NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Nurse vs Wound Care Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse has 288.9 times as many registry records as Wound Care Registered Nurse: 148,485 against 514. 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

Registered Nurse: 148,485 records in 56 states

  1. New York25,740
  2. California13,506
  3. Ohio9,656
  4. Texas8,921
  5. Washington5,708

Registered Nurse nationwide →

Wound Care Registered Nurse: 514 records in 52 states

  1. California47
  2. Texas32
  3. Florida29
  4. New York25
  5. Ohio23

Wound Care Registered Nurse nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

StateRegistered NurseWound Care Registered NursePer 100,000 (first)Per 100,000 (second)
New York25,74025131.50.1
California13,5064734.70.1
Ohio9,6562381.90.2
Texas8,9213229.20.1
Washington5,7081473.10.2
Michigan5,5891055.70.1
Pennsylvania5,3721241.40.1
Massachusetts4,9851971.20.3
Florida4,7222920.90.1
Wisconsin4,6282078.30.3
Colorado4,6101578.40.3
Minnesota3,4182259.60.4
Georgia3,2841329.80.1
Tennessee3,269645.90.1
Arizona3,1241142.00.1
Illinois2,6282220.90.2
Oregon2,4491057.90.2
Maryland2,453239.70.0
North Carolina2,1001219.40.1
South Carolina1,761632.80.1
New Jersey1,6131117.40.1
Missouri1,586825.60.1
New Mexico1,554973.50.4
Alabama1,486229.10.0
Indiana1,480421.60.1
Nevada1,458545.60.2
Oklahoma1,456435.90.1
Virginia1,2821214.80.1
Arkansas1,216439.60.1
Alaska1,2015163.80.7
West Virginia1,003456.70.2
Kansas997733.90.2
Utah990329.00.1
Delaware967393.70.3
Nebraska909445.90.2
Hawaii891562.10.3
Louisiana8691019.00.2
Kentucky864519.10.1
North Dakota8563109.20.4
Iowa833426.00.1
Rhode Island813174.20.1
District of Columbia8120119.60.0
South Dakota799786.90.8
Connecticut751420.80.1
Maine612743.80.5
Mississippi596520.30.2
Montana524446.30.4
Idaho395220.10.1
New Hampshire377026.90.0
Wyoming367362.80.5
Vermont201331.00.5

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

Common questions

How many Registered Nurse providers are there vs Wound Care Registered Nurse?

There are 148,485 Registered Nurse and 514 Wound Care Registered Nurse records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Registered Nurse 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 →

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.