Section V Contents

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geographic distribution

Geographic Distribution of Indiana Physicians
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Total Indiana Physicians

Section V examines the geographic supply of physicians located and practicing in Indiana as of 2023. Table 5.1 provides details on the practice locations of these physicians by Indiana county and their geographic capacity. Of the 18,586 physicians included in the reporting sample, 14,761 (79.4%) were identified as having at least one practice address located within Indiana.

As shown in Table 5.1, there was at least one actively practicing physician located in all Indiana counties. However, Benton County, Crawford County, and Ohio County only had one actively practicing physician. When examining the total physicians FTE in context of the county population, two counties had population-to-physician ratios (PPR) greater than 15,000:1 (Benton County: 43,645.0:1; Carroll County 29,321.4:1). A visual representation of population to physician FTE ratios can be found in Figure 5.1. Figure 5.1 also distinguishes between metro and nonmetro counties based on the 2023 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) rural-urban continuum codes[1].

It should be noted that physicians could report up to three practice addresses and may have had more than one practice located in different counties. Therefore, total counts of physicians who reported practicing in a county may equate to a number greater than the total number of actively practicing physicians. Physicians with more than one practice address may also have reported different average hours per week in patient care at each location (See Table 2.4). Additionally, a physician may have reported a practice location but reported no hours in patient care at the reported location.

[1] United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2024). 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes [Data set]. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes/

Table 5.1 - Geographic supply of physicians in Indiana

Table 5.1 Geographic supply of physicians actively practicing and located in Indiana.
County	Population	Total Physician	Total Physician FTE	Population to Physician FTE Ratio
Adams	36,288	43	29.0	1,251.30
Allen	394,545	1,383	989.0	398.9
Bartholomew	84,003	206	154.5	543.7
Benton	8,729	1	0.2	43,645.00
Blackford	11,893	9	5.7	2,086.50
Boone	76,120	178	112.5	676.6
Brown	15,653	6	2.9	5,397.60
Carroll	20,525	3	0.7	29,321.40
Cass	37,666	51	32.9	1,144.90
