UT · Healthcare shortage profile
Summit County, UT
Peak severity leads this reading: Summit County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Population 42,357.
- Active HPSAs
- 1
- Population
- 42,357
- Peak shortage score
- 13.0
- MUA Index
- -
Light-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Summit 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
- 13
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 98%
- US counties by volume
Few Census ZCTAs touch Summit County
The Census ZCTA-county crosswalk lists only 9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Summit County, a sparse footprint relative to most US counties in this mirror (at or below the 9-ZIP tercile cut).
Intersecting ZCTA
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.
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Summit 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 Summit County's active designations would take about 1.8 additional clinician FTEs, with mental health the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 1.8 mental health. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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100% of Summit 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 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.
Corpus placement
Designated volume without a high-priority score
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Summit 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. Summit County falls in the lower half of UT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 28 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: 49043. Population: 42,357.
Active HPSA scores
Current designated records only · mental health only on this FIPS. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Summit 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 Summit County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summit County | mental_health | 13.0 |
Light-burden reading for Summit County
Peak severity leads this reading: Summit County's highest active HPSA score is 13.0, still below HRSA's 17-point high-priority line. Summit County's severest measured gap is in mental health, scored 13.0 of 25, still short of the 17-point priority line, though the designation itself is formal. No Medically Underserved Area designation covers Summit County, so federal support here runs through the HPSA route alone.
Summit 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.
Summit County falls in the lower half of UT counties by active-designation volume, at rank 28 of 29. Read the active scores and the deepest-care guide link below before collapsing this county into a "no shortage" story.
Counties near Summit County's mental score of 13.0
One peer set for this severity-led county: nearest active mental HPSA score to 13.0 (severity lead on this page is “Summit County”).
Sussex County, NJ
13.0 mental score · 144,221 pop.
Belknap County, NH
13.0 mental score · 63,705 pop.
Crawford County, OH
13.0 mental score · 42,025 pop.
Kleberg County, TX
13.0 mental score · 31,040 pop.
Sullivan County, IN
13.0 mental score · 20,817 pop.
Stone County, MS
13.0 mental score · 18,333 pop.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which record sets Summit County's peak score of 13.0?
- "Summit County" leads the active set (score 13.0; mental health; 20,000 people in the service area; ~1.8 FTE still needed on the record; designated 03/22/2001). 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 Summit County not listed as a Medically Underserved Area?
- Summit County has no MUA designation on this release. Federal shortage support here runs through the active HPSA record set alone.
- What provider types does Summit County's severity cover?
- Active rows break down 0 primary care / 1 mental health / 0 dental. Closing published gaps would take about 1.8 additional clinician FTEs on this release.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 49043. 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 49043 (Summit County, UT), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 1; peak score 13.0; signature peak score 13.0. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.