HRSA Launches New Data Resources to Support Health Workforce Planning

HRSA’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) released three new data resources to support health workforce planning in 2026:

• Health Workforce Explorer: An interactive dashboard with national snapshots of 40 health occupations.
• Updated Health Workforce projections: National and state-level supply and demand estimates for 2023 – 2038.
• Area Health Resources Files (AHRF): Updated data from 1999 – 2024, with a dashboard visualizing workforce trends across key health professions.