AR · Healthcare shortage profile
Boone County, AR
Peak severity leads this reading: Boone County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 37,373.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 37,373
- Peak shortage score
- 15.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Boone County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 2 active HPSA designations, more than 10% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 2
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Dental shortages
- 15
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Boone County, AR on its own pages , computed from the retained designation mirror as of 2026-08-15. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Closing Boone County's active designations would take about 4.7 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 2.1 primary care, 2.6 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Boone County's 2 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 2).
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Peak HPSA score 15.0 sits below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line.
Below-17 designations still count as shortages for program geography, but they do not clear the high-priority NHSC placement threshold on this release.
Boone County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
10 Census ZCTAs intersect Boone County, between the 9 and 15 ZIP cuts across published counties: neither a postage-stamp footprint nor a metro-scale lattice.
Largest land-share ZCTAs
2 additional ZCTAs intersect this county in the crosswalk (ordered by land share).
Source: Census ZCTA–county relationship file joined to this portal's county FIPS set. As of 2026-08-15.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Boone County carries 2 active designations, above 10% of real US counties. None of those scores clear HRSA's high-priority line of 17 on this release, so the page leads with severity reading rather than a national distribution chart.
State peer position. Boone County falls in the lower half of AR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 67 of 75. Ties share a rank.
Computed from current designated HPSA rows for every five-digit county FIPS. See the placement methodology.
Healthcare shortage designations from HRSA. FIPS: 05009. Population: 37,373.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Boone County in the current HRSA release, federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
All 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Boone County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Low Income - Boone County | dental | 15.0 |
| LI-Boone County | primary_care | 13.0 |
Light-burden reading for Boone County
Peak severity leads this reading: Boone County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Boone County's deepest shortage reading, 15.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 13.0 of 25. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Boone County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Boone County carries 2 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 10% of counties). A light footprint still matters: a single high-score dental or mental-health record can open program geography even when the county total looks small next to heavy peers.
Boone County falls in the lower half of AR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 67 of 75. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Light-volume FTE gap for Boone County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Boone County's active designations: about 4.7 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Boone County's dental score of 15.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 15.0 (severity lead on this page is “Low Income - Boone County”).
Parker County, TX
15.0 dental score · 148,222 pop.
La Porte County, IN
15.0 dental score · 112,417 pop.
Dubuque County, IA
15.0 dental score · 99,266 pop.
Crawford County, PA
15.0 dental score · 83,938 pop.
Lonoke County, AR
15.0 dental score · 74,015 pop.
Richland County, SC
15.0 dental score · 416,147 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Boone County's peak score of 15.0?
- "Low Income - Boone County" leads the active set (score 15.0; dental; 3,800 people in the service area; ~2.6 FTE still needed on the record; designated 11/13/2013). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental.
- Why is Boone County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Boone County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- Which other active designations sit under Boone County's severity reading?
- After "Low Income - Boone County", the next active names on this release are "Low Income - Boone County" and "LI-Boone County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~4.7 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 05009. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) and BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_DH.csv (dental) — download the normalized export on our open data page. PlainHealthAccess is not affiliated with HRSA or any government agency.
HRSA Data Warehouse HPSA + MUA/P records for FIPS 05009 (Boone County, AR), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 15.0; signature peak score 15.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.