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HRSA Area Health Resources Files County Data

HRSA's annually refreshed county health-resource archive for comparing clinician supply and health-system capacity.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · 0.02–0.04 GB
Formats
ZIP, CSV
Access
Download
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Health Resources and Services Administration
Updates
Annual
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
HRSA lists no AHRF usage limitations; cite HRSA and check the variable definitions and source years.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

HRSA publishes a county CSV archive and records no usage limitation. Start with one county row and a named clinician variable from the 2024-2025 release. The release year is not every variable's measurement year, and supply does not prove access to care.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read HRSA's annual release details, data dictionary, and usage terms.
  2. 2.Download the 2024-2025 county CSV archive from HRSA.
  3. 3.Inspect the county identifier and one clinician-supply field.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import csv
import io
import zipfile
import requests

url = "https://data.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/AHRF/AHRF_2024-2025_CSV.zip"
response = requests.get(url, timeout=60)
response.raise_for_status()
with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.content)) as archive:
    name = next(n for n in archive.namelist() if n.endswith("AHRF2025.csv"))
    with archive.open(name) as file:
        row = next(csv.DictReader(io.TextIOWrapper(file, encoding="utf-8-sig")))
print(row["fips_st_cnty"], row["phys_nf_prim_care_pc_exc_rsdt_23"])
4

Test a Useful Signal

Compare County Clinician Supply

Compare one documented provider-supply variable across counties using a fixed AHRF release.

  1. 01Select the county FIPS and provider field from the release dictionary.
  2. 02Compare the same variable and measurement year across two counties.
  3. 03Explain why clinician counts do not establish appointment availability.

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Dataset Details

Health Resources and Services Administration is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: 2024-2025 AHRF release; variables have distinct source years.

Data Types

Tabular

Formats

ZIPCSV

Provider

Health Resources and Services Administration

Data Terms

HRSA lists no AHRF usage limitations; cite HRSA and check the variable definitions and source years.

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