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How many insurance agents are there in the United States, by state?

479,030
insurance agents employed across 50 states and D.C. in May 2025, summing the state estimates for Insurance Sales Agents (SOC 41-3021).

Florida has the most insurance agents at 47,560, and Alaska the fewest at 540. The median state has 6,360. Per resident, Nebraska leads with 314 insurance agents per 100,000 people.

Insurance Agents by state, ranked

#StateInsurance Agents (2025)Per 100,000 residentsWith a published email
1Florida47,560220.8387,688
2Texas47,060161.5111,566
3California41,160104.150,381
4New York22,42011134,185
5North Carolina20,540196.820,849
6Pennsylvania19,390149.125,969
7Georgia18,030168.337,730
8Illinois16,360127.734,726
9Ohio16,250137.727,181
10Michigan12,160120.715,972
11Arizona11,87016627,854
12New Jersey11,370122.420,971
13Washington10,500136.38,645
14Indiana10,440153.910,064
15Missouri10,03016311,192
16Minnesota10,010175.48,567
17Massachusetts9,940141.417,157
18Colorado9,530165.113,023
19Virginia9,480109.816,424
20South Carolina8,220160.69,173
21Wisconsin7,860133.411,368
22Tennessee7,610110.114,363
23Alabama7,430147.99,367
24Louisiana7,100152.46,063
25Iowa6,840214.45,614
26Kansas6,360216.55,255
27Kentucky6,210137.85,014
28Nebraska6,1603143,055
29Maryland5,70092.38,859
30Oregon5,370126.73,788
31Oklahoma5,310134.14,660
32Connecticut5,23014510,419
33Utah4,620141.27,664
34Arkansas4,580152.12,718
35Nevada4,200135.322,340
36Mississippi3,210108.43,193
37Idaho3,2001742,586
38New Hampshire2,320168.44,042
39Maine2,240164.41,178
40New Mexico2,200103.91,418
41Montana2,090192.8987
42South Dakota1,870210.9999
43Rhode Island1,700154.92,859
44North Dakota1,460187.4605
45West Virginia1,43079.71,781
46Delaware1,220123.21,340
47Hawaii1,07073.51,393
48Wyoming850147.4432
49Vermont730113.5847
50Alaska54073.6381

1 jurisdiction(s) have no published estimate for this occupation in the 2025 survey (BLS suppresses cells that fail its quality or confidentiality tests).

Per capita

Headcount follows population, so the per-100,000 column is the fairer comparison between states. Top five: Nebraska (314), Florida (220.8), Kansas (216.5), Iowa (214.4), South Dakota (210.9). Bottom five: Hawaii (73.5), Alaska (73.6), West Virginia (79.7), Maryland (92.3), New Mexico (103.9).

Published business emails

1,034,592 insurance agents nationally have a business email address published on a licence register, a practice website or a professional directory, as counted by Email Lists USA's insurance agents list on September 21, 2026. That is a count of people who publish a work address, not a measure of the profession's size, and it moves with each rebuild of that list.

State pages

47,560insurance agents in Florida47,060insurance agents in Texas41,160insurance agents in California22,420insurance agents in New York20,540insurance agents in North Carolina19,390insurance agents in Pennsylvania18,030insurance agents in Georgia16,360insurance agents in Illinois16,250insurance agents in Ohio12,160insurance agents in Michigan11,870insurance agents in Arizona11,370insurance agents in New Jersey10,500insurance agents in Washington10,440insurance agents in Indiana10,030insurance agents in Missouri10,010insurance agents in Minnesota9,940insurance agents in Massachusetts9,530insurance agents in Colorado9,480insurance agents in Virginia8,220insurance agents in South Carolina7,860insurance agents in Wisconsin7,610insurance agents in Tennessee7,430insurance agents in Alabama7,100insurance agents in Louisiana6,840insurance agents in Iowa6,360insurance agents in Kansas6,210insurance agents in Kentucky6,160insurance agents in Nebraska5,700insurance agents in Maryland5,370insurance agents in Oregon5,310insurance agents in Oklahoma5,230insurance agents in Connecticut4,620insurance agents in Utah4,580insurance agents in Arkansas4,200insurance agents in Nevada3,210insurance agents in Mississippi3,200insurance agents in Idaho2,320insurance agents in New Hampshire2,240insurance agents in Maine2,200insurance agents in New Mexico2,090insurance agents in Montana1,870insurance agents in South Dakota1,700insurance agents in Rhode Island1,460insurance agents in North Dakota1,430insurance agents in West Virginia1,220insurance agents in Delaware1,070insurance agents in Hawaii850insurance agents in Wyoming730insurance agents in Vermont540insurance agents in Alaska

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), via api.bls.gov v2, May 2025 estimates for occupation 41-3021 (Insurance Sales Agents), one series per state (for example OEUS120000000000041302101 for Florida), read September 21, 2026. Per-capita denominators: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census resident population. The U.S. figure on this page is the sum of the published state estimates, not a separately published national total.