Medically Underserved Areas / Populations

[Metadata ] Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) for the State of Hawaii as of March 2025. Source: US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Downloaded by the Hawaii State GIS Program from the Federal Health Resources and Services Administrations (HRSA) website, 3/10/25 ( data.hrsa.gov/data/download ).

These data describe geographic areas and populations with a lack of access to primary care health services. Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) may be a whole county or a group of contiguous counties, a group of county or civil divisions or a group of urban census tracts in which residents have a shortage of personal health services. Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) may include groups of persons who face economic, cultural or linguistic barriers to health care.