The ranking is based on October 2018 data compiled by Redi-Data from state licensing information.
In total, 164,914 professionally active NPs are working in the U.S., according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Here’s how each state stacks up:
- California — 15,374 professionally active NPs
- New York — 12,623
- Florida — 12,295
- Texas — 9,825
- Pennsylvania — 6,977
- Massachusetts — 6,235
- Ohio — 5,981
- Tennessee — 5,746
- New Jersey — 5,513
- Illinois — 4,950
- Georgia — 4,797
- North Carolina — 4,718
- Virginia — 4,450
- Michigan — 4,406
- Indiana — 3,466
- Missouri — 3,402
- Arizona — 3,394
- Maryland — 3,339
- Connecticut — 3,246
- Washington — 3,044
- Wisconsin — 3,037
- Kentucky — 2,914
- Colorado — 2,902
- Minnesota —2,882
- Alabama —2,525
- Louisiana — 2,342
- South Carolina — 2,099
- Oregon — 2,080
- Mississippi — 2,075
- Iowa — 1,919
- Kansas — 1,644
- Arkansas — 1,294
- Utah — 1,201
- Oklahoma — 1,123
- Maine — 1,096
- Nebraska — 1,033
- New Mexico — 1,017
- New Hampshire —1,010
- West Virginia — 928
- Nevada — 831
- Idaho — 690
- Rhode Island — 648
- Delaware — 528
- Montana — 505
- South Dakota — 471
- Alaska — 470
- North Dakota — 449
- Hawaii — 402
- Vermont — 380
- Wyoming — 283
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