Top 100 Counties with Healthcare Shortages

Counties ranked by primary care HPSA score (higher = more severe shortage). Data source: HRSA.

# County State HPSA Score
1 Mili MH 25.0 High priority
2 Bikar MH 25.0 High priority
3 Erikub MH 25.0 High priority
4 Arno MH 25.0 High priority
5 Rongrik MH 25.0 High priority
6 Bikini MH 25.0 High priority
7 Jemo MH 25.0 High priority
8 Ailinglaplap MH 25.0 High priority
9 Ujae MH 25.0 High priority
10 Ebon MH 25.0 High priority
11 Kwajalein MH 25.0 High priority
12 Ailuk MH 25.0 High priority
13 Ujelang MH 25.0 High priority
14 Enewetak MH 25.0 High priority
15 Namorik MH 25.0 High priority
16 Maloelap MH 25.0 High priority
17 Namu MH 25.0 High priority
18 Mejit MH 25.0 High priority
19 Jaluit MH 25.0 High priority
20 Rongelap MH 25.0 High priority
21 Utrik MH 25.0 High priority
22 Ailinginae MH 25.0 High priority
23 Wotho MH 25.0 High priority
24 Likiep MH 25.0 High priority
25 Wotje MH 25.0 High priority
26 Toke MH 25.0 High priority
27 Lae MH 25.0 High priority
28 Majuro MH 25.0 High priority
29 Lib MH 25.0 High priority
30 Jabat MH 25.0 High priority
31 Aur MH 25.0 High priority
32 Kosrae FM 25.0 High priority
33 Pohnpei FM 25.0 High priority
34 Yap FM 25.0 High priority
35 St. Croix VI 25.0 High priority
36 Amite MS 25.0 High priority
37 Lauderdale MS 25.0 High priority
38 Madison MS 25.0 High priority
39 Bolivar MS 25.0 High priority
40 Holmes MS 25.0 High priority
41 Claiborne MS 25.0 High priority
42 Peleliu PW 24.0 High priority
43 Ngardmau PW 24.0 High priority
44 Angaur PW 24.0 High priority
45 Ngatpang PW 24.0 High priority
46 Ngchesar PW 24.0 High priority
47 Kayangel PW 24.0 High priority
48 Melekeok PW 24.0 High priority
49 Ngaraard PW 24.0 High priority
50 Ngarchelong PW 24.0 High priority
51 Airai PW 24.0 High priority
52 Sonsorol PW 24.0 High priority
53 Ngernmlengui PW 24.0 High priority
54 Hatoboheit PW 24.0 High priority
55 Ngiwal PW 24.0 High priority
56 Aimeliik PW 24.0 High priority
57 Koror PW 24.0 High priority
58 Not Determined MH 24.0 High priority
59 Lee SC 24.0 High priority
60 Robeson NC 24.0 High priority
61 Rio Arriba NM 24.0 High priority
62 Mora NM 24.0 High priority
63 St. Louis City MO 24.0 High priority
64 Leake MS 24.0 High priority
65 Jones MS 24.0 High priority
66 Washington MS 24.0 High priority
67 Itawamba MS 24.0 High priority
68 Coahoma MS 24.0 High priority
69 Clarke MS 24.0 High priority
70 Wayne MI 24.0 High priority
71 Baltimore City MD 24.0 High priority
72 Crisp GA 24.0 High priority
73 Muscogee GA 24.0 High priority
74 DeKalb GA 24.0 High priority
75 Greene GA 24.0 High priority
76 Johnson GA 24.0 High priority
77 Glynn GA 24.0 High priority
78 Dougherty GA 24.0 High priority
79 Leon FL 24.0 High priority
80 Fulton GA 24.0 High priority
81 Stewart GA 24.0 High priority
82 Seminole GA 24.0 High priority
83 Early GA 24.0 High priority
84 Fresno CA 24.0 High priority
85 Jefferson AR 24.0 High priority
86 Jefferson AL 24.0 High priority
87 Laramie WY 23.0 High priority
88 Lincoln WV 23.0 High priority
89 Mercer WV 23.0 High priority
90 McDowell WV 23.0 High priority
91 Chuuk FM 23.0 High priority
92 Maricao PR 23.0 High priority
93 Vieques PR 23.0 High priority
94 Webster WV 23.0 High priority
95 Jim Hogg TX 23.0 High priority
96 Jefferson TX 23.0 High priority
97 Lake TN 23.0 High priority
98 Sioux ND 23.0 High priority
99 Cuyahoga OH 23.0 High priority
100 Guilford NC 23.0 High priority

HPSA scores range 0–25 for primary care (higher = greater need). Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. PlainHealthAccess is not affiliated with HRSA.

Download the HRSA shortage-designation extract cited on this page: hrsa-shortage-designations.csv or the JSON distribution (CC BY 4.0). Method notes live on /methodology and /data.

Every figure on PlainHealthAccess is rendered directly from HRSA source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This ranking sorts counties by primary-care HPSA score from the portal's source-vintaged HRSA snapshot (higher score = greater recorded need). It is not a care-quality or appointment-availability ranking. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, review the public data changelog, or report a data issue for this page.