NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Kentucky

304 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Kentucky, 6.7 per 100,000 residents, the 1st highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 7 of 7.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

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

Louisville has the most, 31

  1. Louisville31
  2. Lexington21
  3. Ashland11
  4. Paducah10
  5. Owensboro9

Optician records in Kentucky

  1. Ashley YoungSomerset, KY 425011588394480
  2. Tammy YoungCrestwood, KY 400141285364232
  3. Mairany ZapotLexington, KY 405111831828276
  4. Carla Zielinski, OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERBardstown, KY 400041114650835

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 1 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky6.7
  2. Connecticut6.6
  3. Ohio6.2
  4. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

304 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 6.7 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 31 of them (10%).

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. Massachusetts295
  2. Texas286
  3. California334
  4. Puerto Rico266

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Connecticut6.6
  2. Ohio6.2
  3. Montana6.1
  4. New York5.8

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Massachusetts295

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.