Report on Residents

Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State

Residents Who Completed Training, 2012-21

The table below displays the number and percentage of individuals who completed residency training in an ACGME-accredited program from 2012 through 2021, are not currently active in any GME program, and are practicing physicians in or out of the state of residency training. Data are for graduates of MD-granting and DO-granting U.S. and Canadian schools and of international medical schools. For example, 52.2% (1,397) of the 2,676 residents who completed a residency program in Alabama from 2012 through 2021 are currently practicing in Alabama. Please contact residentreport@aamc.org with any comments or questions.

Selected Finding: Overall, 55.2% of the individuals who completed residency training from 2012 through 2021 are practicing in the state of residency training. Retention rates range from 36.0% in the District of Columbia to 77.2% in California.

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State of Completed Residency	Practice Location				Total
	In State		Out of State
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Alabama	1,397	52.2	1,279	47.8	2,676
Alaska	76	67.9	36	32.1	112
Arizona	1,673	54.9	1,377	45.1	3,050
Arkansas	895	55.2	726	44.8	1,621
California	16,700	77.2	4,938	22.8	21,638
Colorado	1,671	57.5	1,234	42.5	2,905
Connecticut	1,604	42.8	2,143	57.2	3,747
Delaware	269	38.9	422	61.1	691
District of Columbia	1,052	36.0	1,867	64.0	2,919
Florida	5,440	63.1	3,176	36.9	8,616
Georgia	2,553	56.6	1,960	43.4	4,513
Hawaii	320	52.3	292	47.7	612
Idaho	163	62.7	97	37.3	260
Illinois	5,627	52.8	5,024	47.2	10,651
Indiana	1,746	58.1	1,259	41.9	3,005
Iowa	792	45.5	948	54.5	1,740
Kansas	753	52.3	687	47.7	1,440
Kentucky	1,070	48.1	1,155	51.9	2,225
Louisiana	2,128	55.5	1,704	44.5	3,832
Maine	345	57.0	260	43.0	605
Maryland	2,594	47.3	2,893	52.7	5,487
Massachusetts	5,741	53.9	4,911	46.1	10,652
Michigan	5,518	52.1	5,069	47.9	10,587
Minnesota	2,737	57.4	2,029	42.6	4,766
Mississippi	676	56.3	524	43.7	1,200
Missouri	2,642	49.1	2,734	50.9	5,376
Montana	93	63.7	53	36.3	146
Nebraska	719	48.9	752	51.1	1,471
Nevada	422	51.0	406	49.0	828
New Hampshire	312	39.0	489	61.0	801
New Jersey	2,161	44.9	2,647	55.1	4,808
New Mexico	612	51.3	581	48.7	1,193
New York	15,313	52.2	14,009	47.8	29,322
North Carolina	3,450	51.3	3,275	48.7	6,725
North Dakota	157	55.9	124	44.1	281
Ohio	6,088	50.9	5,877	49.1	11,965
Oklahoma	1,021	57.7	748	42.3	1,769
Oregon	1,198	60.7	775	39.3	1,973
Pennsylvania	6,837	47.1	7,664	52.9	14,501
Puerto Rico	932	72.7	350	27.3	1,282
Rhode Island	608	41.4	860	58.6	1,468
South Carolina	1,353	51.5	1,272	48.5	2,625
South Dakota	143	54.8	118	45.2	261
Tennessee	2,072	45.7	2,464	54.3	4,536
Texas	10,288	65.7	5,366	34.3	15,654
Utah	819	49.6	833	50.4	1,652
Vermont	246	48.1	265	51.9	511
Virginia	2,043	48.9	2,137	51.1	4,180
Washington	2,310	57.2	1,729	42.8	4,039
West Virginia	589	46.1	689	53.9	1,278
Wisconsin	1,955	52.5	1,766	47.5	3,721
Wyoming	36	38.3	58	61.7	94
Total	127,959	55.2%	104,051	44.8%	232,010

Note: Data for physicians not represented in the AMA Physician Masterfile may be missing. About 10% of individuals who completed their residencies and are included in GME Track^® data are not represented as active physicians in the AMA Physician Masterfile. As a result, practicing physicians may be underrepresented.

Source: GME Track^® as of Aug. 25, 2022, and AMA Physician Masterfile as of Dec. 31, 2021.

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Table C6. Physician Retention in State of Residency Training, by State

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