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The uninsured rate rose by statistically significant margins in 17 states in 2017, while no states saw their uninsured rate drop compared with 2016.

In the second quarter of 2016, the uninsured rate remains at 11.0%, matching the first quarter for the lowest rate in Gallup's eight-year trend. This remains down from 11.9% in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Fifty-five percent of uninsured Americans in February said they plan to get health insurance rather than pay a fine, down modestly from last fall. The majority of those who intend to get insurance plan to use the exchanges.

Fifty-six percent of uninsured Americans who plan to buy health insurance say they will do so through a government health insurance exchange, up from 50% in December and 45% in October.

About 7.26 million Americans have gotten health insurance coverage since late last year and 4% of Americans became insured for the first time in 2014.

The U.S. uninsured rate continues to decline in 2014, registering 15.9% so far in 2014 compared with 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013. The uninsured rate has dropped most among lower-income and black Americans.

Medicaid recipients are less likely than those with other types of insurance and the uninsured to rate their health positively. They are also more likely to smoke and be obese.

Uninsured Americans' intentions to sign up for health insurance are highly related to their politics, with Democrats twice as likely as Republicans to say they will get insurance.

Six states, led by Kentucky and Arkansas, have reduced their uninsured rates by at least 10 percentage points since 2013.

States that have implemented Medicaid expansion and set up their own marketplace exchanges based on the 2010 healthcare law tend to have lower percentages of uninsured residents than states that have not taken these steps.