As of November 19, 2019, a total of 36 state, 243 local, 3 Tribal, 1 statewide integrated local public health department system (Florida), and one Army Installation of Public Health have achieved five-year initial accreditation or reaccreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board, bringing the benefits of PHAB accreditation to 81 percent of the U.S. population. Download an Excel Spreadsheet containing important information about each PHAB-accredited health department, including the date of their accreditation or reaccreditation, and the version of the PHAB Standards and Measures under which they were accredited. For your presentations, feel free to use this updated printable map, which is also available in a PowerPoint version.

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Three Tribal health departments have thus far achieved accreditation through PHAB:

• Cherokee National Health Services, Tahlequah, OK
• Forest County Potawatomi Health & Wellness Center Community Health Department, Crandon, WI
• Oneida Nation, Oneida, WI

The below list is updated quarterly to reflect the most up-to-date decisions of the Accreditation Committee.  This is a living list.  If the state health department is accredited, it will appear at the top of that state’s listing, in a slightly larger font. Tribal health departments are designated with an asterisk (*).  Health departments that have achieved reaccreditation are listed in green.  As of August 21, 2019, 13 health departments have achieved reaccreditation through PHAB.

Complete List of Nationally Accredited Health Departments

Alabama

• Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery)

• Jefferson County Department of Health (Birmingham)

Alaska

• There are no accredited Health Departments.

Arizona

• Arizona Department of Health Services (Phoenix)

• Coconino County Health and Human Services (Flagstaff)
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health (Phoenix)
• Mohave County Department of Public Health (Kingman)
• Pima County Health Department (Tucson)
• Yavapai County Community Health Services (Prescott)

Arkansas

• Arkansas Department of Health  (Little Rock)

California

• California Department of Public Health (Sacramento)

• Butte County Public Health Department (Oroville)
• City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Long Beach)
• County of Riverside Department of Public Health (Riverside)
• County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (San Diego)
• Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health (Eureka)
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Los Angeles)
• Merced County Department of Public Health (Merced)
• Monterey County Health Department (Salinas)
• Orange County Health Care Agency (Santa Ana)
• Pasadena Public Health Department (Pasadena)
• Plumas County Public Health Agency (Quincy)
• San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (San Bernardino)
• San Francisco Department of Public Health (San Francisco)
• Santa Clara County Public Health Department (San Jose)
• Stanislaus County Health Services Agency – Public Health Division (Modesto)
• Ventura County Public Health (Oxnard)
• Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (Woodland)

Colorado

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Denver)

• Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (Denver)
• El Paso County Public Health (Colorado Springs)
• Jefferson County Public Health (Lakewood)
• Mesa County Health Department(Grand Junction)
• Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (Pueblo)
• Tri-County Health Department (Greenwood Village)
• Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (Greeley)

Connecticut

• Connecticut Department of Public Health (Hartford)

• Naugatuck Valley Health District (Seymour)
• Norwalk Health Department (Norwalk)
• Stratford Health Department (Stratford)

Delaware

• Delaware Division of Public Health (Dover)

Florida

• Florida Department of Health (Tallahassee)

• Florida Integrated Local Public Health Department System * (Tallahassee; 67
  county components)

Georgia

• Georgia Department of Public Health (Atlanta)
  

• Cobb & Douglas Public Health (Marietta)
• DeKalb County Board of Health (Decatur)
• District 4 Public Health, Georgia Department of Health (LaGrange)
• Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health Departments (Lawrenceville)
• North Central Health District 5-2 (Macon)

Hawaii

• There are no accredited Health Departments.

Idaho

• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health (Boise)

• Panhandle Health District (Hayden)
• Public Health-Idaho North Central District (Lewiston)

Illinois

• Illinois Department of Public Health (Chicago)

• Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (Champaign)
• Chicago Department of Public Health (Chicago)
• Cook County Department of Public Health (Oak Forest)
• DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton)
• Kane County Health Department (Aurora)
• Kendall County Health Department (Yorkville)
• Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (Waukegan)
• Peoria City/County Health Department (Peoria)
• St. Clair County Health Department (Belleville)
• Tazewell County Health Department (Tremont)
• Winnebago County Health Department (Rockford)

Indiana

• Montgomery County Health Department (Crawfordsville)
• Rush County Health Department (Rushville)
• Vanderburgh County Health Department (Evansville)

Iowa

• Iowa Department of Public Health (Des Moines)

• Johnson County Public Health (Iowa City)
• Linn County Public Health (Cedar Rapids)
• Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health (Mason City)
• Scott County Health Department (Davenport)

Kansas

• Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Topeka)

• Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (Olathe)
• Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (Lawrence)
• Sedgwick County Health Department (Wichita)
• USA MEDDAC Fort Riley Department of Public Health (Fort Riley)

