NEA Rankings & Estimates – 2018
(updated July 2018)
| State | 2018 |
| 1. New York | 83,585 |
| 2. California | 81,126 |
| 3. Massachusetts | 79,710 |
| 4. District of Columbia | 76,486 |
| 5. Connecticut | 73,113 |
| 6. New Jersey | 69,917 |
| 7. Maryland | 69,761 |
| 8. Alaska | 69,474 |
| 9. Pennsylvania | 67,398 |
| 10. Rhode Island | 66,758 |
| 11. Illinois | 65,776 |
| 12. Oregon | 63,143 |
| 13. Michigan | 62,702 |
| 14. Delaware | 60,484 |
| 15. Wyoming | 58,578 |
| 16. Vermont | 58,527 |
| 17. Ohio | 58,000 |
| 18. Hawaii | 57,866 |
| 19. New Hampshire | 57,833 |
| 20. Nevada | 57,812 |
| 21. Minnesota | 57,782 |
| 22. Iowa | 56,790 |
| 23. Georgia | 56,329 |
| 24. Wisconsin | 55,895 |
| 25. Washington | 55,175 |
| 26. Indiana | 54,846 |
| 27. North Dakota | 54,421 |
| 28. Nebraska | 53,473 |
| 29. Texas | 53,167 |
| 30. Kentucky | 52,952 |
| 31. Montana | 52,776 |
| 32. Colorado | 52,389 |
| 33. Maine | 51,663 |
| 34. Virginia | 51,265 |
| 35. South Carolina | 51,027 |
| 36. Tennessee | 50,900 |
| 37. North Carolina | 50,861 |
| 38. Kansas | 50,403 |
| 39. Louisiana | 50,256 |
| 40. Alabama | 50,239 |
| 41. Idaho | 49,225 |
| 42. Missouri | 49,208 |
| 43. Arkansas | 49,017 |
| 44. South Dakota | 47,944 |
| 45. New Mexico | 47,839 |
| 46. Arizona | 47,746 |
| 47. Florida | 47,721 |
| 48. Utah | 47,604 |
| 48. Oklahoma | 45,678 |
| 49. West Virginia | 45,642 |
| 50. Mississippi | 43,107 |
| United States | 60,483 |