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State & Metro Trends

Population from Census 2024 estimates. YoY % change uses first appearance on roster (snapshotDate).

Current year (YoY % change):
2025
% increase vs 2024 (first appearance on roster)
Heat map metric:
Practitioners per 100k population
1.1
44.3
DC (USPTO HQ), separate scale
District of Columbia (DC)678,9723,173467.3-60.7%
Massachusetts (MA)7,001,3993,17345.3-60.1%
Virginia (VA)8,631,3933,34038.7-47.3%
Delaware (DE)1,031,89038136.9+66.7%
Minnesota (MN)5,737,9151,56527.3-72.7%
Illinois (IL)12,549,6893,38126.9-66.9%
California (CA)38,965,19310,44226.8-44.3%
Connecticut (CT)3,617,17695726.5-37.0%
Maryland (MD)6,177,2241,41522.9-38.9%
New York (NY)19,571,2164,38922.4-56.3%
Utah (UT)3,417,73475122.0-14.3%
New Jersey (NJ)9,261,6991,98621.4-45.3%
New Hampshire (NH)1,402,05429320.9-28.6%
Washington (WA)7,812,8801,58620.3-57.4%
Colorado (CO)5,877,6101,14119.4-32.1%
Pennsylvania (PA)12,961,6832,20517.0-53.6%
Michigan (MI)10,037,2611,66116.5-41.8%
Oregon (OR)4,233,35863815.1-40.0%
Ohio (OH)11,785,9351,75914.9-14.6%
Texas (TX)30,503,3014,38814.4-38.1%
Wisconsin (WI)5,893,71879913.6-33.3%
Missouri (MO)6,154,91375812.3-42.9%
North Carolina (NC)10,835,4911,32012.2-64.3%
Arizona (AZ)7,453,51785311.4-51.1%
Georgia (GA)11,029,2271,23511.2+17.2%
Indiana (IN)6,833,03771810.5-72.7%
Rhode Island (RI)1,095,61011410.4-60.9%
Vermont (VT)647,4646510.0-100.0%
Idaho (ID)1,964,7261658.4-88.2%
Nevada (NV)3,194,1762457.7+300.0%
Tennessee (TN)7,126,4895167.2+9.1%
South Carolina (SC)5,373,5553847.1-57.1%
New Mexico (NM)2,114,3711507.1—
Florida (FL)22,610,7261,5817.0-41.7%
Kansas (KS)2,940,5462036.9-28.6%
Nebraska (NE)1,978,3791346.8-62.5%
Maine (ME)1,395,722936.7-100.0%
Iowa (IA)3,207,0042086.5-25.0%
Oklahoma (OK)4,053,8242556.3+16.7%
Louisiana (LA)4,573,7492655.8-40.0%
Wyoming (WY)584,057284.8—
Kentucky (KY)4,526,1542004.4-50.0%
Hawaii (HI)1,435,295604.2-100.0%
Montana (MT)1,132,812454.0—
Alabama (AL)5,108,4681873.7-75.0%
South Dakota (SD)919,318333.6—
West Virginia (WV)1,770,071633.6-100.0%
North Dakota (ND)783,926273.4-100.0%
Arkansas (AR)3,067,732682.2+100.0%
Alaska (AK)733,583152.0-100.0%
Mississippi (MS)2,940,057311.1-100.0%
Data: USPTO OED; population: Census Bureau 2024 estimates.