Table 3: Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by State of Legal Residence,
1997-2008
The numbers of applicants by state of legal residence are displayed below.
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Applicants by State of Legal Residence*
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1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
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% Change 2007-08
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| Region |
State of Legal Residence* |
| Northeast |
Connecticut |
470
|
377
|
373
|
369
|
329
|
306
|
373
|
408
|
431
|
415
|
456
|
461
|
1.1%
|
|
Delaware |
100
|
90
|
82
|
93
|
64
|
70
|
71
|
64
|
78
|
78
|
92
|
77
|
-16.3%
|
|
District of Columbia |
87
|
84
|
71
|
71
|
78
|
90
|
76
|
92
|
81
|
88
|
101
|
69
|
-31.7%
|
|
Maine |
85
|
75
|
61
|
62
|
65
|
53
|
73
|
73
|
82
|
84
|
111
|
89
|
-19.8%
|
|
Maryland |
1,213
|
1,090
|
971
|
922
|
845
|
820
|
876
|
810
|
909
|
914
|
1,058
|
977
|
-7.7%
|
|
Massachusetts |
1,038
|
940
|
944
|
831
|
762
|
705
|
776
|
787
|
867
|
899
|
976
|
940
|
-3.7%
|
|
New Hampshire |
75
|
76
|
82
|
82
|
74
|
56
|
76
|
67
|
73
|
98
|
90
|
102
|
13.3%
|
|
New Jersey |
1,511
|
1,317
|
1,236
|
1,267
|
1,165
|
1,104
|
1,107
|
1,199
|
1,189
|
1,358
|
1,488
|
1,462
|
-1.7%
|
|
New York |
3,413
|
3,167
|
2,891
|
2,779
|
2,542
|
2,494
|
2,636
|
2,601
|
2,705
|
2,702
|
2,924
|
2,924
|
0.0%
|
|
Pennsylvania |
1,612
|
1,520
|
1,365
|
1,272
|
1,242
|
1,115
|
1,190
|
1,210
|
1,283
|
1,423
|
1,473
|
1,516
|
2.9%
|
|
Rhode Island |
81
|
85
|
71
|
66
|
60
|
62
|
73
|
79
|
71
|
80
|
87
|
92
|
5.7%
|
|
Vermont |
115
|
106
|
101
|
95
|
76
|
70
|
77
|
79
|
98
|
87
|
113
|
97
|
-14.2%
|
|
All for the Region |
9,800
|
8,927
|
8,248
|
7,909
|
7,302
|
6,945
|
7,404
|
7,469
|
7,867
|
8,226
|
8,969
|
8,806
|
-1.8%
|
| Central |
State of Legal Residence* |
|
Illinois |
2,231
|
2,227
|
1,940
|
1,841
|
1,717
|
1,639
|
1,646
|
1,712
|
1,749
|
1,845
|
2,005
|
1,888
|
-5.8%
|
|
Indiana |
709
|
667
|
645
|
597
|
551
|
563
|
619
|
620
|
692
|
702
|
720
|
706
|
-1.9%
|
|
Iowa |
418
|
384
|
353
|
359
|
358
|
321
|
329
|
339
|
348
|
341
|
337
|
376
|
11.6%
|
|
Kansas |
445
|
420
|
434
|
466
|
423
|
426
|
432
|
442
|
436
|
434
|
456
|
471
|
3.3%
|
|
Michigan |
1,636
|
1,518
|
1,344
|
1,305
|
1,156
|
1,141
|
1,229
|
1,202
|
1,334
|
1,347
|
1,582
|
1,594
|
0.8%
|
|
Minnesota |
893
|
840
|
796
|
724
|
639
|
563
|
640
|
639
|
697
|
761
|
851
|
870
|
2.2%
|
|
Missouri |
611
|
630
|
604
|
557
|
498
|
497
|
494
|
488
|
567
|
568
|
613
|
549
|
-10.4%
|
|
Nebraska |
410
|
309
|
338
|
318
|
277
|
286
|
283
|
288
|
303
|
292
|
339
|
304
|
-10.3%
|
|
North Dakota |
145
|
138
|
88
|
83
|
89
|
122
|
137
|
128
|
131
|
134
|
149
|
145
|
-2.7%
|
|
Ohio |
1,789
|
1,743
|
1,549
|
1,441
|
1,397
|
1,355
|
1,366
|
1,465
|
1,480
|
1,485
|
1,611
|
1,548
|
-3.9%
|
|
South Dakota |
144
|
122
|
131
|
164
|
148
|
136
|
114
|
142
|
153
|
142
|
147
|
153
|
4.1%
|
|
Wisconsin |
633
|
681
|
656
|
611
|
596
|
588
|
590
|
672
|
690
|
680
|
729
|
754
|
3.4%
|
|
All for the Region |
10,064
|
9,679
|
8,878
|
8,466
|
7,849
|
7,637
|
7,879
|
8,137
|
8,580
|
8,731
|
9,539
|
9,358
|
-1.9%
|
| South |
State of Legal Residence* |
|
Alabama |
608
|
573
|
536
|
498
|
445
|
464
|
479
|
458
|
479
|
542
|
490
|
500
|
2.0%
|
|
Arkansas |
429
|
372
|
322
|
285
|
340
|
352
|
344
|
324
|
283
|
306
|
335
|
287
|
-14.3%
|
|
Florida |
1,587
|
1,543
|
1,505
|
1,428
|
1,353
|
1,515
|
1,505
|
1,557
|
1,576
|
1,748
|
2,016
|
2,087
