November 03, 2006

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book

The top five metro areas in the proportion of doctors to the population each have more than 1,000 physicians per 100,000 persons, according to data published in the Census Bureau's State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, now available online and in print.

Leading the way was Rochester, Minnesota with 1,720 physicians per 100,000 people. The other four with more than 1,000 were Iowa City, IA (No. 2 with 1,294); Charlottesville, VA (No. 4 with 1,057); and Ann Arbor, MI (No. 5 with 1,023).

These data illustrate one of the major benefits of the Data Book: it has data from the Census Bureau and a variety of government and nongovernment sources. The online version also incorporates links to the data tables so you can zip to the source.

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