Massachusetts has the highest physician-to-population ratio, according to the 2023 Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report, the latest available.
Here are the physicians per capital in all 50 states
| State | Total active physicians | Active physicians per 100,000 |
| Massachusetts | 32,116 | 466 |
| Maryland | 23,791 | 393.5 |
| New York | 75,749 | 389.4 |
| Vermont | 2,410 | 386.2 |
| Rhode Island | 4,063 | 383.5 |
| Connecticut | 12,977 | 364 |
| Maine | 4,459 | 331.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 42,051 | 328.5 |
| New Hampshire | 4,391 | 322.9 |
| Hawaii | 4,557 | 321.9 |
| New Jersey | 27,832 | 313.3 |
| Minnesota | 17,617 | 312.4 |
| Oregon | 13,127 | 311.2 |
| Ohio | 35,333 | 302.3 |
| Michigan | 30,040 | 300.8 |
| Missouri | 18,297 | 298.1 |
| Colorado | 16,956 | 294.4 |
| Illinois | 37,122 | 292.9 |
| Delaware | 2,850 | 292.7 |
| California | 113,718 | 287.8 |
| Alaska | 2,101 | 287.2 |
| Washington | 21,731 | 285.4 |
| Wisconsin | 15,975 | 274.4 |
| West Virginia | 4,914 | 274.2 |
| Florida | 58,822 | 273.9 |
| Louisiana | 12,557 | 270.1 |
| Virginia | 22,874 | 268 |
| North Carolina | 27,650 | 263.6 |
| Tennessee | 17,687 | 259 |
| Montana | 2,750 | 257.3 |
| Arizona | 18,343 | 252 |
| New Mexico | 5,269 | 251.3 |
| South Dakota | 2,214 | 250.3 |
| Nebraska | 4,820 | 249.2 |
| North Dakota | 1,826 | 239.6 |
| South Carolina | 12,197 | 236.9 |
| Indiana | 15,918 | 236.4 |
| Georgia | 25,072 | 236.1 |
| Kansas | 6,874 | 236 |
| Kentucky | 10,528 | 235.6 |
| Texas | 67,182 | 231.7 |
| Utah | 7,198 | 224.5 |
| Alabama | 10,983 | 224 |
| Iowa | 7,056 | 223.6 |
| Nevada | 6,731 | 218.5 |
| Arkansas | 6,500 | 215.4 |
| Wyoming | 1,225 | 211.7 |
| Oklahoma | 8,293 | 209.6 |
| Mississippi | 5,857 | 196.8 |
| Idaho | 3,504 | 196.1 |
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