snapshot: where the doctors work
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Feb. 20, 2014
The state Board of Registration in Medicine lists where doctors work. The chart shows where the most doctors work, per 10,000 residents. The data is for 2013.
| Community | Doctors per 10,000 residents 2013 | Rank | Total doctors |
| ABINGTON | 9.4 | 176 | 15 |
| ACTON | 24.6 | 80 | 54 |
| ACUSHNET | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ADAMS | 7.1 | 201 | 6 |
| AGAWAM | 8.4 | 185 | 24 |
| ALFORD | 81.0 | 9 | 4 |
| AMESBURY | 7.4 | 198 | 12 |
| AMHERST | 16.9 | 126 | 64 |
| ANDOVER | 22.6 | 89 | 75 |
| AQUINNAH | 32.2 | 53 | 1 |
| ARLINGTON | 17.0 | 123 | 73 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 4.9 | 234 | 3 |
| ASHBY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ASHFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ASHLAND | 4.2 | 244 | 7 |
| ATHOL | 14.7 | 139 | 17 |
| ATTLEBORO | 30.7 | 59 | 134 |
| AUBURN | 29.7 | 65 | 48 |
| AVON | 2.3 | 261 | 1 |
| AYER | 52.5 | 29 | 39 |
| BARNSTABLE | 60.4 | 21 | 273 |
| BARRE | 18.5 | 110 | 10 |
| BECKET | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| BEDFORD | 48.0 | 35 | 64 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 7.5 | 196 | 11 |
| BELLINGHAM | 4.3 | 243 | 7 |
| BELMONT | 73.6 | 14 | 182 |
| BERKLEY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| BERLIN | 3.5 | 254 | 1 |
| BERNARDSTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| BEVERLY | 51.4 | 30 | 203 |
| BILLERICA | 8.0 | 190 | 32 |
| BLACKSTONE | 1.1 | 280 | 1 |
| BLANDFORD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| BOLTON | 8.2 | 187 | 4 |
| BOSTON | 170.4 | 2 | 10,522 |
| BOURNE | 9.6 | 174 | 19 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| BOXFORD | 13.8 | 147 | 11 |
| BOYLSTON | 11.5 | 161 | 5 |
| BRAINTREE | 27.4 | 71 | 98 |
| BREWSTER | 12.2 | 157 | 12 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 6.0 | 218 | 16 |
| BRIMFIELD | 13.9 | 145 | 5 |
| BROCKTON | 44.5 | 39 | 417 |
| BROOKFIELD | 2.9 | 258 | 1 |
| BROOKLINE | 86.3 | 8 | 507 |
| BUCKLAND | 5.3 | 229 | 1 |
| BURLINGTON | 229.0 | 1 | 561 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 94.6 | 5 | 995 |
| CANTON | 16.2 | 129 | 35 |
| CARLISLE | 18.5 | 109 | 9 |
| CARVER | 1.7 | 270 | 2 |
| CHARLEMONT | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| CHARLTON | 7.7 | 192 | 10 |
| CHATHAM | 19.6 | 106 | 12 |
| CHELMSFORD | 50.6 | 31 | 171 |
| CHELSEA | 23.6 | 85 | 83 |
| CHESHIRE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| CHESTER | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| CHICOPEE | 8.7 | 182 | 48 |
| CHILMARK | 23.1 | 86 | 2 |
| CLARKSBURG | 5.9 | 221 | 1 |
| CLINTON | 6.6 | 208 | 9 |
| COHASSET | 25.2 | 79 | 19 |
| COLRAIN | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| CONCORD | 124.5 | 3 | 220 |
| CONWAY | 5.3 | 228 | 1 |
| CUMMINGTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| DALTON | 5.9 | 219 | 4 |
| DANVERS | 45.7 | 38 | 121 |
| DARTMOUTH | 45.8 | 37 | 156 |
| DEDHAM | 29.5 | 67 | 73 |
| DEERFIELD | 17.6 | 119 | 9 |
| DENNIS | 7.0 | 202 | 10 |
| DIGHTON | 5.6 | 225 | 4 |
| DOUGLAS | 1.2 | 277 | 1 |
| DOVER | 17.9 | 115 | 10 |
| DRACUT | 3.7 | 252 | 11 |
| DUDLEY | 1.8 | 268 | 2 |
| DUNSTABLE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| DUXBURY | 17.9 | 114 | 27 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 10.9 | 164 | 15 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| EASTHAM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 8.1 | 189 | 13 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 17.8 | 116 | 28 |
