Geographypublished US areas and populations
ReleaseHRSA snapshot 88bd4fd1ff7a parser v1
Available records4,920
What you can build
Official MUA/P records and component boundaries. Use this dataset as a sourced input to an application, analytical model or retrieval tool. Retain its native dimensions when joining it with your own records.
Query HRSA Medically Underserved Areas and Populations
The example below is a real bounded request against the available release. Replace the environment variable with your server-side API credential. Review endpoint parameters and response schemas before changing selectors.
Verified API request
curl --fail --get "https://api.geoamcan.com/v1/designations?dataset=hrsa-muap&limit=1&designation_id=MUA%3A00001" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GEOAMCAN_API_KEY"Saved response excerpt
{
"source_attribution": {
"hrsa-muap": "HRSA — HRSA Medically Underserved Areas and Populations; https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download?titleFilter=Shortage+Areas; official source snapshots, no endorsement implied."
},
"requested_area": {
"include_geometry": false,
"dataset": "hrsa-muap",
"lat": null,
"lon": null,
"geo_type": null,
"geoid": null,
"vintage": null,
"designation_id": "MUA:00001",
"area": null
},
"data": [
{
"dataset": "hrsa-muap",
"source": "HRSA",
"release": "HRSA snapshot 88bd4fd1ff7a parser v1",
"geographic_resolution": "geographic",
"geoid": "MUA:00001",
"geography_vintage": "source_geometry",
"period": "2026/10/29",
"naics": "",
"component": "geometry",
"metrics": {},
"margins_of_error": {},
"flags": {
"scope": "geographic",
"record": {
"dates": {
"Designation Date": "1978-11-01",
"MUA/P Update Date": "2001-01-26",
"MUA/P Update Date String": "2001-01-26",
"MUA/P Designation Date String": "1978-11-01",
"Data Warehouse Record Create Date": "2026-10-29 01:13:48.043",
"Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) Withdrawal Date": null,
"Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) Withdrawal Date in Text Format": null
},
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_SHP.zip",
"source_record": {
"MUA/P ID": "00001",
"IMU Score": "44.10",
"State Name": "Alabama",
"Census Tract": "Not Applicable",
"HHS Region Code": "04",
"HHS Region Name": "Region 4",
"MUA/P Area Code": "01001",
"Population Type": "Medically Underserved Area",
"State FIPS Code": "01",
"Designation Date": "1978-11-01",
"Designation Type": "Medically Underserved Area",
"Common State Name": "Alabama"
},
"spatial_record": {
"OBJECTID": 1,
"MUA_SCORE": "52.90",
"BREAK_DESI": "Y",
"CMN_REGION": "04",
"CMN_REGI_1": "Region 4",
"CMN_STATE_": "Alabama",
"CMN_STAT_1": "AL",
"CMN_STAT_2": "01",
"DW_RECORD_": "2026/10/29 01:13:15.574",
"DW_RECOR_1": "2026/10/29",
"INFANT_MOR": "5.900",
"INFANT_M_1": "26.0"
},
"designation_type": "Medically Underserved Area",
"reference_period": "2026/10/29"
},
"source_status": "Designated",
"designation_id": "MUA:00001",
"source_component": {
"OBJECTID": 1,
"MUA_SCORE": "52.90",
"BREAK_DESI": "Y",
"CMN_REGION": "04",
"CMN_REGI_1": "Region 4",
"CMN_STATE_": "Alabama",
"CMN_STAT_1": "AL",
"CMN_STAT_2": "01",
"DW_RECORD_": "2026/10/29 01:13:15.574",
"DW_RECOR_1": "2026/10/29",
"INFANT_MOR": "5.900",
"INFANT_M_1": "26.0"
},
"geometry_available": true,
"jurisdiction": {
"scope": "US",
"source_state_fips": "01",
"source_name": "Alabama"
}
}
}
],
"availability": {
"hrsa-muap": {
"status": "matches",
"coverage": "US coverage; HRSA additionally retains separately labeled non-US source jurisdictions and unknown source jurisdiction markers. No Canadian equivalent layers.",
"release_metadata": {
"passed": true,
"country": "US coverage; separately labeled non-US source jurisdictions and unknown source jurisdiction markers retained",
"records": 4920,
"components": {
"n": 23951,
"native_geometries": 4156
},
"retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:14:37.420000+00:00",
"validated_at": "2026-10-30T01:50:31.304901+00:00",
"coverage_gaps": [
"764 designation records have no published/compatible spatial geometry; see status-specific counts"
],
"geometry_repairs": 0,
"row_storage_bytes": 10200240,
"designation_counts": [
{
"scope": "geographic",
"status": "Designated",
"records": 3570
}
],
"source_attribution": "HRSA — HRSA Medically Underserved Areas and Populations; https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download?titleFilter=Shortage+Areas; official source snapshots, no endorsement implied.",
"published_jurisdictions": [
{
"records": 101,
"source_state_fips": "01"
}
]
},
"interpretation": "Geographic overlap is not full-area designation or business/project/funding eligibility. Population conditions apply; facility matches do not designate surrounding areas."
