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Health need and barriers to care in Arizona

Some Arizona ZIP codes carry two things at once: an elevated documented burden of health need, and real barriers to reaching care. This page is scoped to Arizona.

ArizonaData release 2026Documented inputs

Across parts of Arizona, the same ZIP codes show elevated health need and limited access to care together. Here is what each of those two axes measures — and how we read the overlap without ever claiming one causes the other.

How we measure this →

Health needSix measuresZCTA-native

The need axis reads six measures of health need for each ZIP code: how many people lack insurance, live in poverty, or face food or housing insecurity, alongside the share reporting fair-or-poor health and the local burden of chronic conditions. A ZIP reads high-need when several of these are elevated at once.

Barriers to reaching careSix measuresDistance + supply

The access axis reads six barriers to reaching care: distance to the nearest emergency room and to the nearest community health center, how thin the local supply of physicians and pharmacies is, how many households have no vehicle, and how limited home internet is for telehealth. A ZIP reads low-access when several of these barriers stack up.

What this is — and isn't. These are two things established for the same place: an elevated burden of health need, and barriers to reaching care. This page does not claim one causes the other, does not say anyone is underserved because of their health, does not combine the two into a single risk number, and does not rank areas by how "bad" the overlap is. It reports where both are elevated together, measured against ZIP codes across the country, and nothing more.

Arizona ZIP codes where need and access overlap

The ZIP codes (ZCTAs) in Arizona where documented health need and barriers to reaching care are both elevated. Each one sits in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each — the comparison is national, and this list is Arizona only. Each is tagged by how pronounced the overlap is — see the two labels below.

Severe care-access deficitelevated on both axes at the state's most pronounced levelAcute care-access deficitelevated on both axes, a step below severe

86520in Blue GapSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85530in BylasSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86020in CameronSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86502in ChambersSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86503in ChinleSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85911in CibecueSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86535in DennehotsoSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85608in DouglasSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85926in Fort ApacheSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86504in Fort DefianceSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86505in GanadoSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85135in HaydenSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86030in HotevillaSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86506in HouckSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86031in Indian WellsSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86053in KaibetoSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86033in KayentaSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86034in Keams CanyonSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86039in Kykotsmovi VillageSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86035in LeuppSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86507in LukachukaiSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86508in LuptonSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85618in MammothSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86538in Many FarmsSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
87328in NavajoSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86540in NazliniSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86434in Peach SpringsSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85542in PeridotSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86510in PinonSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86042in PolaccaSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86544in Red ValleySevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86545in Rock PointSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86547in Round RockSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86511in Saint MichaelsSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85550in San CarlosSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86512in SandersSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86043in Second MesaSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86054in ShontoSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86514in Teec Nos PosSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86556in TsaileSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
86045in Tuba CitySevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85941in WhiteriverSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85192in WinkelmanSevere care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes across a broader set of measures on both axes.
85121in BapchuleAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
86441in Dolan SpringsAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85334in EhrenbergAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
86003in FlagstaffAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
86011in FlagstaffAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
86036in Marble CanyonAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85620in NacoAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85626in PirtlevilleAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85347in RollAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85147in SacatonAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.
85634in SellsAcute care-access deficit
Documented health need here overlaps with barriers to reaching care, sitting in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each.

Coverage & how to read this

Read from public data, area by area — not a statement about any individual. A ZIP appears here only when enough of the underlying measures are observable to compute both axes; where too many are missing, its overlap is shown as not computed — limited data, never as "no deficit." A ZIP that is measured and simply does not carry the overlap is not listed either — absence from this list is never a claim that a place is fine. The comparison is national — a ZIP appears when it sits in the most-affected 10% of US ZIP codes on several measures of each axis — and this list is Arizona only. Read the full methodology →

Each ZIP links to its full ZipVitals page. Arizona only — the national list is on the explainer page.