States ranked by total physician assistants in 2024

Becker's Healthcare February 19, 2024
Jakob Emerson

California has the most physician assistants in the country, while Mississippi has the least, according to KFF data published in February.

KFF sourced Redi-Data for professionally active state licensed physicians assistant data as of January 2024. In the United States, there are 126,634 active PAs.

States ranked by total physician assistants in 2024:

1. California: 11,846
2. Texas: 10,661
3. Florida: 9,371
4. New York: 8,431
5. North Carolina: 6,385
6. Michigan: 6,065
7. Pennsylvania: 5,631
8. Ohio: 4,251
9. Massachusetts: 4,187
10. Illinois: 4,078
11. New Jersey: 3,773
12. Georgia: 3,426
13. Colorado: 3,423
14. Virginia: 3,381
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