Geographic access to a pediatric Medicaid dentist: States ranked

Data from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute provides the percentage of publicly insured children in each state who live within 15 minutes of a Medicaid dentist. Here is a list of all 50 states, ranked from the highest percentage to the lowest.

Note: States with the same percentage number are listed in alphabetical order.

Connecticut: 99 percent

Massachusetts: 99 percent

New Jersey: 99 percent

Delaware: 98 percent

Michigan: 98 percent

California: 97 percent

Maryland: 97 percent

New York: 97 percent

Utah: 97 percent

Pennsylvania: 97 percent

Rhode Island: 97 percent

Florida: 96 percent

Indiana: 96 percent

Nevada: 96 percent

Ohio: 96 percent

Texas: 96 percent

Colorado: 95 percent

Georgia: 94 percent

Nebraska: 94 percent

Illinois: 93 percent

Iowa: 93 percent

Minnesota: 93 percent

Alabama: 92 percent

Tennessee: 92 percent

Oregon: 91 percent

Arizona: 90 percent

Louisiana: 90 percent

North Carolina: 90 percent

South Carolina: 90 percent

Washington: 89 percent

Idaho: 88 percent

Kansas: 88 percent

Kentucky: 88 percent

Virginia: 88 percent

Wisconsin: 88 percent

Oklahoma: 87 percent

Arkansas: 85 percent

Wyoming: 84 percent

Hawaii: 83 percent

New Mexico: 83 percent

West Virginia: 82 percent

Missouri: 80 percent

Mississippi: 79 percent

Montana: 79 percent

Vermont: 78 percent

Maine: 74 percent

New Hampshire: 74 percent

North Dakota: 68 percent

South Dakota: 68 percent

Alaska: 66 percent

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