The District of Columbia has the most physicians per 100,000 population, while Idaho has the fewest specialist physicians and Nevada has the fewest primary care physicians per 100,000, KFF data found.
KFF used data from Redi-Data to find the number of MD and DO active state-licensed physicians as of April 2025. Becker’s used Census data from 2025 to find the population of each state.
There are 535,542 primary care physicians and 570,655 specialist physicians in the U.S. this year.
Here is the number of primary care and specialist physicians per 100,000 people in each state and the District of Columbia:
| State | Primary care physicians, per 100,000 population | Specialist physicians, per 100,000 population |
| Alabama | 129.67 | 131.05 |
| Alaska | 158.76 | 128.36 |
| Arizona | 124.22 | 139.71 |
| Arkansas | 130.26 | 125.63 |
| California | 152.20 | 161.29 |
| Colorado | 143.68 | 143.30 |
| Connecticut | 203.26 | 241.41 |
| Delaware | 183.00 | 176.06 |
| District of Columbia | 387.47 | 488.86 |
| Florida | 138.05 | 141.80 |
| Georgia | 134.49 | 135.88 |
| Hawaii | 159.32 | 147.98 |
| Idaho | 107.66 | 81.93 |
| Illinois | 187.97 | 179.69 |
| Indiana | 131.70 | 136.38 |
| Iowa | 146.66 | 125.90 |
| Kansas | 158.45 | 146.10 |
| Kentucky | 130.07 | 148.88 |
| Louisiana | 143.96 | 160.40 |
| Maine | 199.07 | 180.50 |
| Maryland | 202.71 | 238.25 |
| Massachusetts | 229.21 | 291.51 |
| Michigan | 195.47 | 209.27 |
| Minnesota | 164.47 | 175.26 |
| Mississippi | 124.50 | 120.83 |
| Missouri | 172.64 | 186.50 |
| Montana | 129.70 | 118.45 |
| Nebraska | 175.32 | 169.34 |
| Nevada | 104.42 | 102.40 |
| New Hampshire | 158.05 | 161.96 |
| New Jersey | 176.05 | 182.26 |
| New Mexico | 159.37 | 160.50 |
| New York | 215.10 | 254.72 |
| North Carolina | 141.68 | 151.97 |
| North Dakota | 172.62 | 136.08 |
| Ohio | 177.64 | 202.18 |
| Oklahoma | 132.08 | 118.87 |
| Oregon | 162.46 | 153.69 |
| Pennsylvania | 201.35 | 213.74 |
| Rhode Island | 213.34 | 215.41 |
| South Carolina | 128.95 | 139.06 |
| South Dakota | 150.11 | 125.34 |
| Tennessee | 137.61 | 157.55 |
| Texas | 113.84 | 124.26 |
| Utah | 111.14 | 136.09 |
| Vermont | 200.77 | 216.81 |
| Virginia | 152.28 | 159.33 |
| Washington | 154.75 | 151.29 |
| West Virginia | 174.13 | 158.25 |
| Wisconsin | 160.16 | 170.63 |
| Wyoming | 140.40 | 111.30 |
