Number of Licensed Architects (US)

Licensed architects in each state are divided into two categories: resident and reciprocal, or non-resident, registrants. Based on current population levels, the chart below also calculates the per capita number of resident architects in each state. The following information is from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ 2010 survey.

State	Resident Architects	Reciprocal Registrations	Total	Population	Per Capita # of Resident Architects (per 100,000)
Alabama	823	1,789	2,612	4,802,740	17
Alaska	249	343	592	722,718	34
Arizona	2,412	5,238	7,650	6,482,505	37
Arkansas	507	930	1,437	2,937,979	17
California	15,575	3,907	19,482	37,691,912	41
Colorado	3,193	3,937	7,130	5,116,796	62
Connecticut	1,438	2,656	4,094	3,580,709	40
Delaware	123	1,526	1,649	907,135	14
D.C.	780	2,438	3,218	617,996	126
Florida	4,904	4,272	9,176	19,057,542	26
Georgia	2,404	2,952	5,356	9,815,210	24
Hawaii	972	1,192	2,164	1,374,810	71
Idaho	497	1,140	1,637	1,584,985	31
Illinois	5,499	3,646	9,145	12,869,257	43
Indiana	957	2,224	3,181	6,516,922	15
Iowa	501	1,181	1,682	3,062,309	16
Kansas	930	1,756	2,686	2,871,238	32
Kentucky	718	1,641	2,359	4,369,356	16
Louisiana	1,176	2,017	3,193	4,574,836	26
Maine	415	1,028	1,443	1,328,188	31
Maryland	1,934	3,667	5,601	5,828,289	33
Massachusetts	3,666	2,965	6,631	6,587,536	56
Michigan	2,588	3,125	5,713	9,876,187	26
Minnesota	1,896	1,538	4,434	5,344,861	35
Mississippi	350	1,564	1,914	2,978,512	12
Missouri	2,062	2,932	4,994	6,010,688	34
Montana	432	903	1,326	998,199	43
Nebraska	598	1,233	1,831	1,842,641	32
Nevada	766	2,377	3,143	2,723,322	28
New Hampshire	323	1,436	1,759	1,318,194	25
New Jersey	3,066	4,762	7,828	8,821,155	35
New Mexico	728	1,479	2,207	2,082,224	35
New York	9,467	6,592	16,059	19,465,197	49
North Carolina	2,306	3,005	5,311	9,656,401	24
North Dakota	141	653	794	683,932	21
Ohio	3,279	3,343	6,622	11,544,951	28
Oklahoma	732	1,479	1,927	3,791,508	19
Oregon	1,631	1,308	2,939	3,871,859	42
Pennsylvania	3,742	4,326	8,068	12,742,886	29
Rhode Island	314	1,367	1,681	1,051,302	30
South Carolina	1,015	2,465	3,480	4,679,230	22
South Dakota	101	674	775	824,082	12
Tennessee	1,299	1,716	3,015	6,403,353	20
Texas	7,333	3,882	11,215	25,674,681	29
Utah	771	1,455	2,226	2,817,222	27
Vermont	485	568	1,053	626,431	77
Virginia	2,774	4,185	6,959	8,096,604	34
Washington	3,956	2,285	6,241	6,830,038	58
West Virginia	92	891	983	1,855,364	5
Wisconsin	1,617	3,031	4,648	5,711,767	28
Wyoming	120	978	1,098	568,158	21
Totals	103,657	117,997	222,361	311,591,917

Source: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and DesignIntelligence