Most popular physician specialties by state

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

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