The rate of Floridians without health insurance stayed the same in 2013 from the previous year.

Figures released from the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday showed that 20 percent of Floridians lacked health insurance last year.

That's down slightly from a rate of 20.1 percent in 2012, but the change is within the margin of error, rendering it insignificant.

Florida ranked only behind Texas and Nevada in having the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation. Both those two states showed improvement in lowering their rates, unlike Florida.

Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature last year decided against expanding Medicaid coverage to an estimated 1 million low-income Floridians under the federal health law.