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 select 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:

    Jun 2025.

  • Documents:

    Alaska
    Georgia
    Idaho
    Montana
    New Mexico
    Tennessee
    Utah
    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.