Does Butts County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?

Yes - Butts County carries an MUA designation (index 56.5; lower = greater measured need) in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.

Which record sets Butts County's peak score of 12.0?

"Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison" leads the active set (score 12.0; mental health; 7,083 people in the service area; ~2 FTE still needed on the record; designated 02/22/2011). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.

Which other active designations sit under Butts County's severity reading?

After "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison", the next active names on this release are "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison" and "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~7 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Medically Underserved Area Designated · below priority line

GA · Healthcare shortage profile

Butts County, GA

Peak severity leads this reading: Butts County's highest active HPSA score is 12.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 25,434.

Active HPSAs: 2
Population: 25,434
Peak shortage score: 12.0
MUA Index: 56.5

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Light-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Butts 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.

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Active HPSA designations: 1
Mental-health shortages: 12
Peak severity score (of 26): Top 90%
US counties by volume

Few Census ZCTAs touch Butts County

The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Butts County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).

Intersecting ZCTA

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 Butts 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.

Closing Butts County's active designations would take about 7 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 4.9 primary care, 2 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
50% of Butts County's 2 active designations are primary care.

Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 2).
Peak HPSA score 12.0 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, Butts 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. Butts County falls in the upper half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 66 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: 13035. Population: 25,434.

Medically Underserved Area

MUA Designated

MUA Index: 56.5

Active HPSA scores

Primary Care 6.0

Mental Health 12.0

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 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Butts County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name	Type	Score	Status	Pop. Served
Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison	mental_health	12.0	designated	7,083
Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison	primary_care	6.0	designated	5,528

Light-burden reading for Butts County

Peak severity leads this reading: Butts County's highest active HPSA score is 12.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Butts County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 12.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 6.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 56.5, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.

Butts 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.

Butts County falls in the upper half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 66 of 159. 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 Butts County

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Butts County's active designations: about 7 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

Primary care 4.9 FTE (71%) Mental health 2 FTE (29%)

Counties near Butts County's mental score of 12.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 12.0 (severity lead on this page is “Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison”).

Saunders County, NE

12.0 mental score · 22,278 pop.

Fairfield County, CT

12.0 mental score · 957,419 pop.

York County, PA

12.0 mental score · 456,438 pop.

Olmsted County, MN

12.0 mental score · 162,847 pop.

Burleigh County, ND

12.0 mental score · 98,458 pop.

San Patricio County, TX

12.0 mental score · 68,755 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Butts County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?: Yes - Butts County carries an MUA designation (index 56.5; lower = greater measured need) in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
Which record sets Butts County's peak score of 12.0?: "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison" leads the active set (score 12.0; mental health; 7,083 people in the service area; ~2 FTE still needed on the record; designated 02/22/2011). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
Which other active designations sit under Butts County's severity reading?: After "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison", the next active names on this release are "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison" and "Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~7 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 13035. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) and 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 13035 (Butts County, GA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 12.0; signature peak score 12.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.