IN · Healthcare shortage profile
Dubois County, IN
Peak severity leads this reading: Dubois County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 43,637.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 43,637
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Dubois 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
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Dubois 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.
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Closing Dubois County's active designations would take about 7.3 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 7.3 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Dubois 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 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.
Dubois County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
13 Census ZCTAs intersect Dubois 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
5 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, Dubois 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. Dubois County falls in the lower half of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 73 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: 18037. Population: 43,637.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Dubois County in the current HRSA release, federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone. 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 Dubois County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mhca 24 - Spencer/Perry/Crawford/Dubois/Orange Counties | mental_health | 16.0 |
Light-burden reading for Dubois County
Peak severity leads this reading: Dubois County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dubois County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 16.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Dubois County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Dubois 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.
Dubois County falls in the lower half of IN counties by active-designation volume, at rank 73 of 92. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Dubois 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 “MHCA 24 - Spencer/Perry/Crawford/Dubois/Orange Counties”).
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
- Which record sets Dubois County's peak score of 16.0?
- "MHCA 24 - Spencer/Perry/Crawford/Dubois/Orange Counties" leads the active set (score 16.0; mental health; 109,766 people in the service area; ~7.3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 03/07/2022). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 0 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
- Why is Dubois County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Dubois County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Dubois County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 7.3 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 18037. 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 18037 (Dubois County, IN), 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.