|
3.5%
|
|
Georgia |
1,084
|
1,073
|
955
|
941
|
912
|
885
|
956
|
1,086
|
1,141
|
1,155
|
1,147
|
1,252
|
9.2%
|
|
Kentucky |
573
|
553
|
511
|
502
|
502
|
472
|
426
|
435
|
421
|
412
|
475
|
518
|
9.1%
|
|
Louisiana |
900
|
947
|
865
|
865
|
847
|
857
|
853
|
844
|
869
|
886
|
758
|
720
|
-5.0%
|
|
Mississippi |
343
|
366
|
332
|
309
|
314
|
271
|
262
|
266
|
242
|
314
|
292
|
301
|
3.1%
|
|
North Carolina |
1,073
|
1,025
|
909
|
891
|
840
|
785
|
849
|
879
|
948
|
962
|
1,030
|
1,074
|
4.3%
|
|
Oklahoma |
437
|
433
|
341
|
383
|
376
|
382
|
321
|
377
|
406
|
383
|
437
|
385
|
-11.9%
|
|
Puerto Rico |
456
|
466
|
425
|
355
|
415
|
469
|
398
|
382
|
343
|
374
|
417
|
505
|
21.1%
|
|
South Carolina |
599
|
555
|
537
|
463
|
437
|
460
|
444
|
497
|
488
|
505
|
564
|
502
|
-11.0%
|
|
Tennessee |
707
|
725
|
711
|
729
|
625
|
614
|
598
|
584
|
638
|
682
|
752
|
762
|
1.3%
|
|
Texas |
2,755
|
2,690
|
2,659
|
2,621
|
2,528
|
2,557
|
2,737
|
2,801
|
3,098
|
3,279
|
3,463
|
3,422
|
-1.2%
|
|
Virginia |
1,104
|
1,110
|
1,029
|
915
|
911
|
828
|
917
|
919
|
935
|
913
|
983
|
1,040
|
5.8%
|
|
West Virginia |
314
|
370
|
341
|
319
|
276
|
250
|
258
|
217
|
212
|
241
|
255
|
263
|
3.1%
|
|
U.S. Territories and Possessions |
26
|
23
|
16
|
10
|
21
|
19
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
14
|
13
|
23
|
76.9%
|
|
All for the Region |
12,995
|
12,824
|
11,994
|
11,514
|
11,142
|
11,180
|
11,365
|
11,644
|
12,098
|
12,716
|
13,427
|
13,641
|
1.6%
|
| West |
State of Legal Residence* |
|
Alaska |
59
|
60
|
48
|
59
|
76
|
75
|
69
|
71
|
73
|
85
|
94
|
79
|
-16.0%
|
|
Arizona |
568
|
559
|
566
|
539
|
500
|
491
|
480
|
502
|
602
|
574
|
701
|
692
|
-1.3%
|
|
California |
5,163
|
4,749
|
4,454
|
4,446
|
4,093
|
3,858
|
3,979
|
4,193
|
4,288
|
4,452
|
4,909
|
4,937
|
0.6%
|
|
Colorado |
755
|
698
|
688
|
649
|
591
|
575
|
663
|
627
|
609
|
646
|
661
|
634
|
-4.1%
|
|
Hawaii |
239
|
215
|
184
|
206
|
180
|
171
|
178
|
195
|
208
|
214
|
202
|
195
|
-3.5%
|
|
Idaho |
125
|
106
|
115
|
126
|
122
|
122
|
113
|
112
|
161
|
150
|
164
|
156
|
-4.9%
|
|
Montana |
114
|
117
|
120
|
118
|
109
|
105
|
101
|
117
|
108
|
101
|
97
|
117
|
20.6%
|
|
Nevada |
178
|
151
|
179
|
181
|
160
|
159
|
170
|
158
|
167
|
165
|
176
|
152
|
-13.6%
|
|
New Mexico |
334
|
337
|
333
|
336
|
270
|
255
|
248
|
259
|
245
|
238
|
223
|
217
|
-2.7%
|
|
Oregon |
397
|
339
|
319
|
296
|
297
|
304
|
343
|
365
|
387
|
380
|
417
|
427
|
2.4%
|
|
Utah |
448
|
488
|
442
|
486
|
428
|
426
|
426
|
463
|
478
|
488
|
483
|
528
|
9.3%
|
|
Washington |
775
|
716
|
688
|
641
|
621
|
622
|
700
|
678
|
670
|
694
|
795
|
835
|
5.0%
|
|
Wyoming |
69
|
63
|
62
|
65
|
67
|
61
|
59
|
59
|
73
|
56
|
50
|
44
|
-12.0%
|
|
All for the Region |
9,224
|
8,598
|
8,198
|
8,148
|
7,514
|
7,224
|
7,529
|
7,799
|
8,069
|
8,243
|
8,972
|
9,013
|
0.5%
|
| Non-U.S. |
State of Legal Residence* |
|
Foreign |
917
|
955
|
1,037
|
992
|
995
|
577
|
559
|
664
|
734
|
1,118
|
1,371
|
1,364
|
-0.5%
|
|
Unknown |
16
|
13
|
88
|
59
|
58
|
62
|
55
|
22
|
25
|
74
|
37
|
49
|
32.4%
|
|
All for the Region |
933
|
968
|
1,125
|
1,051
|
1,053
|
639
|
614
|
686
|
759
|
1,192
|
1,408
|
1,413
|
0.4%
|
| Total Applicants |
43,016
|
40,996
|
38,443
|
37,088
|
34,860
|
33,625
|
34,791
|
35,735
|
37,373
|
39,108
|
42,315
|
42,231
|
-0.2%
|
* State of Legal Residence is not necessarily based on citizenship.
Source: AAMC: Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File as of 10/10/2008.
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