NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Kentucky

803 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Kentucky, 18 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 17 of 17.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152W00000X · 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, 139

  1. Louisville139
  2. Lexington96
  3. Pikeville33
  4. Bowling Green26
  5. Owensboro24

Optometrist records in Kentucky

  1. Nikolaos Zagorianos, O.D.Louisville, KY 402151083092126
  2. John Zent, O.D.Lexington, KY 405031023248952
  3. Grace ZobelLouisville, KY 402131528903655

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 33 of 51 per resident

  1. Tennessee18
  2. New York18
  3. Arizona18
  4. Kentucky18
  5. Arkansas17
  6. Nevada17
  7. 50 states and D.C.19

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

803 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 18 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 139 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. South Carolina749
  2. Alabama874
  3. Kansas715
  4. Oklahoma892

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona18.0
  2. New York18.1
  3. Arkansas17.3
  4. Tennessee18.2

The largest states

  1. California8,308
  2. Texas5,006
  3. Florida3,594
  4. New York3,535
  5. Illinois2,697

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.