How many speech-language pathologists are there in the United States, by state?
Texas has the most speech-language pathologists at 19,120, and Wyoming the fewest at 240. The median state has 2,390. Per resident, North Dakota leads with 80.9 speech-language pathologists per 100,000 people.
Speech-language Pathologists by state, ranked
| # | State | Speech-language Pathologists (2025) | Per 100,000 residents | With a published email |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 19,120 | 65.6 | 178 |
| 2 | California | 16,930 | 42.8 | 107 |
| 3 | New York | 15,310 | 75.8 | 392 |
| 4 | Florida | 10,080 | 46.8 | 12,620 |
| 5 | Illinois | 9,040 | 70.6 | 144 |
| 6 | Ohio | 7,270 | 61.6 | 162 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 6,840 | 73.6 | 4,039 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 6,570 | 50.5 | 277 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 5,600 | 53.6 | 140 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | 5,290 | 75.2 | 70 |
| 11 | Michigan | 4,730 | 46.9 | 6,421 |
| 12 | Virginia | 4,460 | 51.7 | 71 |
| 13 | Colorado | 4,420 | 76.6 | 61 |
| 14 | Georgia | 4,030 | 37.6 | 149 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 3,890 | 68.2 | 24 |
| 16 | Washington | 3,570 | 46.3 | 37 |
| 17 | Maryland | 3,510 | 56.8 | 58 |
| 18 | Arizona | 3,390 | 47.4 | 30 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 3,320 | 48 | 80 |
| 20 | Indiana | 3,310 | 48.8 | 82 |
| 21 | Missouri | 3,230 | 52.5 | 48 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 3,000 | 64.4 | 28 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 2,940 | 49.9 | 62 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 2,610 | 57.9 | 29 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 2,430 | 80.7 | 26 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 2,390 | 66.3 | 36 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 2,190 | 42.8 | 46 |
| 28 | Alabama | 2,060 | 41 | 68 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 1,870 | 47.2 | 23 |
| 30 | Mississippi | 1,790 | 60.4 | 24 |
| 31 | Kansas | 1,690 | 57.5 | 12 |
| 32 | Oregon | 1,600 | 37.8 | 21 |
| 33 | Iowa | 1,540 | 48.3 | 12 |
| 34 | Utah | 1,460 | 44.6 | 10 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 1,310 | 66.8 | 8 |
| 36 | Nevada | 1,270 | 40.9 | 16 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 1,250 | 59 | 6 |
| 38 | Idaho | 1,210 | 65.8 | 10 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 880 | 49.1 | 6 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 720 | 52.3 | 11 |
| 41 | Rhode Island | 720 | 65.6 | 13 |
| 42 | Delaware | 690 | 69.7 | 18 |
| 43 | Maine | 640 | 47 | 13 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 630 | 80.9 | 2 |
| 45 | Montana | 490 | 45.2 | 6 |
| 46 | Vermont | 430 | 66.9 | 2 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 410 | 46.2 | 5 |
| 48 | District of Columbia | 390 | 56.6 | 7 |
| 49 | Alaska | 340 | 46.4 | 4 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 270 | 18.6 | 5 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 240 | 41.6 | 5 |
Per capita
Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: North Dakota (80.9), Arkansas (80.7), Colorado (76.6), New York (75.8), Massachusetts (75.2). Bottom five: Hawaii (18.6), Georgia (37.6), Oregon (37.8), Nevada (40.9), Alabama (41).
Published business emails
25,724 speech-language pathologists 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 speech-language pathologists 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
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 29-1127 (Speech-Language Pathologists), one series per state (for example OEUS480000000000029112701 for Texas), 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.