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Cass County, IN

Peak severity leads this reading: Cass County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 37,870.

Active HPSAs
6
Population
37,870
Peak shortage score
16.0
MUA Index
57.2
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Mid-burden verdict

According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Cass County holds a moderate federal shortage burden - 6 active HPSA designations, more than 54% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.

6
Active HPSA designations
2
Mental-health shortages
16
Peak severity score (of 26)
Top 46%
US counties by volume

Key findings

What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Cass County, IN 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.

  1. Closing Cass County's active designations would take about 9.6 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.

    HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 2.9 primary care, 3.8 mental health, 3 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

  2. 33.3% of Cass County's 6 active designations are primary care.

    Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental (denominator 6).

  3. 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.

Cass County's mid-pack ZIP footprint

12 Census ZCTAs intersect Cass 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, Cass County carries 6 active designations, above 54% 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. Cass County falls in the upper quarter of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 18 of 92. 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: 18017. Population: 37,870.

Below high-priority line

Cass County is designated, but no active score clears 17

6 active designations sit on this FIPS (2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental), and the peak severity is 16.0. That is a formal shortage footprint without HRSA's high-priority (≥17) tier, so NHSC placement geography is usually weaker here than on counties whose lead score clears the line.

Medically Underserved Area

MUA Designated
MUA Index: 57.2

Active HPSA scores

Primary Care 14.0
Mental Health 16.0
Dental 16.0

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 6 active (designated) HPSAs in Cass County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.

Name Type Score
Logansport Family Health Care mental_health 16.0
Mhca 10: Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski mental_health 16.0
LI-Cass County dental 16.0
Logansport Family Health Care dental 15.0
Logansport Family Health Care primary_care 14.0
LI - Cass County primary_care 14.0

Moderate-burden reading for Cass County

Peak severity leads this reading: Cass County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Cass County's shortage runs equally deep in mental health and dental care: both scored 16.0 by HRSA, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 14.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 57.2, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.

Cass County sits in the middle of the national designation-volume distribution (above 54% of counties) with 6 active records. That is enough for a formal shortage footprint without landing in the heaviest US tier. Compare the three discipline counts (2/2/2) before assuming every care category is equally short.

Cass County falls in the upper quarter of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 18 of 92. For moderate counties, the useful move is usually a state peer check plus the score cards above, not a national superlative claim.

Mid-pack clinician FTE gap for Cass County

HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Cass County's active designations: about 9.6 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.

Counties near Cass County's mental score of 16.0

One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE”).

Randolph County, NC

16.0 mental score · 144,171 pop.

Wayne County, OH

16.0 mental score · 116,894 pop.

Laramie County, WY

16.0 mental score · 100,512 pop.

Cullman County, AL

16.0 mental score · 87,866 pop.

St. Lucie County, FL

16.0 mental score · 329,226 pop.

Deschutes County, OR

16.0 mental score · 198,253 pop.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Cass County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
Yes - Cass County carries an MUA designation (index 57.2; 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 Cass County's peak score of 16.0?
"LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE" leads the active set (score 16.0; mental health; 98,298 people in the service area; designated 10/05/2023). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 6 active rows: 2 primary care, 2 mental health, 2 dental.
Which other active designations sit under Cass County's severity reading?
After "LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE", the next active names on this release are "LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE", "MHCA 10: Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski", "LI-Cass County" and "LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~9.6 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Which federal pathways follow Cass County's high-severity geography?
Cass County's 6 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "LOGANSPORT FAMILY HEALTH CARE".

Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 18017. 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 18017 (Cass County, IN), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 6; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.