Dental care by state: dentists per capita and shortage areas
Compare all states on dental listings per 10,000 residents and the share of people living in dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Sortable table and free CSV.
District of Columbia has the most dental listings per resident (16.42 per 10,000) and Delaware the fewest (7.15). Click a column heading to sort. Download the CSV (free to reuse with attribution).
| State | Dental listings (NPI) | Individual providers | Population (Census est.) | Listings per 10,000 | Dental HPSA designations | % of population in HPSAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 1,153 | 877 | 702,250 | 16.42 | 9 | 1.1% |
| Massachusetts | 11,506 | 8,084 | 7,136,171 | 16.12 | 55 | 1.8% |
| Alaska | 1,056 | 773 | 740,133 | 14.27 | 327 | 64.3% |
| California | 51,831 | 37,726 | 39,431,263 | 13.14 | 562 | 7.3% |
| Colorado | 7,767 | 5,320 | 5,957,493 | 13.04 | 108 | 8.2% |
| Hawaii | 1,833 | 1,330 | 1,446,146 | 12.68 | 33 | 11.2% |
| Washington | 9,931 | 7,033 | 7,958,180 | 12.48 | 211 | 34.7% |
| Illinois | 15,592 | 11,000 | 12,710,158 | 12.27 | 256 | 9.2% |
| Connecticut | 4,456 | 3,174 | 3,675,069 | 12.12 | 38 | 12.1% |
| New Hampshire | 1,686 | 1,123 | 1,409,032 | 11.97 | 22 | 1.8% |
| Michigan | 11,876 | 8,453 | 10,140,459 | 11.71 | 268 | 13.5% |
| New Jersey | 11,061 | 8,145 | 9,500,851 | 11.64 | 39 | 2.4% |
| Oregon | 4,841 | 3,641 | 4,272,371 | 11.33 | 140 | 22.2% |
| Maryland | 7,044 | 5,124 | 6,263,220 | 11.25 | 31 | 13.1% |
| Minnesota | 6,290 | 4,558 | 5,793,151 | 10.86 | 193 | 20.2% |
| Vermont | 703 | 484 | 648,493 | 10.84 | 14 | 6.5% |
| Virginia | 9,552 | 6,846 | 8,811,195 | 10.84 | 166 | 25.6% |
| New York | 21,518 | 16,575 | 19,867,248 | 10.83 | 166 | 13.8% |
| Nebraska | 2,142 | 1,634 | 2,005,465 | 10.68 | 100 | 3.4% |
| Arizona | 7,788 | 5,158 | 7,582,384 | 10.27 | 210 | 18.1% |
| Maine | 1,428 | 1,037 | 1,405,012 | 10.16 | 78 | 13.9% |
| Wyoming | 597 | 423 | 587,618 | 10.16 | 28 | 8.3% |
| Idaho | 2,021 | 1,337 | 2,001,619 | 10.1 | 84 | 14.3% |
| Nevada | 3,256 | 2,233 | 3,267,467 | 9.96 | 56 | 8.5% |
| Wisconsin | 5,878 | 4,538 | 5,960,975 | 9.86 | 145 | 9.8% |
| Montana | 1,116 | 844 | 1,137,233 | 9.81 | 105 | 11.3% |
| North Carolina | 10,790 | 7,263 | 11,046,024 | 9.77 | 200 | 23.4% |
| South Dakota | 900 | 599 | 924,669 | 9.73 | 92 | 16.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 12,629 | 9,450 | 13,078,751 | 9.66 | 152 | 11.5% |
| New Mexico | 2,054 | 1,470 | 2,130,256 | 9.64 | 103 | 37.6% |
| Oklahoma | 3,947 | 2,732 | 4,095,393 | 9.64 | 185 | 21% |
| Utah | 3,363 | 2,393 | 3,503,613 | 9.6 | 58 | 5.3% |
| Texas | 30,002 | 19,802 | 31,290,831 | 9.59 | 401 | 19.2% |
| North Dakota | 761 | 558 | 796,568 | 9.55 | 69 | 13.1% |
| Florida | 22,033 | 15,739 | 23,372,215 | 9.43 | 216 | 5.3% |
| Iowa | 3,036 | 2,319 | 3,241,488 | 9.37 | 131 | 12.7% |
| South Carolina | 5,099 | 3,380 | 5,478,831 | 9.31 | 103 | 24.2% |
| Rhode Island | 1,025 | 729 | 1,112,308 | 9.22 | 14 | 11.7% |
| Kansas | 2,698 | 1,893 | 2,970,606 | 9.08 | 125 | 8.2% |
| Ohio | 10,512 | 7,907 | 11,883,304 | 8.85 | 158 | 15.1% |
| Missouri | 5,456 | 4,110 | 6,245,466 | 8.74 | 325 | 29.5% |
| Kentucky | 3,981 | 3,088 | 4,588,372 | 8.68 | 257 | 28.2% |
| Indiana | 6,003 | 4,155 | 6,924,275 | 8.67 | 129 | 13.8% |
| West Virginia | 1,452 | 1,081 | 1,769,979 | 8.2 | 119 | 34.2% |
| Tennessee | 5,757 | 4,152 | 7,227,750 | 7.97 | 151 | 20.4% |
| Louisiana | 3,579 | 2,752 | 4,597,740 | 7.78 | 172 | 38.1% |
| Arkansas | 2,400 | 1,517 | 3,088,354 | 7.77 | 149 | 32.6% |
| Georgia | 8,429 | 6,134 | 11,180,878 | 7.54 | 110 | 5.9% |
| Mississippi | 2,192 | 1,547 | 2,943,045 | 7.45 | 148 | 44% |
| Alabama | 3,746 | 2,560 | 5,157,699 | 7.26 | 93 | 14.2% |
| Delaware | 752 | 503 | 1,051,917 | 7.15 | 12 | 27.4% |
Oral health indicators by state (CDC)
Official figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National reference values are the median of the 50 states and DC (BRFSS) and the U.S. total (fluoridation): dental visit 65.9%, complete tooth loss at 65+ 11.2%, fluoridated water 72.3%.
