Which record sets New Haven County's peak score of 12.0?

"New Haven Correctional Center" leads the active set (score 12.0; mental health; 4,105 people in the service area; ~2.1 FTE still needed on the record; designated 07/10/2019). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 4 active rows: 0 primary care, 4 mental health, 0 dental.

Why is New Haven County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?

New Haven County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.

Which other active designations sit under New Haven County's severity reading?

After "New Haven Correctional Center", the next active names on this release are "New Haven Correctional Center", "CF-Cheshire", "CF-Youth Detention-Manson" and "Manson Youth Institution". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~3.6 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Which federal pathways follow New Haven County's high-severity geography?

New Haven County's 4 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "New Haven Correctional Center".

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CT · Healthcare shortage profile

New Haven County, CT

Peak severity leads this reading: New Haven County's highest active HPSA score is 12.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 864,835.

Active HPSAs: 4
Population: 864,835
Peak shortage score: 12.0
MUA Index: -

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Mid-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, New Haven County holds a moderate federal shortage burden - 4 active HPSA designations, more than 44% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.

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Active HPSA designations: 4
Mental-health shortages: 12
Peak severity score (of 26): Top 56%
US counties by volume

Dense ZCTA lattice over New Haven County

New Haven County intersects 41 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

29 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 New Haven 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.

Closing New Haven County's active designations would take about 3.6 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 3.6 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
100% of New Haven County's 4 active designations are mental health.

Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 4 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 4).
Peak HPSA score 12.0 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, New Haven County carries 4 active designations, above 44% 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. New Haven County falls in the lower half of CT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 9 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: 09009. Population: 864,835.

Single-discipline footprint

New Haven County's active designations are all in mental health

Current HRSA Data Warehouse rows attribute 4 active mental health designations to New Haven County , with a peak score of 12.0. The other two HRSA care categories carry no active designation on this FIPS, so the rest of this page reads the mental health file rather than a three-way shortage mix.

Below high-priority line

New Haven County is designated, but no active score clears 17

4 active designations sit on this FIPS (0 primary care, 4 mental health, 0 dental), and the peak severity is 12.0. That is a formal shortage footprint without HRSA's high-priority (≥17) tier, so NHSC placement geography is usually weaker here than on counties whose lead score clears the line.

Active HPSA scores

Mental Health 12.0

Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers New Haven 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 4 active (designated) HPSAs in New Haven County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name	Type	Score	Status	Pop. Served
New Haven Correctional Center	mental_health	12.0	designated	4,105
CF-Cheshire	mental_health	12.0	designated	2,201
CF-Youth Detention-Manson	mental_health	6.0	designated	314
Manson Youth Institution	mental_health	6.0	designated	479

Moderate-burden reading for New Haven County

Peak severity leads this reading: New Haven County's highest active HPSA score is 12.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. New Haven County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 12.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers New Haven County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.

New Haven County sits in the middle of the national designation-volume distribution (above 44% of counties) with 4 active records. That is enough for a formal shortage footprint without landing in the heaviest US tier. Compare the three discipline counts (0/4/0) before assuming every care category is equally short.

New Haven County falls in the lower half of CT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 9 of 17. For moderate counties, the useful move is usually a state peer check plus the score cards above, not a national superlative claim.

Counties near New Haven County's mental score of 12.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 12.0 (severity lead on this page is “New Haven Correctional Center”).

Saunders County, NE

12.0 mental score · 22,278 pop.

Fairfield County, CT

12.0 mental score · 957,419 pop.

Bell County, TX

12.0 mental score · 370,647 pop.

Catawba County, NC

12.0 mental score · 160,610 pop.

Lauderdale County, AL

12.0 mental score · 93,564 pop.

Columbia County, WI

12.0 mental score · 58,490 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which record sets New Haven County's peak score of 12.0?: "New Haven Correctional Center" leads the active set (score 12.0; mental health; 4,105 people in the service area; ~2.1 FTE still needed on the record; designated 07/10/2019). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 4 active rows: 0 primary care, 4 mental health, 0 dental.
Why is New Haven County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?: New Haven County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
Which other active designations sit under New Haven County's severity reading?: After "New Haven Correctional Center", the next active names on this release are "New Haven Correctional Center", "CF-Cheshire", "CF-Youth Detention-Manson" and "Manson Youth Institution". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~3.6 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Which federal pathways follow New Haven County's high-severity geography?: New Haven County's 4 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "New Haven Correctional Center".

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 09009. 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 09009 (New Haven County, CT), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 4; peak score 12.0; signature peak score 12.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.