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ORTHOPEDICS
Orthopedic surgeons per capita for all 50 states
By Marcus Robertson
Almost 23,000 orthopedic surgeons practice in the U.S., according to
Definitive Healthcare's PhysicianView, which includes data on more
than 2 million physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals
in the U.S.
New Hampshire is the state with the most orthopedic surgeons per
capita, while New Mexico is the state with the fewest. Texas, despite
ranking number 19 for orthopedic ASCs per capita, comes in next to
last for orthopedic surgeons per capita.
All 50 states and Washington, D.C., ranked by orthopedic surgeons
per capita: n
State Population Orthopedic surgeons
Orthopedic surgeons per
100,000 people
New Hampshire 1,377,529 156 11.32
Wyoming 576,851 63 10.92
Montana 1,084,225 111 10.24
South Dakota 886,667 88 9.92
Alaska 733,391 69 9.41
Connecticut 3,605,944 331 9.18
Minnesota 5,706,494 522 9.15
Rhode Island 1,097,379 99 9.02
Idaho 1,839,106 163 8.86
Maine 1,362,359 115 8.44
Nebraska 1,961,504 165 8.41
District of Columbia 689,545 58 8.41
Vermont 643,077 54 8.40
Colorado 5,773,714 481 8.33
Massachusetts 7,029,917 583 8.29
Maryland 6,177,224 497 8.05
Wisconsin 5,893,718 472 8.01
Pennsylvania 13,002,700 995 7.65
Ohio 11,799,448 902 7.64
North Dakota 779,094 59 7.57
Kansas 2,937,880 222 7.56
Louisiana 4,657,757 351 7.54
Delaware 989,948 73 7.37
Missouri 6,154,913 453 7.36
Tennessee 6,910,840 508 7.35
Utah 3,271,616 240 7.34
New Jersey 9,288,994 680 7.32
Washington 7,705,281 549 7.12
Michigan 10,077,331 713 7.08
Kentucky 4,505,836 316 7.01
North Carolina 10,439,388 732 7.01
New York 20,201,249 1415 7.00
Indiana
6,785,528 474 6.99
Oregon 4,237,256 294 6.94
Alabama 5,024,279 347 6.91
South Carolina 5,118,425 347 6.78
West Virginia 1,793,716 121 6.75
