 46,690 28,014–65,366 10,744 6,446–15,041 26,823 16,094–37,552
California 160,728 96,437–225,019 537,033 322,220–751,846 90,015 54,009–126,020 224,940 134,964–314,916
New Mexico 2,892 1,735–4,048 11,951 7,170–16,731 3,038 1,823–4,253 5,636 3,381–7,890
Texas 14,618 8,771 −20,465 195,794 117,477–274,112 52,541 31,525–73,557 144,639 86,784–202,495
United States 394,134 236,481–551,788 1,688,352 1,013,011–2,363,692 392,455 235,473–549,436 883,393 530,036–1,236,750

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the American Community Survey, 2019. NOTES Immigrant essential workers are noncitizens and naturalized US citizens employed in essentialjobs. Household members of immigrant essential workers are people other than immigrant essential workers residing in households with an immigrant essential worker. Immigrant essential workers and their household members were defined as at risk from the public charge rule change if any household member was a noncitizen. Estimates are based on the assumption that the rule change would result in 25 percent (range: 15–35 percent) of at-risk people forgoing public benefits. SNAP is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.