HRSA Counties Indexed
105
with HPSA / MUA coverage
Medically underserved areas & HPSA profile
Medically Underserved Areas in Kansas
106 Medically Underserved Areas and 395 active HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area designations across Kansas.
- MUAs
- 106
- Total HPSAs
- 395
- Primary care
- 156
- Mental health
- 115
- Dental
- 124
Upper-middle density verdict
Within HRSA's current state and territory corpus, Kansas occupies the upper-middle density quarter. The Data Warehouse counts 395 active shortage designations across 105 counties; Sedgwick County has the largest county count at 26; about 30.8% of residents live in a geographic shortage county.
- 395
- Active HPSA designations
- 156
- Primary-care shortages
- 106
- Medically underserved areas
- 30.8%
- Residents in a shortage county
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Kansas 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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Sedgwick County holds 6.6% of Kansas's 395 active designations (26 of 395).
104 of 105 counties in this profile carry at least one active record; the remainder are zero-active on this release.
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39.5% of Kansas's active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from state aggregates: 156 primary care, 115 mental health, 124 dental (denominator 395).
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Closing Kansas's active designations would take about 206 additional clinician FTEs, led by primary care.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id across the state: 118 primary care, 49 mental health, 39 dental. Federal gap estimate, not a practising-clinician headcount.
Corpus placement
Where Kansas sits among all 56 states and territories
Kansas carries 395 active HPSA designations for a population of 2,937,880, which is 13.4 per 100,000 residents, ranking it 15 of 56 and above 73% of states and territories, against a median of 7.3.
34 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.
Snapshot comparison
Change since the previous HRSA snapshot
Between Jun 2, 2026 and Jul 25, 2026, the number of active stable HPSA IDs recorded for Kansas changed from 365 to 395 (+30).
- IDs added
- 10
- IDs absent now
- 0
- Newly designated
- 20
- No longer designated
- 0
Among IDs present in both snapshots, scores rose for 7 and fell for 10; recorded providers needed rose for 8 and fell for 12. These are changes in published designation records, not evidence of cause, care quality, or patient outcomes. See the national comparison and limitations.
Medically Underserved Areas
106
Residents in Geographic Shortage Areas
903,701
% Residents in Geographic Shortage
30.8%
Discipline Mix
156 / 115 / 124 PC/MH/D
Primary care · Mental health · Dental
% Residents in Geographic Shortage-Designated Counties 30.8%
Kansas Shortage Designations by Care Type
How Kansas's 395 active HRSA designations split across the three provider categories. According to KFF's May 2026 tracker, Kansas has not adopted ACA Medicaid expansion. That policy context does not measure provider supply, appointment availability, or care quality.
Kansas HPSA designations by type
Active Health Professional Shortage Area designations, by provider category.
- Primary care
Primary care
156 designations
- Dental
Dental
124 designations
- Mental health
Mental health
115 designations
Kansas 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 Kansas
63 counties with at least one active dental designation ; led by Montgomery (8). Full list (designation count in parentheses): Montgomery (8) , Sedgwick (8) , Neosho (5) , Cowley (4) , Labette (4) , Barber (3) , Chautauqua (3) , Douglas (3) , Harper (3) , Jackson (3) , Lyon (3) , Meade (3) , Allen (2) , Anderson (2) , Atchison (2) , Barton (2) , Brown (2) , Cheyenne (2) , Clark (2) , Cloud (2) ; plus 43 more in the table below.
Primary-care HPSA counties in Kansas
79 counties with at least one active primary-care designation ; led by Sedgwick (9). Full list: Sedgwick (9) , Montgomery (8) , Neosho (6) , Cowley (5) , Barber (3) , Brown (3) , Chautauqua (3) , Cheyenne (3) , Douglas (3) , Elk (3) , Ellis (3) , Harper (3) , Jackson (3) , Labette (3) , Lyon (3) , Meade (3) , Wyandotte (3) , Allen (2) , Anderson (2) , Atchison (2) ; plus 59 more in the table below.
Mental-health HPSA counties in Kansas
101 counties with at least one active mental-health designation ; led by Sedgwick (9). Full list: Sedgwick (9) , Montgomery (8) , Neosho (6) , Cowley (5) , Jackson (4) , Labette (4) , Meade (4) , Barber (3) , Brown (3) , Chautauqua (3) , Cheyenne (3) , Elk (3) , Ellis (3) , Harper (3) , Lyon (3) , Morton (3) , Pottawatomie (3) , Allen (2) , Anderson (2) , Barton (2) ; plus 81 more in the table below.
