Doctors by state, ranked per 100,000 residents

Washington DC has the most MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare per resident, 545 per 100,000, and Nevada the fewest, 152. The US rate is 214, from 727,010 clinicians in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026 and the Census Bureau's July 2024 population estimates. Pick a state for its specialties, cities and largest practice groups.

By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.

The states and DC, ranked

Rank	State	MD and DO clinicians	Per 100,000 residents
1st	Washington DC	3,824	545
2nd	Massachusetts	23,129	324
3rd	Connecticut	10,551	287
4th	Maine	3,861	275
5th	Minnesota	15,770	272
6th	Vermont	1,722	266
7th	New York	52,296	263
8th	Delaware	2,661	253
9th	New Hampshire	3,525	250
10th	Alaska	1,846	249
11th	Pennsylvania	32,218	246
12th	New Jersey	22,546	237
13th	Montana	2,695	237
14th	Hawaii	3,381	234
15th	Oregon	9,930	232
16th	Rhode Island	2,571	231
17th	Illinois	29,265	230
18th	Maryland	14,344	229
19th	Wisconsin	13,379	224
20th	Ohio	26,577	224
21st	Colorado	13,265	223
22nd	Michigan	22,513	222
23rd	California	86,536	219
24th	West Virginia	3,849	217
25th	Indiana	14,541	210
26th	Washington	16,552	208
27th	Florida	48,580	208
28th	Louisiana	9,535	207
29th	North Carolina	22,855	207
30th	North Dakota	1,630	205
31st	South Dakota	1,882	204
32nd	Missouri	12,474	200
33rd	Kansas	5,866	197
34th	Iowa	6,224	192
35th	Arizona	14,518	191
36th	South Carolina	10,449	191
37th	Kentucky	8,733	190
38th	Virginia	16,419	186
39th	Georgia	20,495	183
40th	Nebraska	3,676	183
41st	New Mexico	3,876	182
42nd	Tennessee	12,898	178
43rd	Utah	6,225	178
44th	Arkansas	5,470	177
45th	Alabama	9,098	176
46th	Oklahoma	6,963	170
47th	Idaho	3,386	169
48th	Texas	51,954	166
49th	Mississippi	4,587	156
50th	Wyoming	914	156
51st	Nevada	4,956	152

Counts are one row per NPI under the clinician's primary Medicare specialty, in the state of their main practice location, from the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Puerto Rico is on the doctors per capita tool and is not ranked.

Specialties in the largest states

Counts, rates, cities and practice groups for 12 specialties in 5 states.

Specialty	California	Texas	Florida	New York	Pennsylvania
Cardiologists	2,663	2,112	2,251	2,525	1,417
Dermatologists	1,882	1,063	1,073	1,049	519
Oncologists	1,793	1,309	1,188	1,423	719
Neurologists	2,059	1,198	1,198	1,560	895
Pediatricians	1,318	1,282	596	901	478
Anesthesiologists	5,745	3,702	2,741	3,725	1,806
Radiologists	4,442	2,603	2,960	2,527	1,738
General Surgeons	2,329	1,670	1,342	1,506	1,029
Gastroenterologists	1,614	1,174	1,179	1,421	780
OB/GYNs	3,579	2,480	2,120	2,485	1,429
ENTs	1,209	710	612	737	402
Rheumatologists	622	403	368	426	262

Questions about these rankings

Which state has the most doctors per person?

Washington DC has the most MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare per resident, 545 per 100,000, in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Nevada has the fewest, 152. The US rate is 214.

Which state has the most doctors in total?

California (86,536), New York (52,296) and Texas (51,954) have the most MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare. A state's total follows its population; the per capita column shows which states have more than their share.

What does the count include?

One row per NPI in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file dated Aug 18, 2026, for specialties where at least 90 percent of clinicians hold an MD or DO, placed in the state of their main practice location. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists are not in these totals.

The lists behind the counts

Each specialty is one national CSV, $295 one time. The state is a column, so any state is one filter away.

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Specialty email lists

National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.

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