IL · Healthcare shortage profile
Grundy County, IL
Peak severity leads this reading: Grundy County's highest active HPSA score is 11.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 52,533.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 52,533
- Peak shortage score
- 11.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Grundy 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
- 11
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Grundy County
Grundy County intersects 16 Census ZCTAs, above the 15-ZIP dense-tercile cut. Shortage designations still attach at the county (or smaller HPSA) grain; the ZIP list is geography, not a second severity score.
Largest land-share ZCTAs in this county
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 Grundy County, IL 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 Grundy County's active designations would take about 5.8 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 5.8 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Grundy 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 11.0 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, Grundy 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. Grundy County falls in the lower half of IL counties by active-designation volume, at rank 96 of 102. 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: 17063. Population: 52,533.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Grundy 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 Grundy County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI-Joliet Service Area Mhca | mental_health | 11.0 |
Light-burden reading for Grundy County
Peak severity leads this reading: Grundy County's highest active HPSA score is 11.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Grundy County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 11.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Grundy County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Grundy 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.
Grundy County falls in the lower half of IL counties by active-designation volume, at rank 96 of 102. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Grundy County's mental score of 11.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 11.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI-Joliet Service Area MHCA”).
Yabucoa County, PR
11.0 mental score · 30,426 pop.
Doddridge County, WV
11.0 mental score · 7,808 pop.
Delta County, TX
11.0 mental score · 5,230 pop.
Sherman County, TX
11.0 mental score · 2,782 pop.
Sheridan County, ND
11.0 mental score · 1,265 pop.
Fairfield County, CT
12.0 mental score · 957,419 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Grundy County's peak score of 11.0?
- "LI-Joliet Service Area MHCA" leads the active set (score 11.0; mental health; 98,416 people in the service area; ~5.8 FTE still needed on the record; designated 02/18/2026). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
- Why is Grundy County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Grundy County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Grundy County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 5.8 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 17063. 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 17063 (Grundy County, IL), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 11.0; signature peak score 11.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.