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

Name: Surveyors by U.S. state, 2025
Creator: Profession Count
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50,690

surveyors employed across 49 states and D.C. in May 2025, summing the state estimates for Surveyors (SOC 17-1022).

Texas has the most surveyors at 6,410, and Delaware the fewest at 120. The median state has 780. Per resident, Wyoming leads with 41.6 surveyors per 100,000 people.

Surveyors by state, ranked

#	State	Surveyors (2025)	Per 100,000 residents	With a published email
1	Texas	6,410	22	21
2	California	4,520	11.4	7
3	Florida	4,000	18.6	42
4	Georgia	1,770	16.5	21
5	Illinois	1,710	13.3	12
6	Colorado	1,620	28.1	8
7	Pennsylvania	1,610	12.4	49
8	North Carolina	1,530	14.7	101
9	New York	1,470	7.3	10
10	Louisiana	1,460	31.3	3
11	Arizona	1,360	19	4
12	Virginia	1,360	15.8	659
13	Ohio	1,300	11	30
14	Massachusetts	1,290	18.4	2
15	Michigan	1,050	10.4	661
16	South Carolina	1,000	19.5	22
17	Minnesota	980	17.2	14
18	Oklahoma	960	24.2	3
19	Maryland	950	15.4	60
20	Tennessee	920	13.3	35
21	Alabama	910	18.1	6
22	New Jersey	900	9.7	76
23	Indiana	870	12.8	18
24	Missouri	830	13.5	2
25	Washington	780	10.1	0
26	Kentucky	670	14.9	16
27	Utah	650	19.9	0
28	West Virginia	630	35.1	36
29	Wisconsin	610	10.4	18
30	Mississippi	570	19.2	0
31	Arkansas	550	18.3	1
32	Oregon	530	12.5	3
33	Nevada	490	15.8	0
34	Iowa	450	14.1	0
35	Connecticut	430	11.9	1
36	Nebraska	430	21.9	0
37	Kansas	350	11.9	3
38	Montana	350	32.3	2
39	New Mexico	290	13.7	0
40	New Hampshire	280	20.3	0
41	Maine	270	19.8	8
42	Alaska	250	34.1	1
43	Idaho	250	13.6	3
44	North Dakota	250	32.1	0
45	Wyoming	240	41.6	3
46	South Dakota	180	20.3	1
47	Rhode Island	150	13.7	0
48	Hawaii	140	9.6	0
49	Delaware	120	12.1	6

2 jurisdiction(s) have no published estimate for this occupation in the 2025 survey (BLS suppresses cells that fail its quality or confidentiality tests).

Per capita

Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: Wyoming (41.6), West Virginia (35.1), Alaska (34.1), Montana (32.3), North Dakota (32.1). Bottom five: New York (7.3), Hawaii (9.6), New Jersey (9.7), Washington (10.1), Wisconsin (10.4).

Published business emails

1,968 surveyors 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 surveyors 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

6,410surveyors in Texas 4,520surveyors in California 4,000surveyors in Florida 1,770surveyors in Georgia 1,710surveyors in Illinois 1,620surveyors in Colorado 1,610surveyors in Pennsylvania 1,530surveyors in North Carolina 1,470surveyors in New York 1,460surveyors in Louisiana 1,360surveyors in Arizona 1,360surveyors in Virginia 1,300surveyors in Ohio 1,290surveyors in Massachusetts 1,050surveyors in Michigan 1,000surveyors in South Carolina 980surveyors in Minnesota 960surveyors in Oklahoma 950surveyors in Maryland 920surveyors in Tennessee 910surveyors in Alabama 900surveyors in New Jersey 870surveyors in Indiana 830surveyors in Missouri 780surveyors in Washington 670surveyors in Kentucky 650surveyors in Utah 630surveyors in West Virginia 610surveyors in Wisconsin 570surveyors in Mississippi 550surveyors in Arkansas 530surveyors in Oregon 490surveyors in Nevada 450surveyors in Iowa 430surveyors in Connecticut 430surveyors in Nebraska 350surveyors in Kansas 350surveyors in Montana 290surveyors in New Mexico 280surveyors in New Hampshire 270surveyors in Maine 250surveyors in Alaska 250surveyors in Idaho 250surveyors in North Dakota 240surveyors in Wyoming 180surveyors in South Dakota 150surveyors in Rhode Island 140surveyors in Hawaii 120surveyors in Delaware

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 17-1022 (Surveyors), one series per state (for example OEUS480000000000017102201 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.