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

Yes - Camas County carries an MUA designation (index 58.0; 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 Camas County's peak score of 14.0?

"District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 138,000 people in the service area; ~5.8 FTE still needed on the record; designated 08/06/2021). 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.

Medically Underserved Area Designated · below priority line

ID · Healthcare shortage profile

Camas County, ID

Peak severity leads this reading: Camas County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 1,077.

Active HPSAs: 2
Population: 1,077
Peak shortage score: 14.0
MUA Index: 58.0

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Light-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Camas 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: 14
Peak severity score (of 26): Top 90%
US counties by volume

Few Census ZCTAs touch Camas County

The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Camas 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 Camas County, ID 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 Camas County's active designations would take about 6.2 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.3 primary care, 5.8 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
50% of Camas 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 14.0 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, Camas 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. Camas County falls in the lower half of ID counties by active-designation volume, at rank 41 of 44. 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: 16025. Population: 1,077.

Medically Underserved Area

MUA Designated

MUA Index: 58.0

Active HPSA scores

Primary Care 8.0

Mental Health 14.0

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 Camas County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name	Type	Score	Status	Pop. Served
District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area	mental_health	14.0	designated	138,000
Camas County	primary_care	8.0	designated	1,155

Light-burden reading for Camas County

Peak severity leads this reading: Camas County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Camas County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 14.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 8.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 58.0, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.

Camas 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.

Camas County falls in the lower half of ID counties by active-designation volume, at rank 41 of 44. 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 Camas County

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Camas County's active designations: about 6.2 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

Mental health 5.8 FTE (95%) Primary care 0.3 FTE (5%)

Counties near Camas County's mental score of 14.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 14.0 (severity lead on this page is “District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area”).

Knox County, ME

14.0 mental score · 40,607 pop.

Morris County, NJ

14.0 mental score · 509,285 pop.

Bayamon County, PR

14.0 mental score · 185,187 pop.

Lowndes County, GA

14.0 mental score · 118,251 pop.

Boone County, IN

14.0 mental score · 70,812 pop.

Eagle County, CO

14.0 mental score · 55,731 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Camas County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?: Yes - Camas County carries an MUA designation (index 58.0; 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 Camas County's peak score of 14.0?: "District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 138,000 people in the service area; ~5.8 FTE still needed on the record; designated 08/06/2021). 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 Camas County's severity reading?: After "District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area", the next active names on this release are "District 5 - South Central Mental Health Catchment Area" and "Camas County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~6.2 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 16025. 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 16025 (Camas County, ID), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 14.0; signature peak score 14.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.