Washington, D.C. has the most primary care physicians for every 100,000 residents, while Idaho has the least, according to KFF data published in February and 2024 U.S. Census data.
KFF sourced Redi-Data for professionally active state licensed MDs and DOs as of January 2024. In the United States, there are 523,042 active licenses. KFF also categorized physician totals by specialty, including internal medicine, family and general practice, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and geriatrics.
States ranked by primary care physicians per 100,000 people in 2024:
| State | 2024 population | Total PCPs | PCPs per capita | PCPs per 100K |
| District of Columbia | 677,827 | 3,495 | 0.00516 | 515.6 |
| Rhode Island | 1,098,082 | 2,906 | 0.00265 | 264.6 |
| New York | 19,469,232 | 45,887 | 0.00236 | 235.7 |
| Massachusetts | 7,020,058 | 16,433 | 0.00234 | 234.1 |
| Connecticut | 3,625,646 | 7,687 | 0.00212 | 212.0 |
| Michigan | 10,041,241 | 20,824 | 0.00207 | 207.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,951,275 | 26,681 | 0.00206 | 206.0 |
| Illinois | 12,516,863 | 24,150 | 0.00193 | 192.9 |
| Maryland | 6,196,525 | 11,891 | 0.00192 | 191.9 |
| Maine | 1,402,106 | 2,628 | 0.00187 | 187.4 |
| Vermont | 647,818 | 1,192 | 0.00184 | 184.0 |
| Ohio | 11,812,173 | 21,558 | 0.00183 | 182.5 |
| West Virginia | 1,766,107 | 3,126 | 0.00177 | 177.0 |
| New Jersey | 9,320,865 | 16,358 | 0.00175 | 175.5 |
| Missouri | 6,215,144 | 10,904 | 0.00175 | 175.4 |
| Hawaii | 1,430,877 | 2,346 | 0.00164 | 164.0 |
| North Dakota | 788,940 | 1,284 | 0.00163 | 162.8 |
| Minnesota | 5,761,530 | 9,342 | 0.00162 | 162.1 |
| Delaware | 1,044,321 | 1,644 | 0.00157 | 157.4 |
| Iowa | 3,214,315 | 5,008 | 0.00156 | 155.8 |
| Nebraska | 1,988,698 | 3,048 | 0.00153 | 153.3 |
| New Hampshire | 1,405,105 | 2,152 | 0.00153 | 153.2 |
| Wisconsin | 5,931,367 | 9,063 | 0.00153 | 152.8 |
| Oregon | 4,227,337 | 6,381 | 0.00151 | 150.9 |
| Washington | 7,841,283 | 11,717 | 0.00149 | 149.4 |
| Louisiana | 4,559,475 | 6,774 | 0.00149 | 148.6 |
| New Mexico | 2,115,266 | 3,134 | 0.00148 | 148.2 |
| Alaska | 733,536 | 1,080 | 0.00147 | 147.2 |
| California | 38,889,770 | 56,761 | 0.00146 | 146.0 |
| Virginia | 8,752,297 | 12,590 | 0.00144 | 143.8 |
| Kansas | 2,944,376 | 4,191 | 0.00142 | 142.3 |
| Oklahoma | 4,088,377 | 5,454 | 0.00133 | 133.4 |
| North Carolina | 10,975,017 | 14,565 | 0.00133 | 132.7 |
| Florida | 22,975,931 | 30,115 | 0.00131 | 131.1 |
| South Dakota | 928,767 | 1,217 | 0.00131 | 131.0 |
| Arkansas | 3,089,060 | 4,032 | 0.00131 | 130.5 |
| Tennessee | 7,204,002 | 9,347 | 0.00130 | 129.7 |
| Colorado | 5,914,181 | 7,576 | 0.00128 | 128.1 |
| South Carolina | 5,464,155 | 6,968 | 0.00128 | 127.5 |
| Kentucky | 4,540,745 | 5,751 | 0.00127 | 126.7 |
| Indiana | 6,892,124 | 8,728 | 0.00127 | 126.6 |
| Arizona | 7,497,004 | 9,297 | 0.00124 | 124.0 |
| Alabama | 5,143,033 | 6,300 | 0.00122 | 122.5 |
| Georgia | 11,145,304 | 13,636 | 0.00122 | 122.3 |
| Mississippi | 2,940,452 | 3,550 | 0.00121 | 120.7 |
| Wyoming | 586,485 | 706 | 0.00120 | 120.4 |
| Montana | 1,142,746 | 1,255 | 0.00110 | 109.8 |
| Texas | 30,976,754 | 33,670 | 0.00109 | 108.7 |
| Nevada | 3,210,931 | 3,425 | 0.00107 | 106.7 |
| Utah | 3,454,232 | 3,317 | 0.00096 | 96.0 |
| Idaho | 1,990,456 | 1,898 | 0.00095 | 95.4 |