California is the state with the most registered nurses in the nation, while Wyoming has the least, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2.
Here are the number of RNs by state, ranked from most to least:
Editor’s note: Data for Colorado is unavailable.
- California: 326,720
- Texas: 261,050
- Florida: 218,100
- New York: 204,120
- Pennsylvania: 146,840
- Illinois: 139,900
- Ohio: 138,360
- North Carolina: 108,510
- Michigan: 104,210
- Georgia: 97,410
- New Jersey: 95,150
- Massachusetts: 90,190
- Virginia: 77,420
- Missouri: 74,270
- Indiana: 68,950
- Tennessee: 67,990
- Wisconsin: 64,960
- Washington: 64,690
- Minnesota: 64,740
- Arizona: 64,430
- Alabama: 53,340
- South Carolina: 50,300
- Maryland: 48,980
- Kentucky: 48,170
- Louisiana: 46,790
- Oregon: 39,900
- Connecticut: 39,020
- Iowa: 33,480
- Oklahoma: 32,870
- Kansas: 32,640
- Mississippi: 29,400
- Arkansas: 28,320
- Nevada: 27,570
- Utah: 25,780
- Nebraska: 24,180
- West Virginia: 21,740
- New Mexico: 17,510
- New Hampshire: 16,580
- Maine: 16,280
- Idaho: 14,540
- South Dakota: 14,500
- Delaware: 13,260
- Hawaii: 13,100
- North Dakota: 11,000
- Rhode Island: 10,760
- Montana: 10,540
- Vermont: 7,240
- Alaska: 7,040
- Wyoming: 5,180
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