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CFP® Certificant Profile
Total Number of CFP® Certificants - 58,830.
Last updated: 12/31/2008

Number Per State:

State Number
Alabama 472
Alaska 64
Arizona 1,222
Arkansas 222
California 6,602
Colorado 1,494
Connecticut 1,064
Delaware 216
District of Columbia 155
Florida 4,195
Georgia 1,802
Guam 1
Hawaii 252
Idaho 139
Illinois 3,144
Indiana 983
Iowa 534
Kansas 565
Kentucky 425
Louisiana 479
Maine 191
Maryland 1,387
Massachusetts 2,115
Michigan 1,690
Minnesota 1,518
Mississippi 186
Missouri 963
Montana 157
Nebraska 289
Nevada 239
New Hampshire 411
New Jersey 2,583
New Mexico 201
New York 3,670
North Carolina 1,983
North Dakota 105
Ohio 2,148
Oklahoma 361
Oregon 679
Pennsylvania 3,007
Puerto Rico 25
Rhode Island 247
South Carolina 639
South Dakota 127
Tennessee 992
Texas 3,974
Utah 371
Vermont 131
Virgin Island 2
Virginia 1,703
Washington 1,313
West Virginia 96
Wisconsin 1,131
Wyoming 50
APO Addresses 1

Gender:

Gender Number Percentage
Male 45036 76.55%
Female 13732 23.34%

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

Ages:

Age Number Percentage
No age given 650 1.10%
20-29 1804 3.07%
30-39 12011 20.42%
40-49 16561 28.15%
50-59 17755 30.18%
60-69 8630 14.67%
70-79 1300 2.21%
80+ 119 0.20%

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

Highest Degree Earned:

Degree Number Percentage
Associate 1344 2.28%
Bachelors 34087 57.94%
Doctorate 902 1.53%
Juris Doctor 2493 4.24%
Masters 17026 28.94%
No Degree Indicated 839 1.43%

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

Credentials Held:

Designation Number Percentage
Accredited Asset Management Specialist 1469 2.50%
Accredited Estate Planner 445 0.76%
Accredited Financial Counselor 68 0.12%
Accredited Tax Advisor 276 0.47%
Accredited Tax Preparer 343 0.58%
Certification in Long Term Care 1493 2.54%
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst 621 1.06%
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist 315 0.54%
Certified Financial Manager 1271 2.16%
Certified Fund Specialist 1039 1.77%
Certified Investment Management Analyst 1219 2.07%
Certified Investment Management Consultant 187 0.32%
Certified Management Accountant 179 0.30%
Certified Senior Advisor 989 1.68%
Certified Trust & Financial Advisor 587 1.00%
Certified Valuation Analyst 157 0.27%
Chartered Financial Analyst 1381 2.35%
Chartered Financial Consultant 6442 10.95%
Chartered Life Underwriter 5992 10.19%
Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor 903 1.53%
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter 194 0.33%
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor 2228 3.79%
Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist 403 0.69%
Enrolled Agent 1659 2.82%
Fellow Life Management Institute 237 0.40%
Fraternal Insurance Counselor 291 0.49%
Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow 1192 2.03%
Personal Financial Specialist 1779 3.02%
Qualified Pension Administrator 58 0.10%
Registered Employee Benefit Consultant 182 0.31%
Registered Financial Consultant 1554 2.64%
Registered Health Underwriter 296 0.50%
Registered Paraplanner 124 0.21%
No Designations Indicated 35883 60.99%

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

Licenses Held:

Licenses Number Percentage
Attorney 1678 2.85%
CPA 7586 12.89%
Insurance 39293 66.79%
Real Estate 1997 3.39%
No Licenses Indicated 13627 23.16%

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

Business Type:

Business Type Number Percentage
Accounting 3737 6.35%
Banking/Other 1724 2.93%
Banking/Trust 2195 3.73%
Corp/Admin 948 1.61%
Education 2226 3.78%
Estate Planning 16847 28.64%
Government/SRO 105 0.18%
Healthcare 493 0.84%
Human Resources 278 0.47%
Insurance 13759 23.39%
Law 543 0.92%
Personal Financial Planning 40956 69.62%
Real Estate 821 1.40%
Retirement Planning 33656 57.21%
Securities 23679 40.25%
Tax Preparation/Advice 8098 13.77%
No Business Activities Indicated 5888 10.01%

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

CFP® Practitioner

CFP® Practitioner Percentage
Yes 70.66%

*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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