States ranked by percentage of adults without a personal physician

Alaska was the state with the highest percentage of adults without a physician, according to data published Nov. 2 by the Kaiser Family Foundation. New Hampshire ranked lowest with just 10 percent of adults reporting they don't have a physician.

The ranking is based on 2020 survey data from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The data represents adults who reported that they did not have one or more individuals they thought of as a personal physician or healthcare provider.

Here is how the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked: 

1. Alaska - 30.6 percent

2. Texas - 29.1 percent

3. Nevada - 28.9 percent

4. North Dakota - 27.4 percent

5. Wyoming - 27.0 percent

6. New Mexico - 25.3 percent

7. Florida - 24.3 percent

8. Arizona - 23.8 percent 

9. Colorado - 23.6 percent

10. Montana - 23.5 percent

California - 23.5 percent

11. Idaho - 23 percent

12. Utah - 22.8 percent

13. Minnesota - 21.0 percent

14. Washington - 20.8 percent 

15. Georgia - 20.6 percent

16. Virginia - 20.2 percent

17. Oklahoma - 20.1 percent

18. Missouri - 20 percent

19. Oregon - 19.9 percent

20. North Carolina - 19.7 percent

21. Illinois - 19.5 percent

22. Tennessee - 19.3 percent

23. Kansas - 18.9 percent

24. Mississippi - 18.7 percent

25. South Dakota - 18.6 percent

26. South Carolina - 18.5 percent

27. Washington, D.C. - 17.9 percent

 Arkansas - 17.9 percent

28. Ohio - 17.8 percent

29. Kentucky - 17.7 percent

New York - 17.7 percent

30. Indiana - 17.5 percent

31. Nebraska - 17 percent

32. New Jersey - 16.9 percent

33. Louisiana - 16.8 percent

34. Alabama - 16.6 percent

35. Delaware - 15.8 percent

36. Iowa - 15.7 percent

37. West Virginia - 15.4 percent

38. Wisconsin - 14.5 percent

39. Pennsylvania - 13.8 percent

40. Hawaii - 12.9 percent

41. Maryland - 12.7 percent

Connecticut - 12.7 percent

42. Vermont - 11.9 percent

43. Michigan - 11.7 percent

44. Maine - 11.4 percent

45. Massachusetts - 10.5 percent

46. Rhode Island - 10.2 percent

47. New Hampshire - 10 percent

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