Nationwide, 5,807 oral surgeons are actively practicing, according to data from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Data comes from a special request by the American Dental Association. Data was pulled in September 2021 from Redi-Data.
Below are the number of active oral surgeons, ranked from greatest to least by state:
California — 646
New York — 502
Texas — 426
Florida — 318
Pennsylvania — 273
New Jersey — 248
Illinois — 229
North Carolina — 183
Michigan — 180
Ohio — 167
Virginia — 167
Georgia — 162
Massachusetts — 158
Maryland — 149
Washington — 142
Colorado — 130
Tennessee — 119
Indiana — 103
Wisconsin — 102
Arizona — 100
Minnesota — 95
Connecticut — 91
Kentucky — 89
Missouri — 89
South Carolina — 84
Louisiana — 65
Oklahoma — 59
Utah — 59
Alabama — 58
Iowa — 57
Oregon — 50
Nevada — 43
Kansas — 41
Mississippi — 41
Arkansas — 33
Nebraska — 33
Idaho — 32
Hawaii — 31
Maine — 28
New Hampshire — 28
New Mexico — 26
West Virginia — 26
Rhode Island — 23
Montana — 22
Delaware — 21
District of Columbia — 18
Alaska — 16
North Dakota — 16
South Dakota — 12
Vermont — 12
Wyoming — 5