Neurology Physical Therapist vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist has 234.7 times as many registry records as Neurology Physical Therapist: 264,021 against 1,125. 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

Neurology Physical Therapist: 1,125 records in 52 states

California144
Texas103
Florida71
New York69
Michigan51

Neurology 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	Neurology Physical Therapist	Physical Therapist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	144	22,531	0.4	57.8
New York	69	21,756	0.4	111.2
Texas	103	15,190	0.3	49.8
Florida	71	14,419	0.3	63.8
Pennsylvania	42	12,783	0.3	98.6
Illinois	39	12,045	0.3	96.0
New Jersey	32	9,733	0.3	104.8
Michigan	51	9,592	0.5	95.6
North Carolina	30	8,640	0.3	79.7
Washington	29	7,493	0.4	95.9
Ohio	49	7,378	0.4	62.6
Massachusetts	25	7,100	0.4	101.4
Virginia	39	6,893	0.5	79.8
Georgia	28	6,579	0.3	59.7
Wisconsin	21	6,585	0.4	111.4
Colorado	33	6,354	0.6	108.1
Maryland	25	6,177	0.4	99.9
Minnesota	28	5,500	0.5	95.9
Arizona	32	5,351	0.4	72.0
Tennessee	17	5,363	0.2	75.3
Indiana	18	4,894	0.3	71.3
Missouri	24	4,540	0.4	73.3
Oregon	22	4,123	0.5	97.4
South Carolina	5	3,905	0.1	72.7
Connecticut	6	3,569	0.2	98.7
Kentucky	12	3,233	0.3	71.4
Alabama	6	2,896	0.1	56.7
Kansas	8	2,693	0.3	91.6
Utah	28	2,655	0.8	77.7
Iowa	7	2,671	0.2	83.3
Louisiana	11	2,529	0.2	55.3
Oklahoma	5	2,320	0.1	57.2
Arkansas	2	2,255	0.1	73.5
Nebraska	1	2,093	0.1	105.8
Nevada	8	1,891	0.3	59.2
Idaho	9	1,768	0.5	90.0
Mississippi	2	1,699	0.1	57.8
Maine	5	1,682	0.4	120.5
New Hampshire	3	1,663	0.2	118.6
Montana	3	1,429	0.3	126.1
New Mexico	3	1,418	0.1	67.1
West Virginia	2	1,244	0.1	70.3
Rhode Island	3	1,237	0.3	112.9
Hawaii	3	1,215	0.2	84.7
Delaware	2	1,131	0.2	109.6
North Dakota	2	1,058	0.3	135.0
South Dakota	2	992	0.2	107.9
Vermont	2	853	0.3	131.7
Alaska	4	845	0.5	115.2
District of Columbia	8	703	1.2	103.5
Wyoming	1	661	0.2	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 Neurology Physical Therapist providers are there vs Physical Therapist?

There are 1,125 Neurology 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.