CO · Healthcare shortage profile
Park County, CO
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Park County's active designations would take about 18 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Population 17,390.
- Active HPSAs
- 3
- Population
- 17,390
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- MUA
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Park County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 3 active HPSA designations, more than 20% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 3
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Primary-care shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 80%
- US counties by volume
Based on HRSA primary/mental/dental shortage severity, Medically Underserved Area status, and estimated unmet provider need -- not patient outcomes, insurance access, facility quality, or wait times.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Park County, CO 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 Park County's active designations would take about 18 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 3 primary care, 13 mental health, 1.9 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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33.3% of Park County's 3 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 3).
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Peak HPSA score 16.0 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.
Park County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
12 Census ZCTAs intersect Park 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
4 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, Park County carries 3 active designations, above 20% 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. Park County falls in the lower half of CO counties by active-designation volume, at rank 39 of 64. 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: 08093. Population: 17,390.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
All 3 active (designated) HPSAs in Park County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Park County | primary_care | 16.0 |
| Park County | dental | 14.0 |
| Diversus Health Mhca | mental_health | 9.0 |
Light-burden reading for Park County
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Park County's active designations would take about 18 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Primary care is where Park County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 16.0 of 25, the county's highest severity reading and still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Mental health reads 9.0 of 25; Dental care reads 14.0 of 26. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, a separate HRSA designation from the HPSA records above.
Park County carries 3 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 20% 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.
Park County falls in the lower half of CO counties by active-designation volume, at rank 39 of 64. 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 Park County
Signature reading: HRSA providers_needed sums to about 18 FTE across Park County's active designations (once per HPSA id), a federal gap estimate, not practising headcount.
Counties with a matching designation count to Park County's 3
One peer set for this FTE-led county: nearest active designation count to 3 - the inventory behind the ~18 FTE published need.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Park County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Park County carries an MUA designation in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
- Where is the largest clinician FTE gap inside Park County?
- Id-de-duped providers_needed across active HPSAs totals ~18 FTE, with mental health the largest slice (13). "Park County" is the highest-scored active row (score 16.0; primary care; 7,000 people in the service area; ~3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 11/10/1999). This is HRSA's published gap, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
- Which named designations drive Park County's FTE reading?
- Active names on this release include "Park County", "Park County" and "Diversus Health MHCA". Discipline counts: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental across 3 designated rows.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 08093. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) , BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) 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 08093 (Park County, CO), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 3; peak score 16.0; signature 18 FTE gap. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.