GA · Healthcare shortage profile
Walton County, GA
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Walton County's active designations would take about 13 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Population 96,673.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 96,673
- Peak shortage score
- 8.0
- MUA Index
- 55.1
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Walton County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Mental-health shortages
- 8
- 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.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Walton County, GA 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 Walton County's active designations would take about 13 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 13 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Walton County's 1 active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 1).
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Peak HPSA score 8.0 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.
Walton County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
12 Census ZCTAs intersect Walton 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
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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Walton 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. Walton County falls in the lower half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 102 of 159. 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: 13297. Population: 96,673.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health 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 Walton County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mhca 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems | mental_health | 8.0 |
Light-burden reading for Walton County
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Walton County's active designations would take about 13 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Walton County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 8.0 of 25, 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 55.1, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Walton 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.
Walton County falls in the lower half of GA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 102 of 159. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties with a matching designation count to Walton County's 1
One peer set for this FTE-led county: nearest active designation count to 1 - the inventory behind the ~13 FTE published need.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Walton County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Walton County carries an MUA designation (index 55.1; lower = greater measured need) in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
- Where is the largest clinician FTE gap inside Walton County?
- Id-de-duped providers_needed across active HPSAs totals ~13 FTE, with mental health the largest slice (13). "MHCA 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems" is the highest-scored active row (score 8.0; mental health; 453,000 people in the service area; ~13 FTE still needed on the record; designated 07/21/2017). This is HRSA's published gap, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
- Which named designations drive Walton County's FTE reading?
- Active names on this release include "MHCA 10-Advantage Behavioral Health Systems". Discipline counts: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental across 1 designated rows.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 13297. This county’s designations come from 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 13297 (Walton County, GA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 8.0; signature 13 FTE gap. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.