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USDA List of Fully Served Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
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USDA List of Fully Served Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends J-1 waivers for
foreign-trained physicians to work in a HPSA and determines that the area
is no longer medically underserved, it removes the particular county or
city from the HPSA list. When a physician leaves one of these areas, it is
again added to the list. What follows is a partial list of counties
designated by the USDA as fully medically served as of May 5, 1999:
ARIZONA
Bowie
Cochise
Douglas
Graham
La Paz
Mohave
Navaho
Pima
Santa Cruz
Somerton
Winslow
Yuma
ARKANSAS
Bradley
Chico
Cleburn
Dermott/McGee
Desha
Drew
Lawrence
Logan
MonroePhillips
Prairie
Quachita
Randolph
Scott
Stephens
St. Francis
Woodruff
CALIFORNIA
Alamosa
Angels
Arvin/Lamont
Borrego Springs
Butte
Brawley/Calpatria
Calexico
  -Westmoreland
Briggs/Gridley
Calevaris
Chowchilla
Coalinga
Coastal/Big Sur
Colusa
Del Norte
El Centro
Exeter/Ivanhoe/Lindsay
Fillmore
Frazier Park
Fresno
Glenn
Happy Camp
Huron
Imperial
InyoKern
King City
Kings
Lake Arrowhead
Lake Isabella
Lassen
Live Oak
Lucial
Madera
Mammoth Lakes
Mecca
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Needles/Topak
Napa
Oakdale/Riverbank
Ojai
Oroville/Palermo
Taft
Tehachapi
Tranquility
Palo Verde/Blythe
29 Palms/Yucca Valley
Reedley/Parlier/
  Orange
Red Bluff
Riverside
San Bernadino
San Diego
SanJuaquin
Siskiyou
Stanislaus
S.CoachellaValley
Sutter
Sutter/Yuba City
Tehama
Tulare
Ventura
Yuba
COLORADO
Alamosa
Baca
Bent
Cheyenne
Kit Carson
Kiowa
Lincoln
Montrose
Nucla/Norwood
Otero
Phillips
Pueblo
Rio Blanco
Rangely
San Miguel
FLORIDA
Baker
Bradford
Calhoun
Citrus
Collier
Columbia
Dade
DeSoto
Dixie
Escambia
Franklin
Gadsden
Glades
Hamilton
Hardee
Hendry
Hernando
Highlands
Holmes
Imokalee
Indian River
Jackson
Lake
Lafayette
Lee
Levy
Liberty
Madison
Manatee
Marion
Monroe
Okeechobee
Orange
Osceola
Palm Beach
Polk
Putnam
St. Lucie
Sumter
Suwannee
Taylor
Union
Volusa
Wakulla
Walton
Washington
GEORGIA
Butts
Calhoun
Clinch
Colquitt
Decatur
Dooly
Grady
Hart
Jefferson
Johnson
Laurens
Peach
Putnam
Toombs
IDAHO
Bingham E. Snake River Valley Washington
ILLINOIS
Alexander
Carroll
Cass
Clay
Clinton
Cumberland
Edgar
Franklin
Hardin
Jasper
Jo Daviess
Johnson
Lawrence
Massac
Ogle
Pope
Pulaski
Stark
Union
Vermillion
Washington
Wayne
White
INDIANA
Benton
Carroll
Franklin
Jasper
Jennings
Know
Newton
Noble
Ohio
Pike
Randolph
Rush
Scott
Sullivan
Warren
Washington
White
IOWA
Boone
Hancock
Kossuth
O'Brien
KANSAS
Brown
Cheyenne
Clark
Cloud
Comanche
Edwards
Ellsworth
Geary
Gray
Jewell
Kearny
Kingman
Kiowa
Lincoln
Meade
Osage
Osborne
Pawnee
Phillips
Rawlins
Russell
Sheridan
Stevens
KENTUCKY
Allen
Breckenridge
Bullitt
Butler
Carroll
Crittenden
Edmonson
Gallatin
Hart
Henry
Hickman
Livingston
Logan
Lyon
Muhlenberg
Nicholas
Ohio
Owen
Pendelton
Spencer
Todd
Trimble
LOUISIANA
Acadia
Allen
Avoyelles
Beauregard
Caldwell
Cameron
Catahoula
Concordia
De Soto
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Lasalle
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Natchitoches
Rapides
Richland
Sabine
St. Helena
St. Landry
St. Mary
Tangipahoa
Terrebonne
Union
Vermillion
Washington
Webster
West Carroll
MAINE
Aroostock
Fort Kent
Franklin
Jay/Livermore Falls
Hancock
Blue Hill
Machias
Penobscot
Lincoln
Piscataquis
