NY · Healthcare shortage profile
Tioga County, NY
Peak severity leads this reading: Tioga County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 48,455.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 48,455
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Tioga County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 2 active HPSA designations, more than 10% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 2
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Dental shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Tioga 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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Closing Tioga County's active designations would take about 7.2 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 3.8 primary care, 3.4 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Tioga County's 2 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 2).
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Peak HPSA score 16.0 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.
Tioga County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
15 Census ZCTAs intersect Tioga County, between the 9 and 15 ZIP cuts across published counties: neither a postage-stamp footprint nor a metro-scale lattice.
Largest land-share ZCTAs
7 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
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Tioga County carries 2 active designations, above 10% 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. Tioga County falls in the lower half of NY counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 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: 36107. Population: 48,455.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Tioga 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 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Tioga County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ME - Tioga County | dental | 16.0 |
| ME - Tioga County | primary_care | 15.0 |
Light-burden reading for Tioga County
Peak severity leads this reading: Tioga County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Tioga County's deepest shortage reading, 16.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 15.0 of 25. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Tioga County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Tioga County carries 2 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 10% 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.
Tioga County falls in the lower half of NY counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 of 62. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Light-volume FTE gap for Tioga County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Tioga County's active designations: about 7.2 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Tioga County's dental score of 16.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “ME - Tioga County”).
Orange County, TX
16.0 dental score · 84,808 pop.
Haywood County, NC
16.0 dental score · 62,089 pop.
Campbell County, VA
16.0 dental score · 55,696 pop.
Wood County, TX
16.0 dental score · 44,843 pop.
Crawford County, OH
16.0 dental score · 42,025 pop.
Iredell County, NC
16.0 dental score · 186,693 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Tioga County's peak score of 16.0?
- "ME - Tioga County" leads the active set (score 16.0; dental; 520 people in the service area; ~3.4 FTE still needed on the record; designated 04/23/2019). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental.
- Why is Tioga County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Tioga 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 Tioga County's severity reading?
- After "ME - Tioga County", the next active names on this release are "ME - Tioga County" and "ME - Tioga County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~7.2 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 36107. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) 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 36107 (Tioga County, NY), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.