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TABLE 220. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA, JANUARY 1, 2002
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS
RESIDENT
POPULATION
(000s)
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS
PER 100K POP
UNITED STATES 42,220 284,795 14.8
NORTHEAST 10,690 53,804 19.9
 NEW ENGLAND 2,608 14,022 18.6
  Connecticut 823 3,425 24.0
  Maine 397 1,287 30.8
  Massachusetts 898 6,379 14.1
  New Hampshire 221 1,259 17.6
  Rhode Island 139 1,059 13.1
  Vermont 130 613 21.2
 MIDDLE ATLANTIC 8,082 39,782 20.3
  New Jersey 560 8,484 6.6
  New York 5,097 19,011 26.8
  Pennsylvania 2,425 12,287 19.7
SOUTH 14,002 101,833 13.7
 SOUTH ATLANTIC 8,924 52,763 16.9
  Delaware 96 796 12.1
  District of Columbia 185 572 32.3
  Florida 2,322 16,397 14.2
  Georgia 1,408 8,384 16.8
  Maryland 1,225 5,375 22.8
  North Carolina 2,121 8,186 25.9
  South Carolina 352 4,063 8.7
  Virginia 724 7,188 10.1
  West Virginia 491 1,802 27.2
 EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 1,407 17,128 8.2
  Alabama 254 4,464 5.7
  Kentucky 593 4,066 14.6
  Mississippi 37 2,858 1.3
  Tennessee 523 5,740 9.1
 WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 3,671 31,942 11.5
  Arkansas 56 2,692 2.1
  Louisiana 297 4,465 6.7
  Oklahoma 640 3,460 18.5
  Texas 2,678 21,325 12.6
NORTH CENTRAL 8,050 64,688 12.4
 EAST NORTH CENTRAL 5,170 45,364 11.4
  Illinois 1,021 12,482 8.2
  Indiana 312 6,115 5.1
  Michigan 1,760 9,991 17.6
  Ohio 1,200 11,374 10.6
  Wisconsin 877 5,402 16.2
 WEST NORTH CENTRAL 2,880 19,324 14.9
  Iowa 519 2,923 17.8
  Kansas 465 2,695 17.3
  Minnesota 641 4,972 12.9
  Missouri 291 5,630 5.2
  Nebraska 507 1,713 29.6
  North Dakota 186 634 29.3
  South Dakota 271 757 35.8
WEST 9,478 64,470 14.7
 MOUNTAIN 3,378 18,649 18.1
  Arizona 786 5,307 14.8
  Colorado 1,050 4,418 23.8
  Idaho 254 1,321 19.2
  Montana 200 904 22.1
  Nevada 229 2,106 10.9
  New Mexico 367 1,829 20.1
  Utah 369 2,270 16.3
  Wyoming 123 494 24.9
 PACIFIC 6,100 45,821 13.3
  Alaska 237 635 37.3
  California 4,108 34,501 11.9
  Hawaii 100 1,224 8.2
  Oregon 407 3,473 11.7
  Washington 1,248 5,988 20.8

SOURCE: American Academy of Physician Assistants. (www.aapa.org/research/clinprac2002.html)