IA · Healthcare shortage profile
Warren County, IA
Peak severity leads this reading: Warren County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 52,403.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 52,403
- Peak shortage score
- 13.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Warren 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
- 13
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Warren County
Warren County intersects 21 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
9 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 Warren County, IA 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 Warren County's active designations would take about 0.2 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.2 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Warren 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 13.0 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, Warren 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. Warren County falls in the lower half of IA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 80 of 99. 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: 19181. Population: 52,403.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Warren 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 Warren County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI - Indianola Area | mental_health | 13.0 |
Light-burden reading for Warren County
Peak severity leads this reading: Warren County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Warren County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 13.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Warren County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Warren 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.
Warren County falls in the lower half of IA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 80 of 99. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Warren County's mental score of 13.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 13.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI - Indianola Area”).
Pike County, MS
13.0 mental score · 40,324 pop.
Alpena County, MI
13.0 mental score · 28,907 pop.
Taylor County, WI
13.0 mental score · 19,913 pop.
Richland County, ND
13.0 mental score · 16,529 pop.
Anderson County, SC
13.0 mental score · 203,718 pop.
Victoria County, TX
13.0 mental score · 91,319 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Warren County's peak score of 13.0?
- "LI - Indianola Area" leads the active set (score 13.0; mental health; 2,184 people in the service area; ~0.2 FTE still needed on the record; designated 09/04/2025). 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 Warren County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Warren County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Warren County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 0.2 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 19181. 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 19181 (Warren County, IA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 13.0; signature peak score 13.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.