HRSA Counties Indexed
62
with HPSA / MUA coverage
Medically underserved areas & HPSA profile
Medically Underserved Areas in New York
132 Medically Underserved Areas and 560 active HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area designations across New York.
- MUAs
- 132
- Total HPSAs
- 560
- Primary care
- 193
- Mental health
- 202
- Dental
- 165
Lowest-density verdict
Relative to other states and territories, New York is in the lowest-density quarter for active designations per resident. Current HRSA Data Warehouse records show 560 designations across 62 counties; New York County has the largest county count at 65; about 0.6% of residents live in a geographic shortage county.
- 560
- Active HPSA designations
- 193
- Primary-care shortages
- 132
- Medically underserved areas
- 0.6%
- Residents in a shortage county
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for New York on its own pages , computed from the retained designation mirror as of 2026-08-03. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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New York County holds 11.6% of New York's 560 active designations (65 of 560).
57 of 62 counties in this profile carry at least one active record; the remainder are zero-active on this release.
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36.1% of New York's active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from state aggregates: 193 primary care, 202 mental health, 165 dental (denominator 560).
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Closing New York's active designations would take about 1825 additional clinician FTEs, led by primary care.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id across the state: 995 primary care, 242 mental health, 588 dental. Federal gap estimate, not a practising-clinician headcount.
Corpus placement
Where New York sits among all 56 states and territories
New York carries 560 active HPSA designations for a population of 20,201,249, which is 2.8 per 100,000 residents, ranking it 53 of 56 and above 5% of states and territories, against a median of 7.3.
5 of those are county-wide geographic designations; the remainder are facility-, population- or clinic-based, which is why the county map and the designation count answer different questions.
Designation density tracks rural geography as much as unmet need: AK records 134.7 designations per 100,000 residents and NJ 1.5, because a sparsely-settled state accumulates more separate designations to cover the same population. Designations also overlap, so this counts designations, not people. Counted as distinct HRSA designation IDs, the same unit as the totals above. Computed from the designation records and county populations behind this page; states without county population data are given no placement rather than an estimated one.
Medically Underserved Areas
132
Residents in Geographic Shortage Areas
119,757
% Residents in Geographic Shortage
0.6%
Discipline Mix
193 / 202 / 165 PC/MH/D
Primary care · Mental health · Dental
% Residents in Geographic Shortage-Designated Counties 0.6%
New York HPSA Counties by Care Type
County lists for the three HRSA shortage disciplines searchers ask for by name (dental, primary care, mental health). Counts are live designated-HPSA records in this release, not provider headcounts.
Dental HPSA counties in New York
50 counties with at least one active dental designation ; led by New York (21). Full list (designation count in parentheses): New York (21) , Kings (17) , Bronx (15) , Franklin (8) , Monroe (7) , Erie (5) , Jefferson (5) , Allegany (4) , Onondaga (4) , Queens (4) , Seneca (4) , St. Lawrence (4) , Cattaraugus (3) , Chautauqua (3) , Herkimer (3) , Lewis (3) , Madison (3) , Oneida (3) , Orange (3) , Richmond (3) ; plus 30 more in the table below.
Primary-care HPSA counties in New York
57 counties with at least one active primary-care designation ; led by Kings (23). Full list: Kings (23) , New York (22) , Bronx (15) , Queens (10) , Monroe (8) , Franklin (7) , Erie (6) , Allegany (5) , Jefferson (5) , Oneida (4) , Onondaga (4) , Orange (4) , Seneca (4) , Westchester (4) , Yates (4) , Cattaraugus (3) , Chautauqua (3) , Herkimer (3) , Lewis (3) , Madison (3) ; plus 37 more in the table below.
Mental-health HPSA counties in New York
55 counties with at least one active mental-health designation ; led by New York (22). Full list: New York (22) , Kings (18) , Bronx (15) , Franklin (10) , Monroe (9) , Queens (7) , Erie (6) , Jefferson (6) , Allegany (5) , Oneida (5) , Orange (5) , St. Lawrence (5) , Westchester (5) , Onondaga (4) , Seneca (4) , Ulster (4) , Yates (4) , Cattaraugus (3) , Cayuga (3) , Chautauqua (3) ; plus 35 more in the table below.
