States that actually have a nursing shortage?

I've seen a few threads regarding the nursing shortage, and I wanted to know if there were any cities/states that actually have a nursing shortage?
My bet would be that shortages are going to exist in areas where conditions are harsh (think North Dakota in the dead of winter), rural, low paying, and sparsely populated (requiring long drives to get to places like shopping malls, airports, etc.). Many cities have multiple nursing schools pumping out new grad nurses competing for the same jobs, so I don't think urban areas are going to be hurting for nurses. No one state is going to be able to be listed as having a shortage as pretty much every state is likely to have areas of over saturation and areas of shortages.

There was an article here (Michigan) that we are at a nursing shortage and our amount of nurses went down (I want to say like 13% and 35% of nurses are about to retire)

Quote from LittleCandlesThere was an article here (Michigan) that we are at a nursing shortage and our amount of nurses went down (I want to say like 13% and 35% of nurses are about to retire)

Quote from Rose_QueenIs the article assuming those nurses are about to retire or has actually spoken to them and confirmed they are going to retire? While many may be of retirement age, they may have lost a fair amount of their retirement savings when the economy tanked. I work with some nurses who are going to be working for years beyond minimum retirement age because they can no longer afford to retire.

A need for nurses in West Michigan | WOODTV.comI guess my numbers are off, 3.5 % down but 55% are 55 years or older. They have a link to a survey done.

I don't know about a shortage but it is not hard getting a nursing job in south east Georgia.