License Statistics


Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Registered Professional Nurse 9,311 10,582 11,576 13,609 13,456
Licensed Practical Nurse 3,657 4,027 4,068 4,494 4,330
Nurse Practitioner 784 825 700 884 831

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of January 7, 2008

Registered Professional Nurses

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 4,284 Jefferson 1,042 Saratoga 3,133
Allegany 523 Kings 14,906 Schenectady 2,260
Bronx 7,694 Lewis 280 Schoharie 298
Broome 2,595 Livingston 855 Schuyler 196
Cattaraugus 770 Madison 913 Seneca 346
Cayuga 1001 Monroe 8,938 Steuben 1,170
Chautauqua 1,285 Montgomery 657 St. Lawrence 1,310
Chemung 1,261 Nassau 19,868 Suffolk 18,533
Chenango 435 New York 9237 Sullivan 963
Clinton 1,099 Niagara 2,744 Tioga 700
Columbia 891 Oneida 3,336 Tompkins 735
Cortland 476 Onondaga 6,749 Ulster 2,011
Delaware 485 Ontario 1,567 Warren 974
Dutchess 4,317 Orange 4,963 Washington 642
Erie 12,726 Orleans 360 Wayne 995
Essex 435 Oswego 1,177 Westchester 11,486
Franklin 643 Otsego 872 Wyoming 513
Fulton 593 Putnam 1,501 Yates 319
Genesee 827 Queens 17,188 NYS TOTAL 201,404
Greene 762 Rensselaer 2,236 OTHER US 48,049
Hamilton 74 Richmond 6,069 NON-US 6,602
Herkimer 733 Rockland 5,453 TOTAL 256,055

Licensed Practical Nurse

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 1012 Jefferson 805 Saratoga 994
Allegany 295 Kings 4,833 Schenectady 900
Bronx 3,130 Lewis 279 Schoharie 165
Broome 733 Livingston 343 Schuyler 100
Cattaraugus 561 Madison 516 Seneca 201
Cayuga 533 Monroe 3,097 Steuben 585
Chautauqua 746 Montgomery 337 St. Lawrence 634
Chemung 539 Nassau 3,604 Suffolk 5,349
Chenango 363 New York 1,065 Sullivan 379
Clinton 353 Niagara 1,235 Tioga 222
Columbia 295 Oneida 1,699 Tompkins 158
Cortland 273 Onondaga 2,723 Ulster 940
Delaware 335 Ontario 659 Warren 379
Dutchess 1,390 Orange 1,120 Washington 420
Erie 4,220 Orleans 243 Wayne 666
Essex 201 Oswego 924 Westchester 2,469
Franklin 334 Otsego 517 Wyoming 369
Fulton 257 Putnam 394 Yates 143
Genesee 389 Queens 4,776 NYS TOTAL 63,931
Greene 269 Rensselaer 834 OTHER US 6,680
Hamilton 11 Richmond 1019 NON-US 64
Herkimer 624 Rockland 973 TOTAL 70,675

Nurse Practitioners (all specialties** combined)

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 214 Jefferson 63 Saratoga 139
Allegany 26 Kings 661 Schenectady 70
Bronx 278 Lewis 9 Schoharie 18
Broome 177 Livingston 37 Schuyler 5
Cattaraugus 32 Madison 68 Seneca 8
Cayuga 70 Monroe 933 Steuben 56
Chautauqua 51 Montgomery 19 St. Lawrence 55
Chemung 83 Nassau 1,111 Suffolk 1,416
Chenango 25 New York 941 Sullivan 37
Clinton 45 Niagara 134 Tioga 47
Columbia 37 Oneida 221 Tompkins 75
Cortland 41 Onondaga 665 Ulster 75
Delaware 24 Ontario 123 Warren 49
Dutchess 170 Orange 195 Washington 15
Erie 833 Orleans 23 Wayne 62
Essex 6 Oswego 84 Westchester 791
Franklin 23 Otsego 71 Wyoming 17
Fulton 23 Putnam 85 Yates 37
Genesee 55 Queens 633 NYS TOTAL 11,955
Greene 12 Rensselaer 113 OTHER US 1883
Hamilton 3 Richmond 240 NON-US 29
Herkimer 33 Rockland 293 TOTAL 13,867

Nurse Practitioner Specialties**

As of January 7, 2008

Specialty New York State Other US Foreign Total
Acute Care 241 90 1 332
Adult Health 3,567 510 4 4,081
College Health 0 0 0 0
Community Health 55 10 1 66
Family Health 4,119 603 12 4,734
Gerontology 482 84 1 567
Holistic Nursing 18 13 0 31
Neonatology 188 45 0 233
Obstetrics & Gynecology 331 46 1 378
Oncology 26 6 0 32
Palliative Care 17 8 2 27
Pediatrics 1,353 224 4 1,581
Perinatology 32 3 0 35
Psychiatry 891 145 0 1,036
School Health 21 0 0 21
Women's Health 613 96 3 712
TOTAL 11,954 1,883 29 13,866

* 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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