There are currently 7,085 dental professional shortage areas in the U.S., according to new data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The HRSA updates its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas Feb. 18.
The dashboard also shows that 10,151 practitioners are needed to fill shortage areas in the U.S.
Here is the number of dental professional shortage areas in each state:
|
State
|
Number of shortage areas
|
|
Alabama
|
88
|
|
Alaska
|
339
|
|
Arizona
|
207
|
|
Arkansas
|
133
|
|
California
|
535
|
|
Colorado
|
109
|
|
Connecticut
|
40
|
|
Delaware
|
11
|
|
Florida
|
276
|
|
Georgia
|
185
|
|
Hawaii
|
32
|
|
Idaho
|
98
|
|
Illinois
|
229
|
|
Indiana
|
124
|
|
Iowa
|
140
|
|
Kansas
|
131
|
|
Kentucky
|
210
|
|
Louisiana
|
164
|
|
Maine
|
82
|
|
Maryland
|
42
|
|
Massachusetts
|
55
|
|
Michigan
|
242
|
|
Minnesota
|
194
|
|
Mississippi
|
148
|
|
Missouri
|
323
|
|
Montana
|
115
|
|
Nebraska
|
112
|
|
Nevada
|
65
|
|
New Hampshire
|
19
|
|
New Jersey
|
38
|
|
New Mexico
|
106
|
|
New York
|
162
|
|
North Carolina
|
190
|
|
North Dakota
|
67
|
|
Ohio
|
164
|
|
Oklahoma
|
188
|
|
Oregon
|
139
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
149
|
|
Rhode Island
|
13
|
|
South Carolina
|
90
|
|
South Dakota
|
87
|
|
Tennessee
|
143
|
|
Texas
|
265
|
|
Utah
|
56
|
|
Vermont
|
13
|
|
Virginia
|
131
|
|
Washington
|
194
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
11
|
|
West Virginia
|
117
|
|
Wisconsin
|
164
|
|
Wyoming
|
26
|
