IN · Healthcare shortage profile
Hancock County, IN
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Hancock County's active designations would take about 18 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Population 79,840.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 79,840
- Peak shortage score
- 14.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Hancock 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
- 14
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Hancock County
Hancock 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 Hancock County, IN 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 Hancock County's active designations would take about 18 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 18 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Hancock 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 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, Hancock 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. Hancock County falls in the lower half of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 73 of 92. 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: 18059. Population: 79,840.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Hancock 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 Hancock County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI - Central Indiana MHCAs | mental_health | 14.0 |
Light-burden reading for Hancock County
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Hancock County's active designations would take about 18 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Hancock 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. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Hancock County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Hancock 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.
Hancock County falls in the lower half of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 73 of 92. 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 Hancock County's 1
One peer set for this FTE-led county: nearest active designation count to 1 - the inventory behind the ~18 FTE published need.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Where is the largest clinician FTE gap inside Hancock County?
- Id-de-duped providers_needed across active HPSAs totals ~18 FTE, with mental health the largest slice (18). "LI - Central Indiana MHCAs" is the highest-scored active row (score 14.0; mental health; 241,302 people in the service area; ~18 FTE still needed on the record; designated 11/19/2019). This is HRSA's published gap, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
- Why is Hancock County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Hancock County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- Which named designations drive Hancock County's FTE reading?
- Active names on this release include "LI - Central Indiana MHCAs". Discipline counts: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental across 1 designated rows.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 18059. 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 18059 (Hancock County, IN), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 14.0; signature 18 FTE gap. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.