TX · Healthcare shortage profile
Hood County, TX
Peak severity leads this reading: Hood County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 61,598.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 61,598
- Peak shortage score
- 14.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Hood 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
- 14
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Few Census ZCTAs touch Hood County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 8 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Hood County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).
Intersecting ZCTA
3 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 Hood County, TX 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 Hood County's active designations would take about 3.2 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 3.2 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Hood 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 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, Hood 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. Hood County falls in the lower half of TX counties by active-designation volume, at rank 239 of 254. 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: 48221. Population: 61,598.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Hood 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 Hood County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hood County | mental_health | 14.0 |
Light-burden reading for Hood County
Peak severity leads this reading: Hood County's highest active HPSA score is 14.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Hood County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 14.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Hood County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Hood 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.
Hood County falls in the lower half of TX counties by active-designation volume, at rank 239 of 254. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Hood County's mental score of 14.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 14.0 (severity lead on this page is “Hood County”).
St. Clair County, MI
14.0 mental score · 160,383 pop.
Calvert County, MD
14.0 mental score · 92,783 pop.
Salem County, NJ
14.0 mental score · 64,837 pop.
Goodhue County, MN
14.0 mental score · 47,582 pop.
Tioga County, PA
14.0 mental score · 41,045 pop.
Austin County, TX
14.0 mental score · 30,167 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Hood County's peak score of 14.0?
- "Hood County" leads the active set (score 14.0; mental health; 63,358 people in the service area; ~3.2 FTE still needed on the record; designated 02/12/1990). 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 Hood County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Hood County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Hood County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 3.2 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 48221. 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 48221 (Hood County, TX), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 14.0; signature peak score 14.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.