Here is a list of the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked by total number of hospital outpatient visits per 1,000 residents.
This list is based on data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Data was accessed Feb. 3.
Data includes information for community hospitals, which represents 85 percent of all hospitals, according to KFF. Data does not include information from federal hospitals, long-term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for individuals with mental disabilities and alcoholism, or other chemical dependency hospitals.
- Maine —5,418
- Vermont — 5,049
- District of Columbia — 4,099
- New Hampshire — 4,062
- West Virginia — 4,054
- Missouri — 3,807
- Michigan — 3,600
- Iowa — 3,541
- Montana — 3,535
- Idaho — 3,514
- North Dakota — 3,505
- Ohio — 3,426
- Massachusetts — 3,356
- Wisconsin — 3,068
- Pennsylvania — 3,060
- Indiana — 2,942
- Kentucky — 2,940
- Illinois — 2,927
- New York — 2,910
- New Mexico — 2,886
- South Dakota — 2,812
- Oregon — 2,699
- Alaska — 2,657
- Utah — 2,615
- Louisiana — 2,599
- Kansas — 2,513
- Connecticut — 2,483
- Nebraska — 2,467
- Delaware — 2,385
- Minnesota — 2,232
- Wyoming — 2,213
- Rhode Island — 2,180
- Virginia — 2,028
- North Carolina — 1,983
- Washington — 1,889
- Arkansas — 1,880
- Tennessee — 1,867
- Mississippi — 1,843
- New Jersey — 1,792
- Hawaii — 1,719
- South Carolina — 1,688
- Georgia — 1,639
- Colorado — 1,617
- Oklahoma — 1,581
- Maryland — 1,569
- Texas — 1,523
- California — 1,462
- Arizona — 1,293
- Florida — 1,293
- Nevada — 1,045
To view the list broken down by hospital ownership type, click here.