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Registered Nurses: Location Quotient by State

How concentrated registered nurses are here compared with the country as a whole. A value of 1.0 matches the national average; 2.0 means twice as concentrated.

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Highest states

StateRegistered Nurses: Location Quotient
West Virginia1.5
South Dakota1.5
Delaware1.4
North Dakota1.2
Missouri1.2
Maine1.2
Ohio1.2
Alabama1.2
Kentucky1.2
Louisiana1.2
Mississippi1.1
Massachusetts1.1

Lowest states

StateRegistered Nurses: Location Quotient
Utah0.7
District of Columbia0.8
Nevada0.8
California0.9
Wyoming0.9
Virginia0.9
Colorado0.9
Maryland0.9
Texas0.9
Washington0.9
Idaho0.9
Rhode Island0.9

Counted among: Wage and salary workers, all industries