AR · Healthcare shortage profile
Conway County, AR
Peak severity leads this reading: Conway County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 20,715.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 20,715
- Peak shortage score
- 15.0
- MUA Index
- 50.7
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Conway County carries a comparatively light shortage burden - 2 active HPSA designations, more than 10% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 2
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Dental shortages
- 15
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Conway County, AR 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 Conway County's active designations would take about 1.2 additional clinician FTEs, with dental the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.2 primary care, 1 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Conway County's 2 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 2).
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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.
Conway County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
15 Census ZCTAs intersect Conway 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
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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Conway County carries 2 active designations, above 10% 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. Conway County falls in the lower half of AR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 67 of 75. 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: 05029. Population: 20,715.
Medically Underserved Area
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
All 2 active (designated) HPSAs in Conway County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LI - Conway County | dental | 15.0 |
| LI-Conway County | primary_care | 10.0 |
Light-burden reading for Conway County
Peak severity leads this reading: Conway County's highest active HPSA score is 15.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Dental care carries Conway County's deepest shortage reading, 15.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Primary care reads 10.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 50.7, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Conway County carries 2 active designations and sits below the national mid-pack (above 10% 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.
Conway County falls in the lower half of AR counties by active-designation volume, at rank 67 of 75. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Light-volume FTE gap for Conway County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Conway County's active designations: about 1.2 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Conway County's dental score of 15.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active dental HPSA score to 15.0 (severity lead on this page is “LI - Conway County”).
Nash County, NC
15.0 dental score · 94,970 pop.
Lewis County, WA
15.0 dental score · 82,149 pop.
Walker County, GA
15.0 dental score · 67,654 pop.
Benton County, AR
15.0 dental score · 284,333 pop.
Trumbull County, OH
15.0 dental score · 201,977 pop.
Spotsylvania County, VA
15.0 dental score · 140,032 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Conway County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Conway County carries an MUA designation (index 50.7; 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 Conway County's peak score of 15.0?
- "LI - Conway County" leads the active set (score 15.0; dental; 5,120 people in the service area; ~1 FTE still needed on the record; designated 12/23/2013). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 0 mental health, 1 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under Conway County's severity reading?
- After "LI - Conway County", the next active names on this release are "LI - Conway County" and "LI-Conway County". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~1.2 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 05029. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) and BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_DH.csv (dental) — 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 05029 (Conway County, AR), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 15.0; signature peak score 15.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.