Health Professional Shortage Areas and Components

This layer displays the location and characteristics of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) components. The HPSA component layer is different from other HPSA layers in that each HPSA is broken down from irregular geographic areas, like service areas, … Continued

Banking Deserts

This layer displays the average number of active branches of banks as of 2024. Data are available at the census tract.

Persistent Poverty Counties

Persistent poverty counties are those where 20% or more of county residents were poor, measured by the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses and in the 2007–11 and 2017–21 5-year American Community Surveys.

Medically Underserved Areas and Populations

This layer displays the location and characteristics of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas and Populations (MUA/Ps). The HPSA layers show data for three themes: Designated Populations, Designated Types, and Clinical Scores. The MUA/P layer … Continued

Maximum Temperature – Average Days Above 95 Degrees

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above 95 degrees between 2021-2023 at the county and Census Tract levels. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … Continued

Mining Dependent Counties

Mining dependent counties are those where at least 11 percent of the county’s annual average earnings came from mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction or at least 7 percent of the annual average number of jobs in the county … Continued

Cancer Incidence Rates by County, 2017-2021

Layer displays cancer incidence rates (all sites) per 100,000 population by state and county. Additional map layers from this update include incidence rates for breast cancer, colon and rectum cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and more.

Heat Index – Average Days Above 95th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 95th percentile between 2021-2023 at the county and Census tract levels. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Continued

Government Dependent Counties

Government dependent counties are those where at least 13 percent of the county’s annual average earnings came from Federal and State Government or at least 8 percent of the annual average number of jobs in the county came from Federal … Continued