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Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary Care: The Health Center Program

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2008 Data Snapshot

Total number of reporting grantees: 1,080 Need help?   Health Center Tool Tips
Reporting period: 2008 Report Source: Uniform Data System Report

Health Centers: 2008 At-A-Glance

For 2008, HRSA's health center program achieved the following. For trend detail, select an individual criterion.

Criteria Current Result
Total number of patients served: 17,122,535
Total number of grantees: 1,080
Number of FTE: 113,059

 





Health Center Population vs. U.S. Population

Health Center Program U.S. Population*
Percent by income level
At or below the Federal Poverty Guidelines 70.0% 13.2%
At or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines 91.7% 31.9%
Percent by Insurance Status
Uninsured 38.3% 15.4%
Medicaid 35.8% 14.1%
Medicare 7.5% 14.3%
Percent Known Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino 33.3% 15.0%
Not Hispanic/Latino 66.7% 85.0%
Percent Known Race
White 60.2% 80.0%
Black/African American 27.7% 13.0%
Asian 3.2% 4.0%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native 1.5% 1.0%
More than one race 6.2% 2.0%