2025 Registered Nurse Shortage Areas

This model covers nine different nursing professions grouped into five distinct role categories classified broadly as the "Registered Nursing" group. This group includes the following license types: Registered Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Public Health Nurses, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses. This table identifies which RN areas were designated as Registered Nurse Shortage Areas (RNSAs) in the 2020 publication, along with the data and calculations used in the process. Population data is sourced from the Department of Finance's P-2A Total Population for California and Counties table and SPA level estimates were calculated based on the percentage of the Los Angeles population currently living within each SPA region using DP05 ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates 2023 ACS 5 year estimate for Los Angeles County. License counts are sourced from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information's licensee lists.