50,000 in county had no health insurance

Nearly 50,000 people under the age of 65 living in Anne Arundel County in 2005 did not have health insurance, giving it one of the lowest percentages of uninsured populations in the state, according to new figures released from the Census Bureau.

The new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates released yesterday showed a little more than 11 percent of county residents went without health insurance that year, and most of them were living well below the poverty line.

The estimates also include insurance data for each state and county with residents aged 65 and younger. The 2005 data is broken down further by age, income, race and...