The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a list of the number of active specialist physicians by state.
The specialties included were psychiatry, surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, cardiology and oncology.
Here are the most popular specialties by state:
Alabama: Surgery — 11 percent
Alaska: Emergency medicine — 15 percent
Arizona: Emergency medicine — 12 percent
Arkansas: Emergency medicine — 9 percent
California: Psychiatry — 12 percent
Colorado: Emergency medicine — 13 percent
Connecticut: Psychiatry — 13 percent
Delaware: Emergency medicine — 14 percent
District of Columbia: Psychiatry — 12 percent
Florida: Emergency medicine — 10 percent
Georgia: Emergency medicine — 11 percent
Hawaii: Psychiatry — 15 percent
Idaho: Radiology — 14 percent
Illinois: Emergency medicine — 13 percent
Iowa: Surgery — 13 percent
Kansas: Psychiatry — 12 percent
Kentucky: Surgery — 12 percent
Louisiana: Surgery — 10 percent
Maine: Emergency medicine — 14 percent
Maryland: Psychiatry — 12 percent
Massachusetts: Psychiatry — 13 percent
Michigan: Emergency medicine — 17 percent
Minnesota: Surgery — 11 percent
Mississippi: Emergency medicine — 12 percent
Missouri: Emergency medicine — 10 percent
Montana: Anesthesiology — 13 percent
Nebraska: Surgery — 11 percent
New Hampshire: Psychiatry — 12 percent
New Jersey: Emergency medicine — 10 percent
New Mexico: Emergency medicine — 13 percent
New York: Psychiatry — 12 percent
North Carolina: Emergency medicine — 11 percent
North Dakota: Surgery — 16 percent
Ohio: Emergency medicine — 12 percent
Oklahoma: Emergency medicine — 14 percent
Oregon: Emergency medicine — 11 percent
Pennsylvania: Emergency medicine — 13 percent
Rhode Island: Emergency medicine — 16 percent
South Carolina: Emergency medicine — 12 percent
South Dakota: Surgery — 11 percent
Tennessee: Surgery — 11 percent
Texas: Anesthesiology — 10 percent
Utah: Anesthesiology — 12 percent
Vermont: Psychiatry — 15 percent
Virginia: Emergency medicine — 11 percent
Washington: Anesthesiology — 11 percent
West Virginia: Emergency medicine — 14 percent
Wisconsin: Radiology — 11 percent
Wyoming: Emergency medicine — 14 percent