The percentage of women ODs climbed to 48.3% of the profession, according to an analysis that Women In Optometry conducts early each year.
See related analysis here.
Here is a state-by-state analysis.
| State | 2024 Men | 2024 Women | Total | % Women |
| Puerto Rico | 189 | 296 | 485 | 61.0% |
| Washington, DC | 41 | 54 | 95 | 56.8% |
| Massachusetts | 606 | 792 | 1,398 | 56.7% |
| California | 3,502 | 4,445 | 7,947 | 55.9% |
| Delaware | 65 | 81 | 146 | 55.5% |
| Maryland | 390 | 454 | 844 | 53.8% |
| New York | 1,552 | 1,796 | 3,348 | 53.6% |
| Texas | 2,245 | 2,575 | 4,820 | 53.4% |
| New Jersey | 708 | 796 | 1,504 | 52.9% |
| Illinois | 1,211 | 1,345 | 2,556 | 52.6% |
| Hawaii | 157 | 171 | 328 | 52.1% |
| Virginia | 857 | 913 | 1,770 | 51.6% |
| New Hampshire | 132 | 131 | 263 | 49.8% |
| Florida | 1,670 | 1,630 | 3,300 | 49.4% |
| Rhode Island | 124 | 118 | 242 | 48.8% |
| Connecticut | 324 | 307 | 631 | 48.7% |
| Indiana | 739 | 683 | 1422 | 48.0% |
| Georgia | 724 | 660 | 1384 | 47.7% |
| Oregon | 497 | 453 | 950 | 47.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,356 | 1,225 | 2,581 | 47.5% |
| Alabama | 427 | 373 | 800 | 46.6% |
| Colorado | 654 | 564 | 1,218 | 46.3% |
| Nevada | 284 | 239 | 523 | 45.7% |
| Minnesota | 604 | 507 | 1,111 | 45.6% |
| Tennessee | 677 | 560 | 1,237 | 45.3% |
| Missouri | 662 | 541 | 1,203 | 45.0% |
| Michigan | 1,027 | 839 | 1,866 | 45.0% |
| Ohio | 1,271 | 1,023 | 2,294 | 44.6% |
| North Carolina | 756 | 598 | 1,354 | 44.2% |
| North Dakota | 124 | 97 | 221 | 43.9% |
| Arizona | 680 | 528 | 1,208 | 43.7% |
| Washington | 910 | 706 | 1,616 | 43.7% |
| Louisiana | 293 | 216 | 509 | 42.4% |
| Kentucky | 435 | 318 | 753 | 42.2% |
| Alaska | 113 | 81 | 194 | 41.8% |
| Wisconsin | 627 | 448 | 1,075 | 41.7% |
| Nebraska | 259 | 179 | 438 | 40.9% |
| Mississippi | 222 | 153 | 375 | 40.8% |
| Vermont | 81 | 54 | 135 | 40.0% |
| South Carolina | 425 | 281 | 706 | 39.8% |
| Maine | 172 | 112 | 284 | 39.4% |
| New Mexico | 192 | 124 | 316 | 39.2% |
| Oklahoma | 534 | 337 | 871 | 38.7% |
| Kansas | 437 | 269 | 706 | 38.1% |
| Iowa | 424 | 230 | 654 | 35.2% |
| Arkansas | 325 | 176 | 501 | 35.1% |
| South Dakota | 157 | 84 | 241 | 34.9% |
| West Virginia | 179 | 93 | 272 | 34.2% |
| Montana | 155 | 79 | 234 | 33.8% |
| Wyoming | 110 | 41 | 151 | 27.2% |
| Idaho | 297 | 64 | 361 | 17.7% |
| Utah | 388 | 68 | 456 | 14.9% |
| U.S. | 30,990 | 28,907 | 59,897 | 48.4% |
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