}
},
"next_offset": 1,
"returned_count": 1,
"complete": false,
"snapshot": {
"hrsa-muap": {
"release_id": 71,
"release": "HRSA snapshot 88bd4fd1ff7a parser v1",
"fingerprint": "1d6b2f856e0d484891b169962e80dade"
},
"tiger": {
"release_id": 1,
"release": "2026 + native 2024/2020",
"fingerprint": "0400658a689c0c2b04db479935dae54a"
},
"geography-extended": {
"release_id": 29,
"release": "2026 + native 2024",
"fingerprint": "e63402f6d0af12bc02df1e39a93b9fb8"
},
"designation-boundaries": {
"release_id": 62,
"release": "2010 native tracts + 2020 Island Areas parser v1",
"fingerprint": "c15cd69ac14013bea7024a09f5902f17"
}
},
"metric_definitions": {
"hrsa-muap": {
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:0": {
"label": "Attribute Name",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"Attribute Name"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:1": {
"label": "Geocoding Artifact Object Identification Number",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"Geocoding Artifact Object Identification Number"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:2": {
"label": "Congressional District Name",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"Congressional District Name"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:3": {
"label": "Geocoding Artifact Feature Geometry",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"Geocoding Artifact Feature Geometry"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:4": {
"label": "State FIPS Code",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"State FIPS Code"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:5": {
"label": "State Name",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"State Name"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:6": {
"label": "HHS Region Number",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"HHS Region Number"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:7": {
"label": "U.S. Congressional Representative Name",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"U.S. Congressional Representative Name"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:8": {
"label": "U.S. Senator Name (2)",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"U.S. Senator Name (2)"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:9": {
"label": "Data Warehouse Record Create Date",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"Data Warehouse Record Create Date"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:10": {
"label": "County or County Equivalent Federal Information Processing Standard Code",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"County or County Equivalent Federal Information Processing Standard Code"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
},
"MUA_DATAMART_METADATA:11": {
"label": "County Equivalent Name",
"unit": "source-defined",
"universe": null,
"source_definition": {
"source_row": [
"County Equivalent Name"
],
"source_url": "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/DD_Files/MUA_DATAMART_METADATA.XLSX"
}
}
}
},
"coverage_limitations": {
"hrsa-muap": [
"764 designation records have no published/compatible spatial geometry; see status-specific counts"
]
},
"native_area_contexts": {},
"commuting_flows": []
}Captured 2026-11-03. Excerpt omits pagination credentials and may shorten nested records. Download verified source responses.
Coverage and interpretation
Coverage is limited to published source geographies and releases. Missing, suppressed and unavailable observations must not be treated as zero.
The active release shown here is a catalog snapshot. Check the live catalog and response provenance for current readiness. The underlying public source and Geoamcan access terms are separate; consult the source’s licensing and attribution requirements.
Source and methodology
Source: HRSA. Geoamcan is an independent API provider, with no agency affiliation or endorsement. Read our data methodology for source handling, geographic joins and update practices.
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