PA · Healthcare shortage profile
Montour County, PA
Peak severity leads this reading: Montour County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 18,136.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 18,136
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Montour County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with dental the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Dental shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Montour County, PA 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 Montour County's active designations would take about 5.5 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 5.5 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Montour County's 1 active designations are dental.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 1).
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Peak HPSA score 16.0 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.
Montour County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
10 Census ZCTAs intersect Montour 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, Montour 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. Montour County falls in the lower half of PA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 of 67. 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: 42093. Population: 18,136.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · dental care only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Montour 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 Montour County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI- Northumberland/Montour | dental | 16.0 |
Light-burden reading for Montour County
Peak severity leads this reading: Montour County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Montour County's deepest shortage reading, 16.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Montour County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Montour 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.
Montour County falls in the lower half of PA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 of 67. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Montour County's dental score of 16.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI- Northumberland/Montour”).
Orange County, TX
16.0 dental score · 84,808 pop.
Haywood County, NC
16.0 dental score · 62,089 pop.
Campbell County, VA
16.0 dental score · 55,696 pop.
Caldwell County, TX
16.0 dental score · 45,883 pop.
Vance County, NC
16.0 dental score · 42,578 pop.
Iredell County, NC
16.0 dental score · 186,693 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Montour County's peak score of 16.0?
- "LI- Northumberland/Montour" leads the active set (score 16.0; dental; 11,464 people in the service area; ~5.5 FTE still needed on the record; designated 10/22/2000). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 0 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental.
- Why is Montour County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Montour County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Montour County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 0 mental health / 1 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 5.5 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 42093. This county’s designations come from 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 42093 (Montour County, PA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.