PR · Healthcare shortage profile
Fajardo County, PR
Peak severity leads this reading: Fajardo County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 32,124.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 32,124
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Fajardo 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
Few Census ZCTAs touch Fajardo County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Fajardo 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 Fajardo County, PR 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 Fajardo County's active designations would take about 0 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Fajardo 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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Fajardo 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. Fajardo County falls in the lower half of PR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 68 of 78. 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: 72053. Population: 32,124.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · dental care only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Fajardo 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 Fajardo County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI - Fajardo Municipio | dental | 16.0 |
Light-burden reading for Fajardo County
Peak severity leads this reading: Fajardo County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Fajardo 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 Fajardo County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Fajardo 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.
Fajardo County falls in the lower half of PR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 68 of 78. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Fajardo 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 - Fajardo Municipio”).
Somerset County, NJ
16.0 dental score · 345,361 pop.
Schuylkill County, PA
16.0 dental score · 143,049 pop.
Fairbanks North Star County, AK
16.0 dental score · 95,655 pop.
Starr County, TX
16.0 dental score · 65,920 pop.
Blount County, AL
16.0 dental score · 59,134 pop.
Tioga County, NY
16.0 dental score · 48,455 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Fajardo County's peak score of 16.0?
- "LI - Fajardo Municipio" leads the active set (score 16.0; dental; 23,082 people in the service area; ~0 FTE still needed on the record; designated 11/07/2023). 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 Fajardo County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Fajardo County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Fajardo County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 0 mental health / 1 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 0 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 72053. 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 72053 (Fajardo County, PR), 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.