| State | Adults who visited a dentist in the past year (2022) | Adults 65+ who lost all natural teeth (2024) | People on public water receiving fluoridated water (2022) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 58.2% | 17.3% | 76.6% |
| Alaska | 61.8% | 10.8% | 42.3% |
| Arizona | 60.7% | 10.5% | 57.5% |
| Arkansas | 55.6% | 19.7% | 86.8% |
| California | 66.2% | 7.3% | 57.7% |
| Colorado | 66.4% | 9% | 75.4% |
| Connecticut | 73.9% | 7.1% | 90.4% |
| Delaware | 64.6% | 8.4% | 69.8% |
| District of Columbia | 70.4% | 8.7% | 100% |
| Florida | 61.2% | 11.9% | 78.1% |
| Georgia | 59.9% | 13.8% | 95.1% |
| Hawaii | 71.9% | 5.4% | 8.5% |
| Idaho | 68.7% | 12.7% | 31% |
| Illinois | 65.8% | 9.6% | 98.2% |
| Indiana | 63.1% | 15.5% | 91.5% |
| Iowa | 68.3% | 10.1% | 88.8% |
| Kansas | 66% | 12.8% | 65.4% |
| Kentucky | 60.3% | 21.4% | 99.7% |
| Louisiana | 60.4% | 16.7% | 37.9% |
| Maine | 65.2% | 13.6% | 79.5% |
| Maryland | 66.7% | 8.4% | 93.2% |
| Massachusetts | 73.2% | 8.8% | 58.2% |
| Michigan | 69.4% | 11.7% | 90.8% |
| Minnesota | 68.4% | 7.8% | 98.9% |
| Mississippi | 9.4% | 16% | 47.3% |
| Missouri | 61.2% | 16.1% | 76.5% |
| Montana | 64.2% | 11.4% | 32.8% |
| Nebraska | 66.2% | 10% | 74.2% |
| Nevada | 60.8% | 11.4% | 74.2% |
| New Hampshire | 69% | 10% | 45.5% |
| New Jersey | 68.3% | 8.3% | 16.2% |
| New Mexico | 61.7% | 12.9% | 76.6% |
| New York | 64.3% | 10.2% | 71.7% |
| North Carolina | 63.6% | 13.6% | 88% |
| North Dakota | 66.6% | 11.1% | 96.5% |
| Ohio | 64.4% | 15.4% | 92.8% |
| Oklahoma | 58.8% | 17.7% | 63.5% |
| Oregon | 66.2% | 10.9% | 26.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 67.7% | 11.2% | 55.3% |
| Rhode Island | 70.3% | 6.4% | 84.3% |
| South Carolina | 63.1% | 14.6% | 92% |
| South Dakota | 69.6% | 14.8% | 94.2% |
| Tennessee | 59.5% | – | 88.3% |
| Texas | 57.9% | 12.3% | 70.7% |
| Utah | 71.3% | 7.7% | 43.6% |
| Vermont | 68% | 9.5% | 56.7% |
| Virginia | 68.4% | 10.2% | 95.6% |
| Washington | 67.8% | 8.2% | 64.4% |
| West Virginia | 56.6% | 19.8% | 90.5% |
| Wisconsin | 68.2% | 9.5% | 84.6% |
| Wyoming | 65.2% | 11.9% | 55% |
Sources: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, crude prevalence, questions _DENVST3 (2022) and _ALTETH3 (2024); CDC 2022 Water Fluoridation Statistics (Water Fluoridation Reporting System). Survey estimates have confidence intervals; small differences between states may not be meaningful.
Listings counts come from the NPPES NPI registry (October 2026 snapshot) and include individual dentists and organizations with a practice address in the state; one person can practice at several places. Population: U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Shortage areas: HRSA dental Health Professional Shortage Area designations. See also dental deserts and the state of US dentistry 2026.