States ranked by dentists' participation in CHIP

Iowa has the highest percent of dentists participating in HHS' Children's Health Insurance Program, and New Hampshire has the lowest, according to poll results from the American Dental Association.

The ADA released results in August after surveying dentists throughout the country about their participation in CHIP. Below is a ranking of the states based on how many of their dentists participate in the program:

  1. Iowa: 77.6 percent

  2. North Dakota: 73.6 percent

  3. Montana: 73.1 percent

  4. Alabama: 72.3 percent

  5. Delaware: 71.8 percent

  6. Vermont: 70.6 percent

  7. Michigan: 70.4 percent

  8. Mississippi: 66.3 percent

  9. Wyoming: 65.6 percent

  10. Arkansas: 61 percent

  11. Alaska: 60.7 percent

  12. New Mexico: 60.6 percent

  13. Colorado: 59.9 percent

  14. West Virginia: 59 percent

  15. Minnesota: 58.7 percent

  16. South Dakota: 58.4 percent

  17. Nebraska: 58.1 percent

  18. Texas: 57.3 percent

  19. Indiana: 56.6 percent

  20. Kentucky: 50.3 percent

  21. Massachusetts: 48.5 percent

  22. Connecticut: 45.1 percent

  23. Pennsylvania: 44.9 percent

  24. Idaho: 44.5 percent

  25. Nevada: 43.6 percent

  26. Oklahoma: 43.5 percent

  27. Oregon: 41.2 percent

  28. Louisiana: 40.6 percent

  29. Kansas: 39.7 percent

  30. Utah: 39.6 percent

  31. Washington, D.C.: 39.4 percent

  32. South Carolina: 38.6 percent

  33. Wisconsin: 37.9 percent

  34. New York: 37.4 percent

  35. Missouri: 36.6 percent

  36. Rhode Island: 36.5 percent

  37. North Carolina: 35.1 percent

  38. Hawaii: 35 percent

  39. Washington: 33.1 percent

  40. New Jersey: 31.8 percent

  41. California: 30.5 percent

  42. Arizona: 30.4 percent

  43. Georgia: 30 percent

  44. Florida: 29.7 percent

  45. Ohio: 29.6 percent

  46. Illinois: 28.8 percent

  47. Maryland: 26.8 percent

  48. Tennessee: 26.8 percent

  49. Virginia: 26.4 percent

  50. Maine: 16 percent

  51. New Hampshire: 15.6 percent

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