Nurse Practitioner, United States

Available data

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner (the provider type on the Medicare claims record; individuals only)

Geography

United States.

Data years

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Providers by year

2020: 149,323 · 2021: 162,569 · 2022: 177,134 · 2023: 189,509 · 2024: 203,212

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Nurse Practitioner by state

Market Comparisons are prepared for a metro area or a state's area outside metro areas. Pick a state, then a metro. Provider counts are for 2024.

• Alabama (4,044)
• Alaska (468)
• American Samoa (1)
• Arizona (4,787)
• Arkansas (2,371)
• California (8,685)
• Colorado (3,071)
• Connecticut (2,647)
• Delaware (780)
• District of Columbia (465)
• Florida (14,952)
• Georgia (6,490)
• Guam (27)
• Hawaii (448)
• Idaho (1,112)
• Illinois (7,761)
• Indiana (5,912)
• Iowa (2,245)
• Kansas (2,368)
• Kentucky (4,979)
• Louisiana (3,413)
• Maine (1,197)
• Maryland (4,258)
• Massachusetts (5,906)
• Michigan (5,391)
• Minnesota (3,917)
• Mississippi (3,111)
• Missouri (4,714)
• Montana (689)
• Nebraska (1,458)
• Nevada (1,856)
• New Hampshire (1,347)
• New Jersey (4,852)
• New Mexico (1,433)
• New York (10,295)
• North Carolina (7,225)
• North Dakota (806)
• Northern Mariana Islands (4)
• Ohio (10,868)
• Oklahoma (2,375)
• Oregon (1,940)
• Pennsylvania (7,939)
• Rhode Island (748)
• South Carolina (3,768)
• South Dakota (898)
• Tennessee (7,486)
• Texas (14,200)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (14)
• Utah (1,687)
• Vermont (422)
• Virginia (5,426)
• Washington (3,734)
• West Virginia (1,585)
• Wisconsin (4,237)
• Wyoming (376)