How many dentists are there in the United States, by state?

Name: Dentists by U.S. state, 2025
Creator: Profession Count
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121,960

dentists employed across 49 states and D.C. in May 2025, summing the state estimates for Dentists, General (SOC 29-1021).

California has the most dentists at 16,770, and Wyoming the fewest at 240. The median state has 1,660. Per resident, Hawaii leads with 57 dentists per 100,000 people.

Dentists by state, ranked

#	State	Dentists (2025)	Per 100,000 residents	With a published email
1	California	16,770	42.4	567
2	Florida	9,320	43.3	14,374
3	Texas	8,920	30.6	444
4	New York	7,340	36.3	771
5	Illinois	6,940	54.2	257
6	Pennsylvania	4,460	34.3	332
7	North Carolina	4,140	39.7	221
8	Virginia	4,140	48	170
9	Michigan	3,620	35.9	18,258
10	Arizona	3,470	48.5	161
11	Washington	3,240	42	90
12	New Jersey	2,980	32.1	3,315
13	Colorado	2,940	50.9	112
14	Ohio	2,790	23.6	310
15	Massachusetts	2,780	39.5	425
16	Georgia	2,620	24.5	279
17	Wisconsin	2,560	43.4	92
18	Missouri	2,440	39.6	81
19	Minnesota	2,370	41.5	56
20	Indiana	2,300	33.9	140
21	Tennessee	2,200	31.8	256
22	South Carolina	2,140	41.8	115
23	Maryland	2,100	34	185
24	Connecticut	1,950	54.1	64
25	Oregon	1,660	39.2	27
26	Louisiana	1,500	32.2	125
27	Iowa	1,240	38.9	26
28	Arkansas	1,210	40.2	13
29	Nevada	1,100	35.4	89
30	Utah	1,020	31.2	52
31	Oklahoma	980	24.8	52
32	Hawaii	830	57	12
33	Kentucky	790	17.5	95
34	Nebraska	790	40.3	125
35	New Mexico	780	36.8	9
36	Mississippi	740	25	59
37	Idaho	650	35.3	5
38	New Hampshire	500	36.3	29
39	West Virginia	420	23.4	13
40	Delaware	390	39.4	12
41	South Dakota	390	44	10
42	Montana	380	35	10
43	Rhode Island	360	32.8	11
44	District of Columbia	340	49.3	37
45	Alaska	310	42.3	25
46	Maine	310	22.8	8
47	North Dakota	260	33.4	2
48	Vermont	240	37.3	10
49	Wyoming	240	41.6	4

2 jurisdiction(s) have no published estimate for this occupation in the 2025 survey (BLS suppresses cells that fail its quality or confidentiality tests).

Per capita

Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: Hawaii (57), Illinois (54.2), Connecticut (54.1), Colorado (50.9), District of Columbia (49.3). Bottom five: Kentucky (17.5), Maine (22.8), West Virginia (23.4), Ohio (23.6), Georgia (24.5).

Published business emails

42,016 dentists nationally have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, as counted by Email Lists USA's dentists list on October 1, 2026. That is a count of people who publish a work address, not a measure of the profession's size, and it moves with each rebuild of that list.

State pages

16,770dentists in California 9,320dentists in Florida 8,920dentists in Texas 7,340dentists in New York 6,940dentists in Illinois 4,460dentists in Pennsylvania 4,140dentists in North Carolina 4,140dentists in Virginia 3,620dentists in Michigan 3,470dentists in Arizona 3,240dentists in Washington 2,980dentists in New Jersey 2,940dentists in Colorado 2,790dentists in Ohio 2,780dentists in Massachusetts 2,620dentists in Georgia 2,560dentists in Wisconsin 2,440dentists in Missouri 2,370dentists in Minnesota 2,300dentists in Indiana 2,200dentists in Tennessee 2,140dentists in South Carolina 2,100dentists in Maryland 1,950dentists in Connecticut 1,660dentists in Oregon 1,500dentists in Louisiana 1,240dentists in Iowa 1,210dentists in Arkansas 1,100dentists in Nevada 1,020dentists in Utah 980dentists in Oklahoma 830dentists in Hawaii 790dentists in Kentucky 790dentists in Nebraska 780dentists in New Mexico 740dentists in Mississippi 650dentists in Idaho 500dentists in New Hampshire 420dentists in West Virginia 390dentists in Delaware 390dentists in South Dakota 380dentists in Montana 360dentists in Rhode Island 340dentists in District of Columbia 310dentists in Alaska 310dentists in Maine 260dentists in North Dakota 240dentists in Vermont 240dentists in Wyoming

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 29-1021 (Dentists, General), one series per state (for example OEUS060000000000029102101 for California), read October 1, 2026. Per-capita denominators: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. The U.S. figure on this page is the sum of the published state estimates, not a separately published national total.