IA · Healthcare shortage profile
Carroll County, IA
Peak severity leads this reading: Carroll County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 20,760.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 20,760
- Peak shortage score
- 15.0
- MUA Index
- MUA
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Carroll 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
- 15
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Dense ZCTA lattice over Carroll County
Carroll County intersects 17 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
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.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Carroll 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 Carroll County's active designations would take about 0.5 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.5 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Carroll 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 15.0 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, Carroll 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. Carroll 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: 19027. Population: 20,760.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health 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 Carroll County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll County MH | mental_health | 15.0 |
Light-burden reading for Carroll County
Peak severity leads this reading: Carroll County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Carroll County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 15.0 of 25, 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.
Carroll 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.
Carroll 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 Carroll County's mental score of 15.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 15.0 (severity lead on this page is “Carroll County MH”).
Mercer County, PA
15.0 mental score · 110,652 pop.
Georgetown County, SC
15.0 mental score · 63,404 pop.
Polk County, TX
15.0 mental score · 50,123 pop.
Ohio County, WV
15.0 mental score · 42,425 pop.
Clark County, WA
15.0 mental score · 503,311 pop.
Union County, NC
15.0 mental score · 238,267 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Carroll County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Carroll County carries an MUA designation in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
- Which record sets Carroll County's peak score of 15.0?
- "Carroll County MH" leads the active set (score 15.0; mental health; 15,000 people in the service area; ~0.5 FTE still needed on the record; designated 09/01/2023). 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.
- What provider types does Carroll County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 0.5 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 19027. 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 19027 (Carroll County, IA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 15.0; signature peak score 15.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.