Here are the number of PAs in each state and the District of Columbia, as of September 2016.
1. New York: 9,130
2. California: 8,280
3. Florida: 6,266
4. Texas: 6,030
5. Pennsylvania: 5,884
6. North Carolina: 4,422
7. Michigan: 3,845
8. Georgia: 3,525
9. Illinois: 2,595
10. Colorado: 2,403
11. Maryland: 2,369
12. Ohio: 2,335
13. Massachusetts: 2,244
14. Virginia: 2,201
15. Washington: 1,985
16. Arizona: 1,962
17. New Jersey: 1,960
18. Wisconsin: 1,908
19. Minnesota: 1,855
20. Connecticut: 1,662
21. Oklahoma: 1,302
22. Tennessee: 1,253
23. Oregon: 1,196
24. South Carolina: 1,101
25. Kentucky: 971
26. Indiana: 892
27. Iowa: 885
28. Nebraska: 865
29. Kansas: 858
30. Utah: 815
31. Louisiana: 784
32. Missouri: 715
33. West Virginia: 675
34. Idaho: 662
35. Maine: 582
36. Nevada: 568
37. Alabama: 560
38. New Hampshire: 552
39. New Mexico: 548
40. Montana: 422
41. South Dakota: 413
42. Alaska: 353
43. Rhode Island: 304
44. Delaware: 270
45. District of Columbia: 267
46. Vermont: 259
47. North Dakota: 233
48. Arkansas: 218
49. Hawaii: 176
50. Wyoming: 174
51. Mississippi: 102
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