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TABLE 701. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLINICALLY ACTIVE OR CLINICALLY TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONER-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY DISCIPLINE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
1998
CLINICALLY ACTIVE
PSYCHIATRISTS
1999
CLINICALLY TRAINED
PSYCHOLOGISTS
1998
CLINICALLY TRAINED
SOCIAL WORKERS
1995
CLINICALLY TRAINED
PSYCHIATRIC NURSES
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
United States 38,258 14.2 76,968 28.4 96,268 35.6 6,776 2.6
New England 3,693 27.5 7,087 52.5 9,718 72.4 1,452 10.9
Connecticut 944 28.8 1,210 36.9 2,275 69.5 343 10.5
Maine 204 16.4 394 31.4 675 54.1 75 6.0
Massachusetts 2,000 32.6 4,240 68.7 5,235 85.2 825 13.5
New Hampshire 200 16.9 450 37.5 540 45.5 70 6.0
Rhode Island 201 20.3 330 33.3 704 71.3 93 9.4
Vermont 144 24.4 463 77.9 289 48.9 46 7.8
Middle Atlantic 8,840 23.1 17,749 46.3 22,231 58.0 1,333 3.5
New Jersey 1,357 16.8 2,464 30.3 4,338 53.6 283 3.5
New York 5,501 30.3 10,120 55.6 13,690 75.4 688 3.8
Pennsylvania 1,982 16.5 5,165 43.1 4,203 35.0 362 3.0
South Atlantic 6,627 13.5 11,366 22.9 15,113 30.9 1,316 2.7
Delaware 96 12.9 273 36.2 270 36.3 22 3.0
District of Columbia 338 64.9 1,144 220.4 1,393 267.4 30 5.7
Florida 1,682 11.3 3,050 20.2 3,712 24.9 195 1.3
Georgia 813 10.6 1,434 18.4 1,523 19.9 141 1.9
Maryland 1,323 25.8 1,835 35.5 2,642 51.5 405 8.0
North Carolina 910 12.1 1,482 19.4 2,237 29.6 117 1.6
South Carolina 432 11.3 430 11.1 781 20.3 88 2.3
Virginia 881 13.0 1,540 22.4 2,150 31.7 285 4.2
West Virginia 152 8.4 178 9.9 405 22.4 33 1.8
East South Central 1,351 8.2 2,501 15.1 3,567 21.7 214 1.3
Alabama 291 6.7 532 12.2 800 18.4 55 1.3
Kentucky 383 9.7 554 14.0 1,012 25.7 67 1.7
Mississippi 164 6.0 271 9.8 521 18.9 20 0.7
Tennessee 513 9.4 1,144 20.9 1,234 22.7 72 1.3
West South Central 2,723 9.1 3,938 13.0 6,623 22.1 262 0.9
Arkansas 187 7.4 321 12.6 299 11.8 13 0.5
Louisiana 504 11.6 473 10.8 1,620 37.1 38 0.9
Oklahoma 253 7.6 499 14.9 771 23.1 25 0.8
Texas 1,779 9.0 2,645 13.2 3,933 20.0 186 1.0
East North Central 4,799 10.8 11,007 24.8 17,179 38.8 609 1.4
Illinois 1,488 12.4 3,000 24.7 5,032 41.7 119 1.0
Indiana 473 8.0 1,336 22.5 2,111 35.7 74 1.3
Michigan 1,127 11.5 2,021 20.5 5,264 53.6 163 1.7
Ohio 1,136 10.1 3,412 30.3 3,143 28.0 205 1.8
Wisconsin 575 11.0 1,238 23.6 1,629 31.2 48 0.9
West North Central 1,835 9.8 6,308 33.6 5,331 28.5 357 1.9
Iowa 200 7.0 470 16.4 713 24.9 36 1.3
Kansas 321 12.2 516 19.4 1,060 40.2 47 1.8
Minnesota 505 10.7 3,228 67.6 1,263 26.7 148 3.2
Missouri 545 10.0 1,536 28.1 1,620 29.8 70 1.3
Nebraska 146 8.8 292 17.5 357 21.5 32 1.9
North Dakota 70 11.0 131 20.7 164 25.7 17 2.7
South Dakota 48 6.6 135 18.4 154 21.1 7 0.9
Mountain 1,832 10.9 4,307 25.1 5,072 30.2 365 2.5
Arizona 492 10.5 1,035 21.7 1,311 28.1 85 3.4
Colorado 616 15.5 1,620 39.9 1,379 34.7 141 3.6
Idaho 76 6.2 159 12.7 328 26.6 9 0.7
Montana 74 8.4 179 20.3 241 27.4 17 1.9
Nevada 117 6.7 255 14.1 395 22.6 13 0.8
New Mexico 238 13.7 438 25.2 540 31.1 62 3.6
Utah 180 8.6 479 22.5 733 34.9 29 1.4
Wyoming 39 8.1 142 29.6 145 30.2 9 1.9
Pacific 6,558 15.1 12,705 28.9 11,434 26.3 868 2.0
Alaska 62 10.1 138 22.3 800 130.1 33 5.4
California 5,169 15.8 9,790 29.5 7,279 22.3 376 1.2
Hawaii 213 17.9 376 31.7 675 56.7 27 2.3
Oregon 408 12.4 1,001 30.2 1,109 33.8 87 2.7
Washington 706 12.4 1,400 24.3 1,571 27.6 345 6.1

SOURCE: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Mental Health United States, 2000. US Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.