NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician vs Forensic Pathology Physician

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician has 28.0 times as many registry records as Forensic Pathology Physician: 16,293 against 581. Each count is the NPPES records whose primary taxonomy is the specialty, so it measures how providers describe their main practice, not everyone trained in it.

CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census population estimates · method

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician: 16,293 records in 56 states

  1. California1,554
  2. Texas1,424
  3. New York972
  4. Florida966
  5. Illinois789

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician nationwide →

Forensic Pathology Physician: 581 records in 49 states

  1. California54
  2. Florida53
  3. New York43
  4. Texas38
  5. Maryland20

Forensic Pathology Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

StateAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology PhysicianForensic Pathology PhysicianPer 100,000 (first)Per 100,000 (second)
California1,554544.00.1
Texas1,424384.70.1
Florida966534.30.2
New York972435.00.2
Illinois789156.30.1
Pennsylvania716205.50.2
Ohio673145.70.1
Michigan561205.60.2
Massachusetts542157.70.2
Tennessee475196.70.3
North Carolina432144.00.1
Georgia425193.90.2
Minnesota376106.60.2
New Jersey366123.90.1
Maryland357205.80.3
Virginia36294.20.1
Missouri348155.60.2
Wisconsin335135.70.2
Washington330164.20.2
Arizona324124.40.2
Indiana28634.20.0
South Carolina259124.80.2
Colorado258104.40.2
Louisiana22464.90.1
Kentucky215144.80.3
Connecticut21265.90.2
Alabama20183.90.2
Oregon19544.60.1
Kansas18356.20.2
Iowa16885.20.2
Nebraska17218.70.1
Arkansas16755.40.2
Utah14674.30.2
Oklahoma15023.70.0
New Mexico96174.50.8
Mississippi11013.70.0
Nevada10273.20.2
West Virginia9505.40.0
District of Columbia81511.90.7
Hawaii8135.60.2
New Hampshire7705.50.0
Rhode Island6325.70.2
Maine5714.10.1
Vermont5328.20.3
Montana4534.00.3
Delaware3773.60.7
South Dakota4314.70.1
Idaho3801.90.0
North Dakota2943.70.5
Alaska2603.50.0
Wyoming1302.20.0

Source: CMS NPPES (NPPES files on CMS.gov), primary NUCC taxonomy by practice state; 2023 population estimates (census.gov).

Common questions

How many Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician providers are there vs Forensic Pathology Physician?

There are 16,293 Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician and 581 Forensic Pathology Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 49.

Where is the data from?

Provider counts are from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Per-capita rates use 2023 Census population estimates.

Two specialties are not substitutes: scope of practice, training and the conditions treated differ. More comparisons →

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of the NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026.