MD · Healthcare shortage profile
Queen Anne's County, MD
Peak severity leads this reading: Queen Anne's County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 49,874.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 49,874
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- 56.5
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Queen Anne's 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
- Primary-care shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Queen Anne's County
Queen Anne's County intersects 16 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
4 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 Queen Anne's County, MD 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 Queen Anne's County's active designations would take about 5.4 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 2.7 primary care, 2.7 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Queen Anne's County's 2 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Queen Anne's 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. Queen Anne's County falls in the lower half of MD counties by active-designation volume, at rank 17 of 23. 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: 24035. Population: 49,874.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA 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
All 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Queen Anne's County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ME - Queen Anne's County | primary_care | 16.0 |
| Queen Anne's County | mental_health | 14.0 |
Light-burden reading for Queen Anne's County
Peak severity leads this reading: Queen Anne's County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Primary care is where Queen Anne's 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. Mental health reads 14.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 56.5, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Queen Anne's 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.
Queen Anne's County falls in the lower half of MD counties by active-designation volume, at rank 17 of 23. 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 Queen Anne's County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Queen Anne's County's active designations: about 5.4 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Queen Anne's 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 “ME - Queen Anne's County”).
Cumberland County, ME
16.0 primary score · 303,069 pop.
Deschutes County, OR
16.0 primary score · 198,253 pop.
Charles County, MD
16.0 primary score · 166,617 pop.
Oswego County, NY
16.0 primary score · 117,525 pop.
Highlands County, FL
16.0 primary score · 101,235 pop.
Santa Clara County, CA
16.0 primary score · 1,936,259 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Queen Anne's County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Queen Anne's County carries an MUA designation (index 56.5; 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 Queen Anne's County's peak score of 16.0?
- "ME - Queen Anne's County" leads the active set (score 16.0; primary care; 1,414 people in the service area; ~2.7 FTE still needed on the record; designated 05/03/2022). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under Queen Anne's County's severity reading?
- After "ME - Queen Anne's County", the next active names on this release are "ME - Queen Anne's County" and "Queen Anne's County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~5.4 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 24035. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) and 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 24035 (Queen Anne's County, MD), 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.