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

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

Suspensions & Expulsions

This layer displays information about public school students receiving in-school or out-of-school suspensions or expulsions from the U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).

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.

Recreation Dependent Counties

Recreation dependent counties are determined by a weighted z-score of the factors listed was at least two-thirds of a standard deviation above the nonmetro mean (greater than or equal to 0.67) for: 1. Jobs in arts, entertainment, and recreation, accommodation … Continued

Library Access, 2022

This layer displays library visits per person living within the library service area per year. Data are obtained from the 2025 County Health Rankings.

Low Education Counties

Low education counties are those where at least 57 percent of residents ages 25 to 64 did not have any post-secondary education in the 2018–22 5-year American Community Survey (ACS). Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas are based on the U.S. Office … Continued

Child Mortality Rate by County, 2019-2022

This layer displays the number and rate of deaths among children under age 19 per 100,000 population. Indicator data are from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) Compressed Mortality File (CMF).