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