5 States with the Most Active Nurse Practitioners per Capita

  1. Tennessee: 163.01 NPs per 100
  2. 000 population
  3. Massachusetts: 146.96 NPS per 100
  4. 000 population
  5. Florida: 141.86 NPS per 100
  6. 000 population
  7. Mississippi: 140.83 per 100
  8. 000 population
  9. Connecticut: 134.86 NPS per 100
  10. 000 population
Notes: KFF requested from Redi-Data the number of active state-licensed nurse practitioners in the U.S. as of January. Becker's used this data and population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau to calculate the number of nurse practitioners per 100,000 people for each state.

Source: Becker's Hospital Review, "States by NPs per capita: 2024," February 20, 2024 - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/states-by-nps-per-capita-2024.html

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