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Professional Organizations aren't as popular as most other types of businesses in the U.S. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 7,000 Professional Organizations. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Professional Organizations serves about 42,857 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Professional Organizations will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Professional Organizations play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Professional Organizations
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

State

Businesses

Businesses per 100K Residents

District of Columbia

319

56.28

Virginia

370

5.23

North Dakota

4.68

Maryland

245

4.63

South Dakota

4.53

Wyoming

4.48

Vermont

4.43

New Jersey

341

4.05

Colorado

160

3.72

10.

Illinois

429

3.46

11.

Delaware

3.45

12.

Montana

3.44

13.

Alaska

3.36

14.

Kansas

3.27

15.

New Hampshire

3.16

16.

Oklahoma

102

2.96

17.

Washington

171

2.92

18.

Florida

461

2.88

19.

Nebraska

2.81

20.

Connecticut

2.72

21.

Minnesota

129

2.62

22.

Maine

2.52

23.

New York

474

2.50

24.

Rhode Island

2.48

25.

Tennessee

140

2.46

26.

Pennsylvania

296

2.41

27.

Nevada

2.41

28.

Massachusetts

151

2.38

29.

Ohio

269

2.37

30.

Iowa

2.36

31.

Kentucky

2.35

32.

Georgia

188

2.33

33.

Idaho

2.32

34.

Missouri

129

2.31

35.

California

764

2.26

36.

Alabama

100

2.25

37.

North Carolina

181

2.25

38.

New Mexico

2.21

39.

Oregon

2.17

40.

Wisconsin

116

2.16

41.

Louisiana

2.13

42.

Indiana

123

2.02

43.

Arkansas

2.02

44.

Texas

420

2.01

45.

West Virginia

1.95

46.

Arizona

1.89

47.

Michigan

187

1.88

48.

Mississippi

1.69

49.

Utah

1.61

50.

South Carolina

1.60

51.

Hawaii

1.57

Number of Professional Organizations by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range

Number of Employees

1 to 4

4877

5 to 9

1258

10 to 19

708

20 to 49

449

50 to 99

164

100 to 249

115

250 to 499

500 to 999

1000 or more

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