State-by-state breakdown of primary care physicians

California has the most total primary care physicians, according to a January report from KFF. 

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of the primary care physicians by specialty: 

State

Internal medicine

Family medicine

Pediatrics

OB-GYN

Geriatrics

Alabama

2,501

2,007

1114

666

12

Alaska

214

625

146

95

0

Arizona

3,772

2,853

1,611

1,014

47

Arkansas

1,136

1,900

669

314

13

California

23,145

16,583

10,885

6,012

136

Colorado

2,565

2,995

1,176

822

18

Connecticut

4,332

840

1,424

1,078

13

Delaware

527

449

487

177

4

Florida

12,960

9,096

5,095

2,850

114

Georgia

5,559

3,749

2,590

1,707

31

Hawaii

1,025

567

418

330

6

Idaho

484

1,075

175

155

9

Illinois

10,662

6,789

4,145

2,516

38

Indiana

2,784

3,593

1,397

931

23

Iowa

1,448

2,441

735

364

20

Kansas

1,264

1,930

544

445

8

Kentucky

2,049

2,018

991

676

17

Louisiana

2,728

1,905

1,250

883

8

Maine

832

1,200

352

224

20

Maryland

6,234

1,906

2,363

1,351

37

Massachusetts

9,434

2,095

3,376

1,492

36

Michigan

8,373

6,777

2,973

2,634

67

Minnesota

3,391

3,768

1,353

803

27

Mississippi

1,363

1,215

551

417

4

Missouri

4,264

3,003

2,412

1,178

47

Montana

352

679

111

111

2

Nebraska

960

1,311

486

290

1

Nevada

1,601

1,015

458

345

6

New Hampshire

893

670

350

233

6

New Jersey

7,888

3,046

3,395

1,967

62

New Mexico

1,061

1,191

579

296

7

New York

23,712

7,448

9,604

5,017

106

North Carolina

5,496

4,475

2,717

1,809

68

North Dakota

391

701

114

72

6

Ohio

8,728

5,878

4,457

2,387

108

Oklahoma

1,459

2,472

914

597

12

Oregon

2,718

2,125

868

655

15

Pennsylvania

11,345

7,913

4,386

2,857

180

Rhode Island

1,564

460

577

298

7

South Carolina

2,302

2,599

1,231

815

21

South Dakota

365

607

154

89

2

Tennessee

3,724

2,679

1,839

1,090

15

Texas

11,996

10,492

6,859

4,205

118

Utah

1,048

1,143

729

392

5

Vermont

437

382

243

127

3

Virginia

4,636

4,050

2,436

1,430

38

Washington

3,890

4,904

1,900

983

40

Washington, D.C.

1,790

349

909

439

8

West Virginia

1,069

1,353

426

268

10

Wisconsin

3,217

3,542

1,421

866

17

Wyoming

134

446

54

71

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