{ "_source_nppes": "U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPI Registry (NPPES) — public API", "_source_population": "U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 Vintage (V2024)", "_specialty": "Pediatrics", "_specialty_slug": "pediatrics-supply-by-state-2026", "_release_date": "2026-05-06", "_taxonomies": [ "208000000X", "2080A0000X", "2080P0006X", "2080P0008X", "2080N0001X", "2080P0202X", "2080P0203X", "2080P0204X", "2080P0205X", "2080P0206X", "2080P0207X", "2080P0208X", "2080P0210X", "2080P0214X", "2080P0216X", "2080I0007X", "2080S0010X", "2080S0012X", "2080T0002X", "2080H0002X" ], "_underserved_threshold_per_100k": 8, "_underserved_definition": "States below the stated threshold of 8 pediatricians per 100,000 residents in the active NPPES dataset. Stated baseline cutoff aligned with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) workforce literature, which has long flagged the ~8 pediatricians per 100,000 total population mark as a workforce-adequacy concern (equivalent to roughly 30 per 100,000 children, the standard child-denominator AAP benchmark). We apply the threshold to total state population because Census 2024 vintage total state population is the consistent denominator across this study series. Stated explicitly here; not a clinical or regulatory definition.", "_summary": { "total_active_providers": 33410, "national_per_100k": 9.82, "jurisdictions": 51, "underserved_count": 20, "underserved_population": 61856258, "highest_density": { "code": "DC", "name": "District of Columbia", "per_100k": 57.96, "count": 407 }, "lowest_density": { "code": "WY", "name": "Wyoming", "per_100k": 1.53, "count": 9 } }, "rows": [ { "code": "AK", "name": "Alaska", "count": 37, "pop": 740133, "per_100k": 4.999101512836207, "rank_density": 47, "rank_count": 50, "quartile": 4, "underserved": true }, { "code": "AL", "name": "Alabama", "count": 358, "pop": 5157699, "per_100k": 6.941079733423762, "rank_density": 39, "rank_count": 28, "quartile": 3, "underserved": true }, { "code": "AR", "name": "Arkansas", "count": 259, "pop": 3088354, "per_100k": 8.38634431156532, "rank_density": 28, "rank_count": 33, "quartile": 3, "underserved": false }, { "code": "AZ", "name": "Arizona", "count": 511, "pop": 7582384, 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