PA · Healthcare shortage profile
Butler County, PA
Peak severity leads this reading: Butler County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 193,763.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 193,763
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- 60.3
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Butler County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Primary-care shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- 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.
Dense ZCTA lattice over Butler County
Butler County intersects 37 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
25 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 Butler County, PA 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 Butler County's active designations would take about 1 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 1 primary care. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Butler County's 1 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 1).
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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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Butler 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. Butler County falls in the lower half of PA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 of 67. 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: 42019. Population: 193,763.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · primary care only on this FIPS. 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 Butler County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI-St. Petersburg | primary_care | 16.0 |
Light-burden reading for Butler County
Peak severity leads this reading: Butler County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Primary care is where Butler County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 16.0 of 25, the county's highest severity reading and still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 60.3, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Butler 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.
Butler County falls in the lower half of PA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 53 of 67. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Butler County's primary score of 16.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active primary HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI-St. Petersburg”).
Cumberland County, ME
16.0 primary score · 303,069 pop.
Deschutes County, OR
16.0 primary score · 198,253 pop.
Ouachita County, LA
16.0 primary score · 160,368 pop.
Ontario County, NY
16.0 primary score · 112,458 pop.
Maury County, TN
16.0 primary score · 100,974 pop.
Santa Clara County, CA
16.0 primary score · 1,936,259 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Butler County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Butler County carries an MUA designation (index 60.3; 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 Butler County's peak score of 16.0?
- "LI-St. Petersburg" leads the active set (score 16.0; primary care; 2,958 people in the service area; ~1 FTE still needed on the record; designated 11/27/2013). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 0 dental.
- What provider types does Butler County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 1 primary care / 0 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 1 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 42019. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) — 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 42019 (Butler County, PA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.