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State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

DOCTORS PER 100,000 RESIDENT POPULATION, 2007

[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary note]

State Rate1 Rank
    United States 271.1 (X)
Alabama 218.2 38
Alaska 228.5 34
Arizona 209.7 42
Arkansas 203.4 44
California 268.7 17
Colorado 259.7 21
Connecticut 376.4 4
Delaware 250.9 24
District of Columbia 807.2 (X)
Florida 247.9 26
Georgia 217.4 39
Hawaii 317.0 7
Idaho 168.8 50
Illinois 280.2 11
Indiana 216.9 40
Iowa 189.3 45
Kansas 222.5 35
Kentucky 232.3 31
Louisiana 262.7 20
Maine 278.4 12
Maryland 421.4 2
Massachusetts 469.0 1
Michigan 250.2 25
Minnesota 293.2 10
Mississippi 177.9 48
Missouri 246.0 27
Montana 220.6 36
Nebraska 245.4 28
Nevada 187.8 46
New Hampshire 274.9 13
New Jersey 316.3 8
New Mexico 243.6 30
New York 395.9 3
North Carolina 254.2 23
North Dakota 244.4 29
Ohio 266.7 18
Oklahoma 173.5 49
Oregon 274.5 15
Pennsylvania 305.3 9
Rhode Island 375.5 5
South Carolina 229.8 33
South Dakota 219.1 37
Tennessee 263.6 19
Texas 214.2 41
Utah 208.1 43
Vermont 373.7 6
Virginia 274.5 14
Washington 270.0 16
West Virginia 232.1 32
Wisconsin 259.1 22
Wyoming 184.4 47

Symbol
X Not applicable.

Footnote
1Excludes doctors of osteopathy, federally employed persons, and physicians
with addresses unknown. Includes all physicians not classified according to activity status.

Source: American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, Physicians Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., annual (copyright).
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s0159.pdf. [PDF 467K]
See Table 159, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010.

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