CT · Healthcare shortage profile
Windham County, CT
Peak severity leads this reading: Windham County's highest active HPSA score is 6.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 116,418.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 116,418
- Peak shortage score
- 6.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Windham County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Mental-health shortages
- 6
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Windham County
Windham County intersects 32 Census ZCTAs, above the 15-ZIP dense-tercile cut. Shortage designations still attach at the county (or smaller HPSA) grain; the ZIP list is geography, not a second severity score.
Largest land-share ZCTAs in this county
20 additional ZCTAs intersect this county in the crosswalk (ordered by land share).
Source: Census ZCTA–county relationship file joined to this portal's county FIPS set. As of 2026-08-15.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Windham County, CT 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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Closing Windham County's active designations would take about 0.2 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.2 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Windham County's 1 active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 1).
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Peak HPSA score 6.0 sits below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line.
Below-17 designations still count as shortages for program geography, but they do not clear the high-priority NHSC placement threshold on this release.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Windham County carries 1 active designation, above 2% of real US counties. None of those scores clear HRSA's high-priority line of 17 on this release, so the page leads with severity reading rather than a national distribution chart.
State peer position. Windham County falls in the lower half of CT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 13 of 17. Ties share a rank.
Computed from current designated HPSA rows for every five-digit county FIPS. See the placement methodology.
Healthcare shortage designations from HRSA. FIPS: 09015. Population: 116,418.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Windham County in the current HRSA release, federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
All 1 active (designated) HPSAs in Windham County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Correctional Institution | mental_health | 6.0 |
Light-burden reading for Windham County
Peak severity leads this reading: Windham County's highest active HPSA score is 6.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Windham County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 6.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Windham County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Windham County carries 1 active designation and sits below the national mid-pack (above 2% of counties). A light footprint still matters: a single high-score dental or mental-health record can open program geography even when the county total looks small next to heavy peers.
Windham County falls in the lower half of CT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 13 of 17. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Windham County's mental score of 6.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 6.0 (severity lead on this page is “Brooklyn Correctional Institution”).
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Windham County's peak score of 6.0?
- "Brooklyn Correctional Institution" leads the active set (score 6.0; mental health; 436 people in the service area; ~0.2 FTE still needed on the record; designated 06/28/2022). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
- Why is Windham County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Windham County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Windham County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 0.2 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 09015. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) — download the normalized export on our open data page. PlainHealthAccess is not affiliated with HRSA or any government agency.
HRSA Data Warehouse HPSA + MUA/P records for FIPS 09015 (Windham County, CT), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 6.0; signature peak score 6.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.