Home › State

Delaware

4,703 individual providers in 75 specialties, 2024 · 3 metro and micro areas

Market Comparisons are prepared for one specialty in one metro area (or the state's area outside metro areas). View sample report

Individual providers by data year: 2020: 4,112 · 2021: 4,195 · 2022: 4,369 · 2023: 4,548 · 2024: 4,703.

Specialties practicing in Delaware, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	780
Physician Assistant	491
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	472
Internal Medicine	390
Family Practice	294
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	219
Emergency Medicine	166
Chiropractic	154
Optometry	113
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	111
Diagnostic Radiology	102
Anesthesiology	83
Obstetrics & Gynecology	82
General Surgery	77
Cardiology	75
Psychiatry	70
Orthopedic Surgery	65
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	64
Podiatry	64
Psychologist, Clinical	63
Neurology	56
Hospitalist	43
Gastroenterology	40
Nephrology	39
Ophthalmology	39
Audiologist	31
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	30
Pathology	29
Pulmonary Disease	27
Licensed Professional Counselor	26
Hematology-Oncology	25
Urology	25
Dermatology	23
Infectious Disease	23
Endocrinology	21
Otolaryngology	21
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	18
Pain Management	16
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	16
Speech Language Pathologist	14
Radiation Oncology	13
Allergy/ Immunology	12
Certified Nurse Midwife	12
Vascular Surgery	12
Neurosurgery	11
Critical Care (Intensivists)	10
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	10
Thoracic Surgery	10
Hospice and Palliative Care	9
Interventional Radiology	9
Rheumatology	9
Cardiac Surgery	8
Pediatric Medicine	8
Interventional Cardiology	7
Interventional Pain Management	6
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	6
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	5
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	5
Geriatric Medicine	5
Gynecological Oncology	4
Hematology	4
Maxillofacial Surgery	4
General Practice	3
Hand Surgery	3
Medical Oncology	3
Nuclear Medicine	3
Sports Medicine	3
Surgical Oncology	3
Marriage and Family Therapist	2
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	2
Addiction Medicine	1
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	1
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	1
Preventive Medicine	1
Sleep Medicine	1

Metro areas and non-metro Delaware, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Dover, DE	Metro	699	300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (crosses a state line)	Metro	30,474	16,481
Seaford, DE	Micro	1,002	399

Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Delaware; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.

Largest cities in Delaware

Newark (1,555 clinicians)
Wilmington (1,018 clinicians)
Dover (601 clinicians)
Lewes (348 clinicians)
Milford (174 clinicians)
New Castle (148 clinicians)
Middletown (112 clinicians)
Seaford (105 clinicians)
Millsboro (100 clinicians)
Rehoboth Beach (91 clinicians)

All 46 cities in Delaware

Largest hospitals in Delaware

Christiana Hospital (2,326 affiliated clinicians)
Beebe Medical Center (1,028 affiliated clinicians)
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus (916 affiliated clinicians)
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus (849 affiliated clinicians)
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. (584 affiliated clinicians)
St Francis Hospital (238 affiliated clinicians)
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (4 affiliated clinicians)
Delaware Psychiatric Center (0 affiliated clinicians)
Dover Behavioral Health System (0 affiliated clinicians)
Meadowwood Behavioral Health System (0 affiliated clinicians)

All 13 hospitals in Delaware

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.