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Best Cities to Open a Dental Practice in 2026 (Market Data)

Where should you open a dental practice? Free U.S. Census data ranks the least- and most-saturated dentists markets across 387 metros. Find the cities with the most room to grow.

Updated 2026

There are 124,513 dentists across the 387 U.S. metros we track - an average of 43.1 per 100,000 residents (the typical metro has 34.2). The least-saturated markets have the most room for a well-marketed dental practice. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022) and Population Estimates (2023).

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All 387 dentists markets by state

Number shown is dentists per 100,000 residents. Lower = less saturated.

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AK

Anchorage51.3 Fairbanks47.4

AL

Anniston26.6 Auburn25.8 Birmingham34.1 Daphne36.3 Decatur27.7 Dothan29.3 Florence24.5 Gadsden29.1 Huntsville33 Mobile25 Montgomery30.1 Tuscaloosa19.8

AR

Fayetteville36.1 Fort Smith34.2 Hot Springs37.1 Jonesboro47.7 Little Rock33.8

AZ

Flagstaff34.6 Lake Havasu City32.2 Phoenix43.6 Prescott Valley43.8 Sierra Vista24.9 Tucson34.2 Yuma19.7

CO

Boulder77.4 Colorado Springs47.5 Denver54.8 Fort Collins55.6 Grand Junction43.2 Greeley27.5 Pueblo40.7

CT

Bridgeport53.7 Hartford48.5 New Haven41.2 Norwich34 Waterbury37.1

DC

DE

GA

Albany23.4 Athens32 Atlanta38.2 Augusta27.8 Brunswick26.7 Columbus24.1 Dalton19.3 Gainesville41.9 Hinesville15.8 Macon35.2 Rome26 Savannah33.4 Valdosta26.5 Warner Robins22.9

HI

Kahului39.6 Urban Honolulu42.6

IA

Ames29.6 Cedar Rapids35.2 Davenport33.7 Des Moines33.8 Dubuque37.4 Iowa City33.9 Sioux City34.6 Waterloo27.4

ID

Boise City46.4 Coeur d'Alene47 Idaho Falls63.6 Lewiston44.3 Pocatello74.1 Twin Falls57.2

IL

Bloomington35.2 Champaign27.6 Chicago53.1 Decatur30.8 Kankakee32.1 Peoria33.1 Rockford36.2 Springfield40.4

IN

Bloomington32.3 Columbus45.2 Elkhart28.1 Evansville31.8 Fort Wayne31.7 Indianapolis39.1 Kokomo45.3 Lafayette32.2 Michigan City30.4 Muncie35.6 South Bend27.1 Terre Haute26.7

KS

Lawrence39.8 Manhattan24.8 Topeka27.1 Wichita34.3

KY

Bowling Green31.2 Elizabethtown38.4 Lexington46.3 Louisville/Jefferson County37.3 Owensboro39.1 Paducah41.1

LA

Alexandria32.4 Baton Rouge34.3 Hammond23.2 Houma32.7 Lafayette42 Lake Charles28.7 Monroe41.5 New Orleans39.1 Shreveport37.6 Slidell52.3

MA

Amherst Town38.2 Barnstable Town46.6 Boston49.4 Pittsfield45.7 Springfield35.8 Worcester40.1

MD

Baltimore38.7 Hagerstown25.2 Lexington Park27.1 Salisbury27.8

ME

Bangor34.1 Lewiston23.7 Portland36.4

MI

Ann Arbor52 Battle Creek35.2 Bay City31.2 Detroit44.2 Flint37.9 Grand Rapids36 Jackson30.1 Kalamazoo39.7 Lansing35.9 Midland42.8 Monroe21.3 Muskegon31.7 Niles30.9 Saginaw35.7 Traverse City44.1

MN

Duluth31.2 Mankato35.5 Minneapolis34.1 Rochester35.4 St. Cloud32.1

MO

Cape Girardeau32.6 Columbia34.2 Jefferson City23.9 Joplin28.3 Kansas City40.2 Springfield31.4 St. Joseph30.4 St. Louis36.5

