The data looked at the number of professionally active U.S. dentists in 2019 and 2022, comparing the number who left and entered the state.
Here are the states that had a negative net migration with the percentage decrease from the 2019 dentist count:
Massachusetts: 3.8 percent
New Mexico: 3.5 percent
Louisiana: 3.1 percent
Pennsylvania: 3 percent
Kentucky: 2.9 percent
New York: 2.9 percent
Ohio: 2.5 percent
Rhode Island: 2.3 percent
Missouri: 1.9 percent
Iowa: 1.7 percent
Vermont: 1.6 percent
Illinois: 1.5 percent
West Virginia: 1.3 percent
Mississippi: 1.3 percent
Wisconsin: 1.1 percent
Nebraska: 1 percent
District of Columbia: 0.9 percent
Indiana: 0.9 percent
Connecticut: 0.8 percent
Maine: 0.8 percent
Oregon: 0.7 percent
Wyoming: 0.7 percent
Nevada: 0.7 percent
Oklahoma: 0.5 percent
Michigan: 0.2 percent
California: 0.0 percent (net loss migration of 9 dentists)
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