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FACTS - Applicants, Matriculants and Graduates

The numbers of applicants by state of legal residence are displayed below. Please e-mail us if you need further assistance or have additional inquiries.

Table 1: Applicants by State of Legal Residence, 1995-2006

Applicants by State 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Change 2005-06
Region State of Legal Residence***
Northeast Connecticut 495 521 470 377 373 369 329 306 373 408 431 414 -3.9%
Delaware 104 110 100 90 82 93 64 70 71 64 78 78 0.0%
District of Columbia 122 96 87 84 71 71 78 90 76 92 81 87 7.4%
Maine 105 104 85 75 61 62 65 53 73 73 82 84 2.4%
Maryland 1,287 1,287 1,213 1,090 971 922 845 820 876 810 909 913 0.4%
Massachusetts 1,094 1,208 1,038 940 944 831 762 705 776 787 867 897 3.5%
New Hampshire 94 73 75 76 82 82 74 56 76 67 73 97 32.9%
New Jersey 1,645 1,625 1,511 1,317 1,236 1,267 1,165 1,104 1,107 1,199 1,189 1,358 14.2%
New York 3,953 3,917 3,413 3,167 2,891 2,779 2,542 2,494 2,636 2,601 2,705 2,702 -0.1%
Pennsylvania 1,829 1,844 1,612 1,520 1,365 1,272 1,242 1,115 1,190 1,210 1,283 1,423 10.9%
Rhode Island 78 89 81 85 71 66 60 62 73 79 71 80 12.7%
Vermont 105 119 115 106 101 95 76 70 77 79 98 87 -11.2%
All 10,911 10,993 9,800 8,927 8,248 7,909 7,302 6,945 7,404 7,469 7,867 8,220 4.5%
Central State of Legal Residence***
Illinois 2,376 2,418 2,231 2,227 1,940 1,841 1,717 1,639 1,646 1,712 1,749 1,844 5.4%
Indiana 753 772 709 667 645 597 551 563 619 620 692 702 1.4%
Iowa 372 421 418 384 353 359 358 321 329 339 348 341 -2.0%
Kansas 477 475 445 420 434 466 423 426 432 442 436 434 -0.5%
Michigan 1,602 1,703 1,636 1,518 1,344 1,305 1,156 1,141 1,229 1,202 1,334 1,347 1.0%
Minnesota 857 918 893 840 796 724 639 563 640 639 697 761 9.2%
Missouri 734 679 611 630 604 557 498 497 494 488 567 568 0.2%
Nebraska 399 414 410 309 338 318 277 286 283 288 303 291 -4.0%
North Dakota 136 153 145 138 88 83 89 122 137 128 131 134 2.3%
Ohio 1,918 1,930 1,789 1,743 1,549 1,441 1,397 1,355 1,366 1,465 1,480 1,485 0.3%
South Dakota 120 155 144 122 131 164 148 136 114 142 153 142 -7.2%
Wisconsin 664 655 633 681 656 611 596 588 590 672 690 680 -1.4%
All 10,408 10,693 10,064 9,679 8,878 8,466 7,849 7,637 7,879 8,137 8,580 8,729 1.7%
South State of Legal Residence***
Alabama 647 603 608 573 536 498 445 464 479 458 479 542 13.2%
Arkansas 399 443 429 372 322 285 340 352 344 324 283 305 7.8%
Florida 1,740 1,732 1,587 1,543 1,505 1,428 1,353 1,515 1,505 1,557 1,576 1,748 10.9%
Georgia 1,149 1,210 1,084 1,073 955 941 912 885 956 1,086 1,141 1,154 1.1%
Kentucky 640 586 573 553 511 502 502 472 426 435 421 412 -2.1%
Louisiana 961 958 900 947 865 865 847 857 853 844 869 886 2.0%
Mississippi 339 348 343 366 332 309 314 271 262 266 242 314 29.8%
North Carolina 1,144 1,201 1,073 1,025 909 891 840 785 849 879 948 962 1.5%
Oklahoma 509 480 437 433 341 383 376 382 321 377 406 383 -5.7%
Puerto Rico 497 457 456 466 425 355 415 469 398 382 343 374 9.0%
South Carolina 539 626 599 555 537 463 437 460 444 497 488 503 3.1%
Tennessee 821 797 707 725 711 729 625 614 598 584 638 682 6.9%
Texas 2,916 2,988 2,755 2,690 2,659 2,621 2,528 2,557 2,737 2,801 3,098 3,279 5.8%
Virginia 1,359 1,340 1,104 1,110 1,029 915 911 828 917 919 935 913 -2.4%
West Virginia 357 395 314 370 341 319 276 250 258 217 212 241 13.7%
U.S. Territories and Possessions 21 26 26 23 16 10 21 19 18 18 19 14 -26.3%
All 14,038 14,190 12,995 12,824 11,994 11,514 11,142 11,180 11,365 11,644 12,098 12,712 5.1%
West State of Legal Residence***
Alaska 51 62 59 60 48 59 76 75 69 71 73 85 16.4%
Arizona 574 623 568 559 566 539 500 491 480 502 602 574 -4.7%
California 6,066 5,847 5,163 4,749 4,454 4,446 4,093 3,858 3,979 4,193 4,288 4,452 3.8%
Colorado 802 814 755 698 688 649 591 575 663 627 609 646 6.1%
Hawaii 222 234 239 215 184 206 180 171 178 195 208 214 2.9%
Idaho 110 123 125 106 115 126 122 122 113 112 161 150 -6.8%
Montana 118 141 114 117 120 118 109 105 101 117 108 101 -6.5%
Nevada 215 210 178 151 179 181 160 159 170 158 167 165 -1.2%
New Mexico 364 372 334 337 333 336 270 255 248 259 245 238 -2.9%
Oregon 423 390 397 339 319 296 297 304 343 365 387 380 -1.8%
Utah 472 434 448 488 442 486 428 426 426 463 478 488 2.1%
Washington 799 782 775 716 688 641 621 622 700 678 670 694 3.6%
Wyoming 71 63 69 63 62 65 67 61 59 59 73 56 -23.3%
All 10,287 10,095 9,224 8,598 8,198 8,148 7,514 7,224 7,529 7,799 8,069 8,243 2.2%
Non-US State of Legal Residence***
Foreign 920 970 917 955 1,037 992 995 577 559 664 734 1,126 53.4%
Unknown 22 24 16 13 88 59 58 62 55 22 25 78 212.0%
All 942 994 933 968 1,125 1,051 1,053 639 614 686 759 1,204 58.6%
All Applicants 46,586 46,965 43,016 40,996 38,443 37,088 34,860 33,625 34,791 35,735 37,373 39,108 4.6%

Source: AAMC: Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 10/27/2006.

*** State of Legal Residence not necessarily based on citizenship.

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