Last year, 153 nursing schools gave doctor of nursing practice degrees to 7,037 nurses, compared with four schools that gave the degrees to 170 nurses in 2004, when the association of nursing schools voted to embrace the new degree.
With 749,857 people, Monroe County is the 9th most populated county in the state of New York out of 62 counties. But watch out, Monroe County, because Onondaga County with 468,196 people and Richmond County with 473,279 people are right behind you.
Monroe County Population. All Monroe County population data above are from the US Census Bureau except for the population projection data, which are from the Cornell University. Cornell Program on Applied Demographics. New York State Projection Data by County. Released September 2011.