Kentucky

• Barren River District Health Department (Bowling Green)
• Bullitt County Health Department (Shepherdsville)
• Christian County Health Department (Hopkinsville)
• Franklin County Health Department (Frankfort)
• Green River District Health Department (Owensboro)
• Jessamine County Health Department (Nicholasville)
• Lake Cumberland District Health Department (Somerset)
• Laurel County Health Department (London)
• Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (Lexington)
• Lincoln Trail District Health Department (Elizabethtown)
• Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness (Louisville)
• Madison County Health Department (Richmond)
• Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department (Edgewood)
• Three Rivers District Health Department (Owenton)
• Wedco District Health Department (Cynthiana)

Louisiana

• Louisiana Office of Public Health (Baton Rouge)
  

• New Orleans Health Department (New Orleans)

Maine

• Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention  (Augusta)

• Portland Public Health Division (Portland)

Maryland

• Maryland Department of Health (Baltimore)

• Allegany County Health Department (Cumberland)
• Cecil County Health Department (Elkton)
• Frederick County Health Department (Frederick)
• Garrett County Health Department (Oakland)
• Harford County Health Department (Bel Air)
• Howard County Health Department (Columbia)
• Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury)
• Worcester County Health Department (Snow Hill)

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston)

• Boston Public Health Commission (Boston)
• Cambridge Public Health Department (Cambridge)
• Worcester Division of Public Health/Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Alliance (Worcester)

Michigan

• Barry-Eaton District Health Department (Charlotte)
• Central Michigan District Health Department (Mount Pleasant)
• District Health Department #10 (Hart)
• Ingham County Health Department (Lansing)
• Kent County Health Department (Grand Rapids)
• Livingston County Health Department (Howell)
• Mid-Michigan District Health Department (Stanton)
• Washtenaw County Public Health (Ypsilanti)

Minnesota

• Minnesota Department of Health (St. Paul)

• Bloomington Public Health (Bloomington)
• Dakota County Public Health Department (West Saint Paul)
• Goodhue County Health and Human Services (Red Wing)
• Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Services (Glencoe)
• Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department (Minneapolis)
• Minneapolis Health Department (Minneapolis)
• Olmsted County Public Health Services (Rochester)
• Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health (Saint Paul)
• Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment(Stillwater)

Mississippi

• Mississippi State Department of Health (Jackson)

Missouri

• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Jefferson City)

• Clay County Public Health Center (Liberty)
• Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services (Columbia)
• Kansas City Missouri Health Department (Kansas City)
• City of St. Louis Department of Health (St. Louis)
• Saint Louis County Department of Health (St. Louis)
• Springfield-Greene County Health Department (Springfield)
• Taney County Health Department (Forsyth)

Montana

• Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Public Health and Safety Division (Helena)

• Cascade City-County Health Department (Great Falls)
• Flathead City-County Health Department (Kalispell)
• Gallatin City-County Health Department (Bozeman)
• Lewis and Clark Public Health (Helena)
• Missoula City-County Health Department (Missoula)
• Richland County Health Department (Sidney)
• RiverStone Health (Billings)

Nebraska

• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Lincoln)

• East Central District Health Department (Columbus)
• Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department (Wisner)
• Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (Lincoln)
• Panhandle Public Health District (Hemingford)
• West Central District Health Department (North Platte)

Nevada

• Carson City Health and Human Services (Carson City)
• Washoe County Health District (Reno)

New Hampshire

• City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services (Nashua)

New Jersey

• New Jersey Department of Health (Trenton)

• Camden County Health Department (Blackwood)
• Princeton Health Department (Princeton)
• Township of Bloomfield Department of Health & Human Services (Bloomfield)

New Mexico

• New Mexico Department of Health (Santa Fe)

New York

• New York State Department of Health (Albany)

• Albany County Department of Health (Albany)
• Cattaraugus County Health Department (Olean)
• Clinton County Health Department (Plattsburgh)
• Livingston County Department of Health (Mt. Morris)
• Nassau County Department of Health (Mineola)
• Onondaga County Health Department (Syracuse)
• Putnam County Department of Health (Brewster)
• Rockland County Department of Health (Pomona)

North Carolina

• Burke County Health Department (Morganton)
• Cabarrus Health Alliance/Public Health Authority of Cabarrus County (Kannapolis)

North Dakota

• North Dakota Department of Health (Bismarck)

• Central Valley Health District (Jamestown)

Ohio

• Ohio Department of Health (Columbus)

• Allen County Public Health (Lima)
• Canton City Public Health (Canton)
• Champaign Health District (Urbana)
• Clermont County Public Health (Batavia)
• Cleveland Department of Public Health (Cleveland)
• Columbus Public Health (Columbus)
• Cuyahoga County Board of Health (Parma)
• Defiance County General Health District (Defiance)
• Delaware General Health District (Delaware)
• Erie County Health Department (Sandusky)
• Franklin County Public Health (Columbus)
• Fulton County General Health District (Wauseon)
• Greene County Public Health (Xenia)
• Hamilton County Public Health (Cincinnati)
• Henry County Health Department (Napoleon)
• Huron County Public Health (Norwalk)
• Knox County Health Department (Mount Vernon)
• Lake County General Health District (Mentor)
• Licking County Health Department (Newark)
• Logan County Health District (Bellefontaine)
• Lorain County General Health District (Elyria)
• Mahoning County District Board of Health (Youngstown)
• Marion Public Health (Marion)
• Medina County Health Department (Medina)
• Portage County Combined General Health District (Ravenna)
• Portsmouth City Health  Department (Portsmouth)
• Preble County General Health District (Eaton)
• Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County (Dayton)
• Putnam County Health Department (Ottawa)
• Richland Public Health (Mansfield)
• Sandusky County Health Department (Fremont)
• Stark County Health Department (Canton)
• Summit County Combined General Health District (Akron)
• Trumbull County Combined Health District (Warren)
• Tuscarawas County Health Department (Dover)
• Union County General Health District (Marysville)
• Williams County Combined Health District (Montpelier)
• Wood County Health District (Bowling Green)

