Figure 4. Covered clinicians per 100,000 residents by metro status, 2020–2024

Source: Author’s analysis of IPUMS USA, 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year sample. Values are weighted clinician counts per 100,000 residents by metro status. Covered occupations are physicians and surgeons, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse anesthetists. Advanced-practice clinicians include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse anesthetists. Figure excludes mixed or indeterminate metro-status areas.