Clark	125,467	300	150.7	832.6
Clay	26,460	24	11.5	2,300.90
Clinton	32,730	33	11.4	2,871.10
Crawford	10,438	1	1.0	10,438.00
Daviess	33,656	34	20.3	1,657.90
Dearborn	51,215	170	77.3	662.5
Decatur	26,399	60	32.1	822.4
DeKalb	44,198	39	26.7	1,655.40
Delaware	112,321	323	250.1	449.1
Dubois	43,546	102	67.9	641.3
Elkhart	206,409	440	290.9	709.6
Fayette	23,362	32	12.4	1,884.00
Floyd	80,809	299	187.3	431.4
Fountain	16,731	5	2.7	6,196.70
Franklin	23,096	34	19.4	1,190.50
Fulton	20,358	17	12.7	1,603.00
Gibson	32,904	33	19.9	1,653.50
Grant	66,200	67	43.2	1,532.40
Greene	31,196	30	15.3	2,039.00
Hamilton	371,645	1,427	891.3	417.0
Hancock	86,166	139	94.6	910.8
Harrison	40,006	64	31.4	1,274.10
Hendricks	186,387	543	379.0	491.8
Henry	48,929	75	45.7	1,070.70
Howard	83,831	183	135.1	620.5
Huntington	36,781	38	26.3	1,398.50
Jackson	46,460	87	74.1	627.0
Jasper	33,535	31	14.7	2,281.30
Jay	20,032	15	9.3	2,154.00
Jefferson	33,056	67	37.6	879.1
Jennings	27,622	27	14.7	1879
Johnson	167,819	362	235.5	712.6
Knox	36,070	111	80.3	449.2
Kosciusko	80,364	74	49.3	1,630.10
LaGrange	40,907	39	21.1	1,938.70
Lake	500,598	1,589	994.0	503.6
LaPorte	111,706	232	156.3	714.7
Lawrence	45,084	67	33.4	1,349.80
Madison	132,504	211	158.8	834.4
Marion	968,460	4,965	3,463.80	279.6
Marshall	46,352	97	43.8	1,058.30
Martin	9,897	2	2.0	4,948.50
Miami	35,402	37	24.7	1,433.30
Monroe	139,342	440	301.7	461.9
Montgomery	38,573	45	19.5	1,978.10
Morgan	73,227	107	63.2	1,158.70
Newton	13,960	3	2.0	6,980.00
Noble	47,430	29	17.7	2,679.70
Ohio	6,004	1	1.0	6,004.00
Orange	19,638	27	9.4	2,089.10
Owen	21,532	8	4.5	4,784.90
Parke	16,484	8	3.9	4,226.70
Perry	19,209	37	18.9	1,016.30
Pike	12,106	4	3.9	3,104.10
Porter	175,335	414	269.6	650.4
Posey	25,040	7	7.0	3,577.10
Pulaski	12,385	19	12.6	982.9
Putnam	37,567	40	24.4	1,539.60
Randolph	24,216	21	11.9	2,035.00
Ripley	29,227	68	33.5	872.4
Rush	16,847	34	24.1	699.0
Scott	24,657	21	12.1	2,037.80
Shelby	45,231	81	54.5	829.9
Spencer	19,910	12	7.7	2,585.70
St. Joseph	272,848	755	484.5	563.2
Starke	23,206	22	10.2	2,275.10
Steuben	34,917	54	30.6	1,141.10
Sullivan	20,757	38	20.3	1,022.50
Switzerland	10,019	3	2.1	4,771.00
Tippecanoe	188,792	510	387.1	487.7
Tipton	15,256	31	14.1	1,082.00
Union	6,973	2	1.0	6,973.00
Vanderburgh	179,810	681	510.5	352.2
Vermillion	15,417	24	11.0	1,401.50
Vigo	106,153	306	220.4	481.6
Wabash	30,670	29	14.9	2,058.40
Warren	8,518	13	6.7	1,271.30
Warrick	65,867	331	226.3	291.1
Washington	28,205	23	12.3	2,293.10
Wayne	66,127	216	165.1	400.5
Wells	28,555	28	19.5	1,464.40
White	24,917	22	9.7	2,568.80
Whitley	34,742	26	17.6	1,974.00

