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May 2007

NCARB’s 2007 Survey of Registered Architects

Washington, DC—The 2007 survey of state architectural registration boards by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) indicates that there are currently 112,650 registered architects in the United States. This year’s findings reflect a 4.5 percent increase over the prior year in NCARB’s fifth annual survey. More than 3,800 initial licenses were granted to architects in the past year, an increase of 34.5 percent over last year.

The 2007 survey also reveals that there are 109,546 reciprocal (out-of state) architects and 222,196 total registrations. This means, on average, an architect is registered in at least two different jurisdictions. California has the highest number of resident architects (16,894) and the highest number of total registrations (21,852).

The Council’s Quality Assurance division collects data for the survey from its 54 member boards, which includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NCARB makes this information available annually as a service to the profession. Survey data are listed below. For more information about the 2006 Survey of Registered Architects, contact NCARB at 202-783-6500.

* Counts are estimates based on data from prior years.
** Counts based on 2005 ratios.
***Counts based on 2006 ratios.

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About NCARB NCARB comprises the architectural registration boards of all 50 states plus those of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. NCARB assists its member state registration boardsin carrying out their duties and provides a certification program for individual architects. NCARB's mission is to work together as a council of member boards to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to assist member
boards in carrying out their duties. In order to achieve these goals, the Council develops and recommends standards to be required of an applicant for architectural registration; develops, and recommends standards regulating the practice of architecture; provides to member boards a process for certifying the qualifications of an architect for registration; and represents the interests of member boards before public and private agencies.