Where America's social-advocacy nonprofits are: top states by count

There are roughly 8,843 "other social-advocacy" organization establishments in the U.S. (NAICS 813319, 2023 Census County Business Patterns) — the advocacy, civil-rights, environmental, and community-action nonprofits. California leads with 1,179, followed by New York (649) and Texas (456). The standout is Washington, D.C. at 412 — a tiny jurisdiction ranking fourth nationally because it is the country's advocacy capital. Florida (365), Washington (361), Pennsylvania (317), and Illinois (313) round out the top eight. These organizations employ about 74,500 people.

Why it matters for insurance: advocacy nonprofits carry general liability for their events and premises, but their defining exposures are directors-and-officers (D&O) and employment-practices (EPLI) coverage — governance decisions, volunteer management, and public-facing campaigns all create management-liability risk a standard GL policy does not address.

Paid employees = total employment reported for the week of March 12, U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. "—" marks state cells the Census suppressed for disclosure.

Counts are establishments classified under NAICS 813319 (Other Social Advocacy Organizations) in the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns, the most recent CBP release. An establishment is a single physical location; figures count establishments, not members. State rows exclude cells the Census suppressed for disclosure.

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