Becker's Healthcare February 12, 2019
California contains the most professionally active nurse practitioners in the U.S. with 15,374 NPs, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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 —...