| County | Primary care | Mental health | Dental |
| AlamedaAlameda Hospital, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp, Eden Medical Center, Fremont Hospital +11 |
– | Part · score 16 | Part · score 15 |
| Alpine |
Part · score 10 | – | – |
| AmadorSutter Amador Hospital |
– | Whole county · score 6 | – |
| ButteEnloe Medical Center, Orchard Hospital, Oroville Hospital |
Part · score 16 | Whole county · score 15 | Part · score 14 |
| CalaverasMark Twain Medical Center |
Whole county · score 12 | Whole county · score 15 | – |
| ColusaColusa Medical Center |
Whole county · score 9 | Whole county · score 16 | Part · score 16 |
| Contra CostaKaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch, Sutter Delta Medical Center, John Muir Behavioral Health Center, John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus +4 |
– | Part · score 12 | Part · score 17 |
| Del NorteSutter Coast Hospital |
Whole county · score 16 | Whole county · score 18 | Part · score 16 |
| El DoradoMarshall Medical Center (1-Rh), Barton Memorial Hospital |
Part · score 15 | Whole county · score 13 | Part · score 16 |
| FresnoClovis Community Medical Center, Coalinga Regional Medical Center, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Surgical Hospital +6 |
Part · score 19 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 22 |
| GlennGlenn Medical Center |
Part · score 14 | Whole county · score 14 | – |
| HumboldtMad River Community Hospital, Sempervirens, St Joseph Hospital, Redwood Memorial Hospital +1 |
Part · score 16 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 22 |
| ImperialPioneers Memorial Healthcare District, El Centro Regional Medical Center |
Part · score 15 | Whole county · score 17 | Part · score 21 |
| InyoNorthern Inyo Hospital, Southern Inyo Hospital |
Part · score 17 | – | – |
| KernAdventist Health Bakersfield, Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, LLC, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital +7 |
Part · score 19 | Part · score 20 | Part · score 22 |
| KingsCalifornia State Correctional Hospital, Hanford Community Medical Center, Naval Hospital |
Part · score 17 | Whole county · score 17 | Part · score 20 |
| LakeSt Helena Hosptial-Clearlake, Sutter Lakeside Hospital |
Part · score 17 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 20 |
| LassenBanner Lassen Medical Center |
– | Whole county · score 14 | Part · score 12 |
| Los AngelesAlhambra Hospital Medical Center, USC Arcadia Hospital, Catalina Island Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park +96 |
Part · score 18 | Part · score 20 | Part · score 21 |
| MaderaMadera Community Hospital, River Vista Behavioral Health, Valley Children's Hospital |
Part · score 13 | Whole county · score 18 | Part · score 20 |
| MariposaJohn C Fremont Healthcare District |
Part · score 14 | Whole county · score 16 | – |
| MendocinoMendocino Coast District Hospital, Ukiah Valley Medical Center/Hospital D, Frank R Howard Memorial Hospital |
Part · score 18 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 18 |
| MercedMemorial Hospital los Banos, Mercy Medical Ctr Merced |
Part · score 17 | Part · score 12 | Part · score 18 |
| ModocModoc Medical Center, Surprise Valley Community Hospital |
Whole county · score 17 | Whole county · score 18 | Part · score 18 |
| MonoMammoth Hospital |
– | Whole county · score 13 | – |
| MontereySouthern Monterey County Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Natividad Medical Center, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital |
Part · score 16 | Part · score 20 | Part · score 18 |
| NevadaSierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Tahoe Forest Hospital |
Part · score 9 | Whole county · score 14 | – |
| OrangeAliso Ridge Behavioral Health, LLC, Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim Community Hospital, LLC, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Anaheim +26 |
Part · score 13 | Part · score 16 | Part · score 11 |
| PlacerSutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville, Sutter Roseville Medical Center |
Part · score 15 | Part · score 16 | – |
| PlumasSeneca District Hospital, Eastern Plumas Hospital - Portola Campus, Plumas District Hospital |
