States ranked by NPs per capita: Massachusetts is No. 1

Massachusetts has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Feb. 7.

The ranking is based on information from Redi-Data on the amount of active state-licensed nurse practitioners in the U.S. as of January. Population data is 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. 

In total, there are 268,055 active nurse practitioners in the U.S., up from 259,921 in April 2021.

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

1. Massachusetts
NPs per capita: 141.31 per 100,000
NP total: 9,741
State population: 6,893,574

2. Connecticut
NPs per capita: 140.71
NP total: 5,005
State population: 3,557,006

3. Mississippi
NPs per capita: 138.77
NP total: 4,117
State population: 2,966,786

4. Florida
NPs per capita: 135.41
NP total: 29,429
State population: 21,733,312

5. Maine
NPs per capita: 134.36
NP total: 1,814
State population: 1,350,141

6. Tennessee
NPs per capita: 132.09
NP total: 9,097
State population: 6,886,834

7. Kentucky
NPs per capita: 129.79
NP total: 5,811
State population: 4,477,251

8. Rhode Island
NPs per capita: 122.6
NP total: 1,296
State population: 1,057,125

9. Maryland
NPs per capita: 114.15
NP total: 6,913
State population: 6,055,802

10. South Dakota
NPs per capita: 111.01
NP total: 991
State population: 892,717

11. Ohio
NPs per capita: 110.08
NP total: 12,872
State population: 11,693,217

12. West Virginia
NPs per capita: 108.81
NP total: 1,942
State population: 1,784,787

13. Alaska
NPs per capita: 106.82
NP total: 781
State population: 731,158

14. Missouri
NPs per capita: 106.53
NP total: 6,553
State population: 6,151,548

15. Virginia
NPs per capita: 105.27
NP total: 9,043
State population: 8,590,563

16. Vermont
NPs per capita: 102.67
NP total: 640
State population: 623,347

17. New Jersey
NPs per capita: 100.07
NP total: 8,889
State population: 8,882,371

18. Nebraska
NPs per capita: 99.15
NP total: 1,921
State population: 1,937,552

19. Georgia
NPs per capita: 96.47
NP total: 10,332
State population: 10,710,017

20. Montana
NPs per capita: 95.5
NP total: 1,032
State population: 1,080,577

21. Arkansas
NPs per capita: 93.94
NP total: 2,847
State population: 3,030,522

22. Alabama
NPs per capita: 93.55
NP total: 4,604
State population: 4,921,532

23. Iowa
NPs per capita: 92.65
NP total: 2,931
State population: 3,163,561

24. Minnesota
NPs per capita: 88.52
NP total: 5,008
State population: 5,657,342

25. New Mexico
NPs per capita: 85.12
NP total: 1,793
State population: 2,106,319

26. New Hampshire
NPs per capita: 84.32
NP total: 1,152
State population: 1,366,275

27. Colorado
NPs per capita: 83.53
NP total: 4,851
State population: 5,807,719

28. Michigan
NPs per capita: 83.17
NP total: 8,289
State population: 9,966,555

29. North Dakota
NPs per capita: 80.23
NP total: 614
State population: 765,309

30. Idaho
NPs per capita: 79.2
NP total: 1,447
State population: 1,826,913

31. Texas
NPs per capita: 74.02
NP total: 21,734
State population: 29,360,759

32. Delaware
NPs per capita: 73.47
NP total: 725
State population: 986,809

33. District of Columbia
NPs per capita: 71.97
NP total: 513
State population: 712,816

34. Nevada
NPs per capita: 70.45
NP total: 2,211
State population: 3,138,259

35. Illinois
NPs per capita: 68.33
NP total: 8,601
State population: 12,587,530

36. Kansas
NPs per capita: 66.27
NP total: 1,931
State population: 2,913,805

37. Oregon
NPs per capita: 61.96
NP total: 2,628
State population: 4,241,507

38. California
NPs per capita: 61.27
NP total: 24,119
State population: 39,368,078

39. Pennsylvania
NPs per capita: 60.22
NP total: 7,698
State population: 12,783,254

40. Oklahoma
NPs per capita: 59.18
NP total: 2,356
State population: 3,980,783

41. New York
NPs per capita: 56.36
NP total: 10,898
State population: 19,336,776

42. Indiana
NPs per capita: 50.41
NP total: 3,405
State population: 6,754,953

43. Arizona
NPs per capita: 47.74
NP total: 3,543
State population: 7,421,401

44. Wisconsin
NPs per capita: 47.15
NP total: 2,750
State population: 58,32,655

45. Wyoming
NPs per capita: 46.37
NP total: 270
State population: 582,328

46. Louisiana
NPs per capita: 45.53
NP total: 2,115
State population: 4,645,318

47. North Carolina
NPs per capita: 42.41
NP total: 4,496
State population: 10,600,823

48. Utah
NPs per capita: 38.4
NP total: 1,248
State population: 3,249,879

49. Washington
NPs per capita: 38.34
NP total: 2,950
State population: 7,693,612

50. South Carolina
NPs per capita: 33.5
NP total: 1,748
State population: 5,218,040

51. Hawaii
NPs per capita: 25.66
NP total: 361
State population: 1,407,006

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