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Texas County Primary-Care Access & Health-Burden Scorecard
A county-level targeting index for Texas, fusing adult chronic-disease and social-risk prevalence (CDC PLACES) with federally designated primary-care provider shortages (HRSA). Ranks all 254 counties by combined need so a health department or rural-health office can see where high burden and thin provider supply overlap.
Pre-rendered county priority rankings for TX (254 counties). Rankings are relative within the state, not comparable across states.
Highest-priority counties
Ranked counties
| Rank | County | Priority index | Top driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimmit | 85.2 | Access & SDOH barriers |
| 2 | Jim Hogg | 79.0 | Provider shortage |
| 3 | Brooks | 77.8 | Provider shortage |
| 4 | Zapata | 77.0 | Access & SDOH barriers |
| 5 | Starr | 76.8 | Access & SDOH barriers |
| 6 | Zavala | 75.9 | Health burden |
| 7 | Presidio | 69.5 | Health burden |
| 8 | Duval | 68.4 | Provider shortage |
| 9 | Pecos | 64.7 | Provider shortage |
| 10 | Willacy | 64.2 | Provider shortage |
| 11 | Maverick | 63.7 | Provider shortage |
| 12 | Hidalgo | 63.4 | Provider shortage |
| 13 | Frio | 63.2 | Provider shortage |
| 14 | Jim Wells | 61.4 | Provider shortage |
| 15 | San Augustine | 61.0 | Health burden |
| 16 | Reeves | 60.9 | Provider shortage |
| 17 | Live Oak | 60.8 | Provider shortage |
| 18 | Webb | 60.4 | Provider shortage |
| 19 | Cochran | 60.3 | Health burden |
| 20 | La Salle | 60.3 | Provider shortage |
| 21 | Shelby | 60.1 | Provider shortage |
| 22 | Newton | 59.6 | Health burden |
| 23 | Hudspeth | 59.4 | Provider shortage |
| 24 | Swisher | 58.8 | Provider shortage |
| 25 | Jefferson | 58.6 | Provider shortage |