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Polk County, Oregon
89,662 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
Rental availability, asking rents against HUD Fair Market Rent, and community services in Polk County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
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Adults with frequent mental distress
17.6%
14 mental-health listings · below the Oregon median of 17.7%
Adults 18–64 without health insurance
8.9%
17 medical listings · above the Oregon median of 8.6%
Adults ever diagnosed with depression
27.0%
above the Oregon median of 26.4%
Adults reporting food insecurity
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Not in this CDC release · 14 food listings
Need against listed capacity
CDC PLACES prevalence applied to the county’s adult population, beside the services listed for that need in the Range Lab directory. Adults per listing is a rough reading of how thin the net is, not a wait time.
Frequent mental distress
12,400
17.6% of 70,277 adults
One dot = 100 adults
No health insurance
4,700
8.9% of 53,215 adults 18–64
One dot = 100 adults 18–64
Depression diagnosis
19,000
27.0% of 70,277 adults
One dot = 100 adults
Provider shortage designations and listed services
HRSA scores each Health Professional Shortage Area 0–25 (dental 0–26); a county’s score is the highest among its designated areas. Higher means a worse shortage. Listed services per 10,000 residents from the Range Lab directory.
HRSA shortage score, 2026
Grey tick = median among designated Oregon counties
- Primary / medical care15 · designated
- Mental health18 · designated
- Dental13 · designated
Polk is designated for primary care and mental health and dental. Facility-only designations (clinics, FQHCs) are excluded.
Listed services per 10,000 residents
- Medical1.95.1
- Mental health1.61.5
- Dental0.40.5
- Addiction & recovery0.70.8
- Food1.64.8
Dental is both a designated shortage and the thinnest category listed: 0.4 per 10,000, about one listing for every 22,400 residents.
How Polk compares with other Oregon counties
Adults with frequent mental distress against adults 18–64 without health insurance, CDC PLACES 2025. Dot size is county population; dashed lines are the state medians. Hover a dot for the county.
Polk sits below the state median on distress (17.6% vs. 17.7%) and above it on uninsured adults (8.9% vs. 8.6%).
Sources: CDC PLACES 2025 (model-based county estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas; Census ACS 2024 5-year population; Range Lab resource directory. About the data.