IA · Healthcare shortage profile
Dickinson County, IA
Peak severity leads this reading: Dickinson County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 17,703.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 17,703
- Peak shortage score
- 15.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Dickinson 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
- 15
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Dickinson County, IA 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 Dickinson County's active designations would take about 1.7 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 1.7 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Dickinson 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 15.0 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.
Dickinson County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
10 Census ZCTAs intersect Dickinson County, between the 9 and 15 ZIP cuts across published counties: neither a postage-stamp footprint nor a metro-scale lattice.
Largest land-share ZCTAs
2 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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Dickinson 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. Dickinson County falls in the lower half of IA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 80 of 99. 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: 19059. Population: 17,703.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Dickinson 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 Dickinson County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer/ Spirit Lake Area | mental_health | 15.0 |
Light-burden reading for Dickinson County
Peak severity leads this reading: Dickinson County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dickinson County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 15.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Dickinson County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Dickinson 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.
Dickinson County falls in the lower half of IA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 80 of 99. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Dickinson County's mental score of 15.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 15.0 (severity lead on this page is “Spencer/ Spirit Lake Area”).
Mercer County, PA
15.0 mental score · 110,652 pop.
Georgetown County, SC
15.0 mental score · 63,404 pop.
Polk County, TX
15.0 mental score · 50,123 pop.
Ohio County, WV
15.0 mental score · 42,425 pop.
Clark County, WA
15.0 mental score · 503,311 pop.
Union County, NC
15.0 mental score · 238,267 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Dickinson County's peak score of 15.0?
- "Spencer/ Spirit Lake Area" leads the active set (score 15.0; mental health; 27,000 people in the service area; ~1.7 FTE still needed on the record; designated 05/28/2026). 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 Dickinson County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Dickinson County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Dickinson County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 1.7 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 19059. 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 19059 (Dickinson County, IA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 15.0; signature peak score 15.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.