Fact Based List:

5 States with the Most Active Nurse Practitioners per Capita

  1. Tennessee: 163.01 NPs per 100,000 population
  2. Massachusetts: 146.96 NPS per 100,000 population
  3. Florida: 141.86 NPS per 100,000 population
  4. Mississippi: 140.83 per 100,000 population
  5. Connecticut: 134.86 NPS per 100,000 population

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