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Table 42Active dentists, by state: United States, selected years 2001–2019

[Data are based on reporting by dentists]

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AreaNumber of dentistsNumber of dentists per 100,000 resident population
2001200720152018201920012007201520182019
United States163,409176,121195,770199,486200,41957.3458.4761.0661.0661.06
 Alabama1,8891,9272,1232,0422,00942.2841.2443.7541.7840.97
 Alaska46050960560158972.5974.8282.0381.7580.51
 Arizona2,3493,1443,6693,9034,01244.5450.9853.7254.5355.12
 Arkansas1,0271,1021,2241,2691,26238.1638.6841.1042.1641.82
 California22,68227,52830,12030,77230,77365.7875.9477.3977.9877.88
 Colorado2,8383,1953,8153,9923,96064.1366.5169.9970.1468.77
 Connecticut2,5982,5522,7672,6192,59075.6872.3577.1473.3372.64
 Delaware34638143041942843.4843.7145.6843.4043.95
 District of Columbia657608684722734114.36105.85101.27102.92104.00
 Florida8,0559,01610,45010,91311,14349.2549.0951.7151.3751.88
 Georgia3,5794,2254,8264,9214,97242.7245.1947.4146.8246.83
 Hawaii1,0131,0341,0861,0791,10982.6378.5976.3775.9578.33
 Idaho66687892493596950.4658.3355.9653.4154.22
 Illinois8,2088,0008,7328,5778,56465.7263.0167.9167.4167.58
 Indiana2,8772,9313,1833,2143,22846.9545.9448.1748.0047.95
 Iowa1,5201,5331,6411,7071,70451.8451.1152.5854.2154.01
 Kansas1,2951,3481,4721,4601,47647.9248.4250.6050.1550.66
 Kentucky2,3232,3612,4642,4712,54857.1055.4755.6755.3957.03
 Louisiana2,0612,0542,2722,2282,26546.0346.9448.7147.8148.72
 Maine59764968371273746.4348.9151.4253.1754.83
 Maryland3,9303,9764,3524,2684,26673.1270.3372.7170.7170.56
 Massachusetts5,0274,9135,3095,7115,74778.5876.3978.1482.9883.38
 Michigan5,8235,9266,0206,0585,88358.2859.2560.6160.6858.91
 Minnesota2,8853,1293,3303,2853,31557.9060.0960.7458.6058.78
 Mississippi1,1351,1551,3001,2861,27739.7839.4443.5043.1442.91
 Missouri2,6352,6992,9683,0263,10146.7145.8448.8849.4350.53
 Montana50150662064864455.2452.4560.1761.0960.26
 Nebraska1,1261,1121,2361,2591,24465.4762.3565.3565.3864.31
 Nevada8251,2591,5281,6601,70239.3248.4053.3054.8355.26
 New Hampshire71481085684386356.8761.7164.0662.2863.47
 New Jersey5,8296,7317,1467,0397,05968.6477.5680.5879.2179.47
 New Mexico8138741,0881,0971,08044.3943.9252.0852.4251.51
 New York14,58114,40414,84514,62914,65376.4175.2975.5374.9075.32
 North Carolina3,4424,1115,0245,4205,51241.9245.0950.0852.2152.55
 North Dakota29932142441342046.7949.1756.2354.4855.11
 Ohio5,9625,8676,1246,2406,21952.3651.0252.7153.4453.20
 Oklahoma1,6901,7852,0071,9411,96148.7449.1151.3449.2649.56
 Oregon2,2042,4972,7632,8202,83563.5567.0868.8067.4367.22
 Pennsylvania7,6747,4157,7007,7497,61062.4059.0260.2360.5359.44
 Rhode Island58356258056757055.1553.1554.9253.5853.81
 South Carolina1,8502,0122,3432,4282,42845.5145.2747.9047.7647.16
 South Dakota35238846045344946.4449.0153.8651.5550.75
 Tennessee2,9233,0063,2493,3493,23950.8348.6749.2949.4647.43
 Texas9,60010,82814,19815,18415,60345.0345.4351.6953.0453.81
 Utah1,3941,6691,8511,9641,95461.0464.2562.0862.2860.95
 Vermont34735135435637456.6856.3056.6257.0259.94
 Virginia4,1044,4535,2695,3365,39457.0157.4563.0162.7763.19
 Washington3,8874,3765,2245,3235,36264.9467.7272.9270.7570.41
 West Virginia87883988086785848.7445.7547.7748.0547.88
 Wisconsin3,0902,9113,2183,3173,38157.1551.8855.8657.1258.07
 Wyoming26626132130731953.7748.8054.8153.1555.12

NOTES: Data include professionally active dentists only. Professionally active dentists in this table are those who are listed in the American Dental Association (ADA) masterfile as licensed, not retired, living in the 50 states or District of Columbia, and having a primary occupation of: private practice (full- or part-time); dental school or faculty staff member; armed forces; other federal service (e.g., Veterans Affairs or Public Health Service); state or local government employee; hospital staff dentist; graduate student, intern, or resident; or other health or dental organization staff member. Data exclude dentists in U.S territories or U.S. armed forces overseas. U.S. totals include dentists with unknown state of practice not shown separately and may include missing data. Starting with Health, United States, 2016, data on the number of dentists per 100,000 resident population for 2011 and beyond are calculated using 2010-based postcensal estimates, and data for 2001–2009 are calculated using intercensal estimates based on the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

SOURCE: American Dental Association, Health Policy Institute. Supply of dentists in the U.S.: 2001–2019, Tables 1 and 3 (Copyright 2020 American Dental Association. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.). Any form of reproduction is strictly prohibited without prior written permission of the American Dental Association. See Appendix I, American Dental Association (ADA).

From: Trend Tables

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