Cytopathology is the laboratory study of cells and tissues. A cytopathologist diagnoses diseases after microscopic study of cells from tissue samples, cells, and fluids and secretions from the human body. An important part of the cytopathologist’s work is interpreting cells from the female reproductive system, using the “Pap test,” and being a consultant to other physicians in the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 2,230 practicing cytopathologists. Broken out by state, cytopathology doctor density in Alabama is 22, in Alaska is 2, in Arizona is 29, in Arkansas is 15, in California is 334, in Colorado is 33, in Connecticut is 47, in Delaware is 9, in District of Columbia is 11, in Florida is 161, in Georgia is 54, in Hawaii is 5, in Idaho is 9, in Illinois is 118, in Indiana is 48, in Iowa is 40, in Kansas is 26, in Kentucky is 55, in Louisiana is 25, in Maine is 17, in Maryland is 51, in Massachusetts is 99, in Michigan is 104, in Minnesota is 34, in Mississippi is 18, in Missouri is 52, in Montana is 2, in Nebraska is 18, in Nevada is 14, in New Hampshire is 8, in New Jersey is 71, in New Mexico is 17, in New York is 195, in North Carolina is 71, in North Dakota is 5, in Ohio is 93, in Oklahoma is 16, in Oregon is 25, in Pennsylvania is 173, in Rhode Island is 9, in South Carolina is 22, in South Dakota is 1, in Tennessee is 60, in Texas is 168, in Utah is 17, in Vermont is 8, in Virginia is 71, in Washington is 48, in West Virginia is 19, in Wisconsin is 52, and in Wyoming is 3.