Orthopedic Physical Therapist vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist has 24.5 times as many registry records as Orthopedic Physical Therapist: 264,021 against 10,779. 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

Orthopedic Physical Therapist: 10,779 records in 52 states

California1,641
New York756
Florida704
Texas681
Pennsylvania553

Orthopedic 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	Orthopedic Physical Therapist	Physical Therapist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	1,641	22,531	4.2	57.8
New York	756	21,756	3.9	111.2
Texas	681	15,190	2.2	49.8
Florida	704	14,419	3.1	63.8
Pennsylvania	553	12,783	4.3	98.6
Illinois	293	12,045	2.3	96.0
New Jersey	373	9,733	4.0	104.8
Michigan	281	9,592	2.8	95.6
North Carolina	329	8,640	3.0	79.7
Ohio	438	7,378	3.7	62.6
Washington	277	7,493	3.5	95.9
Massachusetts	285	7,100	4.1	101.4
Virginia	289	6,893	3.3	79.8
Georgia	241	6,579	2.2	59.7
Wisconsin	161	6,585	2.7	111.4
Colorado	365	6,354	6.2	108.1
Maryland	229	6,177	3.7	99.9
Minnesota	247	5,500	4.3	95.9
Arizona	256	5,351	3.4	72.0
Tennessee	141	5,363	2.0	75.3
Indiana	151	4,894	2.2	71.3
Missouri	154	4,540	2.5	73.3
Oregon	234	4,123	5.5	97.4
South Carolina	123	3,905	2.3	72.7
Connecticut	134	3,569	3.7	98.7
Kentucky	81	3,233	1.8	71.4
Alabama	79	2,896	1.5	56.7
Kansas	82	2,693	2.8	91.6
Utah	113	2,655	3.3	77.7
Iowa	64	2,671	2.0	83.3
Louisiana	139	2,529	3.0	55.3
Oklahoma	75	2,320	1.9	57.2
Arkansas	61	2,255	2.0	73.5
Nebraska	59	2,093	3.0	105.8
Nevada	75	1,891	2.3	59.2
Idaho	68	1,768	3.5	90.0
Maine	43	1,682	3.1	120.5
Mississippi	22	1,699	0.7	57.8
New Hampshire	49	1,663	3.5	118.6
Montana	57	1,429	5.0	126.1
New Mexico	60	1,418	2.8	67.1
Hawaii	65	1,215	4.5	84.7
Rhode Island	28	1,237	2.6	112.9
West Virginia	16	1,244	0.9	70.3
Delaware	26	1,131	2.5	109.6
North Dakota	25	1,058	3.2	135.0
South Dakota	23	992	2.5	107.9
Alaska	40	845	5.5	115.2
Vermont	32	853	4.9	131.7
District of Columbia	41	703	6.0	103.5
Wyoming	19	661	3.3	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 Orthopedic Physical Therapist providers are there vs Physical Therapist?

There are 10,779 Orthopedic 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.