VA · Healthcare shortage profile
Falls Church City County, VA
Peak severity leads this reading: Falls Church City County's highest active HPSA score is 7.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 14,658.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 14,658
- Peak shortage score
- 7.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Falls Church City 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
- 7
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Few Census ZCTAs touch Falls Church City County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Falls Church City 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 Falls Church City County, VA 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 Falls Church City County's active designations would take about 2.5 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 2.5 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Falls Church City 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 7.0 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, Falls Church City 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. Falls Church City County falls in the lower half of VA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 120 of 133. 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: 51610. Population: 14,658.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Falls Church City 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 Falls Church City County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ME - Fairfax/Falls Church Mhca | mental_health | 7.0 |
Light-burden reading for Falls Church City County
Peak severity leads this reading: Falls Church City County's highest active HPSA score is 7.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Falls Church City County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 7.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Falls Church City County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Falls Church City 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.
Falls Church City County falls in the lower half of VA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 120 of 133. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Falls Church City County's mental score of 7.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 7.0 (severity lead on this page is “ME - Fairfax/Falls Church MHCA”).
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Falls Church City County's peak score of 7.0?
- "ME - Fairfax/Falls Church MHCA" leads the active set (score 7.0; mental health; 86,752 people in the service area; ~2.5 FTE still needed on the record; designated 06/02/2023). 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 Falls Church City County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Falls Church City County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Falls Church City County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 2.5 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 51610. 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 51610 (Falls Church City County, VA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 7.0; signature peak score 7.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.