California has the most professionally active psychiatrists while Wyoming has the fewest, according to KFF data as of September 2026.
KFF tallied active MDs and DOs in each state and the District of Columbia using a special data request of state licensing information from Redi-Data. The counts are raw totals and are not adjusted for population.
Nationwide, 59,864 psychiatrists are practicing, making up about 12% of the country’s 486,346 active specialist physicians.
Note: This list includes ties.
The states and the District of Columbia ranked by number of active psychiatrists:
1. California: 8,275
2. New York: 6,785
3. Texas: 3,598
4. Florida: 2,957
5. Pennsylvania: 2,850
6. Massachusetts: 2,709
7. Illinois: 2,102
8. Ohio: 1,883
9. New Jersey: 1,851
10. North Carolina: 1,817
11. Michigan: 1,808
12. Maryland: 1,646
13. Virginia: 1,489
14. Georgia: 1,342
15. Connecticut: 1,192
16. Washington: 1,173
17. Missouri: 1,070
18. Arizona: 999
19. Colorado: 973
20. Minnesota: 938
21. Wisconsin: 915
22 (tie). South Carolina: 804
22 (tie). Tennessee: 804
24. Oregon: 783
25. Indiana: 702
26. Louisiana: 637
27. Alabama: 534
28. Kentucky: 529
29. Oklahoma: 506
30. District of Columbia: 505
31. Kansas: 440
32. Utah: 414
33. Iowa: 409
34. New Mexico: 404
35. Arkansas: 381
36. Nevada: 360
37. Maine: 334
38. Hawaii: 331
39. Rhode Island: 326
40. Nebraska: 314
41. Mississippi: 281
42. West Virginia: 278
43. New Hampshire: 257
44. Vermont: 244
45. Delaware: 171
46. Idaho: 162
47. Montana: 136
48. Alaska: 135
49. North Dakota: 133
50. South Dakota: 119
51. Wyoming: 59
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