NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Mississippi

412 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Mississippi, 14 per 100,000 residents, the 46th highest rate of 51. Hattiesburg and Southaven have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi license search. Page 9 of 9.

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).

Hattiesburg has the most, 21

  1. Hattiesburg21
  2. Southaven17
  3. Tupelo17
  4. Columbus16
  5. Jackson16

Optometrist records in Mississippi

  1. Cindy Williams, O.D.Oxford, MS 386551033160403
  2. Phillip Williams, O.D.Corinth, MS 388341912120080
  3. Paul Williston, O.C.Gulfport, MS 395031689781619
  4. Jason Wilson, O.D.Long Beach, MS 395601316321730
  5. Jonathan Wilson, O.D.Southaven, MS 386711881738532
  6. Joshua Wilson, O.D.Tupelo, MS 388041255874368
  7. Madison Wilson, ODNewton, MS 393451417849472
  8. Brunswick Wong, O.D.Greenville, MS 387011376637405
  9. William WoodPontotoc, MS 388631013030964
  10. Kimberly Yeates, O.D.Columbus, MS 397051083804322
  11. Jennifer York, O.D.Ridgeland, MS 391571083843163
  12. Justin Zampella, ODBruce, MS 389151750804704

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

Mississippi ranks 46 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia15
  2. Maryland15
  3. District of Columbia15
  4. Mississippi14
  5. South Carolina14
  6. Utah14
  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.

84.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 71.9% 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. Mississippi84.0%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file346 of 412 · 84.0% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file310 · 75.2% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more276 · 67.0% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 310 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

412 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 14 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Hattiesburg has 21 of them (5%).

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. Nebraska452
  2. Idaho369
  3. Utah470
  4. Hawaii353

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina13.9
  2. Virgin Islands13.8
  3. North Carolina13.7
  4. District of Columbia14.7

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.