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This is not an easy question to answer. Many people and websites have a difference of opinion as to how many chiropractors there are in the United States. The differences may be in the total number of chiropractors vs those actively practicing or those actively licensed.

Here are some interesting facts and figures we found around the internet on chiropractic numbers.

Chiroweb 2011: 58,000
Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008: 49,100
Manta.com 2011: 79,600
D’Youville College 2000: 81,000
Chiropractorsfinder.com 2006: 86,300

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACTIVE CHIROPRACTORS AND CHIROPRACTOR-TO- POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1980-2001

Active
Year Chiropractors Population Chiros/100,000 Population
1980 25,600 227,225 11.3
1982 28,300 231,664 12.2
1984 31,500 235,825 13.4
1986 35,000 240,133 14.6
1988 39,000 244,499 16.0
1990 42,400 249,464 17.0
1991 44,200 252,153 17.5
1992 46,000 255,030 18.0
1993 48,000 257,783 18.6
1994 50,000 260,327 19.2
1995 52,100 262,803 19.8
1996 54,300 265,229 20.5
1997 56,600 267,784 21.1
1998 59,000 270,248 21.8
1999 61,500 272,691 22.6
2000 64,100 275,130 23.3
2001 66,800 277,803 24.0

Here are some of the more interesting facts we found at http://www.chiroeco.com/article/2006/Issue11/PD4.php

• States with the most chiropractors. The five states with the most active licenses include California (13,554), New York (6,225), Florida (4,755), Texas (4,190), and Pennsylvania (4,000).

• States with the fewest chiropractors. The five states with the fewest number of chiropractors with active licenses are Alaska (178), Wyoming (205), Vermont (247), North Dakota (258), and Rhode Island (272). The District of Columbia reports 60 active licenses.

• Ratios of DCs to the population. The 10 states that have the lowest number of chiropractors compared to the general population include Delaware (1 DC for 9,533 people), Mississippi (1 to 8,595), Louisiana (1 to 8,276), Maryland (1 to 8,049), Indiana (1 to 5,829), Alabama (1 to 5,828), West Virginia (1 to 5,740), Ohio (1 to 5,198), Virginia (1 to 5,006), and Texas (1 to 4,977). (These calculations are based on population statistics taken from the 2000 U.S. census and the number of active licenses in 2004, according to FCLB.)

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