Industry · NAICS 6212

Offices of dentists

The United States has 135,665 employer establishments in offices of dentists (4 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,028,889 people at an average annual pay of $60,718, plus 57,079 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
135,665
57,079 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
4
Paid employees
1,028,889
Average annual pay
$60,718

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Offices of dentists by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Seaford, DE264,046386,9491.40.36×486$79,67921
2Lumberton, NC118,005186,5561.50.38×182$72,1219
3El Centro, CA180,683286,4531.50.38×199$49,12116
4Laredo, TX271,942436,3241.60.39×310$56,07741
5Anderson Creek, NC141,772236,1641.60.40×258$64,35729
6Jacksonville, NC210,955356,0271.70.41×453$61,02426
7Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC101,606175,9771.70.42×213$62,43713
8Odessa, TX165,946295,7221.70.43×266$67,1657
9Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,906755,7191.70.43×728$51,29940
10Dalton, GA145,315275,3821.90.46×239$64,4274
11Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607205,3301.90.47×161$60,5163
12Lawton, OK127,338245,3061.90.47×188$54,8245
13Moses Lake, WA103,035205,1521.90.48×224$57,9115
14Tuscaloosa, AL279,756555,08620.49×589$62,59119
15Salem, OH100,060205,00320.50×177$47,4635
16Holland, MI121,935254,8772.10.51×214$59,4538
17Clarksville, TN-KY340,083714,7902.10.52×795$69,81933
18Lewiston-Auburn, ME114,587244,7742.10.52×276$67,1885
19Sebring, FL108,155234,7022.10.53×198$57,4608
20Sunbury, PA108,107234,7002.10.53×169$48,5566
21Yuma, AZ214,228464,6572.10.53×286$57,16455
22Gettysburg, PA106,945234,6502.20.53×189$56,15310
23Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI106,192234,6172.20.54×192$61,79711
24Albertville, AL101,307224,6052.20.54×243$53,3588
25Monroe, MI155,563344,5752.20.54×274$55,84311

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $14.1M on contracts under NAICS 6212 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (98 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Oklahoma City, OK$3.7M26%
    8 awards
  2. Santa Fe, NM$1.3M9.2%
    3 awards
  3. Hinesville, GA$906.8K6.4%
    2 awards
  4. Albuquerque, NM$731.6K5.2%
    5 awards
  5. Charleston-North Charleston, SC$668.8K4.7%
    1 award
  6. Taos, NM$521.2K3.7%
    1 award
  7. Española, NM$415.5K2.9%
    1 award
  8. Bend, OR$403.2K2.9%
    1 award
  9. Colorado Springs, CO$312.1K2.2%
    1 award
  10. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$200K1.4%
    3 awards

Counties

  1. Oklahoma County, OK$3.7M26%
    8 awards
  2. Santa Fe County, NM$1.3M9.2%
    3 awards
  3. Liberty County, GA$906.8K6.4%
    2 awards
  4. Seminole County, OK$752.3K5.3%
    2 awards
  5. Bernalillo County, NM$731.6K5.2%
    5 awards
  6. Charleston County, SC$668.8K4.7%
    1 award
  7. Taos County, NM$521.2K3.7%
    1 award
  8. Rio Arriba County, NM$415.5K2.9%
    1 award
  9. Jefferson County, OR$403.2K2.9%
    1 award
  10. El Paso County, CO$312.1K2.2%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Oklahoma City city, OK$3.3M24%
    8 awards
  2. Charleston city, SC$668.8K4.7%
    1 award
  3. Nichols Hills city, OK$322.4K2.3%
    2 awards
  4. Colorado Springs city, CO$312.1K2.2%
    1 award
  5. Santa Fe city, NM$274.8K1.9%
    3 awards
  6. Albuquerque city, NM$239.2K1.7%
    1 award
  7. Cottage Grove city, MN$199.2K1.4%
    3 awards
  8. Santa Fe Foothills CDP, NM$164.7K1.2%
    3 awards
  9. Silver Spring CDP, MD$150.1K1.1%
    1 award
  10. Fort Stewart CDP, GA$145.1K1.0%
    2 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)