Definitive Healthcare analyzed data curated from more than 10 public, private and proprietary sources to identify the number of actively practicing physician groups in each state and Washington, D.C.
There are 338,899 actively practicing physician groups in the U.S. However, states have anywhere from from 727 in Washington, D.C. — the area with the fewest physician groups — to more than 31,477 in California, the state with the most.
Here are the five states with the most physician groups nationwide:
1. California (31,477)
2. Florida (26,021)
3. Texas (25,659)
4. New York (21,411)
5. Pennsylvania (13,890)
Here are the five states with the fewest physician groups nationwide:
1. Washington, D.C. (727)
2. North Dakota (739)
3. Wyoming (748)
4. Vermont (755)
5. Alaska (841)
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