ID · Healthcare shortage profile
Owyhee County, ID
Peak severity leads this reading: Owyhee County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 11,913.
- Active HPSAs
- 2
- Population
- 11,913
- Peak shortage score
- 13.0
- MUA Index
- 49.2
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Owyhee 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
- Primary-care shortages
- 13
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 90%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Owyhee County, ID 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 Owyhee County's active designations would take about 10 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 3 primary care, 7.3 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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50% of Owyhee County's 2 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental (denominator 2).
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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.
Owyhee County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
12 Census ZCTAs intersect Owyhee 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
4 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, Owyhee 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. Owyhee County falls in the lower half of ID counties by active-designation volume, at rank 41 of 44. 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: 16073. Population: 11,913.
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 Owyhee County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Owyhee County | primary_care | 13.0 |
| District 3 - Southwest Mental Health Catchment Area | mental_health | 8.0 |
Light-burden reading for Owyhee County
Peak severity leads this reading: Owyhee County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Primary care is where Owyhee County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 13.0 of 25, the county's highest severity reading and still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. Mental health reads 8.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 49.2, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Owyhee 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.
Owyhee County falls in the lower half of ID counties by active-designation volume, at rank 41 of 44. 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 Owyhee County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Owyhee County's active designations: about 10 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Counties near Owyhee County's primary score of 13.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active primary HPSA score to 13.0 (severity lead on this page is “Owyhee County”).
Crow Wing County, MN
13.0 primary score · 66,123 pop.
Fayette County, TN
13.0 primary score · 41,990 pop.
Boone County, AR
13.0 primary score · 37,373 pop.
Plymouth County, MA
13.0 primary score · 530,819 pop.
Bay County, FL
13.0 primary score · 175,216 pop.
Caguas County, PR
13.0 primary score · 127,244 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Owyhee County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Owyhee County carries an MUA designation (index 49.2; 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 Owyhee County's peak score of 13.0?
- "Owyhee County" leads the active set (score 13.0; primary care; 3,075 people in the service area; ~3 FTE still needed on the record; designated 10/28/2017). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 2 active rows: 1 primary care, 1 mental health, 0 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under Owyhee County's severity reading?
- After "Owyhee County", the next active names on this release are "Owyhee County" and "District 3 - Southwest Mental Health Catchment Area". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~10 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 16073. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) and 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 16073 (Owyhee County, ID), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 2; peak score 13.0; signature peak score 13.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.