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Dentists per resident
Every US state and county. Data as of September 2026.
US providers
275,071
Per 100,000
80.5
Residents per provider
1,243:1
Counties
Showing 50 of 2,904. Flagged rows are listed after ranked rows.
States
| Name | Providers | Residents per provider | |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 923 | 133.1 | 752:1 |
| Massachusetts | 8,636 | 120.7 | 828:1 |
| Alaska | 819 | 111.1 | 900:1 |
| California | 39,739 | 101.0 | 990:1 |
| Hawaii | 1,423 | 99.3 | 1,007:1 |
| Colorado | 5,690 | 94.6 | 1,057:1 |
| Connecticut | 3,440 | 93.3 | 1,072:1 |
| Washington | 7,413 | 92.7 | 1,079:1 |
| New Jersey | 8,778 | 91.9 | 1,088:1 |
| New York | 18,093 | 90.5 | 1,106:1 |
| Illinois | 11,483 | 90.3 | 1,108:1 |
| Oregon | 3,836 | 89.8 | 1,114:1 |
| Maryland | 5,552 | 88.6 | 1,128:1 |
| Michigan | 8,813 | 87.0 | 1,149:1 |
| Nebraska | 1,738 | 86.1 | 1,161:1 |
| New Hampshire | 1,216 | 85.9 | 1,164:1 |
| Virginia | 7,406 | 83.4 | 1,199:1 |
| Minnesota | 4,842 | 83.0 | 1,204:1 |
| Wisconsin | 4,823 | 80.7 | 1,238:1 |
| Vermont | 512 | 79.4 | 1,259:1 |
| Montana | 903 | 78.9 | 1,268:1 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,172 | 77.9 | 1,284:1 |
| Maine | 1,095 | 77.4 | 1,292:1 |
| Iowa | 2,459 | 75.9 | 1,317:1 |
| Wyoming | 442 | 75.1 | 1,332:1 |
| North Dakota | 591 | 73.9 | 1,353:1 |
| Utah | 2,592 | 73.2 | 1,365:1 |
| New Mexico | 1,548 | 72.8 | 1,373:1 |
| Nevada | 2,362 | 72.0 | 1,390:1 |
| Arizona | 5,477 | 71.8 | 1,392:1 |
| Florida | 16,816 | 71.7 | 1,395:1 |
| Rhode Island | 783 | 70.3 | 1,423:1 |
| Ohio | 8,358 | 70.2 | 1,424:1 |
| Idaho | 1,423 | 70.1 | 1,426:1 |
| Oklahoma | 2,888 | 70.0 | 1,428:1 |
| North Carolina | 7,779 | 69.5 | 1,440:1 |
| Missouri | 4,344 | 69.3 | 1,443:1 |
| Kentucky | 3,168 | 68.8 | 1,454:1 |
| South Dakota | 643 | 68.8 | 1,454:1 |
| Kansas | 2,003 | 67.3 | 1,486:1 |
| Texas | 21,110 | 66.6 | 1,502:1 |
| West Virginia | 1,141 | 64.6 | 1,548:1 |
| South Carolina | 3,593 | 64.5 | 1,550:1 |
| Indiana | 4,471 | 64.1 | 1,560:1 |
| Louisiana | 2,960 | 64.1 | 1,560:1 |
| Tennessee | 4,624 | 63.2 | 1,582:1 |
| Georgia | 6,656 | 58.9 | 1,698:1 |
| Mississippi | 1,673 | 56.6 | 1,766:1 |
| Delaware | 564 | 53.2 | 1,879:1 |
| Alabama | 2,760 | 53.1 | 1,882:1 |
| Arkansas | 1,616 | 51.9 | 1,927:1 |
Showing 51 of 51. Flagged rows are listed after ranked rows.
US trend
June 2021 to September 2026: 72.8 to 80.5 per 100K
Definition
Active individual NPIs whose primary taxonomy is a dentist (general or specialist; NUCC 1223 and Oral Medicine). Shares its definition with the dentists specialty group.
NUCC taxonomy codes (14): 122300000X, 1223D0001X, 1223D0004X, 1223E0200X, 1223G0001X, 1223P0106X, 1223P0221X, 1223P0300X, 1223P0700X, 1223S0112X, 1223X0008X, 1223X0400X, 1223X2210X, 125Q00000X
Counted from the federal NPI registry (CMS NPPES): active individual providers, by primary taxonomy and primary practice location.
How our numbers compare
- Counties (2,908 compared): correlation r = 0.98; 88% within ±10%; median ratio 1.00.
- National (1 compared): 100% within ±10%; median ratio 1.01.
- States (51 compared): correlation r = 1.00; 100% within ±10%; median ratio 1.00.
Compared with County Health Rankings & Roadmaps' published 2025 values (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, via Zenodo, CC BY 4.0). Aggregate statistics only. Details
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Registered, not necessarily practicing. Provider counts come from the national provider registry (NPPES): active individual clinicians, counted once under their primary specialty at their practice-location county. Some registered clinicians are retired or see few patients. Counts under 10, or places with fewer than 10,000 residents, are flagged and left out of rankings. Nothing is estimated or imputed. Methodology
Counted from the federal NPI registry (CMS NPPES): active individual providers, by primary taxonomy and primary practice location. Ltrl is not affiliated with County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.