Idaho has the highest number of people per psychiatrist at 13,709, while the District of Columbia has the lowest at 1,442, according to industry data collected by the Kaiser Family Foundation and population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Becker’s used both sets of data to determine how many residents there are per psychiatrist by state. Nationally, there are 59,281 practicing psychiatrists as of January 2025, up from 56,536 in 2023.
Here are the states and the District of Columbia ranked by the number of residents per psychiatrist.
| State | Psychiatrists | Population | Residents per psychiatrist |
| Idaho | 146 | 2,001,619 | 13,709 |
| Mississippi | 278 | 2,943,045 | 10,586 |
| Montana | 116 | 1,137,233 | 9,803 |
| Indiana | 709 | 6,924,275 | 9,766 |
| Nevada | 345 | 3,267,467 | 9,471 |
| Wyoming | 63 | 587,618 | 9,327 |
| Utah | 376 | 3,503,613 | 9,318 |
| Alabama | 570 | 5,157,699 | 9,049 |
| Texas | 3,490 | 31,290,831 | 8,966 |
| Florida | 2,725 | 23,372,215 | 8,577 |
| Iowa | 382 | 3,241,488 | 8,486 |
| Arkansas | 367 | 3,088,354 | 8,415 |
| Oklahoma | 488 | 4,095,393 | 8,392 |
| Tennessee | 863 | 7,227,750 | 8,375 |
| Georgia | 1,349 | 11,180,878 | 8,288 |
| Kentucky | 598 | 4,588,372 | 7,673 |
| Arizona | 995 | 7,582,384 | 7,620 |
| South Dakota | 125 | 924,669 | 7,397 |
| Louisiana | 622 | 4,597,740 | 7,392 |
| Washington | 1,084 | 7,958,180 | 7,341 |
| Alaska | 107 | 740,133 | 6,917 |
| West Virginia | 256 | 1,769,979 | 6,914 |
| Colorado | 886 | 5,957,493 | 6,724 |
| Wisconsin | 910 | 5,960,975 | 6,551 |
| Nebraska | 312 | 2,005,465 | 6,428 |
| North Carolina | 1,734 | 11,046,024 | 6,370 |
| South Carolina | 875 | 5,478,831 | 6,262 |
| Ohio | 1,908 | 11,883,304 | 6,228 |
| Minnesota | 941 | 5,793,151 | 6,156 |
| Delaware | 171 | 1,051,917 | 6,152 |
| Kansas | 496 | 2,970,606 | 5,989 |
| North Dakota | 134 | 796,568 | 5,945 |
| Oregon | 725 | 4,272,371 | 5,893 |
| Illinois | 2,173 | 12,710,158 | 5,849 |
| Virginia | 1,529 | 8,811,195 | 5,763 |
| Michigan | 1,770 | 10,140,459 | 5,729 |
| Missouri | 1,104 | 6,245,466 | 5,657 |
| New Hampshire | 250 | 1,409,032 | 5,636 |
| New Mexico | 399 | 2,130,256 | 5,339 |
| New Jersey | 1,860 | 9,500,851 | 5,108 |
| California | 7,796 | 39,431,263 | 5,058 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,852 | 13,078,751 | 4,586 |
| Hawaii | 323 | 1,446,146 | 4,477 |
| Maine | 344 | 1,405,012 | 4,084 |
| Rhode Island | 297 | 1,112,308 | 3,745 |
| Maryland | 1,831 | 6,263,220 | 3,421 |
| Connecticut | 1,252 | 3,675,069 | 2,935 |
| New York | 6,821 | 19,867,248 | 2,913 |
| Vermont | 241 | 648,493 | 2,691 |
| Massachusetts | 2,806 | 7,136,171 | 2,543 |
| District of Columbia | 487 | 702,250 | 1,442 |
