GA · Healthcare shortage profile
Lamar County, GA
Peak severity leads this reading: Lamar County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 18,500.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 18,500
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- 60.0
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Lamar County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with dental the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Dental shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Few Census ZCTAs touch Lamar County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Lamar County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).
Intersecting ZCTA
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.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Lamar 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 Lamar County's active designations would take about 1.1 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 1.1 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Lamar County's 1 active designations are dental.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 1).
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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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Lamar 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. Lamar 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: 13171. Population: 18,500.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · dental care only on this FIPS. 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 Lamar County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI - Lamar County | dental | 16.0 |
Light-burden reading for Lamar County
Peak severity leads this reading: Lamar County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Lamar County's deepest shortage reading, 16.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 60.0, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Lamar 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.
Lamar 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 near Lamar County's dental score of 16.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI - Lamar County”).
Elko County, NV
16.0 dental score · 53,702 pop.
Stokes County, NC
16.0 dental score · 44,520 pop.
Clinton County, OH
16.0 dental score · 42,018 pop.
Randolph County, NC
16.0 dental score · 144,171 pop.
Lenawee County, MI
16.0 dental score · 99,423 pop.
Franklin County, NC
16.0 dental score · 68,573 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Lamar County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Lamar County carries an MUA designation (index 60.0; 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 Lamar County's peak score of 16.0?
- "LI - Lamar County" leads the active set (score 16.0; dental; 1,267 people in the service area; ~1.1 FTE still needed on the record; designated 04/20/2001). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 0 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental.
- What provider types does Lamar County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 0 mental health / 1 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 1.1 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 13171. This county’s designations come from 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 13171 (Lamar County, GA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.