The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association used 2018 CMS data from June to illustrate the number of ASCs in each state.
How the 50 states and Washington, D.C, stacked up in descending order:
1. California: 794
2. Florida: 426
3. Texas: 391
4. Georgia: 350
5. Maryland: 346
6. New Jersey: 259
7. Pennsylvania: 244
8. Washington: 188
9. Ohio: 181
10. Arizona: 181
11. New York: 141
12. Tennessee: 134
13. Illinois: 127
14. Indiana: 124
15. Colorado: 121
16. North Carolina: 106
17. Michigan: 100
18. Missouri: 97
19. Oregon: 88
20. Mississippi: 82
21. Wisconsin: 80
22. Minnesota: 72
23. Louisiana: 72
24. Nevada: 70
25. South Carolina: 65
26. Kansas: 63
27. Arkansas: 62
28. Massachusetts: 55
29. Virginia: 54
30. Idaho: 52
31. Connecticut: 49
32. South Dakota: 49
33. Nebraska: 49
34. Oklahoma: 43
35. Utah: 41
36. Alabama: 35
37. Kentucky: 34
38. New Hampshire: 27
39. Iowa: 24
40. Delaware: 24
41. Hawaii: 21
42. Wyoming: 18
43. New Mexico: 17
44. South Dakota: 17
45. Montana: 17
46. Maine: 16
47. Alaska: 16
48. West Virginia: 10
49. Rhode Island: 10
50. Washington, D.C.: 3
51. Vermont: 1