A new study from Georgetown Health Policy Institute Center reported that California was second in the rate of uninsured children. The report found that about 745,000 children living in California, or about 8%, did not have health insurance in 2011. According to the report, only Texas had a higher number of uninsured children at 916,000.However, the state had the 12th highest decline — 1.5% — in uninsured children between 2009 and 2011.