All counties in Kansas, by total shortage volume
The 40 counties with the most active HPSA designations, of 105 in Kansas. Columns split primary care, mental health, and dental.
| # | County | Designations | Primary Care | Mental Health | Dental | MUA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sedgwick | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | MUA |
| 2 | Montgomery | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | MUA |
| 3 | Neosho | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | MUA |
| 4 | Cowley | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | MUA |
| 5 | Labette | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | MUA |
| 6 | Jackson | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | MUA |
| 7 | Meade | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | MUA |
| 8 | Barber | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 9 | Chautauqua | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 10 | Harper | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 11 | Lyon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | MUA |
| 12 | Brown | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 13 | Cheyenne | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 14 | Douglas | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | MUA |
| 15 | Elk | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 16 | Ellis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 17 | Morton | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | MUA |
| 18 | Pottawatomie | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 19 | Wyandotte | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 20 | Allen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 21 | Anderson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 22 | Barton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 23 | Cloud | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 24 | Crawford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 25 | Ford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 26 | Geary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 27 | Morris | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 28 | Pratt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 29 | Reno | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 30 | Russell | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 31 | Wilson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 32 | Atchison | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | MUA |
| 33 | Clark | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 34 | Edwards | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 35 | Grant | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 36 | Greenwood | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 37 | Ness | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | MUA |
| 38 | Osborne | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 39 | Phillips | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
| 40 | Rawlins | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | MUA |
Medically Underserved Areas in Kansas
Showing 30 of 106 MUA designations (lowest MUA Index first, i.e. most underserved).
| Name | MUA Index |
|---|---|
| Low Inc - Harvey County | 0.0 |
| Township No. 5 - County | 0.0 |
| Caldwell City - County | 0.0 |
| Council Grove Service Area | 0.0 |
| Deerfield Service Area | 0.0 |
| Marion Service Area | 0.0 |
| Low Inc - Garden City Service Area | 0.0 |
| Woodson Service Area | 38.0 |
| Elk County | 40.2 |
| Washington Service Area | 41.9 |
| Republic County | 42.6 |
| Low Inc - Decatur | 43.1 |
| Low Inc - Gove | 45.1 |
| Jewell | 45.6 |
| Low Inc - Emporia City Service Area | 46.5 |
| Low Inc - Lawrence City Service Area | 47.6 |
| Low Inc - Hutchinson City Service Are | 47.9 |
| Butler Service Area | 48.6 |
| Gray Service Area | 48.6 |
| Lincoln County | 49.2 |
| Fowler Service Area | 49.7 |
| Low Inc - Russell | 50.0 |
| Low Inc - Brown County | 50.3 |
| Low Inc - Marion | 50.7 |
| Sedwick Service Area | 50.9 |
| Low Inc - Scott | 51.0 |
| Northeast Crawford | 51.1 |
| Pawnee County | 51.2 |
| Jefferson Service Area | 51.2 |
| Low Income - Cheyenne County | 51.4 |
Upper-middle density reading for Kansas
Kansas carries 395 active HPSA designations with 106 Medically Underserved Areas, enough for a formal shortage footprint without landing in the densest US tier. Compare the three discipline counts (156/115/124) before assuming every care category is equally short.
Geographic shortage counties cover about 30.8% of residents. That coverage signal routes federal recruitment dollars; it is not a service-denial verdict for any one household.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Medically Underserved Areas are in Kansas? ▼
Kansas has 106 Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). About 903,701 residents (30.8% 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 Kansas have dental HPSA designations? ▼
63 Kansas counties carry at least one active dental Health Professional Shortage Area in the current HRSA release: Montgomery (8), Sedgwick (8), Neosho (5), Cowley (4), Labette (4), Barber (3), Chautauqua (3), Douglas (3), Harper (3), Jackson (3), Lyon (3), Meade (3), Allen (2), Anderson (2), Atchison (2), Barton (2), Brown (2), Cheyenne (2), Clark (2), Cloud (2); plus 43 more on the table below. Counts are designated dental HPSA records per county, not a dentist headcount.
Are there doctor shortages in Kansas? ▼
Yes. Kansas has 395 Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), including 156 in primary care, 115 in mental health, and 124 in dental care. About 30.8% of Kansas residents live in a county that HRSA has designated as a geographic (whole-community) shortage area; additional residents are covered by population-group and facility designations counted separately.
What are HPSAs? ▼
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are federal designations by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) identifying communities with insufficient healthcare providers. HPSAs are categorized into three types: primary care, mental health, and dental. In Kansas, there are 395 designated HPSAs and 106 Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs).
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse Not affiliated with HRSA
Choose the next comparison
Use Kansas'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 Kansas's primary-care shortage record with every other state before drawing conclusions from a raw total; population and geography affect designation counts. Compare states
- Sedgwick 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 Kansas (KS) 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.