The Best States to Practice Medicine

According to Wallethub.com these are the best states to practice medicine ranked 1-51 (including Washington D.C.). See where Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois are ranked.

WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 16 key metrics. The data set ranges from average annual wage of physicians to hospitals per capita to quality of public hospital system. You can see the complete ranking by clicking on the link to WalletHub below.

Best States to Practice Medicine

Overall Rank (1=Best)	State	Total Score	‘Opportunity & Competition’ Rank	‘Medical Environment’ Rank
1	South Dakota	75.97	3	1
2	Nebraska	70.66	7	3
3	Idaho	70.64	1	17
4	Iowa	70.16	2	16
5	Minnesota	69.94	9	4
6	Wisconsin	69.84	6	7
7	Kansas	68.86	8	9
8	Montana	68.01	5	13
9	North Dakota	65.19	14	11
10	Wyoming	64.88	4	35
11	Alabama	62.50	11	31
12	Mississippi	62.24	10	43
13	Arizona	62.10	12	32
14	Colorado	61.95	18	12
15	Tennessee	61.77	16	24
16	Utah	60.92	17	20
17	Maine	60.70	32	2
18	South Carolina	60.25	19	21
19	Washington	58.59	20	26
20	Georgia	58.31	22	22
21	West Virginia	58.24	13	45
22	Nevada	57.40	15	47
23	Arkansas	56.99	25	25
24	North Carolina	56.86	35	8
25	Indiana	56.82	27	23
26	Alaska	56.37	39	5
27	Louisiana	56.11	21	37
28	Texas	55.55	33	14
29	New Mexico	54.16	24	40
30	Florida	54.08	29	34
31	Missouri	53.90	26	38
32	Pennsylvania	53.25	31	36
33	Kentucky	53.07	23	46
34	Vermont	52.93	42	6
35	Michigan	52.83	36	27
36	Oklahoma	52.53	34	28
37	New Hampshire	52.32	28	44
38	Virginia	51.05	40	29
39	Delaware	49.03	37	39
40	Ohio	48.99	38	42
41	Connecticut	48.94	44	15
42	Illinois	48.86	30	51
43	California	47.82	46	18
44	Maryland	47.82	41	41
45	Oregon	47.71	47	19
46	Massachusetts	46.59	43	33
47	District of Columbia	45.75	51	10
48	Hawaii	43.25	50	30
49	New York	41.39	49	48
50	Rhode Island	40.86	45	50
51	New Jersey	40.24	48	49

Source: WalletHub

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