Where America's physician practices actually are, by metro

U.S. healthcare · Data as of 2026-09-12 · ALEX Intelligence

16,402 Physician Practices — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

#	Metro	Physician Practices
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	16,402
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	14,239
3	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	7,080
4	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6,647
5	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	5,992
6	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	5,640
7	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	4,407
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	4,087
9	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	3,693
10	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	3,661

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 6211 (Offices of physicians)
Measure: Physician Practices, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros (908 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=6211&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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