NY · Healthcare shortage profile
New York County, NY
Peak severity leads this reading: New York County's highest active HPSA score is 25.0, clearing HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 1,694,251.
- Active HPSAs
- 65
- Population
- 1,694,251
- Peak shortage score
- 25.0
- MUA Index
- 48.3
Heavy-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, New York County ranks among the most underserved counties in the country - 65 active HPSA designations, more than 99% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 65
- Active HPSA designations
- 21
- Dental shortages
- 25
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 1%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for New York County, NY 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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Peak HPSA score 25.0 clears HRSA's 17-point high-priority line.
Scores at or above 17 on the 0–25/26 scales open NHSC placement priority for the matching provider type; eligibility still follows the designated area, not the county boundary alone.
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Closing New York County's active designations would take about 145 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 59 primary care, 18 mental health, 67 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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33.8% of New York County's 65 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 22 primary care, 22 mental health, 21 dental (denominator 65).
Dense ZCTA lattice over New York County
New York County intersects 70 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
58 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.
Corpus placement
Active-designation volume placement
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, New York County carries 65 active designations, above 99% of real US counties. Use the state peer line below before treating the national percentile as a local access verdict.
State peer position. New York County is tied for the highest active-designation count among 62 real counties in NY. 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: 36061. Population: 1,694,251.
Medically Underserved Area
Peak severity scores
Current designated records only. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
Showing the 40 most-severe of 65 active (designated) HPSAs in New York County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation | dental | 25.0 |
| Upper Room Aids Ministry, Inc Adult Day Health Care Center | dental | 25.0 |
| Project Renewal, Inc. | dental | 25.0 |
| Settlement Health & Med | dental | 25.0 |
| East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc. | dental | 25.0 |
| Betances Health Center | dental | 25.0 |
| Heritage Health & Housing Inc | dental | 25.0 |
| Care For Homeless | dental | 25.0 |
| William F. Ryan Community Health Center, Inc | dental | 25.0 |
| The Institute For Family Health | dental | 25.0 |
| Apicha Community Health Center | dental | 25.0 |
| Community Healthcare Network, Inc. | dental | 25.0 |
| East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc. | mental_health | 23.0 |
| Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc. | dental | 23.0 |
| New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Heritage Health & Housing Inc | mental_health | 22.0 |
| William F. Ryan Community Health Center, Inc | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc. | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Settlement Health & Med | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Community Health Project, Inc. | dental | 22.0 |
| ME - East Harlem | dental | 21.0 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | dental | 21.0 |
| Betances Health Center | primary_care | 20.0 |
| Betances Health Center | mental_health | 20.0 |
| The Institute For Family Health | mental_health | 20.0 |
| Community Healthcare Network, Inc. | mental_health | 20.0 |
| Under 21 | dental | 20.0 |
| Upper Room Aids Ministry, Inc Adult Day Health Care Center | mental_health | 19.0 |
| Care For Homeless | mental_health | 19.0 |
| Project Renewal, Inc. | mental_health | 19.0 |
| ME - Central Harlem | dental | 19.0 |
| ME - Washington Heights | dental | 19.0 |
| The Institute For Family Health | primary_care | 18.0 |
| ME - Riverdale | mental_health | 18.0 |
| Apicha Community Health Center | mental_health | 18.0 |
| New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Upper Room Aids Ministry, Inc Adult Day Health Care Center | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Settlement Health & Med | primary_care | 17.0 |
| East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc. | primary_care | 17.0 |
Heavy-burden reading for New York County
Peak severity leads this reading: New York County's highest active HPSA score is 25.0, clearing HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries New York County's deepest shortage reading, 25.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, past the 17-point line HRSA uses to open National Health Service Corps placement and enhanced Medicare reimbursement. Primary care reads 20.0 of 25; Mental health reads 23.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 48.3, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Volume places New York County above 99% of real US counties (65 active designations: 22 primary care, 22 mental health, 21 dental). Peak severity on the current designated set is 25.0. The table on this page lists the highest-severity records first so a reader can see which named facilities, geographies, or population groups drive that burden without treating the county total as a personal appointment forecast.
New York County is tied for the highest active-designation count among 62 real counties in NY. Heavy-burden counties are where NHSC placement, Community Health Center grant geography, and related federal instruments concentrate; eligibility still follows the designated area and provider type, not the county boundary alone.
New York County designations by care type
Active Health Professional Shortage Area designations in the county, by provider category (high-priority disciplines emphasized).
- Primary care
Primary care
22 designations
- Mental health
Mental health
22 designations
- Dental
Dental
21 designations
Heavy-volume FTE gap in New York County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for New York County's active designations: about 145 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse, Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) + Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) HPSA primary-care, mental-health, and dental designations for New York County, NY · 2026 HRSA designation data updated quarterly; HPSA scores 0-25 (primary/mental) and 0-26 (dental); higher = greater shortage severity. Coverage tiers from U.S. Census ACS PUMS + KFF state tracker.
Acting on a heavy-burden county
New York County's shortage designations unlock specific federal programs and comparisons, here is how to act on them.
- New York County's 65 active designations make providers here eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment, estimate the award and service terms. NHSC estimator
- See how the county's primary care burden compares with the rest of NY before you draw conclusions from a single score. NY overview
- Check whether an area clears HRSA's 3,500:1 population-to-provider threshold with the provider-to-population ratio behind an HPSA score. HPSA score lookup
HPSA scores describe shortage severity within HRSA's designation criteria, not the availability of any individual provider. For a specific appointment, contact a provider or your insurer; use HRSA's current tools to verify a designation.
Counties With a Similar Dental Shortage Score
Other U.S. counties whose active HRSA dental HPSA score is closest to New York County's 25.0. This compares the designation score only, not local appointment availability or care quality. Start with Wayne County, MI and Hennepin County, MN.
Showing 6 of 2744 counties nationally with an active designation this severe.
Counties near New York County's dental score of 25.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 25.0 (severity lead on this page is “NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION”).
Wayne County, MI
25.0 dental score · 1,793,561 pop.
Hennepin County, MN
25.0 dental score · 1,281,565 pop.
Mecklenburg County, NC
25.0 dental score · 1,115,482 pop.
Gwinnett County, GA
25.0 dental score · 957,062 pop.
Hidalgo County, TX
25.0 dental score · 870,781 pop.
San Diego County, CA
25.0 dental score · 3,298,634 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does New York County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - New York County carries an MUA designation (index 48.3; lower = greater measured need) in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
- Which record sets New York County's peak score of 25.0?
- "NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION" leads the active set (score 25.0; dental; 1,458,792 people in the service area; designated 02/01/2019). Clearing 17 opens NHSC high-priority placement for the matching provider type on the designated geography. Discipline mix across 65 active rows: 22 primary care, 22 mental health, 21 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under New York County's severity reading?
- After "NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION", the next active names on this release are "NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION", "UPPER ROOM AIDS MINISTRY, INC ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE CENTER", "PROJECT RENEWAL, INC." and "SETTLEMENT HEALTH & MED". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~145 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
- Which federal pathways follow New York County's high-severity geography?
- New York County's 65 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 YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION".
- How does New York County's peak severity sit inside NY?
- New York County holds 65 active HPSA rows with peak 25.0. New York County is tied for the highest active-designation count among 62 real counties in NY. Score-nearest national peers appear below when the peer module renders. Score-nearest counties on this release include Wayne County, MI and Hennepin County, MN.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 36061. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) , BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) and BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_DH.csv (dental) — 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 36061 (New York County, NY), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 65; peak score 25.0; signature peak score 25.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.