UT · Healthcare shortage profile
Davis County, UT
Peak severity leads this reading: Davis County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 362,679.
- Active HPSAs
- 5
- Population
- 362,679
- Peak shortage score
- 16.0
- MUA Index
- 52.2
Mid-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Davis County holds a moderate federal shortage burden - 5 active HPSA designations, more than 47% of the 3,289 real US counties, with mental health the deepest gap.
- 5
- Active HPSA designations
- 1
- Primary-care shortages
- 16
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 53%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Davis County, UT 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 Davis County's active designations would take about 0.2 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 0.2 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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60% of Davis County's 5 active designations are mental health.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 1 primary care, 3 mental health, 1 dental (denominator 5).
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Peak HPSA score 16.0 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.
Davis County's mid-pack ZIP footprint
13 Census ZCTAs intersect Davis 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
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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Davis County carries 5 active designations, above 47% 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. Davis County falls in the upper half of UT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 14 of 29. 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: 49011. Population: 362,679.
Below high-priority line
Davis County is designated, but no active score clears 17
5 active designations sit on this FIPS (1 primary care, 3 mental health, 1 dental), and the peak severity is 16.0. That is a formal shortage footprint without HRSA's high-priority (≥17) tier, so NHSC placement geography is usually weaker here than on counties whose lead score clears the line.
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 5 active (designated) HPSAs in Davis County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Layton Bear River Family Dental | primary_care | 16.0 |
| Layton Bear River Family Dental | dental | 15.0 |
| Layton Bear River Family Dental | mental_health | 13.0 |
| Davis Behavioral Health | mental_health | 13.0 |
| Farmington Bay Youth Center | mental_health | 6.0 |
Moderate-burden reading for Davis County
Peak severity leads this reading: Davis County's highest active HPSA score is 16.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Primary care is where Davis County is stretched thinnest: HRSA scores it 16.0 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 13.0 of 25; Dental care reads 15.0 of 26. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 52.2, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Davis County sits in the middle of the national designation-volume distribution (above 47% of counties) with 5 active records. That is enough for a formal shortage footprint without landing in the heaviest US tier. Compare the three discipline counts (1/3/1) before assuming every care category is equally short.
Davis County falls in the upper half of UT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 14 of 29. For moderate counties, the useful move is usually a state peer check plus the score cards above, not a national superlative claim.
Counties near Davis County's primary score of 16.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active primary HPSA score to 16.0 (severity lead on this page is “Layton Bear River Family Dental”).
Santa Cruz County, CA
16.0 primary score · 270,861 pop.
Butler County, PA
16.0 primary score · 193,763 pop.
Ouachita County, LA
16.0 primary score · 160,368 pop.
Ontario County, NY
16.0 primary score · 112,458 pop.
Maury County, TN
16.0 primary score · 100,974 pop.
Santa Clara County, CA
16.0 primary score · 1,936,259 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Davis County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Davis County carries an MUA designation (index 52.2; 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 Davis County's peak score of 16.0?
- "Layton Bear River Family Dental" leads the active set (score 16.0; primary care; 20,491 people in the service area; designated 08/14/2025). Below 17 the shortage is formal but outside HRSA's high-priority NHSC tier. Discipline mix across 5 active rows: 1 primary care, 3 mental health, 1 dental.
- Which other active designations sit under Davis County's severity reading?
- After "Layton Bear River Family Dental", the next active names on this release are "Layton Bear River Family Dental", "Layton Bear River Family Dental", "Layton Bear River Family Dental" and "Davis Behavioral Health". Provider need (id-de-duped) totals ~0.2 FTE across disciplines that still carry a gap.
- Which federal pathways follow Davis County's high-severity geography?
- Davis County's 5 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, eligibility follows the designated area and provider type, not merely the county line around "Layton Bear River Family Dental".
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 49011. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) , BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) 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 49011 (Davis County, UT), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 5; peak score 16.0; signature peak score 16.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.