The stats published by AOA or ACGME matching is very misleading if you want a hot location of residency. For example, it is extremely difficult to be matched into ANY specialty in California as those are sort after by high stats graduates. I would imaging if you want a residency in the rural areas in Idaho, Nebraska or Arkansas or any midwestern states, it would be easier. The positions on the both coast are more difficult.
A kid of my friend who tried very hard to get an OBGYN residency in the Bay Area and was not able to, she had to settle in a Primary Care residency in the Sacramento area, not even in the Bay Area.