New Hampshire is the state with the most orthopedic surgeons per capita, while New Mexico is the state with the fewest. Texas, despite ranking number 19 for orthopedic ASCs per capita, comes in next to last for orthopedic surgeons per capita.
All 50 states and Washington, D.C., ranked by orthopedic surgeons per capita:
| State | Population | Orthopedic surgeons |
Orthopedic surgeons per 100,000 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1,377,529 | 156 | 11.32 |
| Wyoming | 576,851 | 63 | 10.92 |
| Montana | 1,084,225 | 111 | 10.24 |
| South Dakota | 886,667 | 88 | 9.92 |
| Alaska | 733,391 | 69 | 9.41 |
| Connecticut | 3,605,944 | 331 | 9.18 |
| Minnesota | 5,706,494 | 522 | 9.15 |
| Rhode Island | 1,097,379 | 99 | 9.02 |
| Idaho | 1,839,106 | 163 | 8.86 |
| Maine | 1,362,359 | 115 | 8.44 |
| Nebraska | 1,961,504 | 165 | 8.41 |
| District of Columbia | 689,545 | 58 | 8.41 |
| Vermont | 643,077 | 54 | 8.40 |
| Colorado | 5,773,714 | 481 | 8.33 |
| Massachusetts | 7,029,917 | 583 | 8.29 |
| Maryland | 6,177,224 | 497 | 8.05 |
| Wisconsin | 5,893,718 | 472 | 8.01 |
| Pennsylvania | 13,002,700 | 995 | 7.65 |
| Ohio | 11,799,448 | 902 | 7.64 |
| North Dakota | 779,094 | 59 | 7.57 |
| Kansas | 2,937,880 | 222 | 7.56 |
| Louisiana | 4,657,757 | 351 | 7.54 |
| Delaware | 989,948 | 73 | 7.37 |
| Missouri | 6,154,913 | 453 | 7.36 |
| Tennessee | 6,910,840 | 508 | 7.35 |
| Utah | 3,271,616 | 240 | 7.34 |
| New Jersey | 9,288,994 | 680 | 7.32 |
| Washington | 7,705,281 | 549 | 7.12 |
| Michigan | 10,077,331 | 713 | 7.08 |
| Kentucky | 4,505,836 | 316 | 7.01 |
| North Carolina | 10,439,388 | 732 | 7.01 |
| New York | 20,201,249 | 1415 | 7.00 |
| Indiana | 6,785,528 | 474 | 6.99 |
| Oregon | 4,237,256 | 294 | 6.94 |
| Alabama | 5,024,279 | 347 | 6.91 |
| South Carolina | 5,118,425 | 347 | 6.78 |
| West Virginia | 1,793,716 | 121 | 6.75 |
| Florida | 21,538,187 | 1406 | 6.53 |
| Iowa | 3,190,369 | 208 | 6.52 |
| Illinois | 12,812,508 | 831 | 6.49 |
| Oklahoma | 3,959,353 | 256 | 6.47 |
| Virginia | 8,631,393 | 548 | 6.35 |
| Georgia | 10,711,908 | 668 | 6.24 |
| Arizona | 7,151,502 | 442 | 6.18 |
| California | 39,538,223 | 2406 | 6.09 |
| Mississippi | 2,961,279 | 178 | 6.01 |
| Arkansas | 3,011,524 | 178 | 5.91 |
| Hawaii | 1,455,271 | 85 | 5.84 |
| Nevada | 3,104,614 | 179 | 5.77 |
| Texas | 29,145,505 | 1621 | 5.56 |
| New Mexico | 2,117,522 | 116 | 5.48 |
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