GA · Healthcare shortage profile
Barrow County, GA
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Barrow County's active designations would take about 13 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Population 83,505.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 83,505
- Peak shortage score
- 8.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Barrow County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Mental-health shortages
- 8
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- 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.
Few Census ZCTAs touch Barrow County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 8 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Barrow County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).
Intersecting ZCTA
3 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.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Barrow County, GA 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 Barrow County's active designations would take about 13 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 13 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Barrow County's 1 active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 1).
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Peak HPSA score 8.0 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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Barrow County carries 1 active designation, above 2% 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. Barrow County falls in the lower half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 102 of 159. 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: 13013. Population: 83,505.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Barrow 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 1 active (designated) HPSAs in Barrow County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mhca 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems | mental_health | 8.0 |
Light-burden reading for Barrow County
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Barrow County's active designations would take about 13 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Barrow County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 8.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Barrow County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Barrow County carries 1 active designation and sits below the national mid-pack (above 2% 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.
Barrow County falls in the lower half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 102 of 159. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties with a matching designation count to Barrow County's 1
One peer set for this FTE-led county: nearest active designation count to 1 - the inventory behind the ~13 FTE published need.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Where is the largest clinician FTE gap inside Barrow County?
- Id-de-duped providers_needed across active HPSAs totals ~13 FTE, with mental health the largest slice (13). "MHCA 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems" is the highest-scored active row (score 8.0; mental health; 453,000 people in the service area; ~13 FTE still needed on the record; designated 07/21/2017). This is HRSA's published gap, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
- Why is Barrow County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Barrow County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- Which named designations drive Barrow County's FTE reading?
- Active names on this release include "MHCA 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems". Discipline counts: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental across 1 designated rows.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 13013. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) — 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 13013 (Barrow County, GA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 8.0; signature 13 FTE gap. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.