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 |
1 |