TX · Healthcare shortage profile
Yoakum County, TX
Peak severity leads this reading: Yoakum County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 7,694.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 7,694
- Peak shortage score
- 14.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Yoakum County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 2 active HPSA designations, more than 10% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.
- 2
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Mental-health shortages
- 14
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Few Census ZCTAs touch Yoakum County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Yoakum County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).
Intersecting ZCTA
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 Yoakum County, TX 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 Yoakum County's active designations would take about 0.9 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.4 mental health, 0.6 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Yoakum County's 2 active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 2).
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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, Yoakum County carries 2 active designations, above 10% 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. Yoakum County falls in the lower half of TX counties by active-designation volume, at rank 204 of 254. 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: 48501. Population: 7,694.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Yoakum 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 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Yoakum County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yoakum County | mental_health | 14.0 |
| Yoakum County | dental | 10.0 |
Light-burden reading for Yoakum County
Peak severity leads this reading: Yoakum County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Yoakum 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. Dental care reads 10.0 of 26. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Yoakum County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Yoakum County carries 2 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 10% 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.
Yoakum County falls in the lower half of TX counties by active-designation volume, at rank 204 of 254. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Light-volume FTE gap for Yoakum County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Yoakum County's active designations: about 0.9 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Yoakum County's mental score of 14.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 14.0 (severity lead on this page is “Yoakum County”).
Hood County, TX
14.0 mental score · 61,598 pop.
Jackson County, IN
14.0 mental score · 46,428 pop.
Preble County, OH
14.0 mental score · 40,999 pop.
Schoharie County, NY
14.0 mental score · 29,714 pop.
Lafayette County, LA
14.0 mental score · 241,753 pop.
Napa County, CA
14.0 mental score · 138,019 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Yoakum County's peak score of 14.0?
- "Yoakum County" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 7,543 people in the service area; ~0.4 FTE still needed on the record; designated 04/14/2000). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental.
- Why is Yoakum County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Yoakum County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- Which other active designations sit under Yoakum County's severity reading?
- After "Yoakum County", the next active names on this release are "Yoakum County" and "Yoakum County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~0.9 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 48501. This county’s designations come from 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 48501 (Yoakum County, TX), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 14.0; signature peak score 14.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.