Source: Indiana Physician Licensure Survey, 2023; U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Note: Population-to-provider FTE ratios cannot be calculated for counties with no reported physician FTE.
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Primary Care Physicians

Of the 6,420 physicians who reported a primary care specialty, 5,248 (81.7%) were identified as having at least one practice located within Indiana. Table 5.2 provides more information on PCP capacity by geographic location.

Benton County was the only county in Indiana without any reported PCP FTE. Carroll County had the highest population to provider FTE ratio (PPR) at 68,416.7:1, followed by Crawford County with the next highest PPR at 10,438.0:1. Additionally, another 25 counties had a PPR greater than 3,500:1, or the ratio determined to be the threshold for sufficient capacity of PCPs by the Health Resources & Services Administration[1]. Finally, a total of 67 Indiana counties are designated as a primary care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), and 71 counties have at least a portion of a designated HPSA within their county[2], as shown in Figure 5.2.

[1] 42 C.F.R. Appendix A to Part 5 (2024).

[2] Health Resources & Services Administration (2024) HPSA-Primary Care [Data set]. HRSA, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download

Table 5.2 - Distribution of Primary Care Physicians in Indiana

Table 5.2 Geographic supply of PCPs actively practicing and located in Indiana.
County	Population	Total PCPs	PCP FTE	Population to PCP FTE Ratio
Adams	36,288	20	14.9	2,435.40
Allen	394,545	477	358.8	1,099.60
Bartholomew	84,003	89	69.2	1,213.90
Benton	8,729	0	0	–
Blackford	11,893	6	4.6	2,585.40
Boone	76,120	85	59.0	1,290.20
Brown	15,653	4	2.2	7,115.00
Carroll	20,525	2	0.3	68,416.70
Cass	37,666	19	15.4	2,445.80
Clark	125,467	70	45.2	2,775.80
Clay	26,460	12	7.1	3,726.80
Clinton	32,730	16	6.2	5,279.00
Crawford	10,438	1	1.0	10,438.00
Daviess	33,656	14	9.5	3,542.70
Dearborn	51,215	48	32.9	1,556.70
Decatur	26,399	22	15.7	1,681.50
DeKalb	44,198	25	17.6	2,511.30
Delaware	112,321	140	109.7	1,023.90
Dubois	43,546	31	25.2	1,728.00
Elkhart	206,409	171	125.1	1,650.00
Fayette	23,362	8	4.0	5,840.50
Floyd	80,809	69	58.4	1,383.70
Fountain	16,731	3	2.3	7,274.30
Franklin	23,096	20	13.1	1,763.10
Fulton	20,358	11	9.3	2,189.00
Gibson	32,904	16	11.9	2,765.00
Grant	66,200	23	12.9	5,131.80
Greene	31,196	11	8.7	3,585.70
Hamilton	371,645	431	310.7	1,196.20
Hancock	86,166	53	39.7	2,170.40
Harrison	40,006	25	18.2	2,198.10
Hendricks	186,387	227	169.4	1,100.30
Henry	48,929	29	21.0	2,330.00
Howard	83,831	69	55.8	1,502.30
Huntington	36,781	24	19.2	1,915.70
Jackson	46,460	38	35.0	1,327.40
Jasper	33,535	17	9.3	3,605.90
Jay	20,032	9	6.5	3,081.80
Jefferson	33,056	19	13.0	2,542.80
Jennings	27,622	10	7.5	3,682.90
Johnson	167,819	157	121.9	1,376.70
Knox	36,070	42	33.9	1,064.00
Kosciusko	80,364	31	25.5	3,151.50
LaGrange	40,907	19	14.1	2,901.20
Lake	500,598	468	345.9	1,447.20
LaPorte	111,706	65	51.7	2,160.70
Lawrence	45,084	26	19.0	2,372.80
Madison	132,504	88	71.6	1,850.60
Marion	968,460	1,288	916.4	1,056.80
Marshall	46,352	30	22.2	2,087.90
Martin	9,897	1	1.0	9,897.00
Miami	35,402	20	16.3	2,171.90
Monroe	139,342	136	101.2	1,376.90
Montgomery	38,573	19	8.9	4,334.00
Morgan	73,227	34	27.4	2,672.50
Newton	13,960	3	2.0	6,980.00
Noble	47,430	15	11.4	4,160.50
Ohio	6,004	1	1.0	6,004.00
Orange	19,638	15	7.1	2,765.90
Owen	21,532	6	4.2	5,126.70
Parke	16,484	7	3.7	4,455.10
Perry	19,209	13	10.5	1,829.40
Pike	12,106	4	3.9	3,104.10
Porter	175,335	134	95.7	1,832.10
Posey	25,040	7	7.0	3,577.10
Pulaski	12,385	8	6.1	2,030.30
Putnam	37,567	16	13.0	2,889.80
Randolph	24,216	8	7.0	3,459.40
Ripley	29,227	28	19.2	1,522.20
Rush	16,847	9	7.5	2,246.30
Scott	24,657	6	5.2	4,741.70
Shelby	45,231	33	25.3	1,787.80
Spencer	19,910	7	5.4	3,687.00
St. Joseph	272,848	254	181.9	1,500.00
Starke	23,206	7	4.0	5,801.50
Steuben	34,917	15	11.0	3,174.30
Sullivan	20,757	12	9.2	2,256.20
Switzerland	10,019	2	2.0	5,009.50
Tippecanoe	188,792	192	150.6	1,253.60
Tipton	15,256	7	5.1	2,991.40
Union	6,973	2	1.0	6,973.00
Vanderburgh	179,810	221	179.6	1,001.20
Vermillion	15,417	16	8.3	1,857.50
Vigo	106,153	125	93.2	1,139.00
Wabash	30,670	16	9.2	3,333.70
Warren	8,518	5	2.6	3,276.20
Warrick	65,867	122	96.9	679.7
Washington	28,205	10	5.7	4,948.20
Wayne	66,127	74	56.8	1,164.20
Wells	28,555	14	9.5	3,005.80
White	24,917	9	5.5	4,530.40
Whitley	34,742	16	12.9	2,693.20

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