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

Yes - Griggs County carries an MUA designation (index 55.6; 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 Griggs County's peak score of 15.0?

"COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER" leads the active set (score 15.0; primary care; 5,142 people in the service area; designated 08/18/2019). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 6 active rows: 2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental.

Which other active designations sit under Griggs County's severity reading?

After "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", the next active names on this release are "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER" and "Jamestown Mental Health Catchment Area". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~2.9 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Which federal pathways follow Griggs County's high-severity geography?

Griggs County's 6 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER".

Medically Underserved Area Designated · below priority line

ND · Healthcare shortage profile

Griggs County, ND

Peak severity leads this reading: Griggs County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 2,306.

Active HPSAs: 6
Population: 2,306
Peak shortage score: 15.0
MUA Index: 55.6

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Mid-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Griggs County holds a moderate federal shortage burden - 6 active HPSA designations, more than 54% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.

6
Active HPSA designations: 2
Primary-care shortages: 15
Peak severity score (of 26): Top 46%
US counties by volume

Key findings

What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Griggs County, ND 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 Griggs County's active designations would take about 2.9 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.7 primary care, 1.5 mental health, 0.8 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
33.3% of Griggs County's 6 active designations are primary care.

Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental (denominator 6).
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.

Griggs County's mid-pack ZIP footprint

10 Census ZCTAs intersect Griggs 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, Griggs County carries 6 active designations, above 54% 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. Griggs County falls in the upper quarter of ND counties by active-designation volume, at rank 11 of 53. 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: 38039. Population: 2,306.

Below high-priority line

Griggs County is designated, but no active score clears 17

6 active designations sit on this FIPS (2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental), and the peak severity is 15.0. That is a formal shortage footprint without HRSA's high-priority (≥17) tier, so NHSC placement geography is usually weaker here than on counties whose lead score clears the line.

Medically Underserved Area

MUA Designated

MUA Index: 55.6

Active HPSA scores

Primary Care 15.0

Mental Health 15.0

Dental 15.0

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 6 active (designated) HPSAs in Griggs County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name	Type	Score	Status	Pop. Served
Cooperstown Medical Center	primary_care	15.0	designated	5,142
Cooperstown Medical Center	mental_health	15.0	designated	6,693
Cooperstown Medical Center	dental	15.0	designated	6,693
Jamestown Mental Health Catchment Area	mental_health	14.0	designated	40,000
Griggs County	primary_care	13.0	designated	2,258
Griggs & Steele Counties	dental	13.0	designated	3,989

Moderate-burden reading for Griggs County

Peak severity leads this reading: Griggs County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Griggs County's shortage runs equally deep in primary care and mental health and dental care: both scored 15.0 by HRSA, 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 55.6, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.

Griggs County sits in the middle of the national designation-volume distribution (above 54% of counties) with 6 active records. That is enough for a formal shortage footprint without landing in the heaviest US tier. Compare the three discipline counts (2/2/2) before assuming every care category is equally short.

Griggs County falls in the upper quarter of ND counties by active-designation volume, at rank 11 of 53. For moderate counties, the useful move is usually a state peer check plus the score cards above, not a national superlative claim.

Mid-pack clinician FTE gap for Griggs County

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Griggs County's active designations: about 2.9 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

Mental health 1.5 FTE (51%) Dental 0.8 FTE (27%) Primary care 0.7 FTE (22%)

Counties near Griggs County's primary score of 15.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active primary HPSA score to 15.0 (severity lead on this page is “COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER”).

Fairbanks North Star County, AK

15.0 primary score · 95,655 pop.

Putnam County, TN

15.0 primary score · 79,854 pop.

Jefferson County, OH

15.0 primary score · 65,249 pop.

Clark County, WA

15.0 primary score · 503,311 pop.

Trumbull County, OH

15.0 primary score · 201,977 pop.

Citrus County, FL

15.0 primary score · 153,843 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Griggs County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?: Yes - Griggs County carries an MUA designation (index 55.6; 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 Griggs County's peak score of 15.0?: "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER" leads the active set (score 15.0; primary care; 5,142 people in the service area; designated 08/18/2019). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 6 active rows: 2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental.
Which other active designations sit under Griggs County's severity reading?: After "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", the next active names on this release are "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER", "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER" and "Jamestown Mental Health Catchment Area". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~2.9 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Which federal pathways follow Griggs County's high-severity geography?: Griggs County's 6 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER".

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 38039. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) , BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) and 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 38039 (Griggs County, ND), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 6; peak score 15.0; signature peak score 15.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.