Health professional shortage designations in Michigan

The discipline a Michigan recruiter will cite first is Primary Care, at 275 designated IDs.

Across the three disciplines, Michigan totals 802 distinct designated IDs. That is 7.9 per 100,000 civilian residents.

Mental Health still belongs on the Michigan note at 259 designated IDs. Population on July 1, 2025 is 10,125,925, and none of the cells are job openings.

Each discipline

Ranked table

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Takeaways

• In Michigan, cite 275 designated IDs when the discipline is Primary Care.
• All three Michigan disciplines sum to 802 distinct designated IDs.
• Per 100,000 civilian residents, Michigan sits at 7.9.
• Mental Health is the low Michigan count, 259 designated IDs.

For recruiters

• Cite Primary Care before the other disciplines.
• Do not add the IDs into the offer math.

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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 10,125,925 in Michigan, 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. Michigan has 802 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 7.9 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Michigan is 23 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