All counties in New York, by total shortage volume
The 40 counties with the most active HPSA designations, of 62 in New York. Columns split primary care, mental health, and dental.
| # | County | Designations | Primary Care | Mental Health | Dental | MUA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 65 | 22 | 22 | 21 | MUA |
| 2 | Kings | 58 | 23 | 18 | 17 | MUA |
| 3 | Bronx | 45 | 15 | 15 | 15 | MUA |
| 4 | Franklin | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | MUA |
| 5 | Monroe | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | MUA |
| 6 | Queens | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | MUA |
| 7 | Erie | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | MUA |
| 8 | Jefferson | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | MUA |
| 9 | Allegany | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | MUA |
| 10 | Oneida | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | MUA |
| 11 | Onondaga | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | MUA |
| 12 | Orange | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | MUA |
| 13 | Seneca | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | MUA |
| 14 | St. Lawrence | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | MUA |
| 15 | Westchester | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | MUA |
| 16 | Yates | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 17 | Cattaraugus | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 18 | Chautauqua | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 19 | Herkimer | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 20 | Lewis | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 21 | Madison | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 22 | Richmond | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 23 | Steuben | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 24 | Cayuga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 25 | Orleans | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 26 | Greene | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | MUA |
| 27 | Oswego | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 28 | Rockland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 29 | Schenectady | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 30 | Ulster | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | MUA |
| 31 | Chemung | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 32 | Cortland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 33 | Essex | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 34 | Niagara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 35 | Warren | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 36 | Genesee | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 37 | Wyoming | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | MUA |
| 38 | Albany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | MUA |
| 39 | Broome | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | MUA |
| 40 | Chenango | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Medically Underserved Areas in New York
New York carries 132 medically underserved designations covering 50 of the 62 New York counties on record here: 112 designated as an underserved area and 20 as an underserved population within an otherwise adequately served area. A lower Index of Medical Underservice (IMU) means greater measured need.
- 1 Nassau Governor Service Area 0.0
- 2 Med Elig/Med Ind/Hisp - Port Chester 0.0
- 3 Decatur Town Governor Service Area 0.0
- 4 Med Elig/Med Ind/Hispanic - Beacon Service Area 0.0
- 5 Hudson Headwaters Pcaa (5008) 0.0
- 6 Low Inc - Mount Kisco 0.0
- 7 Low Inc - East Central Essex Service 0.0
- 8 Westchester Service Area 41.2
- 9 Albany Service Area 42.5
- 10 Bedford-Stuyvesant Service Area 44.5
The 10 lowest-IMU designations on record for New York, from the HRSA shortage-designation file. IMU scores the service area, not any individual practice or hospital.
Lowest-density reading for New York
Relative to other states and territories, New York is in the lowest-density quarter (560 active designations). A low state total is not evidence that local access is adequate everywhere: facility and population-group designations can still open NHSC or FQHC geography inside individual counties.
Inspect the 62 indexed counties on this page before treating today's low state rank as a settled access verdict. About 0.6% of residents live in a geographic shortage county.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Medically Underserved Areas are in New York? ▼
New York has 132 Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). About 119,757 residents (0.6% of the state) live in a county with a geographic HRSA shortage designation. MUA-designated areas qualify for enhanced federal funding and Community Health Center grants.
Which counties in New York have dental HPSA designations? ▼
50 New York counties carry at least one active dental Health Professional Shortage Area in the current HRSA release: New York (21), Kings (17), Bronx (15), Franklin (8), Monroe (7), Erie (5), Jefferson (5), Allegany (4), Onondaga (4), Queens (4), Seneca (4), St. Lawrence (4), Cattaraugus (3), Chautauqua (3), Herkimer (3), Lewis (3), Madison (3), Oneida (3), Orange (3), Richmond (3); plus 30 more on the table below. Counts are designated dental HPSA records per county, not a dentist headcount.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse Not affiliated with HRSA
Choose the next comparison
Use New York's designation totals as a starting point, then move to the comparison that answers the next decision without treating a shortage designation as a personal care outcome.
- Compare New York's primary-care shortage record with every other state before drawing conclusions from a raw total; population and geography affect designation counts. Compare states
- New York County has the most active HPSA designations in this state profile. Open its county record to inspect the local primary-care, mental-health, and dental breakdown. Open county profile
- Use the national statistics reference for the source vintage, aggregate context, and methodology behind these state-level figures. Read national context
HRSA designations describe structural provider-shortage criteria and federal-program eligibility. They do not measure appointment availability, insurance coverage, care quality, or an individual patient’s access to care.
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Every figure on PlainHealthAccess is rendered directly from HRSA source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates every county-level HPSA and MUA designation on record for New York (NY) and ranks the state's per-capita designation density among all states and territories. Designations describe federal shortage criteria, not appointment availability or care quality for any person. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, review the public data changelog, or report a data issue for this page. Data current as of 2026.