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 |