Insights / Shortage-area designations / Iowa
Health professional shortage designations in Iowa
Move Iowa Primary Care toward 163 before the range goes out.
Park Iowa Primary Care beside 5.0 while the manager still has the draft.
Pin Iowa Mental Health beside 156 before the calendar invite goes out.
Log Iowa Mental Health as 4.8 before the recruiter refreshes the ad.
Each discipline
1Primary Care
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 163
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 5.0
2Mental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 156
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 4.8
3Dental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 131
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 4.0
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Discipline | Designated HPSA IDs | IDs per 100,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary Care | 163 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Mental Health | 156 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Dental Health | 131 | 4.0 |
Takeaways
- Cite Iowa Dental Health at 131 and the intake can see the figure.
- List Iowa Dental Health at 4.0 so the huddle hears the cell.
- Mark Iowa Primary Care at 163 rather than a statewide average.
- Flag Iowa Primary Care at 5.0 so finance sees the same cell.
For recruiters
- File Iowa Mental Health under 156 so the handoff names the cell.
- Hold Iowa Primary Care to 163 inside the Hiring Pack for this opening.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 3,238,173 in Iowa, 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. Iowa has 450 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 13.9 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Iowa is 12 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
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