Does Carlisle County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?

Yes - Carlisle County carries an MUA designation (index 57.0; 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 Carlisle County's peak score of 14.0?

"Carlisle County" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 4,697 people in the service area; ~0.3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 10/16/2025). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 3 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental.

Which other active designations sit under Carlisle County's severity reading?

After "Carlisle County", the next active names on this release are "Carlisle County", "LI - Carlisle County" and "Carlisle County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~1.1 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Medically Underserved Area Designated · below priority line

KY · Healthcare shortage profile

Carlisle County, KY

Peak severity leads this reading: Carlisle County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 4,826.

Active HPSAs: 3
Population: 4,826
Peak shortage score: 14.0
MUA Index: 57.0

KY state overview → About this data

Light-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Carlisle County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 3 active HPSA designations, more than 20% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.

3
Active HPSA designations: 1
Mental-health shortages: 14
Peak severity score (of 26): Top 80%
US counties by volume

Few Census ZCTAs touch Carlisle County

The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Carlisle County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).

Intersecting ZCTA

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 Carlisle County, KY 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.

Closing Carlisle County's active designations would take about 1.1 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.3 primary care, 0.3 mental health, 0.5 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
33.3% of Carlisle County's 3 active designations are primary care.

Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 3).
Peak HPSA score 14.0 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, Carlisle County carries 3 active designations, above 20% 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. Carlisle County falls in the lower half of KY counties by active-designation volume, at rank 68 of 120. 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: 21039. Population: 4,826.

Medically Underserved Area

MUA Designated

MUA Index: 57.0

Active HPSA scores

Primary Care 9.0

Mental Health 14.0

Dental 11.0

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 3 active (designated) HPSAs in Carlisle County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name	Type	Score	Status	Pop. Served
Carlisle County	mental_health	14.0	designated	4,697
LI - Carlisle County	dental	11.0	designated	1,787
Carlisle County	primary_care	9.0	designated	3,500

Light-burden reading for Carlisle County

Peak severity leads this reading: Carlisle County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Carlisle County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 14.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 9.0 of 25; Dental care reads 11.0 of 26. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 57.0, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.

Carlisle County carries 3 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 20% 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.

Carlisle County falls in the lower half of KY counties by active-designation volume, at rank 68 of 120. 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 Carlisle County

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Carlisle County's active designations: about 1.1 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

Dental 0.5 FTE (41%) Primary care 0.3 FTE (31%) Mental health 0.3 FTE (28%)

Counties near Carlisle County's mental score of 14.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 14.0 (severity lead on this page is “Carlisle County”).

St. Clair County, MI

14.0 mental score · 160,383 pop.

Calvert County, MD

14.0 mental score · 92,783 pop.

Salem County, NJ

14.0 mental score · 64,837 pop.

Queen Anne's County, MD

14.0 mental score · 49,874 pop.

Tift County, GA

14.0 mental score · 41,344 pop.

Dorchester County, MD

14.0 mental score · 32,531 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Carlisle County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?: Yes - Carlisle County carries an MUA designation (index 57.0; 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 Carlisle County's peak score of 14.0?: "Carlisle County" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 4,697 people in the service area; ~0.3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 10/16/2025). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 3 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 1 dental.
Which other active designations sit under Carlisle County's severity reading?: After "Carlisle County", the next active names on this release are "Carlisle County", "LI - Carlisle County" and "Carlisle County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~1.1 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 21039. 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 21039 (Carlisle County, KY), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 3; peak score 14.0; signature peak score 14.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.