Community Health Centers (CHCs) number by state 2021

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are community-based health centers that are funded in part by HRSA, a sector of Medicare and Medicaid, to treat underserved patients in their communities. As of 2021, California had the largest number of community health centers with 174 centers throughout the state. Delaware had the fewest number of community health centers with just 3 centers throughout the state. This statistic presents the number of Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the U.S. in 2021, by state.

Number of Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the U.S. in 2021, by state*

Characteristic	Number of FQHCs
California	174
Texas	72
New York	63
Ohio	51
Florida	47
Illinois	45
Pennsylvania	42
North Carolina	39
Michigan	39
Massachusetts	37
Louisiana	36
Georgia	35
Oregon	30
Tennessee	29
West Virginia	28
Missouri	28
Indiana	27
Alaska	27
Washington	27
Virginia	26
Kentucky	25
New Jersey	24
South Carolina	23
Arizona	23
Oklahoma	21
Mississippi	20
Colorado	19
Kansas	19
Maine	18
Maryland	17
Wisconsin	16
Minnesota	16
New Mexico	16
Connecticut	16
Montana	14
Hawaii	14
Iowa	14
Idaho	14
Utah	13
Arkansas	12
Vermont	11
New Hampshire	9
Rhode Island	8
District of Columbia	8
Nevada	8
Nebraska	7
Wyoming	6
South Dakota	4
North Dakota	4
Delaware	3

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Release date

September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

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* For purposes of these data, Community Health Centers (CHCs) include Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which meet federal health center requirements and receive federal grants under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Other community health centers known as "look-alikes,” which also meet federal health center requirements but do not receive Section 330 grants, are not included. There are approximately 100 look-alikes nationwide.

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