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Estimated Underserved Population Living in Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), as of September, 2008
| Estimated Underserved Population | |
|---|---|
| United States | 11.8% |
| Alabama | 19.0% |
| Alaska | 12.1% |
| Arizona | 16.1% |
| Arkansas | 9.8% |
| California | 9.0% |
| Colorado | 9.3% |
| Connecticut | 8.9% |
| Delaware | 13.8% |
| District of Columbia | 25.5% |
| Florida | 15.3% |
| Georgia | 15.2% |
| Hawaii | 2.6% |
| Idaho | 17.4% |
| Illinois | 16.9% |
| Indiana | 7.8% |
| Iowa | 8.2% |
| Kansas | 12.3% |
| Kentucky | 11.3% |
| Louisiana | 34.4% |
| Maine | 5.9% |
| Maryland | 4.7% |
| Massachusetts | 7.1% |
| Michigan | 10.7% |
| Minnesota | 5.3% |
| Mississippi | 31.9% |
| Missouri | 18.6% |
| Montana | 23.1% |
| Nebraska | 4.7% |
| Nevada | 13.3% |
| New Hampshire | 5.0% |
| New Jersey | 1.7% |
| New Mexico | 32.0% |
| New York | 11.0% |
| North Carolina | 5.4% |
| North Dakota | 22.0% |
| Ohio | 6.8% |
| Oklahoma | 15.4% |
| Oregon | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 5.9% |
| Rhode Island | 6.3% |
| South Carolina | 13.7% |
| South Dakota | 26.8% |
| Tennessee | 10.6% |
| Texas | 12.0% |
| Utah | 10.9% |
| Vermont | 2.7% |
| Virginia | 8.6% |
| Washington | 9.5% |
| West Virginia | 9.3% |
| Wisconsin | 10.8% |
| Wyoming | 20.3% |
| Guam | NA |
| Puerto Rico | 31.9% |
| Virgin Islands | NA |
| Notes: | Data as of 9/30/08. There are 6,033 Primary Care HPSAs with 64 million people living in them. It would take 16,336 practitioners to meet their need for primary care providers (a population to practitioner ratio of 2,000:1). For further information about HPSAs see the Department of Health and Human Service's HPSA Dictionary. |
| Sources: | Office of Shortage Designation, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Special Data Request, April 2009. 2008 population data from Annual Population Estimates by State, July 1, 2008 Population, U.S. Census Bureau; available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2008-01.xls. |
| Definitions: | Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs): HPSAs may be designated as having a shortage of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers. They may be urban or rural areas, population groups or medical or other public facilities. |
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