Skip Navigation
H H S Department of Health and Human Services
H H S Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration


Find Shortage Areas: HPSA by State & County

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are designated by HRSA as having shortages of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers and may be geographic (a county or service area), demographic (low income population) or institutional (comprehensive health center, federally qualified health center or other public facility). Medically Underserved Areas/Populations are areas or populations designated by HRSA as having: too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty and/or high elderly population.  More about shortage areas

Daily updates of the HPSA data will resume on March 29, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact CAPT Phil Budashewitz, Director, Division of Policy and Shortage Designation, Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service at pbudashewitz@hrsa.gov

Updated 1/9/2013
Advanced search by HPSA Type, Score, Metro, and Status
Find a Designated HPSA: Choose a State, County & Discipline HPSA Help
First, choose a State.
Now, choose All Counties, one county or each of the counties you wish to search. To select more than one County, hold down the Ctrl key while making your selection
Then, choose a discipline. To select more than one discipline, hold down the Ctrl key.
Optional: Find a HPSA using its ID #. State and Discipline selections must be provided.