Clinical Psychologist vs Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist has 1.4 times as many registry records as Psychologist: 69,391 against 48,778. 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

Clinical Psychologist: 69,391 records in 56 states

California12,647
New York6,558
Illinois3,947
Massachusetts3,185
Florida2,980

Clinical Psychologist nationwide →

Psychologist: 48,778 records in 56 states

California7,304
New York5,045
Pennsylvania2,687
Michigan2,549
Massachusetts2,367

Psychologist nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Clinical Psychologist	Psychologist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	12,647	7,304	32.5	18.7
New York	6,558	5,045	33.5	25.8
Massachusetts	3,185	2,367	45.5	33.8
Michigan	2,965	2,549	29.5	25.4
Pennsylvania	2,597	2,687	20.0	20.7
Florida	2,980	2,202	13.2	9.7
Illinois	3,947	1,011	31.5	8.1
Texas	2,732	2,141	9.0	7.0
North Carolina	1,712	1,662	15.8	15.3
Minnesota	1,538	1,694	26.8	29.5
Ohio	1,581	1,529	13.4	13.0
New Jersey	1,513	1,488	16.3	16.0
Virginia	2,329	493	26.9	5.7
Washington	1,675	1,089	21.4	13.9
Maryland	1,499	1,183	24.3	19.1
Colorado	1,652	991	28.1	16.9
Georgia	1,169	890	10.6	8.1
Oregon	1,143	742	27.0	17.5
Connecticut	1,114	649	30.8	17.9
Wisconsin	728	949	12.3	16.1
Arizona	841	723	11.3	9.7
Missouri	911	579	14.7	9.3
Tennessee	795	509	11.2	7.1
Indiana	838	439	12.2	6.4
Kentucky	714	545	15.8	12.0
Kansas	549	600	18.7	20.4
Hawaii	640	260	44.6	18.1
District of Columbia	564	330	83.1	48.6
Utah	437	427	12.8	12.5
Rhode Island	510	244	46.5	22.3
South Carolina	446	280	8.3	5.2
Nebraska	232	381	11.7	19.3
West Virginia	251	347	14.2	19.6
New Mexico	366	230	17.3	10.9
Alabama	400	193	7.8	3.8
Nevada	346	236	10.8	7.4
Vermont	311	260	48.0	40.2
Louisiana	373	194	8.2	4.2
Maine	295	260	21.1	18.6
New Hampshire	292	251	20.8	17.9
Oklahoma	248	256	6.1	6.3
Arkansas	278	199	9.1	6.5
Iowa	212	251	6.6	7.8
Idaho	195	165	9.9	8.4
Delaware	168	151	16.3	14.6
Mississippi	165	128	5.6	4.4
Montana	171	98	15.1	8.7
North Dakota	118	143	15.1	18.2
Alaska	129	101	17.6	13.8
South Dakota	103	92	11.2	10.0
Wyoming	100	53	17.1	9.1

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

Common questions

How many Clinical Psychologist providers are there vs Psychologist?

There are 69,391 Clinical Psychologist and 48,778 Psychologist records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Both have records in 56 states and territories.

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 →

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.