Health professional shortage designations in Mississippi

Park Mississippi Primary Care beside 5.2 so the huddle hears the cell.

Pin Mississippi Dental Health beside 148 rather than a statewide average.

Log Mississippi Dental Health as 5.0 so finance sees the same cell.

Each discipline

Ranked table

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

Takeaways

• Cite Mississippi Mental Health at 85 so the handoff names the cell.
• List Mississippi Mental Health at 2.9 while the draft is still open.
• Mark Mississippi Primary Care at 152 and the req stops guessing.
• Flag Mississippi Primary Care at 5.2 before the screen gets longer.

For recruiters

• File Mississippi Dental Health under 148 while the role is still unposted.
• Anchor Mississippi Primary Care at 152 inside the Hiring Pack on the req.

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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 2,943,166 in Mississippi, 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. Mississippi has 385 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 13.1 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Mississippi is 14 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