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State-by-State Community Health Data

Source: National Association of Community Health Centers, 2006 Access to Community Health Databook Summary of Findings

STATE	NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN	ANNUAL WASTED EXPENDITURES ON AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS	ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLINICIANS REQUIRED TO ELMINATE NEED (at 1 clinician for every 2000 patients)*
Alabama	1,325,428	$319,400,854	663
Alaska	20,434	$32,732,965	10
Arizona	326,101	$311,438,714	163
Arkansas	636,207	$189,500,122	318
California	2,498,753	$1,829,345,794	1,249
Colorado	272,949	$238,246,230	136
Connecticut	102,615	$207,348,610	51
Delaware	46,820	$47,497,790	23
District of Columbia	80,836	$55,797,643	40
Florida	2,195,915	$1,061,420,739	1,098
Georgia	1,907,670	$537,867,735	954
Hawaii	1,345	$55,098,405	1
Idaho	277,867	$88,713,842	139
Illinois	632,687	$853,731,297	316
Indiana	809,064	$441,019,299	405
Iowa	339,747	$183,880,125	170
Kansas	351,249	$159,038,693	176
Kentucky	821,838	$353,798,163	411
Louisiana	1,630,978	$354,757,738	815
Maine	53,142	$105,902,573	27
Maryland	165,476	$320,407,972	83
Massachusetts	230,772	$401,458,842	115
Michigan	1,124,134	$726,928,960	562
Minnesota	454,920	$256,913,897	227
Mississippi	952,877	$252,769,055	476
Missouri	1,017,673	$429,712,468	509
Montana	150,308	$54,444,985	75
Nebraska	343,218	$94,243,689	172
Nevada	443,131	$112,928,929	222
New Hampshire	31,303	$79,046,610	16
New Jersey	557,531	$438,047,852	279
New Mexico	346,724	$132,027,370	173
New York	2,044,567	$1,126,031,176	1,022
North Carolina	1,664,904	$548,645,880	832
North Dakota	92,533	$41,491,015	46
Ohio	1,110,049	$932,659,694	555
Oklahoma	625,357	$208,230,028	313
Oregon	326,025	$179,035,367	163
Pennsylvania	1,103,118	$790,754,728	552
Rhode Island	23,916	$61,807,552	12
South Carolina	754,321	$265,008,761	377
South Dakota	147,866	$36,418,180	74
Tennessee	1,251,568	$476,285,058	626
Texas	3,956,574	$1,233,549,349	1,978
Utah	458,071	$152,152,368	229
Vermont	34,734	$38,015,757	17
Virginia	963,257	$452,375,606	482
Washington	299,269	$354,817,611	150
West Virginia	239,454	$180,480,840	120
Wisconsin	683,656	$272,179,576	342
Wyoming	119,181	$36,360,931	60
United States	36,048,131	$18,445,991,718	18,024

* NOTE: The estimated number of clinicians required to eliminate need was calculated from the 2006 Access to Community Health Databook Summary of Findings but was not included in their original data.

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