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29 CMO / CARE DELIVERY States ranked by projected RN supply by 2028 By Paige Twenter B y 2028, the national shortage of registered nurses is projected to primarily affect the Northeast, according to Mercer, a financial services company. Fourteen states will face a shortage of RNs, with New York being the hardest hit, experiencing a deficit of more than 12,000 nurses, Mercer said in a labor market projections report. Nationally, the company estimates a surplus of about 30,000 RNs. However, the demand for home health aides, nurse practitioners, nursing assistants, physicians, and registered nurses is expected to exceed supply by 100,000 workers in four years, according to the report. Here are the state-by-state projections: n State Supply Demand Gap percentage North Dakota 13,580 12,189 10.24% South Dakota 16,619 15,449 7.04% District of Columbia 14,429 13,424 6.97% Wisconsin 67,594 64,736 4.23% South Carolina 50,054 48,015 4.07% Alabama 56,349 54,089 4.01% Michigan 111,744 107,318 3.96% Colorado 61,007 58,751 3.70% Minnesota 69,879 67,318 3.66% Hawaii 13,969 13,472 3.56% Montana 11,591 11,181 3.54% Arizona 66,924 64,563 3.53% Texas 275,946 267,981 2.89% Maine 15,649 15,210 2.80% Washington 73,136 71,283 2.53% Indiana 74,867 73,046 2.43% Mississippi 31,592 30,825 2.43% Oregon 42,044 41,054 2.35% Iowa 36,744 35,890 2.33% Arkansas 31,709 31,014 2.19% Illinois 142,857 139,936 2.04% Nevada 29,445 28,845 2.04% North Carolina 118,289 115,910 2.01% Pennsylvania 151,370 148,379 1.98% Ohio 140,381 137,777 1.85% Nebraska 22,430 22,042 1.73% Kansas 33,841 33,310 1.57% California 373,110 367,562 1.49% State Supply Demand Gap percentage Delaware 13,055 12,870 1.42% Wyoming 5,721 5,643 1.37% Vermont 7,644 7,545 1.30% Missouri 75,059 74,803 0.93% West Virginia 23,274 23,092 0.78% Oklahoma 34,466 34,260 0.60% New Hampshire 14,668 14,581 0.59% Florida 226,316 226,022 0.13% New Mexico 17,897 17,877 0.11% Utah 27,583 27,632 -0.18% Louisiana 47,826 48,154 -0.69% Georgia 94,492 95,359 -0.92% Virginia 79,613 80,369 -0.95% Idaho 15,909 16,163 -1.60% Maryland 54,532 55,419 -1.63% Alaska 7,809 8,004 -2.49% Rhode Island 11,560 11,922 -3.13% New Jersey 84,312 87,053 -3.25% Connecticut 36,011 37,382 -3.81% Kentucky 48,048 49,937 -3.93% Massachusetts 100,797 104,861 -4.03% Tennessee 66,541 69,432 -4.34% New York 215,440 227,517 -5.61%