NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Chiropractor vs Neurology Chiropractor

Chiropractor has 124.1 times as many registry records as Neurology Chiropractor: 96,211 against 775. 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

Chiropractor: 96,211 records in 56 states

  1. California11,498
  2. Texas6,979
  3. Florida6,967
  4. New York4,573
  5. Illinois4,524

Chiropractor nationwide →

Neurology Chiropractor: 775 records in 50 states

  1. California110
  2. Florida89
  3. Texas68
  4. New York57
  5. Georgia39

Neurology Chiropractor nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

StateChiropractorNeurology ChiropractorPer 100,000 (first)Per 100,000 (second)
California11,49811029.50.3
Florida6,9678930.80.4
Texas6,9796822.90.2
New York4,5735723.40.3
Illinois4,5242736.00.2
Pennsylvania3,9342730.40.2
Minnesota3,3772358.90.4
Georgia3,2513929.50.4
Michigan3,0581830.50.2
Washington3,0061938.50.2
New Jersey2,9102231.30.2
Ohio2,6881322.80.1
Wisconsin2,5501443.10.2
Missouri2,537840.90.1
Colorado2,3492640.00.4
North Carolina2,2421720.70.2
Iowa2,019663.00.2
Arizona1,9711426.50.2
Oregon1,8811244.40.3
Massachusetts1,5771922.50.3
Virginia1,5661618.10.2
South Carolina1,5401228.70.2
Tennessee1,5291221.50.2
Kansas1,449249.30.1
Indiana1,406720.50.1
Kentucky1,016222.40.0
Oklahoma983424.20.1
Connecticut9071725.10.5
Utah901426.40.1
Alabama901217.60.0
Maryland881314.30.0
Nebraska852443.10.2
Louisiana770316.80.1
Idaho708636.00.3
Nevada694221.70.1
Arkansas678422.10.1
South Dakota533358.00.3
North Dakota498263.50.3
Montana474341.80.3
Maine418729.90.5
New Mexico411519.40.2
Hawaii390427.20.3
New Hampshire377126.90.1
Alaska317343.20.4
Mississippi317210.80.1
West Virginia276015.60.0
Delaware238323.10.3
Rhode Island228520.80.5
Vermont211332.60.5
Wyoming171229.30.3
District of Columbia69010.20.0

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

Common questions

How many Chiropractor providers are there vs Neurology Chiropractor?

There are 96,211 Chiropractor and 775 Neurology Chiropractor records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Chiropractor has records in 56 states and territories, against 50.

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.