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New Jersey Ranks Seventh in the Nation in MDs Per 100,000 Population, 2002
Source: American Medical Association

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Massachusetts 427
26 Missouri 233
2
New York 385   27 Nebraska 230
3
Maryland 378   27 Michigan 230
4
Connecticut 360   29 North Dakota 228
5 Vermont 346   30 New Mexico 222
6 Rhode Island 341   31 West Virginia 221
7 NEW JERSEY 305   32 South Carolina 219
8 Pennsylvania 291   32 Kentucky 219
9
Hawaii 280   34 Montana 215
10 Illinois 265   35 Kansas 210
11 Minnesota 263   36 Georgia 208
12 Louisiana 258   37 Indiana 207
13 Wisconsin 256   38 Texas 204
14 Virginia 253   39 Alabama 202
15 California 252   40 South Dakota 201
16 New Hampshire 251   41 Utah 200
17 Maine 250   42 Arizona 196
17 Washington 250   43 Arkansas 194
17 Tennessee 250   43 Alaska 194
20 Ohio 248   45 Iowa 178
21 Oregon 242   46 Wyoming 176
21 Delaware 242   47 Nevada 174
23
North Carolina 241   48 Mississippi 171
24
Florida 237   49 Oklahoma 163
25 Colorado 236   50 Idaho 161
             
          50 State Average
243.3%
          N.J. % Above Average 25.5%

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