KS · Healthcare shortage profile
Shawnee County, KS
Peak severity leads this reading: Shawnee County's highest active HPSA score is 10.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 178,909.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 178,909
- Peak shortage score
- 10.0
- MUA Index
- 62.0
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Shawnee 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
- 10
- 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 Shawnee County
Shawnee County intersects 29 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
17 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 Shawnee County, KS 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 Shawnee County's active designations would take about 4.3 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 4.3 primary care. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Shawnee 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 10.0 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, Shawnee 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. Shawnee County falls in the lower half of KS counties by active-designation volume, at rank 79 of 105. 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: 20177. Population: 178,909.
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 Shawnee County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| ME - Shawnee County | primary_care | 10.0 |
Light-burden reading for Shawnee County
Peak severity leads this reading: Shawnee County's highest active HPSA score is 10.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Primary care is where Shawnee County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 10.0 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, indexed at 62.0, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Shawnee 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.
Shawnee County falls in the lower half of KS counties by active-designation volume, at rank 79 of 105. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Shawnee County's primary score of 10.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active primary HPSA score to 10.0 (severity lead on this page is “ME - Shawnee County”).
Clinton County, MO
10.0 primary score · 21,184 pop.
Nottoway County, VA
10.0 primary score · 15,642 pop.
Rappahannock County, VA
10.0 primary score · 7,348 pop.
Potter County, TX
10.0 primary score · 118,525 pop.
Pickaway County, OH
10.0 primary score · 58,539 pop.
Cerro Gordo County, IA
10.0 primary score · 43,127 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Shawnee County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Shawnee County carries an MUA designation (index 62.0; 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 Shawnee County's peak score of 10.0?
- "ME - Shawnee County" leads the active set (score 10.0; primary care; 22,312 people in the service area; ~4.3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 06/14/2012). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 1 active rows: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 0 dental.
- What provider types does Shawnee County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 1 primary care / 0 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 4.3 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 20177. 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 20177 (Shawnee County, KS), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 10.0; signature peak score 10.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.