How many people are enrolled in state‑funded health programs that cover undocumented immigrants, by state?

1. The statewide map: which states offer state‑funded coverage

Reporting from multiple trackers and analyses shows a core group of states and Washington, D.C. that use state‑only funds to cover some immigrants regardless of status; lists vary slightly by source but commonly include California, New York, Illinois, Washington, New Jersey, Oregon, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and Washington, D.C. ^{[8] [3] [5]}. KFF and NILC maintain program maps and tables that document program scope differences — some states cover children only, some older adults, and a smaller set cover adults broadly with state‑funded Medicaid‑like programs ^{[3] [1] [2]}.

2. What “coverage” means and who is counted

These state programs are heterogeneous: some are fully state‑funded full‑scope Medicaid expansions for undocumented adults (California, Oregon, New York, Washington and a few others for certain ages), others are limited to children, pregnant people, or seniors, and some offer capped subsidy slots through a state exchange rather than open enrollment ^{[3] [5] [4]}. NILC’s tables and KFF’s scans emphasize that eligibility rules, benefit packages, and enrollment caps differ by state, so a single national tabulation would have to reconcile many incompatible program definitions before producing reliable per‑state totals ^{[1] [3]}.

3. What enrollment figures are publicly known (and the key gaps)

Concrete enrollment numbers are sparse in the sources provided: Colorado’s program had discrete subsidy slots (11,000 filled in 2024 and 12,000 in 2025) which reporters use as hard counts for that program, but most states do not publish similarly granular, up‑to‑date totals in the materials cited ^[4]. News coverage quoting KFF estimated that cuts could affect “more than 1.9 million” people if certain state programs were eliminated, but that figure is an aggregate estimate tied to policy scenarios rather than a rollup of contemporaneous, audited state enrollment lists ^[8]. Multiple sources explicitly note the absence of a single public dataset with verified enrollment by state, and NILC and KFF present program eligibility and scope rather than ongoing headcounts ^{[1] [3]}.

4. Recent policy shifts that change the numbers quickly

Enrollment totals are moving targets because several large states have recently paused or planned rollbacks: California, which had extended full‑scope Medi‑Cal to all low‑income residents regardless of status, announced a freeze on new enrollments for undocumented adults 19+ beginning January 2026 and other benefit and premium changes, and Minnesota announced plans to end its adult coverage program by 2026 — actions that will change any snapshot totals and complicate comparisons ^{[6] [5] [7]}. These policy reversals reflect budget pressures and political tradeoffs documented by KFF, CHCF and NILC, and they reveal implicit agendas on both sides — fiscal retrenchment arguments from governors and legislative proponents of cuts, and public‑health and equity arguments from advocates ^{[5] [6] [3]}.

5. Bottom line and what researchers still need to produce a true answer

The plain fact in the reporting reviewed is that there is no single, authoritative, up‑to‑date table in the public sources provided that lists the number of enrollees in state‑funded programs covering undocumented immigrants by state; researchers would need to aggregate state administrative enrollment data (where published), reconcile program definitions and caps, and adjust for recent freezes and expirations to produce such a dataset ^{[1] [3] [5]}. For now, the best available outputs are program maps and eligibility tables from NILC and KFF and program‑specific spot counts or caps (e.g., Colorado’s slots) cited by reporters — useful for understanding scope but insufficient to answer the question as a firm numeric ledger by state ^{[2] [4] [3]}.