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The District of Columbia has, by far, the largest number of physicians as a percentage of the population, with 1,639 per 100,000 people. [13] Additionally, Among active physicians, 56.2% identified as White, 17.1% identified as Asian, 5.8% identified as Hispanic, 5.0% identified as Black, and 0.3% identified as American Indian/Alaska Native.
Between 1980 and 2005, the annual number of new MDs remained stable at around 16,000. During the same period, the number of new DOs increased by more than 150% (from about 1,000 to about 2,800). [21] The number of new MDs per 100,000 people fell from 7.5 to 5.6, while the number of new DOs per 100,000 rose from 0.4 to 0.8. [21]
Among the physician practices, 16.5% had only one office-based physician in 2016. [3] Physician group practices with 2-4 physicians make up 22.3% of physician offices in the United States, 19.8% have 5-10 physicians, 12.1% have 11-24 physicians, 6.3% have 25–49, and the remaining 13.5% have 50 or more physicians.
Among states, Idaho had the lowest number of active physicians at 192 per 100,000 people, down from 196.1 in 2020; and the lowest number of direct patient-care physicians, at 178 per 100,000 people.
10. New Jersey > Doctors per 100,000 people: 251.4 > Medical students per 100,000 people: 22.4 (18th lowest) > Pct. without health insurance: 13.2% (22nd lowest) > Life expectancy: 79.7 years ...
States with the highest concentration of osteopathic physicians are Oklahoma, Iowa, and Michigan, where osteopathic physicians comprised 17–20% of the physician workforce in 2011. [needs update] [26] The state with the greatest number of osteopathic physicians is Pennsylvania, with 8,536 DOs in active practice in 2018. [23]
Still, the workforce center experts noted a 2021 state law allowed officials to collect broad data on the number of all licensed medical professionals except for physicians.
In the decades following these restrictions on physician supply, the United States has a shortage of doctors. [11] The United States was forecasted to have a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032. [11] As a consequence of the restrictions on medical training in the United States, a quarter of physicians in the United States were ...