The ADA’s Health Policy Institute released 2023 data on the supply of dentists in each state in January.
Here is the number of dentists each state had in 2023:
Alabama: 2,129
Alaska: 583
Arizona: 4,368
Arkansas: 1,265
California: 30,280
Colorado: 4,072
Connecticut: 2,537
Delaware: 466
Florida: 12,350
Georgia: 5,196
Hawaii: 1,110
Idaho: 1,058
Illinois: 8,536
Indiana: 3,265
Iowa: 1,625
Kansas: 1,483
Kentucky: 2,492
Louisiana: 2,188
Maine: 761
Maryland: 4,197
Massachusetts: 5,617
Michigan: 5,776
Minnesota: 3,352
Mississippi: 1,267
Missouri: 3,035
Montana: 640
Nebraska: 1,295
Nevada: 1,792
New Hampshire: 867
New Jersey: 7,227
New Mexico: 1,008
New York: 14,146
North Carolina: 6,202
North Dakota: 396
Ohio: 5,836
Oklahoma: 1,995
Oregon: 2,693
Pennsylvania: 7,036
Rhode Island: 569
South Carolina: 2,493
South Dakota: 483
Tennessee: 3,332
Texas: 16,522
Utah: 2,042
Vermont: 343
Virginia: 5,559
Washington: 5,547
West Virginia: 869
Wisconsin: 3,323
Wyoming: 306