States ranked by NPs per capita: 2023

Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation. 

The ranking is based on information KFF requested from Redi-Data on the number of active state-licensed nurse practitioners in the U.S. as of January. Population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau. Becker's used these figures to calculate the number of nurse practitioners per 100,000 people for each state. 

There are 278,577 active nurse practitioners in the U.S., up from 268,055 from January 2022. 

Below are the states and Washington, D.C., ranked by the number of active nurse practitioners per capita.

1. Tennessee
NPs per capita: 163.36 per 100,000
NP total: 11,519
State population: 7,051,339

2. Florida
NPs per capita: 145.35
NP total: 32,332
State population: 22,244,823

3. Mississippi
NPs per capita: 141.22
NP total: 4,152
State population: 2,940,057

4. Massachusetts
NPs per capita: 140.33
NP total: 9,798
State population:6,981,974

5. Connecticut
NPs per capita: 134.88
NP total: 4,891
State population: 3,626,205

6. Maine
NPs per capita: 130.51
NP total: 1,808
State population:1,385,340

7. Kentucky
NPs per capita: 128.03
NP total: 5,777
State population:4,512,310

8. Rhode Island
NPs per capita: 120.32
NP total: 1,316
State population:1,093,734

9. Vermont
NPs per capita: 114.21
NP total: 739
State population: 647,064

10. Missouri
NPs per capita: 112.72
NP total: 647,064
State population: 6,177,957

11. South Dakota
NPs per capita: 111.56
NP total: 1,015
State population: 909,824

12. Nebraska
NPs per capita: 110.93
NP total: 2,183
State population: 1,967,923

13. Maryland
NPs per capita: 110.35
NP total: 6,803
State population: 6,164,660

14. West Virginia
NPs per capita: 110.13
NP total: 1,955
State population: 1,775,156

15. Ohio
NPs per capita: 109.49
NP total: 12,872
State population: 11,756,058

16. Virginia
NPs per capita: 103.78
NP total: 9,012
State population: 8,683,619

17. New Jersey
NPs per capita: 103.19
NP total: 9,557
State population: 9,261,699

18. Alaska
NPs per capita: 102.37
NP total: 751
State population: 733,583

19. District of Columbia
NPs per capita: 101.82
NP total: 684
State population: 671,803

20. Iowa
NPs per capita: 97.17
NP total: 3,110
State population: 3,200,517

21. Georgia
NPs per capita: 95.48
NP total: 10,420
State population: 10,912,876

22. Alabama
NPs per capita: 94.3
NP total: 4,785
State population: 5,074,296

23. Arkansas
NPs per capita: 93.9
NP total: 2,860
State population: 3,045,637

24. Montana
NPs per capita: 92.71
NP total: 1,041
State population: 1,122,867

25. New Hampshire
NPs per capita: 88.44
NP total: 1,234
State population: 1,395,231

26. Minnesota
NPs per capita: 86.98
NP total: 4,973
State population: 5,717,184

27. Michigan
NPs per capita: 83.49
NP total: 8,377
State population: 10,034,113

28. New Mexico
NPs per capita: 83.37
NP total: 1,762
State population: 2,113,344

29. Colorado
NPs per capita: 83.17
NP total: 4,857
State population: 5,839,926

30. North Dakota
NPs per capita: 79.56
NP total: 620
State population: 779,261

31. Idaho
NPs per capita: 74.73
NP total: 1,449
State population: 1,939,033

32. Delaware
NPs per capita: 74.43
NP total: 758
State population: 1,018,396

33. Texas
NPs per capita: 72.5
NP total: 21,770
State population: 30,029,572

34. Illinois
NPs per capita: 72.17
NP total: 9,080
State population: 12,582,032

35. Kansas
NPs per capita: 70.03
NP total: 2,057
State population: 2,937,150

36. Nevada
NPs per capita: 68.92
NP total: 2,190
State population: 3,177,772

37. Oklahoma
NPs per capita: 66.15
NP total: 2,659
State population: 4,019,800

38. California
NPs per capita: 65.59
NP total: 25,601
State population: 39,029,342

39. Oregon
NPs per capita: 61.22
NP total: 2,596
State population: 4,240,137

40. Pennsylvania
NPs per capita: 60.87
NP total: 7,896
State population: 12,972,008

41. New York
NPs per capita: 55.89
NP total: 10,997
State population: 19,677,151

42. Indiana
NPs per capita: 50.39
NP total: 3,443
State population: 6,833,037

43. Arizona
NPs per capita: 50.18
NP total: 3,693
State population: 7,359,197

44. Wisconsin
NPs per capita: 47.99
NP total: 2,828
State population: 5,892,539

45. Louisiana
NPs per capita: 45.92
NP total: 2,108
State population: 4,590,241

46. Wyoming
NPs per capita: 45.07
NP total: 262
State population: 581,381

47. North Carolina
NPs per capita: 42.79
NP total: 4,578
State population: 10,698,973

48. Washington
NPs per capita: 38.18
NP total: 2,973
State population: 7,785,786

49. Utah
NPs per capita: 37.24
NP total: 1,259
State population: 3,380,800

50. South Carolina
NPs per capita: 34.66
NP total: 1,831
State population: 5,282,634

51. Hawaii
NPs per capita: 26.52
NP total: 382
State population: 1,440,196

 

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