Under what circumstances might a state have a comparatively high percentage of uninsured residents but not a comparatively high overall number of uninsured residents?

the circumstances that would make a state to have a comparatively high percentage of uninsured residents are:

i. increase level of poverty

ii. income level of the residents

iii. age group of the residents

Explanation:

uninsured residents are people living in certain area or environment who are not covered by insurance policy. The circumstances that might lead a comparative high uninsured residents are:

i. increase in poverty level. the level poverty in a state could determine the uninsured rate of such state in the sense that insurance policies are financed by money which a poor person may not afford.

ii. level of income. this greatly determine the uninsured rate in a state. a very high income earners can afford to finance such insurance policies while the low income earners might not due to their inability to pay for such policy.

iii. age group. a state with considerably high old age group,say 60 years and above may not see the need for insurance policy.

answer; approx,300,000 ;