Health professional shortage designations in Hawaii

The discipline a Hawaii recruiter will cite first is Dental Health, at 33 designated IDs.

Across the three disciplines, Hawaii totals 99 distinct designated IDs. That is 7.1 per 100,000 civilian residents.

Primary Care still belongs on the Hawaii note at 33 designated IDs. Population on July 1, 2025 is 1,392,960, and none of the cells are job openings.

Each discipline

Ranked table

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Takeaways

• In Hawaii, cite 33 designated IDs when the discipline is Dental Health.
• All three Hawaii disciplines sum to 99 distinct designated IDs.
• Per 100,000 civilian residents, Hawaii sits at 7.1.
• Primary Care is the low Hawaii count, 33 designated IDs.

For recruiters

• Lead the Hawaii note with Dental Health.
• Keep the smaller discipline on the note.

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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 1,392,960 in Hawaii, 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. Hawaii has 99 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 7.1 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Hawaii is 25 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