Massachusetts has the most hospitals per 100,000 rural residents while Delaware has the fewest, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report.
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill used CMS’ rural health transformation program data to determine the number of healthcare facilities and population in rural communities. The report includes population, hospital and non-hospital facilities, and uncompensated care in every state. The data was published in October.
Here is how the states stack up with respect to hospitals per 100,000 rural residents:
- Massachusetts: 13.99
- North Dakota: 12.13
- South Dakota: 10.40
- Kansas: 9.54
- Nebraska: 9.49
- Montana: 9.44
- Florida: 8.80
- Arizona: 7.38
- Iowa: 6.76
- Nevada: 6.62
- Alaska: 6.55
- Wyoming: 6.37
- Minnesota: 6.37
- Louisiana: 6.40
- Connecticut: 6.19
- Oklahoma: 6.02
- Washington: 5.38
- Hawaii: 5.31
- Illinois: 5.95
- Colorado: 5.85
- Utah: 5.80
- Idaho: 5.50
- New York: 5.03
- Michigan: 4.92
- Texas: 4.89
- West Virginia: 4.80
- Wisconsin: 4.76
- Mississippi: 4.68
- Arkansas: 4.64
- New Mexico: 4.44
- California: 4.20
- Alabama: 4.21
- Rhode Island: 4.04
- Ohio: 3.86
- Indiana: 3.88
- Pennsylvania: 3.83
- Maine: 3.90
- Georgia: 3.68
- Missouri: 3.66
- Oregon: 3.65
- Virginia: 3.56
- Kentucky: 3.43
- Tennessee: 3.21
- South Carolina: 3.21
- New Hampshire: 3.20
- Vermont: 2.95
- New Jersey: 2.90
- North Carolina: 2.50
- Maryland: 1.86
- Delaware: 1.64
In 2024, the Sheps Center published a report with the number of total hospitals per state. Read the report here.
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