| EASTON | 21.2 | 96 | 49 |
| EDGARTOWN | 14.8 | 138 | 6 |
| EGREMONT | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ERVING | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ESSEX | 5.7 | 224 | 2 |
| EVERETT | 12.5 | 156 | 52 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 14.5 | 140 | 23 |
| FALL RIVER | 40.7 | 41 | 362 |
| FALMOUTH | 47.3 | 36 | 149 |
| FITCHBURG | 12.9 | 154 | 52 |
| FLORIDA | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 30.8 | 58 | 52 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 38.9 | 43 | 266 |
| FRANKLIN | 7.9 | 191 | 25 |
| FREETOWN | 1.1 | 278 | 1 |
| GARDNER | 31.6 | 55 | 64 |
| GEORGETOWN | 8.6 | 184 | 7 |
| GILL | 6.7 | 206 | 1 |
| GLOUCESTER | 10.8 | 167 | 31 |
| GOSHEN | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 5.1 | 231 | 9 |
| GRANBY | 1.6 | 273 | 1 |
| GRANVILLE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 77.4 | 11 | 55 |
| GREENFIELD | 54.4 | 25 | 95 |
| GROTON | 15.0 | 136 | 16 |
| GROVELAND | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HADLEY | 30.5 | 60 | 16 |
| HALIFAX | 1.3 | 275 | 1 |
| HAMILTON | 21.9 | 93 | 17 |
| HAMPDEN | 1.9 | 265 | 1 |
| HANCOCK | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HANOVER | 13.0 | 153 | 18 |
| HANSON | 2.0 | 264 | 2 |
| HARDWICK | 3.3 | 255 | 1 |
| HARVARD | 13.8 | 148 | 9 |
| HARWICH | 16.3 | 128 | 20 |
| HATFIELD | 21.3 | 95 | 7 |
| HAVERHILL | 14.3 | 143 | 87 |
| HAWLEY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HEATH | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HINGHAM | 18.1 | 113 | 40 |
| HINSDALE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HOLBROOK | 4.6 | 239 | 5 |
| HOLDEN | 10.4 | 169 | 18 |
| HOLLAND | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HOLLISTON | 5.9 | 220 | 8 |
| HOLYOKE | 34.6 | 50 | 138 |
| HOPEDALE | 23.7 | 84 | 14 |
| HOPKINTON | 13.4 | 150 | 20 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| HUDSON | 4.2 | 246 | 8 |
| HULL | 2.9 | 259 | 3 |
| HUNTINGTON | 22.9 | 88 | 5 |
| IPSWICH | 14.4 | 141 | 19 |
| KINGSTON | 6.3 | 209 | 8 |
| LAKEVILLE | 7.5 | 195 | 8 |
| LANCASTER | 13.7 | 149 | 11 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 3.2 | 257 | 1 |
| LAWRENCE | 30.9 | 57 | 236 |
| LEE | 15.1 | 135 | 9 |
| LEICESTER | 0.9 | 281 | 1 |
| LENOX | 37.8 | 45 | 19 |
| LEOMINSTER | 34.8 | 49 | 142 |
| LEVERETT | 5.4 | 227 | 1 |
| LEXINGTON | 52.9 | 27 | 166 |
| LEYDEN | 14.1 | 144 | 1 |
| LINCOLN | 36.2 | 46 | 23 |
| LITTLETON | 1.1 | 279 | 1 |
| LONGMEADOW | 27.9 | 70 | 44 |
| LOWELL | 19.2 | 107 | 205 |
| LUDLOW | 5.2 | 230 | 11 |
| LUNENBURG | 5.0 | 233 | 5 |
| LYNN | 12.2 | 158 | 110 |
| LYNNFIELD | 11.2 | 163 | 13 |
| MALDEN | 10.8 | 168 | 64 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 25.3 | 78 | 13 |
| MANSFIELD | 6.0 | 216 | 14 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 17.7 | 117 | 35 |
| MARION | 8.2 | 188 | 4 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 17.1 | 121 | 66 |
| MARSHFIELD | 2.8 | 260 | 7 |
| MASHPEE | 21.4 | 94 | 30 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 6.6 | 207 | 4 |
| MAYNARD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MEDFIELD | 10.8 | 165 | 13 |
| MEDFORD | 21.9 | 92 | 123 |
| MEDWAY | 4.7 | 237 | 6 |
| MELROSE | 35.9 | 47 | 97 |
| MENDON | 10.3 | 170 | 6 |
| MERRIMAC | 6.3 | 210 | 4 |