MS

Gulfport28.9 Hattiesburg45.6 Jackson36.1

MT

Billings50.1 Bozeman60.1 Great Falls53 Helena57.2 Missoula46.5

NC

Asheville45.3 Burlington31.8 Charlotte39.6 Durham39.3 Fayetteville23.4 Goldsboro22.7 Greensboro31 Greenville28 Hickory30.8 Jacksonville17.8 Pinehurst40.2 Raleigh41.3 Rocky Mount25.5 Wilmington38.9 Winston25

ND

Bismarck42.7 Fargo40.4 Grand Forks34.9 Minot40.9

NE

Grand Island36.6 Lincoln45.3 Omaha37

NH

NJ

Atlantic City30 Trenton45.9 Vineland25.6

NM

Albuquerque44.3 Farmington34 Las Cruces24.9 Santa Fe49.4

NV

Carson City62 Las Vegas39.9 Reno43.7

NY

Albany35.7 Binghamton26.3 Buffalo34.3 Elmira32 Glens Falls35.1 Ithaca31.9 Kingston25.8 Kiryas Joel34.6 New York49.5 Rochester35.9 Syracuse30.3 Utica24.4 Watertown28.7

OH

Akron34.9 Canton32 Cincinnati33.1 Cleveland39.4 Columbus37 Dayton30.7 Lima27.8 Mansfield33.6 Sandusky32.5 Springfield27.5 Toledo31.8 Youngstown32.2

OK

Enid38.7 Lawton19.7 Oklahoma City43 Tulsa34.6

OR

Albany33.5 Bend51.4 Corvallis42 Eugene44.6 Grants Pass47.8 Medford46.2 Portland48.5 Salem36.2

PA

Allentown38.8 Altoona34.1 Chambersburg22.8 Erie34 Gettysburg19.7 Harrisburg31.5 Johnstown35.2 Lancaster31.7 Lebanon23.6 Philadelphia41 Pittsburgh41.7 Reading31.2 Scranton33.4 State College33.6 Williamsport24 York25.2

RI

SC

Charleston40 Columbia35.5 Florence29.1 Greenville36.7 Hilton Head Island43.4 Myrtle Beach22.6 Spartanburg23.5 Sumter26.9

SD

Rapid City41 Sioux Falls31.5

TN

Chattanooga34.4 Clarksville22 Cleveland32.4 Jackson30.8 Johnson City30.5 Kingsport29.1 Knoxville33.3 Memphis29.7 Morristown29.8 Nashville36.2

UT

Logan59.5 Ogden54.5 Provo51.9 Salt Lake City51 St. George55.3

VA

Blacksburg27.6 Charlottesville37.3 Harrisonburg41.4 Lynchburg23.8 Richmond34.9 Roanoke32.1 Staunton32.2 Virginia Beach30.6 Winchester33.3

VT

WA

Bellingham43.1 Bremerton48.6 Kennewick38.5 Longview33.7 Mount Vernon41.9 Olympia45.5 Seattle54.9 Spokane45.3 Walla Walla45.5 Wenatchee46.5 Yakima27.7

WI

Appleton34.1 Eau Claire28.6 Fond du Lac26 Green Bay34.3 Janesville26.8 Kenosha34 La Crosse39.4 Madison30.5 Milwaukee41.3 Oshkosh29.7 Racine34.1 Sheboygan39.1 Wausau39

WV

Beckley34.1 Charleston39.9 Huntington24.2 Morgantown28.9 Parkersburg29.5 Weirton23.8 Wheeling36.9

WY

Casper47.5 Cheyenne42.6

Dentists market - FAQ

How many dentists are there in the US?

Across the 387 U.S. metros we track, there are 124,513 dentists, or about 43.1 per 100,000 residents on average. Counts are Census County Business Patterns establishments, not individual practitioners.

Which U.S. city is the least saturated for dentists?

Eagle Pass, TX has the fewest dentists per capita among the metros we rank: 10.4 per 100,000 residents.

Which U.S. city is the most saturated for dentists?

San Jose, CA has the most dentists per capita among the metros we rank: 80.3 per 100,000 residents.

How does the dentists market ranking work?

We rank 387 metros from lowest to highest dentists per 100,000 residents using U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns establishment counts and Census Population Estimates. Lower rank means less saturated.