Internal Medicine Physician vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist has 1.8 times as many registry records as Internal Medicine Physician: 264,021 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 →

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	Internal Medicine Physician	Physical Therapist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	17,696	22,531	45.4	57.8
New York	12,067	21,756	61.7	111.2
Florida	10,151	14,419	44.9	63.8
Texas	9,175	15,190	30.1	49.8
Pennsylvania	7,300	12,783	56.3	98.6
Illinois	7,238	12,045	57.7	96.0
Michigan	5,735	9,592	57.1	95.6
New Jersey	4,632	9,733	49.9	104.8
Massachusetts	6,825	7,100	97.5	101.4
North Carolina	4,056	8,640	37.4	79.7
Ohio	5,277	7,378	44.8	62.6
Washington	3,079	7,493	39.4	95.9
Virginia	3,599	6,893	41.6	79.8
Georgia	3,911	6,579	35.5	59.7
Maryland	3,904	6,177	63.2	99.9
Wisconsin	2,078	6,585	35.2	111.4
Colorado	2,046	6,354	34.8	108.1
Arizona	2,853	5,351	38.4	72.0
Minnesota	2,632	5,500	45.9	95.9
Tennessee	2,596	5,363	36.4	75.3
Missouri	2,604	4,540	42.0	73.3
Indiana	2,109	4,894	30.7	71.3
Oregon	2,116	4,123	50.0	97.4
Connecticut	2,623	3,569	72.5	98.7
South Carolina	1,881	3,905	35.0	72.7
Kentucky	1,526	3,233	33.7	71.4
Alabama	1,705	2,896	33.4	56.7
Louisiana	1,749	2,529	38.2	55.3
Kansas	1,010	2,693	34.3	91.6
Iowa	871	2,671	27.2	83.3
Oklahoma	1,115	2,320	27.5	57.2
Utah	664	2,655	19.4	77.7
Nevada	1,229	1,891	38.5	59.2
Arkansas	768	2,255	25.0	73.5
Nebraska	813	2,093	41.1	105.8
Mississippi	972	1,699	33.1	57.8
New Hampshire	673	1,663	48.0	118.6
Maine	597	1,682	42.8	120.5
Rhode Island	1,033	1,237	94.3	112.9
Idaho	453	1,768	23.1	90.0
New Mexico	770	1,418	36.4	67.1
Hawaii	902	1,215	62.9	84.7
West Virginia	754	1,244	42.6	70.3
Montana	324	1,429	28.6	126.1
Delaware	600	1,131	58.1	109.6
District of Columbia	901	703	132.7	103.5
North Dakota	245	1,058	31.3	135.0
South Dakota	247	992	26.9	107.9
Vermont	326	853	50.4	131.7
Alaska	177	845	24.1	115.2
Wyoming	134	661	22.9	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 Internal Medicine Physician providers are there vs Physical Therapist?

There are 149,962 Internal Medicine Physician and 264,021 Physical Therapist 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.