Top 10 states with the most rural health clinics

Missouri, Texas, California and Kentucky all have 250 or more rural health clinics, affording to data from CMS and CASPER as reported by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Laura Dyrda

Rural health clinics deliver primary care and preventive services to underserved and rural areas and are staffed at least 50 percent of the time by nurse practitioners, physician assistants or other certified nurses.

Missouri: 369
Texas: 306
California: 282
Kentucky: 250
Illinois: 241
Iowa: 190
Michigan: 187
Mississippi: 186
Kansas: 182
Florida: 161

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