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CFP® Certificant Profile
Total Number of CFP® Certificants - 60,671.
Last updated: 1/31/2010

Number Per State:

State Number
Alabama 490
Alaska 64
Arizona 1,281
Arkansas 233
California 6,805
Colorado 1,566
Connecticut 1,094
Delaware 222
District of Columbia 149
Florida 4,289
Georgia 1,892
Guam 2
Hawaii 254
Idaho 141
Illinois 3,221
Indiana 997
Iowa 541
Kansas 567
Kentucky 448
Louisiana 472
Maine 193
Maryland 1,464
Massachusetts 2,209
Michigan 1,744
Minnesota 1,569
Mississippi 180
Missouri 987
Montana 160
Nebraska 301
Nevada 250
New Hampshire 439
New Jersey 2,656
New Mexico 198
New York 3,747
North Carolina 2,104
North Dakota 100
Ohio 2,227
Oklahoma 360
Oregon 683
Pennsylvania 3,085
Puerto Rico 24
Rhode Island 262
South Carolina 657
South Dakota 126
Tennessee 1,020
Texas 4,113
Utah 392
Vermont 132
Virgin Island 2
Virginia 1,794
Washington 1,354
West Virginia 98
Wisconsin 1,169
Wyoming 44
APO Addresses 1

Gender:

Gender Number Percentage
Male 46380 76.45%
Female 14168 23.35%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

Ages:

Age Number Percentage
No age given 690 1.14%
20-29 1877 3.09%
30-39 12238 20.17%
40-49 16437 27.09%
50-59 18310 30.18%
60-69 9545 15.73%
70-79 1443 2.38%
80+ 131 0.22%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

Highest Degree Earned:

Degree Number Percentage
Associate 1301 2.14%
Bachelors 35535 58.57%
Doctorate 886 1.46%
Juris Doctor 2593 4.27%
Masters 17575 28.97%
No Degree Indicated 654 1.08%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

Credentials Held:

Designation Number Percentage
Accredited Asset Management Specialist 1630 2.69%
Accredited Estate Planner 471 0.78%
Accredited Financial Counselor 74 0.12%
Accredited Tax Advisor 283 0.47%
Accredited Tax Preparer 366 0.60%
Certification in Long Term Care 1669 2.75%
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst 676 1.11%
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist 313 0.52%
Certified Financial Manager 1289 2.12%
Certified Fund Specialist 1012 1.67%
Certified Investment Management Analyst 1395 2.30%
Certified Investment Management Consultant 200 0.33%
Certified Management Accountant 169 0.28%
Certified Senior Advisor 781 1.29%
Certified Trust & Financial Advisor 638 1.05%
Certified Valuation Analyst 160 0.26%
Chartered Financial Analyst 1462 2.41%
Chartered Financial Consultant 6405 10.56%
Chartered Life Underwriter 5845 9.63%
Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor 932 1.54%
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter 139 0.23%
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor 2817 4.64%
Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist 469 0.77%
Enrolled Agent 1675 2.76%
Fellow Life Management Institute 221 0.36%
Fraternal Insurance Counselor 292 0.48%
Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow 1163 1.92%
Personal Financial Specialist 1816 2.99%
Qualified Pension Administrator 57 0.09%
Registered Employee Benefit Consultant 186 0.31%
Registered Financial Consultant 1639 2.70%
Registered Health Underwriter 293 0.48%
Registered Paraplanner 143 0.24%
No Designations Indicated 36877 60.78%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

Licenses Held:

Licenses Number Percentage
Attorney 1728 2.85%
CPA 7607 12.54%
Insurance 40196 66.25%
Real Estate 1981 3.27%
No Licenses Indicated 14497 23.89%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

Business Type:

Business Type Number Percentage
Accounting 3664 6.04%
Banking/Other 1622 2.67%
Banking/Trust 2190 3.61%
Corp/Admin 929 1.53%
Education 2309 3.81%
Estate Planning 17204 28.36%
Government/SRO 108 0.18%
Healthcare 481 0.79%
Human Resources 266 0.44%
Insurance 13738 22.64%
Law 529 0.87%
Personal Financial Planning 42051 69.31%
Real Estate 772 1.27%
Retirement Planning 34922 57.56%
Securities 24344 40.12%
Tax Preparation/Advice 8126 13.39%
No Business Activities Indicated 6877 11.33%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

CFP® Practitioner

CFP® Practitioner Percentage
Yes 69.11%

*Percentages are based only on those who have responded to this question from CFP Board.

CFP® certificant demographic data is drawn from initial certification and certification renewal forms. Much of the information on the forms is not required, so the demographics in the above tables may not reflect the entire certificant population but only those who provided the required information. Any detailed use of this data should consider that it is self reported by CFP® professionals and that the currency of the data will range from one-day to two-years old because it is gathered as part of initial certification and the certification renewal cycle.

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