Pediatric Physical Therapist vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist has 39.1 times as many registry records as Pediatric Physical Therapist: 264,021 against 6,755. 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

Pediatric Physical Therapist: 6,755 records in 54 states

New York1,032
California652
Texas624
Florida275
Illinois258

Pediatric 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	Pediatric Physical Therapist	Physical Therapist	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	652	22,531	1.7	57.8
New York	1,032	21,756	5.3	111.2
Texas	624	15,190	2.0	49.8
Florida	275	14,419	1.2	63.8
Pennsylvania	234	12,783	1.8	98.6
Illinois	258	12,045	2.1	96.0
New Jersey	213	9,733	2.3	104.8
Michigan	107	9,592	1.1	95.6
North Carolina	216	8,640	2.0	79.7
Washington	169	7,493	2.2	95.9
Ohio	254	7,378	2.2	62.6
Massachusetts	142	7,100	2.0	101.4
Virginia	181	6,893	2.1	79.8
Georgia	223	6,579	2.0	59.7
Wisconsin	77	6,585	1.3	111.4
Colorado	194	6,354	3.3	108.1
Maryland	139	6,177	2.2	99.9
Minnesota	62	5,500	1.1	95.9
Arizona	149	5,351	2.0	72.0
Tennessee	79	5,363	1.1	75.3
Indiana	113	4,894	1.6	71.3
Missouri	118	4,540	1.9	73.3
Oregon	70	4,123	1.7	97.4
South Carolina	137	3,905	2.5	72.7
Connecticut	77	3,569	2.1	98.7
Kentucky	51	3,233	1.1	71.4
Alabama	64	2,896	1.3	56.7
Kansas	31	2,693	1.1	91.6
Iowa	35	2,671	1.1	83.3
Utah	45	2,655	1.3	77.7
Louisiana	54	2,529	1.2	55.3
Oklahoma	67	2,320	1.7	57.2
Arkansas	129	2,255	4.2	73.5
Nebraska	52	2,093	2.6	105.8
Nevada	42	1,891	1.3	59.2
Idaho	37	1,768	1.9	90.0
Mississippi	28	1,699	1.0	57.8
Maine	34	1,682	2.4	120.5
New Hampshire	36	1,663	2.6	118.6
Montana	28	1,429	2.5	126.1
New Mexico	32	1,418	1.5	67.1
West Virginia	22	1,244	1.2	70.3
Rhode Island	10	1,237	0.9	112.9
Hawaii	13	1,215	0.9	84.7
Delaware	17	1,131	1.6	109.6
North Dakota	22	1,058	2.8	135.0
South Dakota	19	992	2.1	107.9
Vermont	18	853	2.8	131.7
Alaska	23	845	3.1	115.2
District of Columbia	30	703	4.4	103.5
Wyoming	9	661	1.5	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 Pediatric Physical Therapist providers are there vs Physical Therapist?

There are 6,755 Pediatric 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 54.

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.