The ranking is based on 2019 data on active state licensed physicians from Redi-Data. Figures account for both allopathic and osteopathic physicians.
In total, there are 359,409 active female physicians practicing in the U.S.
Here’s how each state stacks up:
- California — 41,450
- New York — 35,546
- Texas — 22,550
- Pennsylvania — 18,656
- Florida — 17,363
- Illinois — 16,946
- Massachusetts — 15,400
- Ohio — 15,008
- Michigan — 14,074
- New Jersey — 11,456
- North Carolina — 10,092
- Maryland — 9,855
- Georgia — 8,732
- Virginia — 8,466
- Washington — 8,082
- Missouri — 6,882
- Minnesota — 6,471
- Connecticut — 6,175
- Arizona — 5,982
- Wisconsin — 5,954
- Tennessee — 5,947
- Colorado — 5,426
- Indiana — 5,207
- Oregon — 4,475
- Louisiana — 4,404
- South Carolina — 4,111
- Kentucky — 3,747
- Alabama — 3,571
- Oklahoma — 2,909
- Iowa — 2,730
- Kansas — 2,691
- New Mexico — 2,223
- Arkansas — 2,115
- Rhode Island — 2,093
- Nebraska — 1,894
- Utah — 1,788
- Mississippi — 1,762
- West Virginia — 1,747
- Nevada — 1,735
- Maine — 1,722
- New Hampshire — 1,462
- Delaware — 1,305
- Hawaii — 1,178
- Vermont — 916
- Idaho — 729
- Alaska — 719
- Montana — 658
- North Dakota — 594
- South Dakota — 592
- Wyoming — 315
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