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MASSAGE THERAPIST POPUL ATION STILL GROWING We add those totals to come up with our national estimate. The chart to the left shows the state-by-state totals. The states in yellow do not have statewide massage regulation. The Per Capita column shows how many state residents there are for each massage therapist; nationally there is one massage therapist for every 978 or so people. Where is the largest concentration of massage therapists? Hawaii—why not? Might as well provide bliss in paradise. The smallest concentration? Mississippi. Opportunity knocks! Those nearly 3 million Mississippians need their massages. Is this an exact total, accurate to the penny? Absolutely not. Is it a decent estimate that has been determined through a reasonable process? You bet. And in two years, the process might get a little bit better. And we'll see if the number of practitioners continues to rise. Les Sweeney, BCTMB, is ABMP's president. Contact him at les@abmp.com and read his occasional blog posts on www.abmp.com. State Total State Population ( 000s ) 2016 Practitioner Estimate 2016 Per Capita Estimate AK 738 642 1,149.3 AL 4,858 1,743 2,787.5 AR 2,978 1,997 1,491.6 A Z 6,828 9,213 741.1 CA 39,144 52,534 745.1 CO 5,456 12,630 432.0 CT 3,590 4,627 775.9 DC 672 546 1,229.7 DE 945 1,143 827.0 FL 20,271 30,661 661.1 GA 10,214 6,273 1,628.1 HI 1,431 6,436 222.3 IA 3,123 2,721 1,147.6 ID 1,654 1,983 834.2 IL 12,859 10,772 1,193.7 IN 6,619 4,204 1,574.3 KS 2,911 1,573 1,850.6 K Y 4,425 2,378 1,860.7 L A 4,670 2,171 2,150.7 MA 6,794 7,844 866.1 MD 6,006 3,919 1,532.6 ME 1,329 2,195 605.4 MI 9,922 8,339 1,189.9 MN 5,489 5,350 1,026.0 MO 6,083 4,640 1,311.0 MS 2,992 804 3,722.8 MT 1,032 1,523 677.5 NC 10,042 8,022 1,251.8 ND 757 682 1,109.3 NE 1,896 1,296 1,462.7 NH 1,330 1,943 684.5 NJ 8,958 7,994 1,120.6 NM 2,085 3,023 689.8 NV 2,890 3,881 744.6 NY 19,796 14,085 1,405.5 OH 11,613 11,007 1,055.1 OK* 3,911 1,150 3,400.9 OR 4,029 6,750 596.9 PA 12,803 9,800 1,306.4 RI 1,056 1,050 1,006.0 SC 4,896 3,625 1,350.4 SD 858 743 1155.6 TN 6,600 4,019 1,642.4 T X 27,469 28,176 974.9 UT 2,996 5,919 506.2 VA 8,382 6,269 1,337.0 V T 626 920 680.4 WA 7,170 12,968 552.9 WI 5,771 4,959 1,163.7 W V 1,844 966 1,908.9 W Y 586 690 849.3 TOTAL 321,397 328,799 977.5 C h e c k o u t A B M P 's l a t e s t n e w s a n d b l o g p o s t s . Av a i l a b l e a t w w w. a b m p . c o m . 11 * Oklahoma recently passed statewide regulation; however, that has not been implemented and therefore did not affect these results.