Internal Medicine Physician vs Pharmacist

Pharmacist has 2.0 times as many registry records as Internal Medicine Physician: 292,480 against 149,962. 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

Internal Medicine Physician: 149,962 records in 56 states

California17,696
New York12,067
Florida10,151
Texas9,175
Pennsylvania7,300

Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →

Pharmacist: 292,480 records in 56 states

California32,533
New York22,962
Florida19,422
Texas18,541
Pennsylvania13,059

Pharmacist nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Internal Medicine Physician	Pharmacist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	17,696	32,533	45.4	83.5
New York	12,067	22,962	61.7	117.3
Florida	10,151	19,422	44.9	85.9
Texas	9,175	18,541	30.1	60.8
Pennsylvania	7,300	13,059	56.3	100.8
Illinois	7,238	9,744	57.7	77.6
Ohio	5,277	10,831	44.8	91.9
Michigan	5,735	8,370	57.1	83.4
North Carolina	4,056	9,625	37.4	88.8
New Jersey	4,632	8,209	49.9	88.4
Massachusetts	6,825	5,932	97.5	84.7
Georgia	3,911	8,291	35.5	75.2
Washington	3,079	7,777	39.4	99.5
Virginia	3,599	6,584	41.6	76.2
Tennessee	2,596	7,226	36.4	101.4
Arizona	2,853	6,746	38.4	90.8
Maryland	3,904	5,562	63.2	90.0
Missouri	2,604	5,343	42.0	86.2
Minnesota	2,632	4,914	45.9	85.6
Wisconsin	2,078	5,397	35.2	91.3
Indiana	2,109	5,116	30.7	74.6
South Carolina	1,881	5,196	35.0	96.7
Colorado	2,046	4,381	34.8	74.5
Louisiana	1,749	4,623	38.2	101.1
Alabama	1,705	4,531	33.4	88.7
Connecticut	2,623	3,247	72.5	89.8
Oregon	2,116	3,571	50.0	84.4
Kentucky	1,526	4,129	33.7	91.2
Oklahoma	1,115	3,344	27.5	82.5
Iowa	871	3,179	27.2	99.1
Arkansas	768	2,900	25.0	94.5
Kansas	1,010	2,581	34.3	87.8
Nevada	1,229	2,090	38.5	65.4
Mississippi	972	2,236	33.1	76.1
West Virginia	754	2,283	42.6	129.0
New Mexico	770	1,961	36.4	92.7
Utah	664	1,986	19.4	58.1
Nebraska	813	1,815	41.1	91.7
Idaho	453	1,763	23.1	89.7
Hawaii	902	1,178	62.9	82.1
Rhode Island	1,033	1,031	94.3	94.1
Maine	597	1,372	42.8	98.3
New Hampshire	673	1,286	48.0	91.7
District of Columbia	901	642	132.7	94.6
Delaware	600	858	58.1	83.1
Montana	324	1,087	28.6	96.0
South Dakota	247	938	26.9	102.0
North Dakota	245	870	31.3	111.0
Alaska	177	735	24.1	100.2
Vermont	326	579	50.4	89.4
Wyoming	134	607	22.9	103.9

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

Common questions

How many Internal Medicine Physician providers are there vs Pharmacist?

There are 149,962 Internal Medicine Physician and 292,480 Pharmacist 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.