Healthcare Shortage Areas by State

HPSA and MUA designations for all 56 states. Click a state to see county-level detail. Data source: HRSA, refreshed each quarter (current data: Q1 2026). According to HRSA, a county can be designated for primary care, dental, or mental health shortages independently. See our methodology for how we compile these designations.

Coverage: complete — all 50 states and the District of Columbia, drawn from the national HRSA Data Warehouse. No state is sampled or omitted.

State	Total HPSAs	Primary Care	Mental Health	Dental	MUAs	% Pop. in Shortage
Alabama AL	245	102	56	87	99	16.9%
Alaska AK	975	326	329	320	30	27.8%
American Samoa AS	6	2	2	2	4	34.3%
Arizona AZ	622	219	203	200	49	100.0%
Arkansas AR	351	145	90	116	92	6.0%
California CA	1,574	534	518	522	214	54.8%
Colorado CO	303	117	79	107	75	31.0%
Connecticut CT	105	42	40	23	29	0.0%
Delaware DE	30	10	10	10	8	0.0%
District of Columbia DC	31	12	10	9	8	0.0%
Florida FL	612	220	198	194	130	7.0%
Georgia GA	370	182	79	109	168	4.4%
Guam GU	12	4	4	4	1	100.0%
Hawaii HI	97	33	32	32	13	100.0%
Idaho ID	244	95	65	84	50	21.9%
Illinois IL	687	274	180	233	176	46.2%
Indiana IN	362	139	96	127	88	33.8%
Iowa IA	448	160	159	129	99	30.9%
Kansas KS	365	144	109	112	106	9.4%
Kentucky KY	687	243	208	236	112	29.4%
Louisiana LA	507	172	169	166	73	53.1%
Maine ME	195	72	57	66	52	63.8%
Maryland MD	88	36	29	23	54	4.4%
Massachusetts MA	168	62	51	55	46	17.9%
Michigan MI	777	272	248	257	116	8.3%
Minnesota MN	476	180	136	160	110	28.0%
Mississippi MS	386	153	84	149	91	30.4%
Missouri MO	883	324	253	306	123	8.1%
Montana MT	315	114	98	103	55	40.6%
Nebraska NE	315	125	91	99	88	7.3%
Nevada NV	153	57	45	51	25	21.1%
New Hampshire NH	62	22	20	20	17	19.1%
New Jersey NJ	126	44	43	39	42	45.4%
New Mexico NM	275	95	92	88	39	45.7%
New York NY	546	186	198	162	133	1.7%
North Carolina NC	613	205	208	200	113	9.2%
North Dakota ND	203	71	67	65	57	22.2%
Northern Mariana Islands MP	6	2	2	2	1	4.3%
Ohio OH	482	200	131	151	137	19.8%
Oklahoma OK	460	173	125	162	97	5.0%
Oregon OR	403	138	127	138	61	9.2%
Pennsylvania PA	392	125	124	143	156	8.7%
Puerto Rico PR	215	42	74	99	72	0.3%
Rhode Island RI	40	14	14	12	12	79.8%
South Carolina SC	264	98	76	90	80	42.7%
South Dakota SD	245	93	63	89	74	32.5%
Tennessee TN	380	148	83	149	99	8.7%
Texas TX	912	356	328	228	211	22.4%
Utah UT	176	57	61	58	22	37.5%
Vermont VT	41	15	12	14	24	11.3%
Virgin Islands VI	15	5	5	5	3	100.0%
Virginia VA	439	159	123	157	109	21.7%
Washington WA	597	201	202	194	47	92.8%
West Virginia WV	361	123	119	119	62	18.9%
Wisconsin WI	454	153	156	145	78	28.0%
Wyoming WY	95	41	26	28	21	85.2%

HPSA = Health Professional Shortage Area. MUA = Medically Underserved Area. Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. Not affiliated with HRSA.

Reviewed byPlainhealthaccess Editorial, Health Shortage Editorial Team · June 3, 2026