HRSA Counties Indexed
4
with HPSA / MUA coverage
Medically underserved areas & HPSA profile
Medically Underserved Areas in Federated States of Micronesia
4 Medically Underserved Areas and 24 active HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area designations across Federated States of Micronesia.
- MUAs
- 4
- Total HPSAs
- 24
- Primary care
- 8
- Mental health
- 8
- Dental
- 8
The verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Federated States of Micronesia carries 24 active shortage designations across 4 counties; Chuuk County has the largest county count at 6. About 0.0% of residents live in a geographic shortage county.
- 24
- Active HPSA designations
- 8
- Primary-care shortages
- 4
- Medically underserved areas
- 0.0%
- Residents in a shortage county
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Federated States of Micronesia 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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33.3% of Federated States of Micronesia's active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from state aggregates: 8 primary care, 8 mental health, 8 dental (denominator 24).
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Chuuk County holds 25% of Federated States of Micronesia's 24 active designations (6 of 24).
4 of 4 counties in this profile carry at least one active record; the remainder are zero-active on this release.
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Closing Federated States of Micronesia's active designations would take about 73 additional clinician FTEs, led by primary care.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id across the state: 33 primary care, 17 mental health, 23 dental. Federal gap estimate, not a practising-clinician headcount.
HRSA state registry desk
Federated States of Micronesia designation file stamps
- HPSA-VOL
- 24
- MUA-COUNT
- 4
- PC/MH/DH
- 8/8/8
- DENSITY
- UNRANKED
- BOOK
- 4 counties
Lead discipline: primary-care. Photo-finish peer: District of Columbia (31HPSAs).
Medically Underserved Areas
4
Residents in Geographic Shortage Areas
0
% Residents in Geographic Shortage
0.0%
Discipline Mix
8 / 8 / 8 PC/MH/D
Primary care · Mental health · Dental
% Residents in Geographic Shortage-Designated Counties 0.0%
Federated States of Micronesia Shortage Designations by Care Type
How Federated States of Micronesia's 24 active HRSA designations split across the three provider categories. According to KFF's May 2026 tracker, Federated States of Micronesia has not adopted ACA Medicaid expansion. That policy context does not measure provider supply, appointment availability, or care quality.
Federated States of Micronesia HPSA designations by type
Active Health Professional Shortage Area designations, by provider category.
- Primary care
Primary care
8 designations
- Mental health
Mental health
8 designations
- Dental
Dental
8 designations
Federated States of Micronesia 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 Federated States of Micronesia
4 counties with at least one active dental designation ; led by Chuuk (2). Full list (designation count in parentheses): Chuuk (2) , Kosrae (2) , Pohnpei (2) , Yap (2) .
All counties in Federated States of Micronesia, by total shortage volume
All 4Federated States of Micronesia counties, ranked by active HPSA designations across primary care, mental health, and dental. On a narrow screen, this list keeps each county’s total and MUA status visible; the care-type split is available on wider screens.
Medically Underserved Areas in Federated States of Micronesia
All 4 MUA designations in Federated States of Micronesia, lowest MUA Index first.
| Name | MUA Index |
|---|---|
| Kosrae State | 24.6 |
| Chuuk State | 29.9 |
| Yap State | 34.5 |
| Pohnpei State | 46.3 |
Lowest-density reading for Federated States of Micronesia
Relative to other states and territories, Federated States of Micronesia is in the lowest-density quarter (24 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 4 indexed counties on this page before treating today's low state rank as a settled access verdict. About 0.0% of residents live in a geographic shortage county.
Nationwide states with similar HRSA shortage footprints
Two peer sets for Federated States of Micronesia: total active HPSA designations and Medically Underserved Area counts, ranked against every other state and territory.
Similar designation volume
Nearest total HPSA count (24 active here).
Similar MUA inventory
Nearest MUA count (4 here).
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Medically Underserved Areas are in Federated States of Micronesia? ▼
Federated States of Micronesia has 4 Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). About 0 residents (0.0% 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 Federated States of Micronesia have dental HPSA designations? ▼
4 Federated States of Micronesia counties carry at least one active dental Health Professional Shortage Area in the current HRSA release: Chuuk (2), Kosrae (2), Pohnpei (2), Yap (2). 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 Federated States of Micronesia'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 Federated States of Micronesia's primary-care shortage record with every other state before drawing conclusions from a raw total; population and geography affect designation counts. Compare states
- Chuuk 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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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 Federated States of Micronesia (FM) 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.