Number of active PAs, by state

California has the most professionally active physician assistants of any state, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released April 20.

The list is based on information from Redi-Data on the amount of professionally active, licensed PAs in each state as of March. State population data is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Overall, there are 113,990 active PAs in the U.S.

Here's how each state and the District of Columbia stack up.

California — 11,268
Population: 39.5 million

Texas — 8,558
Population: 30 million

New York — 8,211
Population: 19.4 million

Florida — 8,196
Population: 21.5 million

North Carolina — 6,275
Population: 10.5 million

Michigan — 5,483
Population: 10 million

Pennsylvania — 5,404
Population: 12.8 million

Illinois — 3,694
Population: 12.7 million

Massachusetts — 3,562
Population: 6.9 million

Georgia — 3,329
Population: 10.6 million

Maryland — 3,095
Population: 6 million

Ohio — 3,057
Population: 11.7 million

Colorado — 3,038
Population: 5.8 million

New Jersey — 2,928
Population: 8.9 million residents

Arizona — 2,801
Population: 7.3 million

Minnesota — 2,681
Population: 5.6 million

Virginia — 2,478
Population: 8.5 million

Connecticut — 2,304
Population: 3.6 million

Washington — 1,956
Population: 7.6 million

Oregon — 1,866
Population: 4.2 million

Nebraska — 1,761
Population: 1.9 million

Oklahoma — 1,634
Population: 4 million

Wisconsin — 1,536
Population: 5.8 million

Tennessee — 1,420
Population: 6.8 million

Indiana — 1,344
Population: 6.7 million

Kentucky — 1,327
Population: 4.5 million

Iowa — 1,199
Population: 3.2 million

Louisiana — 1,150
Population: 4.6 million

Missouri — 1,080
Population: 6.1 million

Nevada — 921
Population: 3.1 million

New Hampshire — 913
Population: 1.4 million

Idaho — 881
Population: 1.8 million

South Carolina — 794
Population: 5.1 million

Utah — 752
Population: 3.2 million

Kansas — 724
Population: 2.9 million

Maine — 692
Population: 1.3 million

New Mexico — 655
Population: 2.1 million

Alabama — 634
Population: 4.9 million

South Dakota — 556
Population: 884,659

Rhode Island — 544
Population: 1.1 million

West Virginia — 514
Population: 1.8 million

Alaska — 465
Population: 731,545

Arkansas — 460
Population: 3 million

District of Columbia — 425
Population: 705,749

Vermont — 319
Population: 623,989

Montana — 289
Population: 1.1 million

Delaware — 243
Population: 973,764

North Dakota — 210
Population: 762,062

Hawaii — 141
Population: 1.4 million

Wyoming — 135
Population: 578,759

Mississippi — 88
Population: 3 million

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