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma State Department of Health (Oklahoma City)

• Cherokee Nation Health Services (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)*
• Cleveland County Health Department (Norman)
• Comanche County Health Department (Lawton)
• Delaware County Health Department (Jay)
• Logan County Health Department (Guthrie)
• Oklahoma City-County Health Department (Oklahoma City)
• Tulsa Health Department (Tulsa)
• Washington County Health Department (Bartlesville)

*Tribal Health Department

Oregon

• Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (Portland)

• Benton County Health Department (Corvallis)
• Center for Human Development, Inc. (La Grande)
• Clackamas County Public Health (Oregon City)
• Coos Health & Wellness (Coos Bay)
• Crook County Health Department (Prineville)
• Deschutes County Health Services (Bend)
• Jackson County Public Health (Medford)
• Lane County Public Health (Eugene)
• Lincoln County Health and Human Services (Newport)
• Linn County Department of Health Services (Albany)
• Marion County Health Department (Salem)
• North Central Public Health District (The Dalles)
• Washington County Public Health Division (Hillsboro)
• Yamhill County Public Health (McMinnville)

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Department of Health (Harrisburg)

• Allegheny County Health Department (Pittsburgh)
• Bethlehem Health Bureau (Bethlehem)
• Chester County Health Department (West Chester)
• Erie County Department of Health (Erie)
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Department of Health (Providence)

South Carolina

• There are no accredited Health Departments.

South Dakota

• There are no accredited Health Departments.

Tennessee

• Knox County Health Department (Knoxville)

Texas

• Austin Public Health (Austin)
• Dallas County Health and Human Services (Dallas)
• Harris County Public Health (Houston)
• Houston Department of Health and Human Services (Houston)
• San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (San Antonio)
• Tarrant County Public Health (Fort Worth)
• Williamson County and Cities Health District (Georgetown)

Utah

• Utah Department of Health (Salt Lake City)

• Davis County Health Department (Farmington)
• Salt Lake County Health Department (Salt Lake City)
• Tooele County Health Department (Tooele)

Vermont

• Vermont Department of Health (Burlington)

Virginia

• Fairfax County Health Department (Fairfax)
• Portsmouth Health District (Portsmouth)
• Prince William Health District (Manassas)
• Thomas Jefferson Health District (Charlottesville)

Washington

• Washington State Department of Health (Olympia)

• Benton-Franklin Health District (Kennewick)
• Kitsap Public Health District (Bremerton)
• Spokane Regional Health District (Spokane)
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (Tacoma)
• Whatcom County Health Department (Bellingham)

West Virginia

• Cabell-Huntington Health Department (Huntington)
• Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (Charleston)

Wisconsin

• Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health (Madison)

• Oneida Nation (Oneida, Wisconsin)*
• City of Wauwatosa Health Department (Wauwatosa)
• Eau Claire City-County Health Department (Eau Claire)
• Forest County Potawatomi Health & Wellness Center Community Health Department (Crandon)*
• Florence County Health Department (Florence)
• La Crosse County Health Department (La Crosse)
• Lincoln County Health Department (Merrill)
• Oneida County Health Department (Rhinelander)
• Pierce County Public Health Department (Ellsworth)
• Polk County Health Department (Balsam Lake)
• Portage County Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health (Stevens Point)
• Sauk County Health Department (Baraboo)
• Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department (Shawano)
• St. Croix County DHHS-Public Health (New Richmond)
• Waushara County Health Department (Wautoma)
• West Allis Health Department (West Allis)
• Wood County Health Department (Wisconsin Rapids)

*Tribal Health Department

Wyoming

• There are no accredited Health Departments.

Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia Department of Health (Washington, DC)*

* The District of Columbia applied for accreditation under state standards.

Health Departments Reviewed: Not Accredited

• Adams County Health Department (Quincy, Illinois)
• City of Amarillo Department of Public Health (Amarillo, Texas)
• Clatsop County Department of Public Health (Astoria, Oregon)
• Knox County Health Department (Galesburg, Illinois)
• Loudoun Health District (Leesburg)
• Navajo County Public Health Services District (Navajo County, Arizona)
• Southwestern District Health Unit (Dickinson, North Dakota)
• Tippecanoe County Health Department (Lafayette, Indiana)
• Yuma County Public Health Services District (Yuma, Arizona)

Accreditation Expired

• Kenosha County Division of Health  (Kenosha, Wisconsin)