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Health professional shortage designations in Louisiana
Log Louisiana Primary Care as 178 rather than a round number from memory.
Cite Louisiana Primary Care at 3.9 before a national midpoint replaces it.
List Louisiana Mental Health at 173 ahead of the posting you want.
Mark Louisiana Mental Health at 3.8 so local pay stays visible.
Each discipline
1Primary Care
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 178
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 3.9
2Mental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 173
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 3.8
3Dental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 172
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 3.7
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 | 178 | 3.9 |
| 2 | Mental Health | 173 | 3.8 |
| 3 | Dental Health | 172 | 3.7 |
Takeaways
- Flag Louisiana Dental Health at 172 and the figure stays beside the title.
- File Louisiana Dental Health under 3.7 ahead of the compensation review.
- Enter Louisiana Primary Care as 178 so the offer letter names the figure.
- Write Louisiana Primary Care as 3.9 before the range goes out.
For recruiters
- Save Louisiana Mental Health as 173 while the manager still has the draft.
- Send Louisiana Primary Care out 178 inside the Hiring Pack before you post.
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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 4,603,516 in Louisiana, 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. Louisiana has 523 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 11.4 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Louisiana is 18 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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