NORTH CAROLINA LICENSEES - A COMPARISON
Do we have too many people licensed as brokers and salesmen in North Carolina as claimed from time to time by some licensees? The statistics compiled in the table below provide an interesting answer.
The table is based on preliminary 1970 census figures matched with license totals furnished by the National Association of Real Estate License Low Officials to show the number of real estate licensees per 1000 population in each state and the District of Columbia.
The results show that New Hampshire leads with 10.25 licensees per 1000 population and Mississippi is lowest with 1.20. North Carolina is eighth lowest with 1.97. The average for all the jurisdictions is 3.99.
State |
1970 | Total Licensees | Number Per |
| Population | As of 12/31/69 | 1000 Population | |
| California | 19,697,000 | 152,179 | 7.73 |
| New York | 18,446,000 | 73,377 | 3.98 |
| Pennsylvania | 11,842,000 | 31,887 | 2.69 |
| Illinois | 11,125,000 | 44,485 | 4.00 |
| Texas | 10,981,000 | 52,729 | 4.80 |
| Ohio | 10,542,000 | 42,561 | 4.04 |
| Michigan | 8,778,000 | 31,916 | 3.64 |
| New Jersey | 7,236,000 | 31,212 | 4.31 |
| Florida | 6,673,000 | 55,767 | 8.36 |
| Massachusetts | 5,626,000 | 51,278 | 9.11 |
| Indiana | 5,142,000 | 20,064 | 3.90 |
| North Carolina | 4,962,000 | 9,759 | 1.97 |
| Missouri | 4,688,000 | 25,311 | 5.40 |
| Virginia | 4,543,000 | 16,539 | 3.64 |
| Georgia | 4,492,000 | 12,048 | 2.68 |
| Wisconsin | 4,367,000 | 14,219 | 3.26 |
| Maryland | 3,877,000 | 15,614 | 4.03 |
| Tennessee | 3,839,000 | 7,923 | 2.06 |
| Minnesota | 3,768,000 |
8,800 | 2.34 |
| Louisiana | 3,564,000 | 8,464 | 2.37 |
| Alabama | 3,373,000 | 5,013 | 1.49 |
| Washington | 3,353,000 | 15,212 | 4.54 |
| Kentucky | 3,161,000 | 6,907 | 2.19 |
| Connecticut | 2,988,000 | 21,071 | 7.05 |
| Iowa | 2,790,000 | 9,927 | 3.56 |
| South Carolina | 2,523,000 | 4,062 | 1.61 |
| Oklahoma | 2,498,000 | 9,878 | 3.95 |
| Kansas | 2,222,000 | 9,841 | 4.43 |
| Colorado | 2,196,000 | 14,253 | 6.49 |
| Mississippi | 2,159,000 | 2,592 | 1.20 |
| Oregon | 2,056,000 | 9,481 | 4.61 |
| Arkansas | 1,886,000 | 3,702 | 1.96 |
| Arizona | 1,752,000 | 12,822 | 7.32 |
| West Virginia | 1,702,000 | 2,137 | 1.26 |
| Nebraska | 1,468,000 | 6,386 | 4.35 |
| Utah | 1,061,000 | 2,480 | 2.34 |
| New Mexico | 998,000 | 2,839 | 2.84 |
| Maine | 977,000 | 3,220 | 3.30 |
| Rhode Island | 922,000 | 3,520 | 3.82 |
| District of Columbia | 801,000 | 5,542 | 6.92 |
| Hawaii | 749,000 | 4,890 | 6.53 |
| New Hampshire | 723,000 | 7,408 | 10.25 |
| Idaho | 698,000 | 2,042 | 2.93 |
| Montana | 682,000 | 1,485 | 2.18 |
| South Dakota | 661,000 | 1,470 | 2.22 |
| North Dakota | 611,000 | 1,062 | 1.74 |
| Delaware | 543,000 | 1,191 | 4.56 |
| Nevada | 482,000 | 1,687 | 3.50 |
| Vermont | 438,000 | 1,964 | 4.49 |
| Wyoming | 329,000 | 1,206 | 3.67 |
| Alaska | 295,000 | 552 | 1.87 |