Behavioral Health Services in California

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Data for pediatricians, family medicine physicians, and psychiatrists were retrieved from the American Medical Association Masterfile. Data for psychologists and licensed social workers were retrieved from Hugo Dunhill.

Behavioral health service providers by county – Map Data

Tabular Data

The table shows number of providers per 10,000 children aged 0-17 years, as of 2015. Please note that in counties with fewer than 10,000 children, the number of providers may be overestimated.
County Pediatricians Psychiatrists Family Medicine Physicians Licensed Social Workers Psychologists
Alameda 13.3 7.8 11.9 43.7 32.9
Alpine 0.0 0.0 0.0 134.5 0.0
Amador 5.3 5.3 10.7 21.3 30.2
Butte 4.9 2.7 13.9 36.7 11.5
Calaveras 3.8 1.3 15.2 16.4 6.3
Colusa 0.0 0.0 10.0 15.0 0.0
Contra Costa 9.4 5.1 13.0 14.6 17.7
Del Norte 6.9 5.2 15.6 45.0 45.0
El Dorado 6.0 4.2 17.0 13.9 8.6
Fresno 4.9 3.2 8.7 12.5 9.4
Glenn 4.0 1.3 2.7 13.4 0.0
Humboldt 5.3 5.3 20.2 38.5 13.7
Imperial 2.2 1.4 3.5 3.9 1.6
Inyo 5.3 7.9 37.0 23.8 13.2
Kern 3.1 1.6 6.4 8.9 6.9
Kings 1.7 1.0 8.7 11.6 13.0
Lake 2.3 2.3 10.7 16.0 9.2
Lassen 1.8 0.0 12.9 27.7 18.5
Los Angeles 7.7 5.6 9.9 24.1 18.1
Madera 7.3 0.9 3.5 19.0 8.0
Marin 16.1 24.4 16.1 31.3 55.5
Mariposa 3.4 0.0 17.0 20.4 6.8
Mendocino 6.8 2.6 18.7 40.5 20.3
Merced 2.0 0.6 10.1 7.1 2.5
Modoc 0.0 0.0 16.5 38.6 22.1
Mono 14.7 7.3 18.3 7.3 22.0
Monterey 4.0 3.3 12.4 20.9 10.5
Napa 8.4 17.8 14.6 35.6 42.1
Nevada 6.8 8.0 21.0 36.4 17.6
Orange 10.0 5.1 15.6 14.7 15.7
Placer 9.4 4.9 19.5 20.0 10.9
Plumas 0.0 0.0 43.7 59.4 12.5
Riverside 2.9 1.9 6.9 9.3 4.6
Sacramento 6.7 4.8 11.9 25.2 13.5
San Benito 2.6 1.3 5.1 3.2 3.2
San Bernardino 4.7 3.0 8.9 12.2 7.4
San Diego 8.0 6.4 13.9 20.0 23.1
San Francisco 25.9 32.3 21.0 100.1 88.5
San Joaquin 5.2 2.3 8.6 10.0 4.4
San Luis Obispo 6.7 16.4 22.3 22.5 40.5
San Mateo 14.0 10.8 8.4 20.2 21.6
Santa Barbara 6.7 6.0 12.1 13.7 22.4
Santa Clara 12.2 7.2 10.5 19.3 18.2
Santa Cruz 9.1 8.2 21.2 25.4 19.9
Shasta 3.1 2.3 23.4 42.5 11.1
Sierra 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Siskiyou 3.4 2.3 25.9 69.9 9.0
Solano 7.3 6.3 15.9 25.1 16.1
Sonoma 7.2 7.2 27.6 21.0 25.4
Stanislaus 3.8 1.9 12.3 8.9 3.7
Sutter 7.9 3.2 13.9 13.9 4.8
Tehama 5.3 1.3 6.6 13.9 4.0
Trinity 0.0 0.0 18.0 22.5 0.0
Tulare 4.1 1.1 6.4 9.0 5.1
Tuolumne 8.9 6.6 15.5 21.1 21.1
Ventura 5.7 3.9 16.6 14.9 13.2
Yolo 11.3 6.7 25.5 24.4 20.2
Yuba 1.5 1.0 4.4 10.2 5.3

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