The states with the most surgeons per capita

While New York has the highest number of practicing surgeons according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Dakota has the most practicing surgeons per capita. 

Note: This list does not include ophthalmologic, orthopedic and pediatric surgeons. No data was available for Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada and Washington, D.C. 

Per capita surgeons per every 100,000 residents: 

1. South Dakota: 21.53
2. New York: 20.7
3. New Hampshire: 20.64
4. Minnesota: 18.75
5. Wisconsin: 18.04
6. Kentucky: 15.42
7. West Virginia: 13
8. Massachusetts: 12.54
9. Oregon: 12.3
10. Vermont: 10.8
11. Washington: 10.46
12. Colorado: 10.31
13. Wyoming: 10.23
14. New Jersey: 10
15. Maryland: 9.68
16. Delaware: 9.58
17. Indiana: 9.43
18. Nebraska: 8.05
19. Illinois: 6.95
20. Alabama: 6.8
21. Utah: 5.79
22. Maine: 5.7
23. Michigan: 5.68
24. Texas: 5.42
25. Montana: 5.25
26. North Dakota: 5.07
27. Iowa: 4.67
28. North Carolina: 4.65
29. Tennessee: 4.58
30. Pennsylvania: 4.55
31. Rhode Island: 4.55
32. Mississippi: 4.42
33. New Mexico: 4.25
34. Idaho: 3.52
35. Virginia: 3.43
36. Georgia: 2.78
37. Oklahoma: 2.46
38. Louisiana: 1.97
39. Kansas: 1.36
40. South Carolina: 1.28