Rural Behavioral Health Workforce: A State-Level Analysis
Abstract
Tracking trends in the rural health care workforce is critical for identifying potential gaps and developing targeted solutions to ensure an optimal supply of health professionals to care for rural communities.This project will describe each state’s behavioral health workforce supply, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers, and counselors, in each state’s rural and urban counties. State and local governments, organizations, and advocates may utilize this data to describe the rural workforce in their state, with comparisons to the rural and urban workforce supply nationally.
A number of states are currently available. Additional states will be added soon.
Contact:
Email Sara Woolcock at rhrc@uw.edu with any questions or requests.
Authors:
Woolcock SC, Andrilla CHA, Garberson LA, Graves JM.
Journal/Publisher:
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Edition:
Jul 2025.
Documents:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Citation:
Woolcock SC, Andrilla CHA, Garberson LA, Graves JM. Rural Behavioral Health Workforce: A State-Level Analysis. WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington; 2025.