Skowhegan
Washington
Calais
Jonesport
MARYLAND
Caroline
Dorchester
Kent
Somerset
MICHIGAN
Alcona
Allegan
Allegan
Alpena
Arenac
Bay
Berrien
North Berrien
Branch
Cass
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Clare
Crawford
Delta
Dickinson
Genesee
Otter Lake
Gogebic
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Huron
Iosco
E. Iosco
Iron
Isabella
Lapeer
Otter Lake
Mackinac
Mason
Mecosta
Menominee
Montcalm
Newaygo
Ogemaw
Rose City/Luptin
West Branch
Ontonagon
Ewen
Oscoda
Roscommon
Sanilac
Tuscola
MINNESOTA
Grant
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Ottertail
Elbow Lake/Dalton
MISSISSIPPI
Claiborne
Covington
Forrest
Humphreys
Jefferson
Jones
Lefiore
Neshoba
Newton
Rankin
Scott
Tallahatchie
Walthall
Washington
Wayne
MISSOURI
Andrew
Bates
Caldwell
Carroll
Cedar
Chariton
Crawford
Dade
Dent
Grundy
Harrison
Howard
Johnson
Laclede
Montgomery
New Madrid
Pike
Reynolds
Ripley
Scotland
Worth
MONTANA
Carter
Custer
Daniels
Fallon
Lincoln
Musselshell
Richland
Roosevelt
NEBRASKA
Brown
Cedar
Custer
Burwell/Ord
Dixon
Dundy
Harlan
Kimball
Morrill
Rock
Scotts Bluff
NEVADA
Beathy
Esmeralda
Esmeralda/Tonopah
Nye
Round Mountain
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Coos Berlin
NEW JERSEY
Salem West Salem Co
NEW MEXICO
Clovis
Curry
Luna
Roosevelt
Union
NEW YORK
Cayuga
Aurora
Auburn
Oswego City
Clinton
Dannemora
Malone
Columbia
Dutchess
Erie
Tri-County
Essex
E. Central Essex
Franklin
Canton/Potsdam
Malone
Genessee
Greene
Jefferson
Lewis
Oneida
Camden
Orleans
Oswego
Fulton
Oswego City
St. Lawrence
Canton-Potsdam
Gouverneur
Massena
Ogdensburg
Sullivan
Wayne
Wyoming
Batavia/Attica/
Bennington
NORTH CAROLINA
Anson
Beaufort
Bayboro-Aurora
Bladen
Brunswick
Carteret
Caswell
Columbus
Duplin
Franklin
Gates
Hertford
Robeson
Warren
Washington
NORTH DAKOTA
Emmons
McHenry
McIntosh
McKenzie
Pembina
Pierce
Sheridan
Steele
Mayville/Finley
Trail
OHIO
Fayette Henry Sandusky
OKLAHOMA
Adair
Atoka
Beaver
Cherokee
Choctaw
Coal
Dewey
Ellis
Harmon
Haskell
Jackson
Kiowa
LeFlore
Lincoln
Luther
McIntosh
Roger Mills
Texas
Tillman
Washita
OREGON
Klamath Klamath Falls
SOUTH CAROLINA
Abbeville
Allendale
Barnwell
Beaufort
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Dillon
Marlboro
Orangeburg
Union
SOUTH DAKOTA
Charles Mix
Clay
Davison
Deuel
Turner
TENNESSEE
Giles
Hardeman
Hardin
Haywood
Hickman
Lake
Lauderdale
Truesdale
TEXAS
Andrews
Aransas
Atascosa
Bandera
Bastrop
Bee
Burleson
Caldwell
Cameron
Chambers
Collingsworth
Crane
Culbertson
Dimmit
Duval
Frio
Gaines
Glasscock
Goliad
Gonzales
Hale
Hansford
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hockley
Jackson
Jim Wells
Jones
Kenedy
Kerr
Knox
LaSalle
Leon
Limestone
Loving
Madison
Medina
Mitchell
Morris
Nacogdoches
Newton
Oldham
Pecos
Polk
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Robertson
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
Shelby
Sherman
Starr
Stephens
Sutton
Trinity
Uvalde
Val Verde
Waller
Ward
Wheeler
Willacy
Winkler
Wise
Zavala
UTAH
Beaver
VIRGINIA
Accomack
Halifax
Northumberland
Page
Surry
WASHINGTON
Cowlitz
Garfield
Grays Harbor
Copalis Beach
Okangan
S. Okangan
WISCONSIN
Bayfield
Hayward/Radisson
Clark
Door
Sturgeon Bay
Juneau
Kewaunee
Marinette
E. Marinette
S. Menominee
Marquette
Monroe
Oconto
Oconto/Oconto Falls
Richland
Hillsboro
Sauk
Hillsboro
Shawano
Oconto/Oconto Falls
Vernon
Hillsboro
Washburn
Hayward/Radisson
WYOMING
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