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New Jersey

37,863 individual providers in 82 specialties, 2024 · 6 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: 32,898 · 2021: 33,753 · 2022: 34,954 · 2023: 36,277 · 2024: 37,863.

Specialties practicing in New Jersey, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	4,852
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	4,019
Internal Medicine	3,616
Physician Assistant	2,478
Family Practice	1,769
Emergency Medicine	1,339
Chiropractic	1,317
Anesthesiology	1,305
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	946
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	910
Podiatry	902
Cardiology	891
Optometry	865
Diagnostic Radiology	861
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	835
Obstetrics & Gynecology	824
Psychiatry	667
Orthopedic Surgery	656
Gastroenterology	544
General Surgery	533
Ophthalmology	531
Neurology	477
Psychologist, Clinical	444
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	424
Pulmonary Disease	363
Dermatology	360
Hospitalist	352
Nephrology	320
Urology	307
Hematology-Oncology	301
Endocrinology	290
Pathology	264
Otolaryngology	263
Infectious Disease	261
Audiologist	184
Rheumatology	179
Speech Language Pathologist	158
Vascular Surgery	142
Critical Care (Intensivists)	140
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	140
Allergy/ Immunology	132
Neurosurgery	132
Pain Management	116
Radiation Oncology	112
Interventional Cardiology	101
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	87
Interventional Radiology	81
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	76
Thoracic Surgery	73
Geriatric Medicine	68
Medical Oncology	68
Licensed Professional Counselor	65
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	62
Hand Surgery	59
Sports Medicine	56
General Practice	52
Interventional Pain Management	50
Surgical Oncology	50
Certified Nurse Midwife	49
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	43
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	35
Gynecological Oncology	33
Pediatric Medicine	31
Hospice and Palliative Care	23
Addiction Medicine	20
Cardiac Surgery	20
Sleep Medicine	20
Hematology	17
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	17
Marriage and Family Therapist	16
Maxillofacial Surgery	13
Nuclear Medicine	13
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	10
Geriatric Psychiatry	8
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	8
Dentist	7
Epileptologists	3
Neuropsychiatry	3
Preventive Medicine	2
Anesthesiology Assistant	1
Medical Genetics and Genomics	1
Undefined Physician type	1

Metro areas and non-metro New Jersey, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (crosses a state line)	Metro	5,222	2,761
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	Metro	1,630	739
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (crosses a state line)	Metro	84,179	49,532
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (crosses a state line)	Metro	30,474	16,481
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	Metro	1,873	1,045
Vineland, NJ	Metro	435	224

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

Largest cities in New Jersey

Camden (1,448 clinicians)
Cherry Hill (1,088 clinicians)
Hackensack (991 clinicians)
Newark (941 clinicians)
Morristown (886 clinicians)
New Brunswick (765 clinicians)
Toms River (740 clinicians)
Voorhees (698 clinicians)
Jersey City (588 clinicians)
Edison (581 clinicians)

All 681 cities in New Jersey

Largest hospitals in New Jersey

Morristown Medical Center (2,526 affiliated clinicians)
West Jersey Hospital (1,841 affiliated clinicians)
Cooper University Hospital (1,778 affiliated clinicians)
Hackensack University Medical Center (1,679 affiliated clinicians)
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (1,516 affiliated clinicians)
Jfk University Medical Center (1,430 affiliated clinicians)
Overlook Medical Center (1,397 affiliated clinicians)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (1,324 affiliated clinicians)
Valley Hospital (1,298 affiliated clinicians)
Ocean Medical Center (1,254 affiliated clinicians)

All 78 hospitals in New Jersey

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.