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Table 4: Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools by State of Legal Residence, 1996-2007

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

Matriculants by State of Legal Residence* 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change 2006-07
Region State
Northeast Connecticut 185 186 160 172 180 140 165 188 214 193 195 200 2.6%
Delaware 37 41 40 50 49 31 31 34 39 35 38 39 2.6%
District of Columbia 29 32 32 24 25 32 49 27 42 42 33 44 33.3%
Maine 29 35 34 35 31 31 27 39 41 46 39 54 38.5%
Maryland 441 460 416 437 404 438 439 439 395 442 413 482 16.7%
Massachusetts 416 391 417 438 388 399 382 404 400 441 434 485 11.8%
New Hampshire 25 26 23 30 33 34 27 45 35 37 44 30 -31.8%
New Jersey 599 626 616 623 588 652 616 570 617 563 665 660 -0.8%
New York 1,416 1,375 1,384 1,410 1,326 1,326 1,338 1,364 1,297 1,335 1,317 1,339 1.7%
Pennsylvania 715 669 691 655 645 659 634 645 632 608 675 647 -4.1%
Rhode Island 31 28 42 40 32 33 36 40 38 44 39 44 12.8%
Vermont 50 48 44 43 43 38 39 42 46 59 46 54 17.4%
All 3,973 3,917 3,899 3,957 3,744 3,813 3,783 3,837 3,796 3,845 3,938 4,078 3.6%
Central State
Illinois 858 868 867 831 864 855 858 818 835 847 843 890 5.6%
Indiana 305 303 314 323 317 307 310 318 317 336 330 328 -0.6%
Iowa 156 167 166 142 141 131 145 150 149 134 137 151 10.2%
Kansas 195 206 192 196 218 197 194 199 204 196 215 198 -7.9%
Michigan 577 547 541 537 553 535 583 576 566 583 606 654 7.9%
Minnesota 290 298 288 297 295 270 278 300 317 315 325 367 12.9%
Missouri 277 273 299 274 294 276 277 256 273 274 282 288 2.1%
Nebraska 151 161 145 141 148 136 144 149 143 139 129 138 7.0%
North Dakota 56 55 50 53 36 47 61 61 55 59 54 64 18.5%
Ohio 795 765 793 787 758 747 752 736 728 718 712 754 5.9%
South Dakota 54 63 54 60 62 64 60 58 64 73 72 69 -4.2%
Wisconsin 253 283 285 286 274 323 308 297 294 335 317 306 -3.5%
All 3,967 3,989 3,994 3,927 3,960 3,888 3,970 3,918 3,945 4,009 4,022 4,207 4.6%
South State
Alabama 228 249 242 235 250 229 241 242 240 241 282 258 -8.5%
Arkansas 153 158 160 156 147 159 162 159 153 164 149 144 -3.4%
Florida 536 534 548 532 567 566 603 641 700 743 715 790 10.5%
Georgia 395 398 391 386 404 423 407 419 416 457 482 460 -4.6%
Kentucky 228 236 239 237 235 240 254 232 239 231 216 237 9.7%
Louisiana 342 340 355 337 369 351 366 358 351 381 399 389 -2.5%
Mississippi 129 124 133 129 130 132 124 126 127 124 138 138 0.0%
North Carolina 373 370 353 357 350 344 350 354 389 406 394 406 3.0%
Oklahoma 154 166 177 163 159 174 173 164 187 182 182 188 3.3%
Puerto Rico 208 208 202 204 188 198 228 215 222 217 198 203 2.5%
South Carolina 226 222 227 227 221 228 239 226 227 231 239 243 1.7%
Tennessee 285 278 275 270 306 265 297 288 284 285 294 299 1.7%
Texas 1,121 1,146 1,181 1,203 1,182 1,184 1,228 1,240 1,251 1,322 1,334 1,374 3.0%
Virginia 448 423 438 439 435 433 415 428 446 454 436 434 -0.5%
West Virginia 140 138 142 139 145 142 144 147 118 127 141 147 4.3%
U.S. Territories and Possessions 6 9 7 9 2 10 7 6 9 6 5 5 0.0%
All 4,972 4,999 5,070 5,023 5,090 5,078 5,238 5,245 5,359 5,571 5,604 5,715 2.0%
West State
Alaska 18 17 23 19 23 27 35 27 27 29 29 42 44.8%
Arizona 172 168 178 181 186 183 185 196 196 207 223 240 7.6%
California 1,947 1,898 1,795 1,868 1,919 1,962 1,934 1,917 1,911 1,979 1,968 2,014 2.3%
Colorado 214 213 221 220 232 226 232 248 241 233 257 266 3.5%
Hawaii 58 69 78 84 76 75 81 74 65 90 93 74 -20.4%
Idaho 36 46 36 40 50 49 59 52 53 61 61 62 1.6%
Montana 48 42 41 48 55 45 52 51 62 53 50 43 -14.0%
Nevada 58 58 60 64 64 72 72 70 65 67 69 71 2.9%
New Mexico 102 101 101 102 102 96 102 100 104 95 109 102 -6.4%
Oregon 108 119 124 133 133 145 138 148 158 155 185 165 -10.8%
Utah 156 154 181 180 216 212 217 218 233 225 224 202 -9.8%
Washington 242 235 240 242 244 269 281 282 297 258 290 281 -3.1%
Wyoming 28 24 29 16 30 23 23 24 28 28 24 19 -20.8%
All 3,187 3,144 3,107 3,197 3,330 3,384 3,411 3,407 3,440 3,480 3,582 3,581 0.0%
Legal Residence Non-U.S. State
Foreign 95 113 98 114 158 182 82 82 94 88 185 164 -11.4%
Unknown 7 2 2 3 19 20 4 52 14 10 30 14 -53.3%
All 102 115 100 117 177 202 86 134 108 98 215 178 -17.2%
Total Matriculants 16,201 16,164 16,170 16,221 16,301 16,365 16,488 16,541 16,648 17,003 17,361 17,759 2.3%

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

Source: AAMC: Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 9/25/2007.

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