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49,088 individual providers in 86 specialties, 2024 · 33 metro and micro areas
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Individual providers by data year: 2020: 44,497 · 2021: 45,518 · 2022: 46,411 · 2023: 47,660 · 2024: 49,088.
Specialties practicing in Illinois, 2024
Metro areas and non-metro Illinois, 2024
| Area | Type | Individual providers | Physicians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington, IL | Metro | 626 | 279 |
| Burlington, IA-IL (crosses a state line) | Micro | 190 | 74 |
| Canton, IL | Micro | 62 | 25 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (crosses a state line) | Metro | 640 | 333 |
| Carbondale, IL | Micro | 353 | 180 |
| Centralia, IL | Micro | 83 | 26 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | Metro | 1,154 | 608 |
| Charleston-Mattoon, IL | Micro | 274 | 127 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (crosses a state line) | Metro | 38,275 | 21,215 |
| Danville, IL | Micro | 131 | 42 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (crosses a state line) | Metro | 1,343 | 538 |
| Decatur, IL | Metro | 397 | 189 |
| Dixon, IL | Micro | 100 | 46 |
| Effingham, IL | Micro | 175 | 73 |
| Freeport, IL | Micro | 107 | 40 |
| Galesburg, IL | Micro | 107 | 44 |
| Jacksonville, IL | Micro | 79 | 23 |
| Kankakee, IL | Metro | 382 | 168 |
| Lincoln, IL | Micro | 37 | 13 |
| Macomb, IL | Micro | 69 | 25 |
| Marion-Herrin, IL | Micro | 301 | 116 |
| Mount Vernon, IL | Micro | 176 | 72 |
| Ottawa, IL | Micro | 279 | 83 |
| Paducah, KY-IL (crosses a state line) | Metro | 621 | 233 |
| Peoria, IL | Metro | 1,655 | 767 |
| Pontiac, IL | Micro | 58 | 20 |
| Quincy, IL-MO (crosses a state line) | Micro | 390 | 198 |
| Rochelle, IL | Micro | 71 | 28 |
| Rockford, IL | Metro | 1,302 | 609 |
| Springfield, IL | Metro | 1,598 | 865 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL (crosses a state line) | Metro | 12,514 | 6,710 |
| Sterling, IL | Micro | 139 | 36 |
| Taylorville, IL | Micro | 33 | 9 |
| Illinois outside metro areas | Non-metro | 749 | 228 |
Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Illinois; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.
Largest cities in Illinois
- Chicago (12,035 clinicians)
- Springfield (1,558 clinicians)
- Peoria (1,371 clinicians)
- Rockford (1,075 clinicians)
- Naperville (1,031 clinicians)
- Evanston (1,003 clinicians)
- Maywood (953 clinicians)
- Oak Lawn (870 clinicians)
- Park Ridge (724 clinicians)
- Arlington Heights (650 clinicians)
Largest hospitals in Illinois
- Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital (4,213 affiliated clinicians)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (2,911 affiliated clinicians)
- Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital (2,498 affiliated clinicians)
- Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital (1,833 affiliated clinicians)
- Palos Community Hospital (1,604 affiliated clinicians)
- The University Of Chicago Medical Center (1,563 affiliated clinicians)
- Northwest Community Hospital 1 (1,556 affiliated clinicians)
- Saint Francis Medical Center (1,542 affiliated clinicians)
- Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center (1,479 affiliated clinicians)
- Northwestern Medicine Mchenry (1,453 affiliated clinicians)
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.