NY · Healthcare shortage profile
Kings County, NY
Peak severity leads this reading: Kings County's highest active HPSA score is 25.0, clearing HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 2,736,074.
- Active HPSAs
- 58
- Population
- 2,736,074
- Peak shortage score
- 25.0
- MUA Index
- 44.5
Heavy-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Kings County ranks among the most underserved counties in the country - 58 active HPSA designations, more than 99% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 58
- Active HPSA designations
- 17
- Dental shortages
- 25
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 1%
- US counties by volume
Based on HRSA primary/mental/dental shortage severity, Medically Underserved Area status, and estimated unmet provider need -- not patient outcomes, insurance access, facility quality, or wait times.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Kings 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 Kings County's active designations would take about 422 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 280 primary care, 41 mental health, 100 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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39.7% of Kings County's 58 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 23 primary care, 18 mental health, 17 dental (denominator 58).
Dense ZCTA lattice over Kings County
Kings County intersects 40 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
28 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, Kings County carries 58 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. Kings County sits among the top three county rank positions in NY, at rank 2 of 62. 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: 36047. Population: 2,736,074.
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 58 active (designated) HPSAs in Kings County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. | dental | 25.0 |
| Healthcare Choices NY, Inc. | dental | 25.0 |
| Brownsville Community Development Corporation | dental | 25.0 |
| Lasante Health Center, Inc. | dental | 24.0 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc | dental | 24.0 |
| Oda Primary Health Care Network, Inc. | dental | 24.0 |
| Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. | dental | 24.0 |
| L'Refuah Medical & Rehabilitation Center, Inc | dental | 24.0 |
| Community Health Initiatives Inc. | dental | 24.0 |
| Lasante Health Center, Inc. | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. | mental_health | 22.0 |
| Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center | dental | 22.0 |
| Brownsville Community Development Corporation | mental_health | 21.0 |
| Oda Primary Health Care Network, Inc. | mental_health | 21.0 |
| Brownsville Community Development Corporation | primary_care | 20.0 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc | primary_care | 20.0 |
| L'Refuah Medical & Rehabilitation Center, Inc | mental_health | 20.0 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center Inc | mental_health | 20.0 |
| Healthcare Choices NY, Inc. | mental_health | 19.0 |
| Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center | mental_health | 19.0 |
| ME - Williamsburg - Bushwick | dental | 19.0 |
| ME - East New York | dental | 19.0 |
| ME - Bushwick | primary_care | 18.0 |
| Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center | primary_care | 18.0 |
| ME - Bedford-Stuyvesant | primary_care | 18.0 |
| Lasante Health Center, Inc. | primary_care | 17.0 |
| ME - Bensonhurst | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Healthcare Choices NY, Inc. | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Oda Primary Health Care Network, Inc. | primary_care | 17.0 |
| ME - Williamsburg | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. | mental_health | 17.0 |
| ME - Coney Island/Sheepshead Bay | dental | 17.0 |
| ME - Borough Park | primary_care | 16.0 |
| ME - East Flatbush and Brownsville | primary_care | 16.0 |
| L'Refuah Medical & Rehabilitation Center, Inc | primary_care | 16.0 |
| Hasc Diagnostic And Treatment Center, Inc. | mental_health | 16.0 |
| Community Health Initiatives Inc. | mental_health | 16.0 |
| Premium Health, Inc | mental_health | 16.0 |
| ME - East New York/Brooklyn | primary_care | 15.0 |
Heavy-burden reading for Kings County
Peak severity leads this reading: Kings County's highest active HPSA score is 25.0, clearing HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Kings 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 22.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 44.5, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Volume places Kings County above 99% of real US counties (58 active designations: 23 primary care, 18 mental health, 17 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.
Kings County sits among the top three county rank positions in NY, at rank 2 of 62. 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.
Kings 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
23 designations
- Mental health
Mental health
18 designations
- Dental
Dental
17 designations
Heavy-volume FTE gap in Kings County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Kings County's active designations: about 422 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 Kings 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
Kings County's shortage designations unlock specific federal programs and comparisons, here is how to act on them.
- Kings County's 58 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 Kings County's 25.0. This compares the designation score only, not local appointment availability or care quality. Start with Cook County, IL and Queens County, NY.
Showing 6 of 2744 counties nationally with an active designation this severe.
Counties near Kings 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 “Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.”).
Cook County, IL
25.0 dental score · 5,275,541 pop.
Queens County, NY
25.0 dental score · 2,405,464 pop.
Santa Clara County, CA
25.0 dental score · 1,936,259 pop.
Hillsborough County, FL
25.0 dental score · 1,459,762 pop.
Contra Costa County, CA
25.0 dental score · 1,165,927 pop.
Westchester County, NY
25.0 dental score · 1,004,457 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Kings County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Kings County carries an MUA designation (index 44.5; 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 Kings County's peak score of 25.0?
- "Housing Works Health Services III, Inc." leads the active set (score 25.0; dental; 1,096,846 people in the service area; designated 08/01/2011). Clearing 17 opens NHSC high-priority placement for the matching provider type on the designated geography. Discipline mix across 58 active rows: 23 primary care, 18 mental health, 17 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under Kings County's severity reading?
- After "Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.", the next active names on this release are "Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.", "HEALTHCARE CHOICES NY, INC.", "Brownsville Community Development Corporation" and "LASANTE HEALTH CENTER, INC.". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~422 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
- Which federal pathways follow Kings County's high-severity geography?
- Kings County's 58 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 "Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.".
- How does Kings County's peak severity sit inside NY?
- Kings County holds 58 active HPSA rows with peak 25.0. Kings County sits among the top three county rank positions in NY, at rank 2 of 62. Score-nearest national peers appear below when the peer module renders. Score-nearest counties on this release include Cook County, IL and Queens County, NY.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 36047. 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 36047 (Kings County, NY), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 58; peak score 25.0; signature peak score 25.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.