| METHUEN | 23.9 | 83 | 113 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 9.1 | 178 | 21 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MIDDLETON | 8.9 | 180 | 8 |
| MILFORD | 56.8 | 24 | 159 |
| MILLBURY | 6.8 | 204 | 9 |
| MILLIS | 7.6 | 193 | 6 |
| MILLVILLE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MILTON | 31.5 | 56 | 85 |
| MONROE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MONSON | 3.5 | 253 | 3 |
| MONTAGUE | 8.3 | 186 | 7 |
| MONTEREY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NAHANT | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NANTUCKET | 19.7 | 105 | 20 |
| NATICK | 29.7 | 63 | 98 |
| NEEDHAM | 48.8 | 33 | 141 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 43.9 | 40 | 1 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 17.0 | 122 | 162 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NEWBURY | 7.5 | 197 | 5 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 63.7 | 19 | 111 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NEW SALEM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NEWTON | 75.4 | 13 | 642 |
| NORFOLK | 1.8 | 267 | 2 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 35.7 | 48 | 49 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 80.9 | 10 | 231 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 34.2 | 52 | 97 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 6.3 | 211 | 18 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 17.0 | 125 | 24 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 7.0 | 203 | 11 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NORTHFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| NORTH READING | 6.0 | 215 | 9 |
| NORTON | 5.8 | 223 | 11 |
| NORWELL | 49.5 | 32 | 52 |
| NORWOOD | 70.3 | 15 | 201 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 57.4 | 22 | 26 |
| OAKHAM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ORANGE | 3.8 | 251 | 3 |
| ORLEANS | 17.0 | 124 | 10 |
| OTIS | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| OXFORD | 0.7 | 283 | 1 |
| PALMER | 29.7 | 64 | 36 |
| PAXTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PEABODY | 34.3 | 51 | 176 |
| PELHAM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PEMBROKE | 11.2 | 162 | 20 |
| PEPPERELL | 1.7 | 269 | 2 |
| PERU | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PETERSHAM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PITTSFIELD | 65.0 | 18 | 291 |
| PLAINFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PLAINVILLE | 9.7 | 173 | 8 |
| PLYMOUTH | 29.9 | 62 | 169 |
| PLYMPTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| PRINCETON | 20.5 | 100 | 7 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 27.2 | 72 | 8 |
| QUINCY | 28.8 | 69 | 266 |
| RANDOLPH | 4.7 | 238 | 15 |
| RAYNHAM | 14.9 | 137 | 20 |
| READING | 16.2 | 130 | 40 |
| REHOBOTH | 6.0 | 217 | 7 |
| REVERE | 10.0 | 171 | 52 |
| RICHMOND | 20.3 | 101 | 3 |
| ROCHESTER | 1.9 | 266 | 1 |
| ROCKLAND | 2.3 | 262 | 4 |
| ROCKPORT | 1.4 | 274 | 1 |
| ROWE | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| ROWLEY | 1.7 | 272 | 1 |
| ROYALSTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| RUSSELL | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| RUTLAND | 1.3 | 276 | 1 |
| SALEM | 56.8 | 23 | 235 |
| SALISBURY | 4.8 | 236 | 4 |
| SANDISFIELD | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| SANDWICH | 16.4 | 127 | 34 |
| SAUGUS | 4.1 | 248 | 11 |
| SAVOY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| SCITUATE | 8.8 | 181 | 16 |
| SEEKONK | 4.4 | 242 | 6 |
| SHARON | 15.9 | 132 | 28 |
