10 states with the fewest hospitals at risk of closure

Hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. are at immediate risk of closing, largely due not to financial mismanagement but inadequate reimbursements, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. 

Many of them are rural hospitals whose closures don't usually make the headlines, but that doesn't mean they're expendable. Rural communities supply most of the country's food and energy. If those communities can't access healthcare, it could mean power outages and empty pantries nationwide, even in big cities.

More than 29 percent of rural hospitals in the U.S. are either at immediate or high risk of closure. Texas holds the most, with 76 — or half of the state's rural hospitals. Multiple states surpass Texas in percentage of at-risk rural hospitals.

Four states — Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and Rhode Island — have no at-risk rural hospitals.

The 10 states with the fewest rural hospitals at risk of closing:

Note: Vermont ties Arizona with three at-risk hospitals, which proportionally count for more than Arizona's three. For information on specific at-risk hospitals, see this database.