The U.S. currently has 567,384 active specialty physicians, according to 2021 data published by Kaiser Family Foundation Sept. 22.
Here are the number of specialty physicians by state:
Note: The data includes physicians in psychiatry, surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, cardiology, oncology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and all other specialties.
Alabama — 6,732 active specialty physicians
Alaska — 833
Arizona — 9,908
Arkansas — 4,026
California — 62,015
Colorado — 7,638
Connecticut — 7,638
Delaware — 1,704
District of Columbia — 4,644
Florida — 31,992
Georgia — 13,648
Hawaii — 1,840
Idaho — 1,421
Illinois — 22,778
Indiana — 9,076
Iowa — 4,369
Kansas — 4,016
Kentucky — 6,883
Louisiana — 8,018
Maine — 2,384
Maryland — 14,609
Massachusetts — 22,211
Michigan — 22,581
Minnesota — 9,923
Mississippi — 3,602
Missouri — 11,773
Montana — 1,159
Nebraska — 2,810
Nevada — 3,323
New Hampshire — 2,344
New Jersey — 17,104
New Mexico — 3,086
New York — 55,232
North Carolina — 16,162
North Dakota — 962
Ohio — 24,869
Oklahoma — 4,988
Oregon — 6,438
Pennsylvania — 29,070
Rhode Island — 2,875
South Carolina — 7,006
South Dakota — 977
Tennessee — 10,781
Texas — 36,714
Utah — 4,031
Vermont — 1,286
Virginia — 13,189
Washington — 11,592
West Virginia — 3,035
Wisconsin — 9,725
Wyoming — 567