Pediatric Pulmonology Physician vs Pediatrics Physician

Pediatrics Physician has 47.9 times as many registry records as Pediatric Pulmonology Physician: 74,895 against 1,562. 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 Pulmonology Physician: 1,562 records in 50 states

California139
New York126
Texas124
Ohio106
Florida86

Pediatric Pulmonology Physician nationwide →

Pediatrics Physician: 74,895 records in 56 states

California9,272
New York5,795
Texas5,641
Florida3,996
Pennsylvania3,382

Pediatrics Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Pediatric Pulmonology Physician	Pediatrics Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	139	9,272	0.4	23.8
New York	126	5,795	0.6	29.6
Texas	124	5,641	0.4	18.5
Florida	86	3,996	0.4	17.7
Pennsylvania	84	3,382	0.6	26.1
Illinois	42	3,176	0.3	25.3
Ohio	106	2,972	0.9	25.2
Massachusetts	72	2,628	1.0	37.5
North Carolina	51	2,356	0.5	21.7
Georgia	32	2,258	0.3	20.5
New Jersey	49	2,181	0.5	23.5
Michigan	34	2,180	0.3	21.7
Virginia	33	2,002	0.4	23.2
Maryland	22	1,842	0.4	29.8
Washington	41	1,753	0.5	22.4
Missouri	49	1,560	0.8	25.2
Arizona	25	1,309	0.3	17.6
Minnesota	32	1,288	0.6	22.4
Tennessee	35	1,255	0.5	17.6
Wisconsin	26	1,203	0.4	20.4
Colorado	45	1,155	0.8	19.7
Indiana	40	1,136	0.6	16.6
South Carolina	13	1,136	0.2	21.1
Connecticut	28	1,043	0.8	28.8
Louisiana	24	917	0.5	20.0
Kentucky	12	874	0.3	19.3
Oregon	12	861	0.3	20.3
Alabama	20	817	0.4	16.0
Oklahoma	8	707	0.2	17.4
Utah	6	670	0.2	19.6
District of Columbia	23	593	3.4	87.3
Arkansas	15	509	0.5	16.6
Iowa	12	502	0.4	15.7
New Mexico	8	453	0.4	21.4
Kansas	1	421	0.0	14.3
Mississippi	5	417	0.2	14.2
Hawaii	6	410	0.4	28.6
Nebraska	8	391	0.4	19.8
Nevada	7	380	0.2	11.9
New Hampshire	2	330	0.1	23.5
Rhode Island	2	330	0.2	30.1
Maine	5	311	0.4	22.3
Delaware	9	290	0.9	28.1
West Virginia	6	281	0.3	15.9
Idaho	2	223	0.1	11.4
Vermont	5	181	0.8	28.0
Alaska	3	167	0.4	22.8
Montana	2	153	0.2	13.5
South Dakota	6	146	0.7	15.9
North Dakota	0	112	0.0	14.3
Wyoming	0	80	0.0	13.7

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

Common questions

How many Pediatric Pulmonology Physician providers are there vs Pediatrics Physician?

There are 1,562 Pediatric Pulmonology Physician and 74,895 Pediatrics Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Pediatrics Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 50.

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.