Top 10 States With the Highest Number of Emergency Medicine Physicians

California has the highest number of emergency medicine physicians in the country and South Dakota has the lowest number, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

The data is compiled from a special data request on state licensing information from Redi-Data, a provider of data services and solutions. The most recent data available is for November 2012.

There are a total of 41,479 emergency medicine physicians in the United States, according to the data. The top 10 states with the highest number of emergency medicine physicians are:

1. California — 4,713
2. New York — 2,844
3. Texas — 2,323
4. Michigan — 2,290
5. Pennsylvania — 2,287
6. Florida — 2,175
7. Ohio — 1,970
8. Illinois — 1,941
9. Massachusetts — 1,335
10. North Carolina — 1,250

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