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Primary care physicians per 100,000 adults 65+.
Primary-care physician supply expressed against the number of residents age 65 and over, rather than the whole population. It is a retirement-relevant capacity signal: higher means more primary-care physicians relative to the older population. It does not measure whether a doctor accepts Medicare, has appointments or is nearby.
District of Columbia has the highest published primary care for older adults in this comparison, at 1,006. The next states shown are Alaska (715) and Massachusetts (566).
The table orders 50 states by primary care physicians per 100,000 adults 65+. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.
Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. Primary-care physician supply expressed against the number of residents age 65 and over, rather than the whole population. It is a retirement-relevant capacity signal: higher means more primary-care physicians relative to the older population. It does not measure whether a doctor accepts Medicare, has appointments or is nearby.
Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Connecticut. Withheld where fewer than 1,000 adults age 65+ make the denominator too small. Counties where County Health Rankings suppresses the physician count are also blank.
These guides combine this measure with other clearly named inputs; they are not overall state verdicts.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/primary-care-for-older-adults" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Primary care physicians per 100,000 adults 65+ by state"></iframe>Source: County Health Rankings and U.S. Census Bureau ACS. · How this is built