Geriatric Physical Therapist vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist has 127.8 times as many registry records as Geriatric Physical Therapist: 264,021 against 2,066. 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

Geriatric Physical Therapist: 2,066 records in 52 states

California194
Texas150
Florida139
New York134
Pennsylvania101

Geriatric Physical Therapist nationwide →

Physical Therapist: 264,021 records in 56 states

California22,531
New York21,756
Texas15,190
Florida14,419
Pennsylvania12,783

Physical Therapist nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Geriatric Physical Therapist	Physical Therapist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	194	22,531	0.5	57.8
New York	134	21,756	0.7	111.2
Texas	150	15,190	0.5	49.8
Florida	139	14,419	0.6	63.8
Pennsylvania	101	12,783	0.8	98.6
Illinois	73	12,045	0.6	96.0
New Jersey	95	9,733	1.0	104.8
Michigan	77	9,592	0.8	95.6
North Carolina	75	8,640	0.7	79.7
Washington	68	7,493	0.9	95.9
Ohio	76	7,378	0.6	62.6
Massachusetts	60	7,100	0.9	101.4
Virginia	37	6,893	0.4	79.8
Wisconsin	46	6,585	0.8	111.4
Georgia	30	6,579	0.3	59.7
Colorado	46	6,354	0.8	108.1
Maryland	65	6,177	1.1	99.9
Minnesota	37	5,500	0.6	95.9
Tennessee	55	5,363	0.8	75.3
Arizona	18	5,351	0.2	72.0
Indiana	43	4,894	0.6	71.3
Missouri	38	4,540	0.6	73.3
Oregon	41	4,123	1.0	97.4
South Carolina	39	3,905	0.7	72.7
Connecticut	46	3,569	1.3	98.7
Kentucky	23	3,233	0.5	71.4
Alabama	16	2,896	0.3	56.7
Kansas	27	2,693	0.9	91.6
Iowa	17	2,671	0.5	83.3
Utah	13	2,655	0.4	77.7
Louisiana	10	2,529	0.2	55.3
Oklahoma	10	2,320	0.2	57.2
Arkansas	11	2,255	0.4	73.5
Nebraska	17	2,093	0.9	105.8
Nevada	12	1,891	0.4	59.2
Idaho	8	1,768	0.4	90.0
Mississippi	9	1,699	0.3	57.8
Maine	15	1,682	1.1	120.5
New Hampshire	15	1,663	1.1	118.6
Montana	12	1,429	1.1	126.1
New Mexico	6	1,418	0.3	67.1
West Virginia	9	1,244	0.5	70.3
Rhode Island	8	1,237	0.7	112.9
Hawaii	7	1,215	0.5	84.7
Delaware	6	1,131	0.6	109.6
North Dakota	2	1,058	0.3	135.0
South Dakota	16	992	1.7	107.9
Vermont	3	853	0.5	131.7
Alaska	1	845	0.1	115.2
District of Columbia	3	703	0.4	103.5
Wyoming	3	661	0.5	113.2

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

Common questions

How many Geriatric Physical Therapist providers are there vs Physical Therapist?

There are 2,066 Geriatric Physical Therapist and 264,021 Physical Therapist records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Physical Therapist has records in 56 states and territories, against 52.

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.