MI · Healthcare shortage profile
Eaton County, MI
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Eaton County's active designations would take about 16 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Population 109,175.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 109,175
- Peak shortage score
- 14.0
- MUA Index
- MUA
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Eaton County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 1 active HPSA designation, more than 2% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 1
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Primary-care shortages
- 14
- 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.
Dense ZCTA lattice over Eaton County
Eaton County intersects 19 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
7 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 Eaton County, MI 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 Eaton County's active designations would take about 16 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 16 primary care. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Eaton County's 1 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 1).
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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, Eaton 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. Eaton County falls in the lower half of MI counties by active-designation volume, at rank 78 of 83. 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: 26045. Population: 109,175.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · primary care 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 Eaton County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI-Greater Lansing SA | primary_care | 14.0 |
Light-burden reading for Eaton County
The clinician FTE gap is the sharpest number here: closing Eaton County's active designations would take about 16 additional FTEs on HRSA's providers_needed estimate. Primary care is where Eaton County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 14.0 of 25, the county's highest severity reading and still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, a separate HRSA designation from the HPSA records above.
Eaton 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.
Eaton County falls in the lower half of MI counties by active-designation volume, at rank 78 of 83. 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 Eaton County's 1
One peer set for this FTE-led county: nearest active designation count to 1 - the inventory behind the ~16 FTE published need.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Eaton County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Eaton County carries an MUA designation 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 Eaton County?
- Id-de-duped providers_needed across active HPSAs totals ~16 FTE, with primary care the largest slice (16). "LI-Greater Lansing SA" is the highest-scored active row (score 14.0; primary care; 58,138 people in the service area; ~16 FTE still needed on the record; designated 08/17/2020). This is HRSA's published gap, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
- Which named designations drive Eaton County's FTE reading?
- Active names on this release include "LI-Greater Lansing SA". Discipline counts: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 0 dental across 1 designated rows.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 26045. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) — 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 26045 (Eaton County, MI), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 14.0; signature 16 FTE gap. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.