License Statistics


Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Registered Professional Nurse 10,582 11,576 13,609 13,456 14,496
Licensed Practical Nurse 4,027 4,068 4,494 4,330 3,903
Nurse Practitioner 825 700 884 831 946

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 6, 2009

Registered Professional Nurses

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 4,319 Jefferson 1,060 Saratoga 3,223
Allegany 540 Kings 15,665 Schenectady 2,318
Bronx 7,917 Lewis 284 Schoharie 299
Broome 2,667 Livingston 879 Schuyler 208
Cattaraugus 798 Madison 951 Seneca 362
Cayuga 1011 Monroe 9,327 Steuben 1,200
Chautauqua 1,300 Montgomery 675 St. Lawrence 1,353
Chemung 1,271 Nassau 20,499 Suffolk 18,987
Chenango 447 New York 9,400 Sullivan 987
Clinton 1,133 Niagara 2,808 Tioga 725
Columbia 912 Oneida 3,435 Tompkins 779
Cortland 485 Onondaga 6,913 Ulster 2,074
Delaware 493 Ontario 1,641 Warren 987
Dutchess 4,396 Orange 5,109 Washington 657
Erie 13,031 Orleans 364 Wayne 1031
Essex 434 Oswego 1,201 Westchester 11,736
Franklin 671 Otsego 891 Wyoming 526
Fulton 620 Putnam 1,522 Yates 327
Genesee 860 Queens 18,147 NYS TOTAL 207,693
Greene 792 Rensselaer 2,302 OTHER US 50,669
Hamilton 67 Richmond 6,344 NON-US 7,667
Herkimer 762 Rockland 5,571 TOTAL 266,029

Licensed Practical Nurse

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 994 Jefferson 795 Saratoga 980
Allegany 291 Kings 4,682 Schenectady 889
Bronx 3,005 Lewis 264 Schoharie 173
Broome 725 Livingston 346 Schuyler 94
Cattaraugus 541 Madison 503 Seneca 196
Cayuga 514 Monroe 3,119 Steuben 619
Chautauqua 759 Montgomery 333 St. Lawrence 625
Chemung 540 Nassau 3,455 Suffolk 5,261
Chenango 356 New York 984 Sullivan 382
Clinton 355 Niagara 1,205 Tioga 213
Columbia 284 Oneida 1,635 Tompkins 163
Cortland 273 Onondaga 2,768 Ulster 944
Delaware 337 Ontario 660 Warren 348
Dutchess 1,415 Orange 1,145 Washington 430
Erie 4,224 Orleans 252 Wayne 650
Essex 213 Oswego 943 Westchester 2,363
Franklin 326 Otsego 483 Wyoming 353
Fulton 276 Putnam 370 Yates 138
Genesee 402 Queens 4,618 NYS TOTAL 62,903
Greene 273 Rensselaer 827 OTHER US 6,705
Hamilton 11 Richmond 1000 NON-US 73
Herkimer 606 Rockland 975 TOTAL 69,681

Nurse Practitioners (all specialties** combined)

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 222 Jefferson 64 Saratoga 150
Allegany 26 Kings 761 Schenectady 80
Bronx 301 Lewis 12 Schoharie 16
Broome 185 Livingston 41 Schuyler 6
Cattaraugus 39 Madison 71 Seneca 10
Cayuga 69 Monroe 983 Steuben 57
Chautauqua 51 Montgomery 20 St. Lawrence 57
Chemung 91 Nassau 1,171 Suffolk 1,465
Chenango 24 New York 1060 Sullivan 35
Clinton 50 Niagara 144 Tioga 48
Columbia 39 Oneida 226 Tompkins 82
Cortland 45 Onondaga 687 Ulster 79
Delaware 30 Ontario 125 Warren 54
Dutchess 182 Orange 218 Washington 13
Erie 897 Orleans 23 Wayne 67
Essex 7 Oswego 90 Westchester 846
Franklin 26 Otsego 68 Wyoming 20
Fulton 27 Putnam 89 Yates 37
Genesee 60 Queens 708 NYS TOTAL 12,840
Greene 13 Rensselaer 119 OTHER US 2080
Hamilton 2 Richmond 270 NON-US 37
Herkimer 35 Rockland 316 TOTAL 14,957

Nurse Practitioner Specialties**

Specialty New York State Other US Foreign Total
Acute Care 307 112 3 422
Adult Health 3,790 570 3 4,363
College Health 0 0 0 0
Community Health 54 11 1 66
Family Health 4,523 664 19 5,206
Gerontology 512 92 1 605
Holistic Nursing 18 14 1 33
Neonatology 193 47 0 240
Obstetrics & Gynecology 325 47 0 372
Oncology 24 8 0 32
Palliative Care 19 6 2 27
Pediatrics 1,432 239 5 1,676
Perinatology 31 2 0 33
Psychiatry 954 155 0 1,099
School Health 18 1 0 19
Women's Health 640 112 2 754
TOTAL 12,840 2,080 37 14,957

* County of location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the State Education Department. This address may either be the licensee's home or practice address. Licensees must be registered in order to practice within New York State; being registered, however, does not necessarily mean the licensee is actively engaged in practice.

** An RN may hold certification in more than one specialty. All nurse practitioners must also maintain current registration of their registered professional nurse license.




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