Notaries in the United States — the numbers
We maintain 5,162 notary services across the country. Below is what that looks like by state: raw count, count per 100,000 residents, and how complete the listings are. Updated August 2026.
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Density: notaries per 100,000 residents
Population is the 2020 Census count. Density says more than a raw count: Louisiana has 4.5 per 100,000 — 45.0× the rate of South Dakota.
| State | Notaries | Per 100k | With a website | With a phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 47 | 0.9 | 34% | 100% |
| Alaska | 6 | 0.8 | 67% | 100% |
| Arizona | 129 | 1.8 | 63% | 99% |
| Arkansas | 28 | 0.9 | 46% | 100% |
| California | 998 | 2.5 | 57% | 100% |
| Colorado | 37 | 0.6 | 51% | 100% |
| Connecticut | 29 | 0.8 | 55% | 100% |
| Delaware | 11 | 1.1 | 45% | 100% |
| Florida | 548 | 2.5 | 56% | 99% |
| Georgia | 136 | 1.3 | 43% | 99% |
| Hawaii | 13 | 0.9 | 54% | 100% |
| Idaho | 12 | 0.7 | 75% | 92% |
| Illinois | 105 | 0.8 | 49% | 100% |
| Indiana | 35 | 0.5 | 40% | 100% |
| Iowa | 11 | 0.3 | 55% | 100% |
| Kansas | 27 | 0.9 | 70% | 100% |
| Kentucky | 34 | 0.8 | 41% | 97% |
| Louisiana | 211 | 4.5 | 55% | 100% |
| Maine | 9 | 0.7 | 56% | 100% |
| Maryland | 97 | 1.6 | 42% | 100% |
| Massachusetts | 56 | 0.8 | 55% | 100% |
| Michigan | 69 | 0.7 | 55% | 100% |
| Minnesota | 18 | 0.3 | 33% | 100% |
| Mississippi | 26 | 0.9 | 62% | 100% |
| Missouri | 77 | 1.3 | 73% | 100% |
| Montana | 9 | 0.8 | 33% | 100% |
| Nebraska | 7 | 0.4 | 71% | 100% |
| Nevada | 85 | 2.7 | 54% | 100% |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.4 | 50% | 100% |
| New Jersey | 127 | 1.4 | 47% | 100% |
| New Mexico | 16 | 0.8 | 56% | 100% |
| New York | 160 | 0.8 | 53% | 100% |
| North Carolina | 99 | 0.9 | 59% | 99% |
| Ohio | 70 | 0.6 | 40% | 97% |
| Oklahoma | 42 | 1.1 | 36% | 100% |
| Oregon | 39 | 0.9 | 56% | 100% |
| Pennsylvania | 497 | 3.8 | 48% | 100% |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 0.6 | 57% | 100% |
| South Carolina | 105 | 2.1 | 75% | 100% |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 | 0% | 100% |
| Tennessee | 127 | 1.8 | 51% | 100% |
| Texas | 737 | 2.5 | 50% | 99% |
| Utah | 32 | 1.0 | 41% | 100% |
| Vermont | 1 | 0.2 | 0% | 100% |
| Virginia | 111 | 1.3 | 52% | 98% |
| Washington | 77 | 1.0 | 51% | 99% |
| Washington DC | 5 | 0.7 | 40% | 100% |
| West Virginia | 5 | 0.3 | 40% | 100% |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 0.4 | 64% | 100% |
| Wyoming | 3 | 0.5 | 67% | 100% |
Cities with the most notaries
| City | State | Notaries |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | Texas | 139 |
| Los Angeles | California | 91 |
| New York | New York | 60 |
| Las Vegas | Nevada | 55 |
| Miami | Florida | 45 |
| Orlando | Florida | 34 |
| Chicago | Illinois | 34 |
| Dallas | Texas | 33 |
| Jacksonville | Florida | 31 |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 30 |
| San Diego | California | 29 |
| Tampa | Florida | 29 |
| San Antonio | Texas | 27 |
| Phoenix | Arizona | 26 |
| Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 26 |
| San Francisco | California | 25 |
| San Jose | California | 25 |
| Memphis | Tennessee | 25 |
| Bakersfield | California | 24 |
| Austin | Texas | 23 |
| Sacramento | California | 21 |
| New Orleans | Louisiana | 20 |
| Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 20 |
| Columbus | Ohio | 18 |
| Brownsville | Texas | 18 |
How this is built
Locations come from Overture Maps (open data), filtered to notaries in the US and cleaned: duplicates merged, dead entries dropped, phone numbers normalized. Websites, opening hours and amenities are checked against each business's own site. We keep monthly snapshots, so the counts above are a point in time, not a running total — ask if you need an earlier one.