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Seattle, WA
India has emerged as a top source country for immigrant physicians and surgeons (doctors) working in the US and the second-largest source country for registered nurses.
Of the 9.9 lakh doctors in the US, nearly 26.5%, or 2.6 lakh, are immigrants. Of this, Indian physicians constitute 59,000 doctors in the US — one in five (or 22%) of all immigrant doctors are Indians. Indian doctors have emerged as the largest group of Physicians than any other nationality in the US.
India is way ahead of other countries, there are only 16,000 doctors who were born in China and Hong Kong (or 6% of the immigrant doctor population) who are currently practicing in the US and Pakistan with 13,000 immigrant doctors (constituting 5% of the immigrant doctor population). New Jersey, Florida and New York emerged as the top destination American states for immigrant doctors.
India is the leading source of immigrant doctors in the United States and the second-largest source of registered nurses, according to a recent report by Remitly. However, when considering the total number of immigrant healthcare professionals, including home health aides and nursing assistants, India ranks third, after the Philippines and Mexico.
The data reveals that of the 34.1 lakh actively employed registered nurses, 5.4 lakh, or nearly 16%, are immigrants. A significant number — 1.4 lakh Filipino registered nurses — are currently working in the US (26%), Indians (32,000, or 6%) and Nigerians (24,000, or 5%, of the immigrant registered nurse workforce ranked as the second and third most common immigrant nationalities in this profession. California, Nevada and New Jersey were the top destination American states for immigrant registered nurses.
