Top ranked rows
Washington
1,226.43
Minnesota
1,093.31
California
672.6
Iowa
549.59
Arkansas
498.97
North Carolina
432.81
New Jersey
405.27
Ohio
386.34
Oregon
344.04
Nevada
337.6
Ranked data
Verified pros per 100,000 indexed-place residents
| Rank | State | Verified pros | Indexed population | Pros / 100k | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 77,324 | 6,304,824 | 1,226.43 | 501.9 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 50,107 | 4,583,057 | 1,093.31 | 447.4 |
| 3 | California | 249,597 | 37,109,543 | 672.6 | 275.3 |
| 4 | Iowa | 12,789 | 2,327,018 | 549.59 | 224.9 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 9,899 | 1,983,894 | 498.97 | 204.2 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 28,167 | 6,507,903 | 432.81 | 177.1 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 25,715 | 6,345,161 | 405.27 | 165.9 |
| 8 | Ohio | 31,044 | 8,035,442 | 386.34 | 158.1 |
| 9 | Oregon | 11,479 | 3,336,565 | 344.04 | 140.8 |
| 10 | Nevada | 10,339 | 3,062,478 | 337.6 | 138.2 |
| 11 | Louisiana | 8,816 | 2,949,183 | 298.93 | 122.3 |
| 12 | Alabama | 5,234 | 3,220,897 | 162.5 | 66.5 |
| 13 | Hawaii | 2,473 | 1,724,979 | 143.36 | 58.7 |
| 14 | New York | 21,177 | 15,852,677 | 133.59 | 54.7 |
| 15 | Texas | 24,113 | 22,477,106 | 107.28 | 43.9 |
| 16 | Idaho | 1,329 | 1,329,380 | 99.97 | 40.9 |
| 17 | District of Columbia | 492 | 671,803 | 73.24 | 30 |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 581 | 809,264 | 71.79 | 29.4 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 1,849 | 3,021,618 | 61.19 | 25 |
| 20 | Florida | 7,484 | 17,015,663 | 43.98 | 18 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 666 | 1,532,097 | 43.47 | 17.8 |
| 22 | Delaware | 182 | 426,572 | 42.67 | 17.5 |
| 23 | Georgia | 2,315 | 5,433,844 | 42.6 | 17.4 |
| 24 | Vermont | 94 | 236,512 | 39.74 | 16.3 |
| 25 | Montana | 252 | 699,395 | 36.03 | 14.7 |
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Cite this study
ProFix Directory. (2026-06-13). Contractor Density by State: Verified Pros per Indexed Resident (2026). https://profixdirectory.com/data-studies/contractor-density-by-state-2026. Data source: data/seed/gold-tier-pros-by-state/*.json, data/seed/all-cities.json, data/seed/cost-guides-national.json, data/permits/matched-2026-06.json.
Methodology
Stream each committed gold-tier state shard, exclude hidden records, count verified public pro records by state, then divide by the sum of committed Census/ACS place populations in data/seed/all-cities.json for that state. Population is an indexed-place denominator, not a full resident denominator.
Source data
data/seed/gold-tier-pros-by-state/*.jsondata/seed/all-cities.jsondata/seed/cost-guides-national.jsondata/permits/matched-2026-06.json
Limitations
- Indexed-place population omits rural unincorporated residents.
- ProFix verified public-record coverage is not a full market census.
- States with aggressive public-record availability can rank higher than equally active states with thinner public records.