Can someone tell me how many veterinarians there were in the US in
2000? I have an estimate for 2005, but would like to know specifically
for the year 2000. I am interested in the total number of vets in
private, public and corporate employment; however it is okay if you
can only find the number of vets in private practice for that year.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 15 Aug 2006 12:47 PDT

Hi Jess05!

Would these 1999 figures meet your needs?

"As of 1/1/99, there were 45,200 veterinarians in private practice in
the United States ... There were 10,180 veterinarians in public and
corporate employment"

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/studentservices/career.html

Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 15 Aug 2006 12:57 PDT

Please take a look at page 12 here and let me know if this answers your question:

Veterinarians.................40,270

US Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2000/table1.pdf

Regards,
Rainbow

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 15 Aug 2006 13:50 PDT

Jess05,

How about these figures?

U.S. Veterinarians  in August 2001

45,115  Total in private practice

  8,792  Public and Corporate

There is a detailed breakdown in this document

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:j-b6MPswCqEJ:www.thecb.state.tx.us/UHRI/ProfSchools/VetApps10252002.pdf+%2240000..43000+veterinarians%22private+practice+corporate+public&hl=en&gl=cl&ct=clnk&cd=1


And the previous 1999 figures I provided

January 1999
45,200 veterinarians in private practice
10,180 veterinarians in public and corporate employment

"As of 1/1/99, there were 45,200 veterinarians in private practice in
the United States ... There were 10,180 veterinarians in public and
corporate employment"

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/studentservices/career.html

Bobbie7

Hi Jess05,


I finally found the figures for the year 2000.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, "Veterinarians held about 59,000 jobs in 2000. About 28
percent were self-employed in solo or group practices. Most others
were employees of another veterinary practice. The Federal Government
employed about 800 civilian veterinarians, chiefly in the U.S.
Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. Other
employers of veterinarians are State and local governments, colleges
of veterinary medicine, medical schools, research laboratories, animal
food companies, and pharmaceutical companies. A few veterinarians work
for zoos; but most veterinarians caring for zoo animals are private
practitioners who contract with zoos to provide services, usually on a
part-time basis."

http://web.archive.org/web/20020206231324/http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos076.htm



Search criteria:
35000..50000 veterinarians 


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Thanks for the excellent information for exactly the year I was looking for!

Thank you very much for the five star rating and nice tip!

--Bobbie7