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TABLE 302. PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE DENTISTS AND DENTIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA, DECEMBER 31, 1999

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.