Table II.2

Table II.2: The Number of Active Licensed or Registered Resident (In-State) and Nonresident (Out-of-State) Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, by Reporting State
	Active licensed or registered				Data are as of
State	Resident pharmacists	Nonresident pharmacists	Resident pharmacy technicians	Nonresident pharmacy technicians
Alabama	5,827	2,747	11,019	291	12/31/2015
Arizona	6,768	4,001	18,727	212	01/01/2016
Arkansas	3,507	2,250	7,373	260^a	02/05/2016
California	35,111	5,578	72,133	1,364	01/01/2016
Colorado	974^b	999^b	0^c	0	01/01/2016
Connecticut^d	-	-	-	-
Delaware	2,078	2,078	-^e	-^e	01/01/2016
District of Columbia	264	1,414	-	-	02/25/2016
Florida^f	22,072	7,940	34,462	312	06/30/2015
Georgia	13,771	0^g	19,855	0^a	02/15/2016
Guam	99	-^h	117	-^h	09/30/2015
Hawaii	1,405	1,103	0^e	0^e	01/26/2016
Idaho	1,447	1,068	2,672	143	01/01/2016
Illinois	14,109	5,423	38,161	1,875	03/11/2016
Iowa	3,569	2,523	5,369	353	01/01/2016
Kansasⁱ	3,840^j	1,524	7,600	100	01/01/2016
Kentucky	5,314	3,751	14,033	-^a	01/01/2016
Louisiana	5,561	2,821	6,460	135	11/03/2015
Maine	2,045^k	-	2,379^l	-	01/01/2016
Maryland	6,792	4,115	8,643	555	12/30/2015
Massachusetts	11,900^k	0	10,500	0^a	01/01/2016
Michigan	9,902	-^h	-^h	-^h	02/01/2016
Minnesota	6,088	1,969	9,607	280	07/01/2014
Mississippi	3,180	2,436	5,619	238	02/19/2016
Missouri	6,445	3,793	21,208	1,420	02/22/2016
Montana	1,211^{j, k}	706	1,212^l	36	01/01/2016
Nebraska	4,493^k	-	4,173^l	-	02/24/2016
Nevada	2,238	5,942	5,478	0	06/30/2014
New Hampshire	2,600	-^g	3,000	0^a	02/15/2016
New Jersey	11,890	4,638	16,597	555	01/01/2016
New Mexico	2,887	1,007	3,625	0	02/24/2016
New York	20,302	5,867	0^e	0^e	01/01/2016
North Carolina	11,570^j	3,941	17,736^c	0^a	09/30/2015
North Dakota	1,134	1,057	978	-	01/01/2016
Ohio	13,884	5,313	-^e	-^e	02/18/2016
Oklahoma	4,500	1,800	6,000	0	01/01/2016
Oregon	4,076	2,970	7,076^l	-	01/01/2016
Pennsylvania	23,234^k	-	-^e	-^e	01/01/2016
Rhode Island	2,157	0	1,613	0	01/01/2016
South Carolina	5,707	2,602	10,982	424	01/01/2016
South Dakota	1,220^j	724	1,484^c	55	10/31/2015
Tennessee	11,511^k	-	19,220^l	-	02/08/2016
Texas	24,353	5,997	40,924	937	09/01/2015
Utah^d	-	-	-	-
Vermont	2,415^k	-	4,080^l	-	01/01/2016
Virginia	8,161	4,780	12,163	614	01/01/2016
Washington	7,121	-^g	8,692	-^a	01/01/2016
West Virginia	2,330	2,450	6,554	0	09/01/2015
Wisconsin	6,109	2,419	0	0	01/01/2016
Wyoming	645	721	876	0	01/01/2016

^{Source: GAO survey of state pharmacy regulatory bodies, survey question 5. | GAO-17-363SP}

Notes: GAO surveyed the state pharmacy regulatory bodies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all but 4 completed the survey.

^aThese states reported they do not have a license or registration category for nonresident pharmacy technicians. The respondent from Arkansas also reported that this number represents pharmacy technicians that have an out-of-state mailing address. ^bThis state reported these numbers include active with conditions. ^cThese states reported they do not differentiate between active and inactive pharmacy technicians. ^dThese states did not report data. ^eThese states reported they do not license or register pharmacy technicians. ^fThis state reported these numbers do not include those defined as delinquent. ^gThese states reported they do not have a license or registration category for nonresident pharmacists. ^hThese states reported these data are unavailable or unknown. ⁱThis state reported that these numbers are estimates. ^jThese states reported they do not differentiate between active and inactive pharmacists. ^kThese states reported they do not differentiate resident and nonresident pharmacists. ^lThese states reported they do not differentiate resident and nonresident pharmacy technicians.