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Look up a state or county to see its federal healthcare-shortage status. According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Data Warehouse, 7,680 primary-care Health Professional Shortage Areas were active as of August 2026, spread across 2,935 counties. Every figure on this site is rendered directly from that federal data; if you are not sure where to start, the guides explain how HPSA and Medically Underserved Area designations work, and the methodology documents how each number is computed.