Idaho had an 8.8% net migration rate of dentists between 2019 and 2024, the highest of any state, according to data from the American Dental Association.  [Becker's Dental & DSO Review]

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Among all active U.S. dentists in 2019 and 2024, 7.7% moved states. Dentists who were less than 10 years out of dental school had a migration rate of 17.3% compared to 3.4% for dentists who were more than 10 years out of school.
In total, there were seven states with a net migration rate of dentists higher than 5%.
Here are the 10 states with the highest and lowest dentist migration rates between 2019 and 2024:

Highest migration rates
Idaho: 8.8%
Delaware: 8.4%
New Hampshire: 8.2%
South Dakota: 7.7%
Utah: 6.7%
Montana: 6.6%
Hawaii: 5.2%
Florida: 4.8%
Tennessee: 4.7%
Arizona, North Carolina: 4.6%


Lowest migration rates
District of Columbia: 5.6%
Massachusetts: 4.8%
Pennsylvania: 4.7%
Louisiana: 4.5%
Kentucky: 4.3%
New Mexico: 4.2%
Illinois: 3.9%
New York: 3.8%
Ohio: 2.8%
Missouri: 2.6%

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