HRSA develops shortage designation criteria and uses them to decide whether or not a geographic area, population group or facility is a Health Professional Shortage Area or a Medically Underserved Area or Population.
HPSAs and MUA/Ps are created from collections of counties and sub-county geographic units; the HPSA and MUA/P Geographic Compilation Logic page describes in detail how the HRSA Data Warehouse creates the geographic boundaries from the business data.
Charts
Maps
Reports
Table
ToolsCharts
Display high-level summary information about HRSA’s activities and can be used as a starting point for obtaining more detailed information.
The chart below shows the number of currently-designated HPSAs, by discipline. The criteria for designation varies from one discipline to another, and there is no intrinsic relationship between them: an area may be considered to have a shortage of practitioners in any or all of the disciplines independently.
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NOTE: White colored counties indicate no designated shortage areas in the selected discipline.
Maps
Visually explore HRSA-specific information, health resources and demographic data in geographic relation to one another.
| Map Gallery - HPSA |
The Health Professional Shortage Area map gallery shows the currently-designated HPSAs, separated by discipline class. The symbols denote the various types of HPSA.
| Map Gallery - MUA |
Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) may be a whole county or a group of contiguous counties, a group of county or civil divisions or a group of urban census tracts in which residents have a shortage of personal health services. Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) may include groups of persons who face economic, cultural or linguistic barriers to health care. The Shortage Designation Branch in the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions National Center for Health Workforce Analysis develops shortage designation criteria and uses them to decide whether or not a geographic area or population group is a Medically Underserved Area or Population.
| Quick Access Maps - simple, interactive maps intended for on-screen viewing of current data at the National, Regional or State level. |
| Make a Map |
- Interactive Map Tool - The interactive Map Tool allows users to create a graphic presentation of the data contained in the HRSA Data Warehouse, and uses a map display to place the data in a geographic context. Help is available at Map Tool Help.
Reports
Select, sort, export and view available data by spreadsheet or preformatted reports.
| Quick Access Reports are preformatted reports and provide summary data. These reports are available in pdf, CSV and XML format. |
| NHSC - HPSA Fulfillment Reports |
| Report (on-screen viewing format) | Printable (PDF) | Accessibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHSC Fulfillment of Dental Care HPSA Needs Summary | PDF  (approx. 25 KB)
| CSV | XML |
| NHSC Fulfillment of Mental Health Care HPSA Needs Summary | PDF (approx. 25 KB)
| CSV | XML |
| NHSC Fulfillment of Primary Care HPSA Needs Summary | PDF (approx. 25 KB)
| CSV | XML |
Read this IMPORTANT NOTE regarding CSV-formatted data.
| Data Exploration and Reports |
(Note about differences in HPSA search results)
- HPSA in State Due to Update
- Basic HPSA Reports
- Detailed HPSA Reports
Report Tool - Data Exploration, Export and Formatted Reporting
- Interactive Report Tool - The interactive Report Tool provides access to the most detailed information available. Users can select, extract, and save data for summarization, analysis, and reporting with tools such as a spreadsheet or database. Help is available at Report Tool Help. Get Printer-friendly version(PDF, approx. 400 KB) here.
HPSA Summary
On-screen summary tables of key HRSA activities at the National Level.
Printable PDF
| Category | Item | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designated HPSAs | Total Designated HPSAs | 14,289 | 01/09/2013 |
| (by Discipline) | |||
| --> Dental Care | 4,600 | 01/09/2013 | |
| --> Mental Health | 3,825 | 01/09/2013 | |
| --> Primary Care | 5,864 | 01/09/2013 |
| Category | Item | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medically Underserved Areas / Populations | Designated Medically Underserved Areas / Populations | 4,163 | 02/15/2013 |
Tools
Easy way to search for information in the HRSA Data Warehouse.
| Quick Access Tools |
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