Health professional shortage designations in Arkansas

Cite Arkansas Dental Health at 4.8 so the comparison stays on the table.

List Arkansas Primary Care at 148 rather than a round number from memory.

Mark Arkansas Primary Care at 4.8 before a national midpoint replaces it.

Each discipline

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

Takeaways

• Flag Arkansas Mental Health at 88 ahead of the posting you want.
• File Arkansas Mental Health under 2.8 so local pay stays visible.
• Enter Arkansas Dental Health as 149 and the figure stays beside the title.
• Write Arkansas Dental Health as 4.8 ahead of the compensation review.

For recruiters

• Save Arkansas Primary Care as 148 so the offer letter names the figure.
• Keep Arkansas Dental Health near 149 inside the Hiring Pack for the role.

Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area detail files (primary care, dental, mental health), 2026-09-30.

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Methodology

Counts are distinct HPSA IDs with status Designated in the HRSA primary-care, dental, and mental-health detail files, last modified 2026-09-30. Component rows that repeat an ID are counted once. Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded. Population is not summed from the HPSA file, because shortage areas overlap. The per-resident count uses Census civilian population on July 1, 2025, which is 3,111,133 in Arkansas, divided into the ID count per 100,000 residents. Rural-status fields are not added in this table, because one ID can carry more than one rural status. Arkansas has 385 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 12.4 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Arkansas is 17 of 51.

Sources

• HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area detail files (primary care, dental, mental health) · 2026-09-30
• Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, civilian population by age and sex · July 1, 2025