Stoddard County, Missouri County Health Workforce Brief
Federal shortage designations — not a commercial demand forecast or provider quality rank.
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One-time PDF brief.
Active designations
24
Primary care
8
Dental
8
Mental health
8
Max HPSA score
19
Total FTE short
11.3
Material changes
baseline
Summary
Stoddard County, Missouri has 24 active HRSA Health Professional Shortage Area designations in this vintage (Primary Care: 8, Dental: 8, Mental Health: 8).
Highest HPSA score among active designations is 19 (0-25 scale; higher indicates greater shortage priority) (national median 18 across 3174 counties; 67th percentile in-state (114 counties)). Combined clinician FTE shortfall across designations is approximately 11.3.
Detail is capped for readability: the designation detail table and score distribution show the top 12 of 24 designations by HPSA score. Discipline counts, maximum scores, FTE shortfall totals, and benchmarks cover ALL designations.
HPSA designations support workforce programs (e.g., loan repayment eligibility context) — they are not a forecast of commercial demand or a quality ranking of providers.
Labor-market context (QCEW 2024 (private ownership)): Private healthcare employers reported approximately 957 jobs across ambulatory, home-health, and nursing/residential care; average annual private-sector pay is ambulatory care $53,013, home health $42,944, nursing/residential care $33,747. These are BLS QCEW averages, not medians, and cover private-sector employers only.
Data vintage: Downloaded 2026-08-02 (HRSA refreshes nightly).
Change tracking for this county began with the HRSA download 2026-08-02 · BLS QCEW 2024 · ACS 5-year 2019-2023 data vintage; the next data refresh will report provider additions, exits, and rating changes.
Designation preview
Showing 3 of 24 HPSA designations. Full table in the paid PDF.
| Name | Discipline | Type | Score (0-25) | FTE short | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTER MEDICAL CENTER | Primary Care | Geographic | 19 | Full report | Full report |
| SOUTHEAST HEALTH BLOOMFIELD CLINIC | Primary Care | Geographic | 19 | Full report | Full report |
| DEXTER COMMUNITY CARE CENTER | Primary Care | Geographic | 19 | Full report | Full report |
Benchmarks — in the full report
The paid PDF compares this county to state and national county medians with percentiles.
Methodology
- Source: HRSA HPSA / MUA-P / FQHC public download files, BLS QCEW annual county files, and Census ACS population, compiled offline into a committed, vintage-stamped data artifact (workforce-artifact-1.0.0) covering 3222 counties. The vintages cited are the real download dates.
- Designated and Proposed-for-Withdrawal designations are included; Withdrawn designations are excluded. Rows are deduped by (HPSA ID, county).
- HPSA score is the federal priority score (0-25) when published.
- FTE short and underserved population are designation-level figures attributed to each county served; multi-county designations contribute to every county they serve.
- Detail tables are capped for readability (top 12 designations by HPSA score; 8 most-underserved MUA/P entries; 5 named FQHC sites). Discipline counts, maximum scores, FTE totals, and benchmarks are computed over ALL rows; figures only derivable from the capped detail (median score, worst ratio, underserved and poverty rollups, rural presence) are shown only when the detail covers every designation, otherwise as not available.
- Safety-net context (MUA/P designations and FQHC service-delivery sites) is summarized from the same HRSA download files.
- Labor-market context is BLS QCEW annual county data for private-ownership healthcare NAICS (621 ambulatory, 6216 home health, 623 nursing/residential care). QCEW average annual pay and average weekly wage are payroll-per-job AVERAGES, not medians; suppressed cells render as not available.
- State and national comparisons are medians and percentiles computed across all counties in the committed artifact.
- Sellable threshold: ≥1 active designation in county.
- Missing values are never imputed as zero.
Limitations
- HPSA boundaries can be sub-county; county rollups may include population-targeted designations that do not cover the entire county.
- Underserved population, served population, and FTE-short figures are designation-level figures attributed to each county served — multi-county designations contribute their full figures to every county they serve, so totals are not county-exclusive.
- Scores and FTE short change when HRSA updates designations — always check the as-of vintage.
- Reference periods differ by dataset: HRSA designations are as of the download date (2026-08-02); QCEW wages cover calendar 2024; population is ACS 5-year 2019-2023.
- BLS QCEW wage/employment figures are county private-ownership averages for broad healthcare NAICS — they are not occupation-specific or median wages, and small-county cells may be suppressed and shown as not available.
- This is a one-time market-screening and preliminary-diligence starter, not investment, staffing, or financial advice, and not a recommendation to open a clinic or apply for any program.
- Not medical advice; not affiliated with HRSA or HHS.