How many accountants are there in the United States, by state?

Name: Accountants by U.S. state, 2025
Creator: Profession Count
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1,449,490

accountants employed across 51 states and D.C. in May 2025, summing the state estimates for Accountants and Auditors (SOC 13-2011).

California has the most accountants at 175,360, and Alaska the fewest at 2,190. The median state has 15,490. Per resident, District of Columbia leads with 1422.7 accountants per 100,000 people.

Accountants by state, ranked

#	State	Accountants (2025)	Per 100,000 residents	With a published email
1	California	175,360	443.5	626
2	Texas	116,470	399.6	710
3	New York	109,830	543.7	730
4	Florida	91,000	422.5	1,305
5	Illinois	54,930	428.7	619
6	Pennsylvania	54,290	417.5	561
7	Ohio	50,440	427.5	23,889
8	North Carolina	49,270	472	530
9	Virginia	47,100	545.7	280
10	Massachusetts	46,230	657.6	160
11	Georgia	44,020	410.9	469
12	New Jersey	42,250	454.8	5,811
13	Michigan	41,460	411.4	15,590
14	Colorado	35,410	613.3	352
15	Washington	34,740	450.9	124
16	Minnesota	30,530	535	75
17	Missouri	28,000	454.9	65
18	Arizona	27,410	383.3	225
19	Tennessee	27,340	395.6	230
20	Maryland	26,170	423.7	219
21	Indiana	25,660	378.2	310
22	Wisconsin	25,100	425.9	105
23	Alabama	24,300	483.7	45
24	Connecticut	16,770	465.1	104
25	Oklahoma	16,720	422.3	33
26	Utah	15,490	473.5	53
27	South Carolina	15,270	298.3	212
28	Oregon	14,920	352.1	61
29	Louisiana	14,050	301.6	23
30	Kansas	13,610	463.3	47
31	Iowa	13,210	414.1	15
32	Kentucky	11,930	264.8	743
33	Nebraska	10,340	527.1	37
34	District of Columbia	9,810	1422.7	52
35	Arkansas	7,870	261.3	43
36	Mississippi	7,350	248.2	12
37	New Hampshire	7,000	508.2	21
38	Nevada	6,930	223.2	88
39	Delaware	6,570	663.7	28
40	Rhode Island	6,570	598.7	11
41	New Mexico	6,300	297.5	17
42	South Dakota	5,820	656.4	13
43	Idaho	5,570	302.9	36
44	West Virginia	4,900	273.2	63
45	Montana	4,730	436.3	22
46	Hawaii	4,670	320.9	21
47	North Dakota	4,430	568.6	4
48	Maine	3,860	283.3	17
49	Wyoming	2,670	462.9	668
50	Vermont	2,630	409	10
51	Alaska	2,190	298.6	12

Per capita

Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: District of Columbia (1422.7), Delaware (663.7), Massachusetts (657.6), South Dakota (656.4), Colorado (613.3). Bottom five: Nevada (223.2), Mississippi (248.2), Arkansas (261.3), Kentucky (264.8), West Virginia (273.2).

Published business emails

55,496 accountants nationally have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, as counted by Email Lists USA's accountants list on October 1, 2026. That is a count of people who publish a work address, not a measure of the profession's size, and it moves with each rebuild of that list.

State pages

175,360accountants in California 116,470accountants in Texas 109,830accountants in New York 91,000accountants in Florida 54,930accountants in Illinois 54,290accountants in Pennsylvania 50,440accountants in Ohio 49,270accountants in North Carolina 47,100accountants in Virginia 46,230accountants in Massachusetts 44,020accountants in Georgia 42,250accountants in New Jersey 41,460accountants in Michigan 35,410accountants in Colorado 34,740accountants in Washington 30,530accountants in Minnesota 28,000accountants in Missouri 27,410accountants in Arizona 27,340accountants in Tennessee 26,170accountants in Maryland 25,660accountants in Indiana 25,100accountants in Wisconsin 24,300accountants in Alabama 16,770accountants in Connecticut 16,720accountants in Oklahoma 15,490accountants in Utah 15,270accountants in South Carolina 14,920accountants in Oregon 14,050accountants in Louisiana 13,610accountants in Kansas 13,210accountants in Iowa 11,930accountants in Kentucky 10,340accountants in Nebraska 9,810accountants in District of Columbia 7,870accountants in Arkansas 7,350accountants in Mississippi 7,000accountants in New Hampshire 6,930accountants in Nevada 6,570accountants in Delaware 6,570accountants in Rhode Island 6,300accountants in New Mexico 5,820accountants in South Dakota 5,570accountants in Idaho 4,900accountants in West Virginia 4,730accountants in Montana 4,670accountants in Hawaii 4,430accountants in North Dakota 3,860accountants in Maine 2,670accountants in Wyoming 2,630accountants in Vermont 2,190accountants in Alaska

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 13-2011 (Accountants and Auditors), one series per state (for example OEUS060000000000013201101 for California), read October 1, 2026. Per-capita denominators: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. The U.S. figure on this page is the sum of the published state estimates, not a separately published national total.