Part · score 15 | Whole county · score 18 | Part · score 12 |
| RiversideSan Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Palo Verde Hospital, Corona Regional Medical Center, Hemet Valley Medical Center +13 |
Part · score 16 | Part · score 18 | Part · score 16 |
| SacramentoMercy San Juan Medical Center, Kindred Hospital-Sacramento, Mercy Hospital of Folsom, VA N California Healthcare System +14 |
Part · score 16 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 18 |
| San Benito |
Part · score 7 | Part · score 16 | Part · score 16 |
| San BernardinoSt Mary Medical Center, Barstow Community Hospital, Bear Valley Community Hospital, Canyon Ridge Hospital +21 |
Part · score 18 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 20 |
| San DiegoNh Camp Pendleton, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr, Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas +22 |
Part · score 17 | Part · score 18 | Part · score 20 |
| San JoaquinSan Joaquin General Hospital, Lodi Memorial Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca +4 |
Part · score 16 | Part · score 16 | Part · score 20 |
| San Luis ObispoAtascadero State Hospital, California Mens Colony Hosp, French Hospital Medical Center, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center +1 |
– | Part · score 13 | Part · score 19 |
| San MateoPeninsula Medical Center, Seton Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City +2 |
Part · score 13 | – | – |
| Santa BarbaraLompoc Healthcare District, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara County Psychiatric Health Facility +2 |
Part · score 12 | Part · score 19 | Part · score 20 |
| Santa ClaraHazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, El Camino Hospital, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford, Palo Alto VA Medical Center +9 |
– | Part · score 14 | – |
| Santa CruzDominican Hospital, Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility, Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, Watsonville Community Hospital |
Part · score 8 | Part · score 18 | – |
| ShastaMayers Memorial Hospital, Mercy Medical Center Redding, Patients' Hospital of Redding, Shasta Regional Medical Center |
Part · score 16 | Whole county · score 13 | Part · score 18 |
| Sierra |
Whole county · score 10 | Whole county · score 10 | – |
| SiskiyouMercy Medical Center Mt Shasta, Fairchild Medical Center |
Part · score 16 | Whole county · score 14 | Part · score 18 |
| SonomaSonoma Developmental Center, Healdsburg District Hospital, Petaluma Valley Hospital, Aurora Behavioral Healthcare-Santa Rosa, LLC +4 |
Part · score 4 | – | – |
| StanislausDoctors Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center, Stanislaus Surgical Hospital, Oak Valley District Hospital +1 |
Part · score 13 | Part · score 16 | – |
| SutterSutter Surgical Hospital - North Valley |
Part · score 17 | Whole county · score 14 | – |
| TehamaSt Elizabeth Community Hospital |
Part · score 16 | Whole county · score 14 | Part · score 17 |
| TrinityTrinity Hospital |
Part · score 16 | Whole county · score 19 | Part · score 18 |
| TularePorterville Developmental Ctr, Sierra View District Hospital, Adventist Health Tulare, Kaweah Delta Medical Center |
Part · score 17 | Whole county · score 17 | Part · score 18 |
| TuolumneSonora Community Hospital |
Part · score 13 | Whole county · score 13 | Part · score 16 |
| VenturaSt Johns Pleasant Valley Hospital, Community Memorial Hospital - Ojai, St Johns Regional Medical Center, Simi Valley Hospital & Health Care Services +4 |
– | Part · score 16 | Part · score 16 |
| YoloSutter Davis Hospital, Woodland Memorial Hospital |
– | Part · score 18 | – |
| YubaRideout Memorial Hospital |
Part · score 11 | Whole county · score 19 | Part · score 16 |
Questions
Which California counties are primary care shortage areas?
5 California counties are designated as a whole for primary care: Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, Modoc, Sierra. Parts of 40 other counties are designated.
"Part" means one or more areas within the county (such as census tracts or low-income populations) are designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care; higher means greater need. Source: HRSA.