ND Board of Nursing: Active Licenses and Workforce Snapshot
License-type counts come from the current nursing numbers workbook and are not unique individuals because some licensees may hold more than one active nursing license. The Total Nurses figure is reported separately in that same workbook.
Active Nurses by Gender
This pie chart uses the current nursing numbers workbook. Male and female counts were reported for 21,098 active nurses; 3 active nurses had no gender reported.
Pie chart showing the reported gender split for active nurses, based on male and female counts in the current nursing numbers data.
License Comparison Snapshot
These visuals compare the biggest at-a-glance splits in the current nursing numbers file so the balance is easier to read than a row of raw counts.
Current Employment Data
Stacked bars show RN, LPN, and APRN counts within each reported employment status. Hover a bar to see the total unique nurses for that status.
Horizontal stacked bar chart showing current employment status counts for RNs, LPNs, and APRNs.
| Employment Status | RN Count | LPN Count | APRN Count | Total Unique Nurses |
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Current Employment Settings
Stacked bars show RN, LPN, and APRN counts by primary practice setting, sorted from the largest to smallest setting total.
Horizontal stacked bar chart showing primary practice settings for RNs, LPNs, and APRNs.
Detailed breakdown of the smaller settings grouped into Other.
Horizontal bar chart showing the smaller employment settings grouped into the Other category.
| Primary Practice Setting | RN Count | LPN Count | APRN Count | Total Nurses in Setting |
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Registered Nurse Licensure Data
Total RNs by Fiscal Year
Bar chart showing total registered nurses by fiscal year from 2021 to 2025. See the data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | Total RNs |
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New RNs via Exam
Horizontal bar chart showing new RNs licensed via examination by fiscal year. See data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | New RNs via Exam |
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Unless a specific year is selected, these numbers represent a five year cumulative total.
New RNs via Endorsement
Horizontal bar chart showing new RNs licensed via endorsement by fiscal year. See data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | New RNs via Endorsement |
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Licensed Practical Nurse Licensure Data
Total LPNs by Fiscal Year
Bar chart showing total licensed practical nurses by fiscal year from 2021 to 2025. See the data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | Total LPNs |
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New LPNs via Exam
Horizontal bar chart showing new LPNs licensed via examination by fiscal year. See data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | New LPNs via Exam |
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Unless a specific year is selected, these numbers represent a five year cumulative total.
New LPNs via Endorsement
Horizontal bar chart showing new LPNs licensed via endorsement by fiscal year. See data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | New LPNs via Endorsement |
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure Data
Total APRNs by Fiscal Year
Bar chart showing total advanced practice registered nurses by fiscal year from 2021 to 2025. See the data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | Total APRNs |
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New APRNs by Fiscal Year
Horizontal bar chart showing new APRNs licensed by fiscal year from 2021 to 2025. See the data table below for exact values.
| Fiscal Year | New APRNs |
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APRN License Types
| Fiscal Year | Total NPs | Total CRNAs | Total CNSs | Total CNMs |
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Geographical Licensure Data by County
Nurse Distribution by County
County trend
Bar chart showing year-over-year nurse counts for the selected county and current license view.
| County | Total Nurses |
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Education Division Data
NCLEX Threshold Watch
The ND Board of Nursing monitors NCLEX pass rates, requiring programs to maintain at least an 80% first-time pass rate.
NCLEX Pass Rates At-A-Glance
Hover a bar to see which programs were at 100% or below 80% in that academic year.
Grouped bar chart showing how many nursing programs were at 100 percent and how many were below an 80 percent NCLEX pass rate in each academic year.
These colors are used in the At-A-Glance chart and the program table badges.
Program Threshold Detail
Use the snapshot year above, then select a program name to swap this table into a year-by-year chart.
Program pass rates by year
The dashed line marks the 80% threshold.
Bar chart showing one nursing program's NCLEX pass rates by academic year with an 80 percent reference line.
Full Time Equivlant Faculty Development Thresholds
Programs below 18% of faculty full-time equivalents in the Faculty Development Program are in compliance. Programs at or above 18% exceed the current threshold.
Faculty Development Program FTE % by Program
Bars to the right of the dashed 18% line exceed the threshold. Green bars are below 18%; red bars are at or above 18%.
Horizontal bar chart showing each nursing program's faculty development program full-time equivalent percentage for the selected term, with an 18 percent threshold reference line.
Green bars are below 18%. Red bars are at or above 18%.
Faculty Program Detail
Use the reporting term above to update the current snapshot column and scan which programs exceeded the 18% threshold over time.