The number of dental professional shortage areas in the U.S. has increased from 6,820 earlier this year to 6,861 as of Aug. 5, according to data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The HRSA's updated dashboard shows that the U.S. needs 9,938 dental professionals to fill those shortage areas.
Here is the number of dental professional shortage areas in each state and Washington D.C.:
Alabama: 87
Alaska: 330
Arizona: 204
Arkansas: 121
California: 517
Colorado: 103
Connecticut: 40
Delaware: 10
Florida: 267
Georgia: 178
Hawaii: 31
Idaho: 97
Illinois: 210
Indiana: 89
Iowa: 140
Kansas: 131
Kentucky: 190
Louisiana: 161
Maine: 81
Maryland: 41
Massachusetts: 52
Michigan: 243
Minnesota: 186
Mississippi: 148
Missouri: 315
Montana: 116
Nebraska: 107
Nevada: 65
New Hampshire: 19
New Jersey: 37
New Mexico: 104
New York: 156
North Carolina: 188
North Dakota: 66
Ohio: 162
Oklahoma: 179
Oregon: 142
Pennsylvania: 148
Rhode Island: 13
South Carolina: 90
South Dakota: 85
Tennessee: 141
Texas: 256
Utah: 55
Vermont: 13
Virginia: 128
Washington: 178
Washington D.C.: 11
West Virginia: 114
Wisconsin: 166
Wyoming: 25