Becker's Healthcare February 15, 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
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