This data was compiled by the council’s database, an electronic information system where nursing regulatory bodies enter license data.
The 10 states with the fewest active RN licenses:
- Wyoming: 8,996
- North Dakota: 16,062
- Alaska: 18,433
- South Dakota: 19,353
- Delaware: 19,506
- Montana: 19,680
- New Hampshire: 25,757
- Idaho: 26,249
- Hawaii: 27,484
- Rhode Island: 27,843
