NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Counselor in Iowa

355 NPPES records list counselor with a practice address in Iowa, 11 per 100,000 residents, the 47th highest rate of 51. Des Moines and Council Bluffs have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 8 of 8.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101Y00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Des Moines has the most, 59

  1. Des Moines59
  2. Council Bluffs29
  3. Davenport28
  4. Fort Dodge21
  5. Ames17

Counselor records in Iowa

  1. Deon Wynia, M.A., LMHCOrange City, IA 510411720187867
  2. Michael Young, BAMason City, IA 504011871991174
  3. Margaret Zander, LMHC LMFTDenver, IA 506221053423483
  4. Shelby Zirbel, MSWaterloo, IA 507031285344044
  5. Julie Zogg, LMSWDavenport, IA 528041225557846

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 47 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware14
  2. Georgia14
  3. Virginia12
  4. Iowa11
  5. Texas11
  6. North Dakota9
  7. 50 states and D.C.32

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

7.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 2.4% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Iowa7.3%
  2. United States2.4%

Counselor records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file26 of 355 · 7.3% here, 2.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file43 · 12.1% here, 3.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more245 · 69.0% here, 64.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2016 · the 43 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

355 NPPES records list counselor (101Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 11 per 100,000 residents against 32 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Des Moines has 59 of them (17%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. New Hampshire380
  2. Wyoming407
  3. Rhode Island412
  4. South Dakota279

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas10.9
  2. Virginia12.0
  3. North Dakota9.4
  4. Georgia13.7

The largest states

  1. California13,723
  2. Washington11,350
  3. Massachusetts8,990
  4. Oregon4,468
  5. Oklahoma4,424

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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 Aug 9, 2026.