Where dental shortage areas stand in 2025

There are currently 7,085 dental professional shortage areas in the U.S., according to new data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

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The HRSA updates its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas Feb. 18. 

The dashboard also shows that 10,151 practitioners are needed to fill shortage areas in the U.S.

Here is the number of dental professional shortage areas in each state:

State

Number of shortage areas

Alabama

88

Alaska

339

Arizona

207

Arkansas

133

California

535

Colorado

109

Connecticut

40

Delaware

11

Florida

276

Georgia

185

Hawaii

32

Idaho

98

Illinois

229

Indiana

124

Iowa

140

Kansas

131

Kentucky

210

Louisiana

164

Maine

82

Maryland

42

Massachusetts

55

Michigan

242

Minnesota

194

Mississippi

148

Missouri

323

Montana

115

Nebraska

112

Nevada

65

New Hampshire

19

New Jersey

38

New Mexico

106

New York

162

North Carolina

190

North Dakota

67

Ohio

164

Oklahoma

188

Oregon

139

Pennsylvania

149

Rhode Island

13

South Carolina

90

South Dakota

87

Tennessee

143

Texas

265

Utah

56

Vermont

13

Virginia

131

Washington

194

Washington, D.C.

11

West Virginia

117

Wisconsin

164

Wyoming

26

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