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Health professional shortage designations in Nebraska
Nebraska designation IDs aren't open jobs, and Nebraska clinics recruiting them as vacancies will miscount.
Nebraska IDs mark shortage areas, not jobs, and Nebraska leaders should hear that first.
Nebraska primary care leads with 127 designations, which is 6.3 for every 100,000 Nebraska residents.
Nebraska mental health is smaller, at 91 designations, or 4.5 on that Nebraska scale.
Each discipline
1Primary Care
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 127
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 6.3
2Dental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 100
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 5.0
3Mental Health
- Designated HPSA IDs
- 91
- IDs per 100,000 residents
- 4.5
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 | 127 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Dental Health | 100 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Mental Health | 91 | 4.5 |
Takeaways
- Nebraska dental health holds 100 designations, 5.0 on the same scale, and Nebraska still isn't counting vacancies.
- Nebraska totals 318 distinct designations across three disciplines, and Nebraska areas overlap.
- Nebraska's combined figure is 15.8 on the civilian base, and Nebraska shouldn't treat it as a target.
- Nebraska civilian population here is 2,011,666, the base under that Nebraska per resident count.
For recruiters
- Tell Nebraska these are designations before Nebraska turns the table into a recruiting target.
- Call out Nebraska mental health alone so Nebraska dental doesn't hide the smaller count.
- Save the Nebraska wage in the Hiring Pack.
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 Withdrawn and proposed rows are excluded.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 2,011,666 in Nebraska, 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. Nebraska has 318 distinct designated IDs across the three disciplines, which is 15.8 per 100,000 civilian residents. Areas are ordered by that per-resident count. Nebraska is 9 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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