California, the specialties with the most physicians are psychiatry, emergency medicine, and anesthesiology.
The states with the most number of active physicians include California, New York, Texas, and Florida. California currently has the most number of active physicians of any U.S. state, with around 119,087 physicians. In Leading 10 U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians as of 2024
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Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of active physicians in the U.S. 2024, by specialty area
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U.S. states
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- Premium Statistic Total active physicians in the U.S. 2024, by state
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians 2024
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Expenditure
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Compensation
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- Basic Statistic Annual compensation earned by U.S. physicians by specialty 2023
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- Basic Statistic Mean physician compensation by U.S. region 2018
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Burn-out
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- Basic Statistic Burnout among U.S. physicians as of 2023, by gender and age
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- Premium Statistic Major causes for burn-out among U.S. physicians 2020
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COVID-19
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. physicians who experienced select changes due to COVID-19, 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. physicians affected by COVID-19 in select ways, August 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. physicians frustrated by COVID-19 regulation non-compliance, Aug. 2020
- Basic Statistic Estimated loss of revenue among U.S. physicians due to COVID-19 as of July 2020
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (February 19, 2024). Leading 10 U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians as of 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250141/us-states-with-highest-total-number-of-active-physicians/
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024). Leading 10 U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians as of 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250141/us-states-with-highest-total-number-of-active-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Leading 10 U.S. States Based on The Total Number of Active Physicians as of 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250141/us-states-with-highest-total-number-of-active-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Leading 10 U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians as of 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250141/us-states-with-highest-total-number-of-active-physicians/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Leading 10 U.S. states based on the total number of active physicians as of 2024 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, February 19, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250141/us-states-with-highest-total-number-of-active-physicians/