March 3, 2026
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.