Here are six stats to know on the physician workforce, according to the Association of American Medical College's 2022 Physician Specialty Data Report:
- There are an estimated 950,000 active physicians in the 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
- Primary care specialties were the most common, with 120,342 practicing internal medicine, 118,641 practicing family medicine and 60,305 practicing pediatrics.
- 37.1 percent of the active physician workforce is female.
- 46.7 percent of the active physician workforce is aged 55 or older.
- Child and adolescent psychiatrists are the most likely specialty to practice in the same state they were trained in,, with 57 percent practicing where they were trained.
- 63.9 percent of practicing physicians identified as White, 20.6 percent as Asian, 6.9 percent as Hispanic and 5.7 percent as Black or African American.