SMALL RURAL HEALTH SYSTEMS BY STATE
County population <10000 with at least one doctor and hospital 1990
|
Top States |
Rural Pop in Counties <10K |
Docs in those co. |
Hospitals in co. |
Number Counties <10K |
% Rural Pop in State |
State Pop in Thousands |
Frontier Population % |
Special Rural Programs |
|
Texas |
359705 |
201 |
65 |
60 |
18.4 |
16987 |
2.1 |
+ |
|
Kansas |
270378 |
204 |
64 |
53 |
46.2 |
2478 |
10.9 |
++ |
|
Nebraska |
280158 |
181 |
54 |
44 |
51.5 |
1578 |
17.8 |
++ |
|
Minnesota |
94829 |
59 |
19 |
32 |
32.3 |
4375 |
2.2 |
+++ |
|
South Dakota |
185437 |
131 |
41 |
31 |
70.5 |
696 |
26.6 |
+++ |
|
Montana |
135219 |
95 |
30 |
28 |
76.1 |
++ | ||
|
North Dakota |
125485 |
93 |
27 |
24 |
59.7 |
639 |
19.6 |
++ |
|
Georgia |
155847 |
79 |
21 |
21 |
35.1 |
6478 |
2.4 |
++ |
|
Iowa |
118751 |
53 |
15 |
15 |
56.1 |
2777 |
4.3 |
++ |
|
Oklahoma |
92447 |
40 |
16 |
15 |
40.6 |
3146 |
2.9 |
++ |
|
Colorado |
74598 |
52 |
18 |
14 |
18.5 |
3294 |
2.3 |
++ |
|
Idaho |
82390 |
49 |
14 |
12 |
79.6 |
1007 |
8.2 |
++ |
|
Kentucky |
77128 |
40 |
9 |
9 |
53.5 |
3685 |
2.1 |
+++ |
|
Tennessee |
70603 |
33 |
9 |
9 |
32.3 |
4877 |
1.4 |
++ |
|
Missouri |
53133 |
28 |
8 |
7 |
33.8 |
5117 |
1.0 |
++ |
|
Wyoming |
41798 |
33 |
7 |
7 |
70.4 |
454 |
9.2 |
++ |
|
Louisiana |
55143 |
28 |
6 |
6 |
30.5 |
4220 |
1.3 |
++ |
|
Mississippi |
51009 |
25 |
6 |
6 |
69.6 |
2573 |
2.0 |
++ |
|
Arkansas |
44378 |
23 |
5 |
5 |
59.9 |
2351 |
1.9 |
+++ |
|
Michigan |
39845 |
35 |
7 |
5 |
19.9 |
9295 |
0.4 |
++ |
|
Oregon |
36635 |
29 |
5 |
5 |
31.5 |
2842 |
1.3 |
++ |
|
Utah |
26351 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
22.5 |
1723 |
1.5 |
++ |
|
Washington |
30346 |
19 |
7 |
5 |
18.3 |
4867 |
0.6 |
++ |
|
Nevada |
26341 |
14 |
5 |
4 |
17.1 |
1202 |
2.2 |
++ |
|
West Virginia |
34417 |
14 |
4 |
4 |
63.6 |
1793 |
1.9 |
+++ |
|
California |
22952 |
20 |
4 |
3 |
4.3 |
29760 |
0.1 |
+ |
|
Illinois |
21186 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
17.3 |
11431 |
0.2 |
++ |
|
New Mexico |
16288 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
51.6 |
1515 |
1.1 |
+++ |
|
Virginia |
13488 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
27.5 |
6187 |
0.2 |
+ |
|
Florida |
8967 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
9.2 |
12938 |
0.1 |
+ |
|
Indiana |
8176 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
31.5 |
5544 |
0.1 |
++ |
|
Massachusetts |
6012 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
9.6 |
6016 |
0.1 |
+ |
|
North Carolina |
9590 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
43.3 |
6629 |
0.1 |
+++ |
|
Wisconsin |
7107 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
32.6 |
4892 |
0.1 |
++ |
|
Totals (n =33) |
2636292 |
1629 |
478 |
437 |
Averages = 1618 people per physician and 3.7 physicians per county
Statmaster Desktop Demographics used 1990 census data and 1985 hospital & physician data
Figures do not include service area data from adjacent rural counties that have no physician or hospital. This would tend to increase the population served by the above doctors and hospitals
