| TABLE 302. PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE DENTISTS AND DENTIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA, DECEMBER 31, 1999 |
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| GEOGRAPHIC AREA | PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE DENTISTS 1/ |
DENTISTS PER 100,000 POPULATION |
RESIDENT POPULATION (THOUSANDS) |
| UNITED STATES | 164,664 | 60.4 | 272,691 |
| NORTHEAST | 39,608 | 76.4 | 51,830 |
| NEW ENGLAND | 9,866 | 73.1 | 13,496 |
| Connecticut | 2,611 | 79.6 | 3,282 |
| Maine | 600 | 47.9 | 1,253 |
| Massachusetts | 5,017 | 81.2 | 6,175 |
| New Hampshire | 691 | 57.5 | 1,201 |
| Rhode Island | 590 | 59.5 | 991 |
| Vermont | 357 | 60.1 | 594 |
| MIDDLE ATLANTIC | 29,742 | 77.6 | 38,334 |
| New Jersey | 6,544 | 80.4 | 8,143 |
| New York | 15,130 | 83.1 | 18,197 |
| Pennsylvania | 8,068 | 67.3 | 11,994 |
| SOUTH | 49,160 | 51.0 | 96,470 |
| SOUTH ATLANTIC | 26,529 | 53.5 | 49,561 |
| Delaware | 352 | 46.7 | 754 |
| District of Columbia | 751 | 144.7 | 519 |
| Florida | 8,034 | 53.2 | 15,111 |
| Georgia | 3,546 | 45.5 | 7,788 |
| Maryland | 3,955 | 76.5 | 5,172 |
| North Carolina | 3,297 | 43.1 | 7,651 |
| South Carolina | 1,765 | 45.4 | 3,886 |
| Virginia | 3,994 | 58.1 | 6,873 |
| West Virginia | 835 | 46.2 | 1,807 |
| EAST SOUTH CENTRAL | 8,134 | 49.0 | 16,584 |
| Alabama | 1,903 | 43.5 | 4,370 |
| Kentucky | 2,214 | 55.9 | 3,961 |
| Mississippi | 1,098 | 39.7 | 2,769 |
| Tennessee | 2,919 | 53.2 | 5,484 |
| WEST SOUTH CENTRAL | 14,497 | 47.8 | 30,325 |
| Arkansas | 1,076 | 42.2 | 2,551 |
| Louisiana | 2,109 | 48.2 | 4,372 |
| Oklahoma | 1,658 | 49.4 | 3,358 |
| Texas | 9,654 | 48.2 | 20,044 |
| NORTH CENTRAL | 36,373 | 57.5 | 63,242 |
| EAST NORTH CENTRAL | 26,105 | 58.7 | 44,442 |
| Illinois | 8,173 | 67.4 | 12,128 |
| Indiana | 2,850 | 48.0 | 5,943 |
| Michigan | 5,892 | 59.7 | 9,864 |
| Ohio | 6,106 | 54.2 | 11,257 |
| Wisconsin | 3,084 | 58.7 | 5,250 |
| WEST NORTH CENTRAL | 10,268 | 54.6 | 18,800 |
| Iowa | 1,557 | 54.3 | 2,869 |
| Kansas | 1,343 | 50.6 | 2,654 |
| Minnesota | 2,918 | 61.1 | 4,776 |
| Missouri | 2,691 | 49.2 | 5,468 |
| Nebraska | 1,092 | 65.5 | 1,666 |
| North Dakota | 306 | 48.3 | 634 |
| South Dakota | 361 | 49.2 | 733 |
| WEST | 39,420 | 64.5 | 61,150 |
| MOUNTAIN | 9,334 | 54.5 | 17,128 |
| Arizona | 2,275 | 47.6 | 4,778 |
| Colorado | 2,790 | 68.8 | 4,056 |
| Idaho | 656 | 52.4 | 1,252 |
| Montana | 491 | 55.6 | 883 |
| Nevada | 710 | 39.2 | 1,809 |
| New Mexico | 784 | 45.1 | 1,740 |
| Utah | 1,356 | 63.7 | 2,130 |
| Wyoming | 272 | 56.7 | 480 |
| PACIFIC | 30,086 | 68.3 | 44,022 |
| Alaska | 451 | 72.7 | 620 |
| California | 22,636 | 68.3 | 33,145 |
| Hawaii | 1,004 | 84.7 | 1,185 |
| Oregon | 2,236 | 67.4 | 3,316 |
| Washington | 3,759 | 65.3 | 5,756 |
1/ Includes dentists in private practice, dental school faculty, armed forces, federal, state or local government, hospital staff, graduate student, intern, resident or other dental organizations.
SOURCE: American Dental Association, Survey Center. Distribution of Dentists in the United States by Region and State, 1998 and 1999. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.