| SHEFFIELD | 6.1 | 214 | 2 |
| SHELBURNE | 31.7 | 54 | 6 |
| SHERBORN | 26.7 | 73 | 11 |
| SHIRLEY | 4.2 | 247 | 3 |
| SHREWSBURY | 20.8 | 99 | 74 |
| SHUTESBURY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| SOMERSET | 3.3 | 256 | 6 |
| SOMERVILLE | 14.4 | 142 | 109 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 1.7 | 271 | 1 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 48.1 | 34 | 47 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 40.7 | 42 | 68 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 12.0 | 159 | 21 |
| SOUTHWICK | 4.2 | 245 | 4 |
| SPENCER | 8.6 | 183 | 10 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 66.1 | 17 | 1,011 |
| STERLING | 15.4 | 134 | 12 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 77.0 | 12 | 15 |
| STONEHAM | 53.6 | 26 | 115 |
| STOUGHTON | 15.6 | 133 | 42 |
| STOW | 4.6 | 240 | 3 |
| STURBRIDGE | 7.6 | 194 | 7 |
| SUDBURY | 19.8 | 104 | 35 |
| SUNDERLAND | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| SUTTON | 4.5 | 241 | 4 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 21.0 | 97 | 29 |
| SWANSEA | 12.6 | 155 | 20 |
| TAUNTON | 19.9 | 103 | 111 |
| TEMPLETON | 5.0 | 232 | 4 |
| TEWKSBURY | 13.8 | 146 | 40 |
| TISBURY | 38.0 | 44 | 15 |
| TOLLAND | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| TOPSFIELD | 4.9 | 235 | 3 |
| TOWNSEND | 6.7 | 205 | 6 |
| TRURO | 10.0 | 172 | 2 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 0.9 | 282 | 1 |
| TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| UPTON | 13.3 | 152 | 10 |
| UXBRIDGE | 13.4 | 151 | 18 |
| WAKEFIELD | 5.6 | 226 | 14 |
| WALES | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WALPOLE | 11.6 | 160 | 28 |
| WALTHAM | 29.5 | 66 | 179 |
| WARE | 24.3 | 81 | 24 |
| WAREHAM | 28.9 | 68 | 63 |
| WARREN | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WARWICK | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WATERTOWN | 21.0 | 98 | 67 |
| WAYLAND | 26.2 | 74 | 34 |
| WEBSTER | 8.9 | 179 | 15 |
| WELLESLEY | 95.8 | 4 | 268 |
| WELLFLEET | 25.5 | 77 | 7 |
| WENDELL | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WENHAM | 2.1 | 263 | 1 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 30.1 | 61 | 55 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 18.3 | 112 | 14 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 15.9 | 131 | 11 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 10.8 | 166 | 4 |
| WESTFIELD | 17.3 | 120 | 71 |
| WESTFORD | 9.1 | 177 | 20 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 6.2 | 212 | 1 |
| WESTMINSTER | 19.2 | 108 | 14 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 7.1 | 200 | 3 |
| WESTON | 61.3 | 20 | 69 |
| WESTPORT | 5.8 | 222 | 9 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 18.3 | 111 | 52 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 23.0 | 87 | 3 |
| WEST TISBURY | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WESTWOOD | 91.0 | 6 | 133 |
| WEYMOUTH | 52.7 | 28 | 283 |
| WHATELY | 20.1 | 102 | 3 |
| WHITMAN | 6.2 | 213 | 9 |
| WILBRAHAM | 22.5 | 91 | 32 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 24.2 | 82 | 6 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 25.8 | 76 | 20 |
| WILMINGTON | 9.4 | 175 | 21 |
| WINCHENDON | 3.9 | 250 | 4 |
| WINCHESTER | 69.7 | 16 | 149 |
| WINDSOR | 0.0 | 284 | 0 |
| WINTHROP | 4.0 | 249 | 7 |
| WOBURN | 22.6 | 90 | 86 |
| WORCESTER | 90.1 | 7 | 1,631 |
| WORTHINGTON | 26.0 | 75 | 3 |
| WRENTHAM | 7.3 | 199 | 8 |
| YARMOUTH | 17.7 | 118 | 42 |