{"id":15190,"date":"2020-08-28T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/?p=15190"},"modified":"2023-05-25T12:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T16:48:25","slug":"male-vs-female-doctors-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do states across the U.S. compare when it comes to the gender and different ethnicities of their medical staff? <\/span>Take a look at the graphic below to find out which states are home to the most female physicians, and what the breakdown of ethnicity looks like across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1.png\" alt=\"The medical physician landscape across the U.S.\" width=\"760\" height=\"2845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1.png 760w, https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1-80x300.png 80w, https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1-410x1536.png 410w, https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Medical-Physicians-Landscape-2-1-547x2048.png 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve looked at the number of professionally active Physicians by gender as well as the diversity in medicine from 2019 across the United States, in order to show the overall landscape of medical physicians. Data includes currently active allopathic physicians (MDs) and osteopathic physicians (DOs). Percentages may not sum to totals due to rounding. Data pulled July 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data and sources available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1-jQWWAAQPaE3Y-xKoUsY1Rtp_r5DMVOsnZyM7EmbpK4\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do states across the U.S. compare when it comes to the gender and different ethnicities of their medical staff? Take a look at the graphic below to find out which states are home to the most female physicians, and what the breakdown of ethnicity looks like across the country. Methodology:\u00a0We&#8217;ve looked at the number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8861],"class_list":["post-15190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SingleCare shares new data that reveals the number of male physicians across the U.S. in comparison to the percentage of female.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"See what the SingleCare data reveals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Checkup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/singlecare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SingleCare Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"See what the SingleCare data reveals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SingleCare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SingleCare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SingleCare Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SingleCare Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/403ef50a9f402fb9ce49c429659555f5\"},\"headline\":\"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":125,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Company\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/\",\"name\":\"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"SingleCare shares new data that reveals the number of male physicians across the U.S. in comparison to the percentage of female.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1350,\"caption\":\"Medical Physicians\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Checkup, a health blog by SingleCare\",\"description\":\"Read the latest in prescription, wellness, and healthcare news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SingleCare\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/placeholderimage-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/placeholderimage-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"SingleCare\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/singlecare\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SingleCare\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/singlecare\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/singlecare\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCd9kiPIjCQw95-2BHCYePKA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/403ef50a9f402fb9ce49c429659555f5\",\"name\":\"SingleCare Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=gcda8e0f4c5718cb7f68c0ee812f6fafb\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SingleCare Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.singlecare.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/singlecareteam\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.","description":"SingleCare shares new data that reveals the number of male physicians across the U.S. in comparison to the percentage of female.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.","og_description":"See what the SingleCare data reveals","og_url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/","og_site_name":"The Checkup","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/singlecare","article_published_time":"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1350,"url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"SingleCare Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.","twitter_description":"See what the SingleCare data reveals","twitter_creator":"@SingleCare","twitter_site":"@SingleCare","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SingleCare Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/"},"author":{"name":"SingleCare Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/403ef50a9f402fb9ce49c429659555f5"},"headline":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.","datePublished":"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/"},"wordCount":125,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png","articleSection":["Company"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/","url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/","name":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png","datePublished":"2020-08-28T11:49:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-25T16:48:25+00:00","description":"SingleCare shares new data that reveals the number of male physicians across the U.S. in comparison to the percentage of female.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Physician-Landscape-Hero-image.png","width":2400,"height":1350,"caption":"Medical Physicians"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/male-vs-female-doctors-united-states\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Percentage of female physicians compared to male across the U.S."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/","name":"The Checkup, a health blog by SingleCare","description":"Read the latest in prescription, wellness, and healthcare news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SingleCare","url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/placeholderimage-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/placeholderimage-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"SingleCare"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/singlecare","https:\/\/x.com\/SingleCare","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/singlecare\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/singlecare\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCd9kiPIjCQw95-2BHCYePKA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/403ef50a9f402fb9ce49c429659555f5","name":"SingleCare Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=gcda8e0f4c5718cb7f68c0ee812f6fafb","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7c56ea35da6164263b446caa5424dd8beeb331518803b6043b40932812936fb2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SingleCare Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/author\/singlecareteam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15190"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singlecare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}