Personal Care Attendant
Category: Technician
82,685 providers across 52 states
Personal Care Attendant sits within the Technician NUCC taxonomy group and currently counts 82,685 individual clinicians enrolled in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System across 52 U.S. states and territories. The NUCC taxonomy is the industry-standard code set CMS uses to classify provider specialties on Medicare and Medicaid claims, and each provider selects their primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment, so this count reflects how many clinicians self-identify their primary practice as Personal Care Attendant rather than a census of every professional who ever trained in the field. Dual-certified practitioners who registered under a different primary code will not appear in this total. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
Geographic distribution is uneven across the 52-state footprint. West Virginia holds the largest concentration with 29,188 Personal Care Attendant providers (35.3% of the national total), followed by Nevada at 24,111 (29.2%) and Nebraska at 9,767. Las Vegas is the top metro for Personal Care Attendant by raw provider count, which tracks population density more than any state-specific licensure pattern, the taxonomy is recognized nationwide through NUCC, not state-by-state. Reading this map carefully matters for patients searching across state lines and for operators planning where to recruit, because thin-coverage regions often reflect training-pipeline constraints rather than unmet clinical demand.
Drill into any state row above to see the full roster of Personal Care Attendant providers in that jurisdiction with address and contact details from NPPES, or pivot to a specific city to narrow further. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a quality ranking, board-certification verifier, or medical advice. Listing under Personal Care Attendant means only that the provider self-designated this primary NUCC code at enrollment; it does not confirm current board certification, hospital privileges, or fitness to treat any specific condition. Always verify credentials directly through the NUCC taxonomy documentation, the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Which states have the most providers?
| State | Providers |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 29,188 |
| Nevada | 24,111 |
| Nebraska | 9,767 |
| District of Columbia | 5,166 |
| Ohio | 4,517 |
| Michigan | 1,911 |
| North Dakota | 1,584 |
| Alaska | 1,006 |
| Florida | 810 |
| Maryland | 717 |
| Louisiana | 691 |
| Texas | 604 |
| Minnesota | 377 |
| Oregon | 293 |
| Oklahoma | 283 |
| Virginia | 183 |
| Indiana | 143 |
| Arizona | 137 |
| Georgia | 116 |
| Kentucky | 107 |
| California | 86 |
| North Carolina | 81 |
| Pennsylvania | 68 |
| Iowa | 63 |
| Missouri | 63 |
| Wisconsin | 51 |
| Illinois | 49 |
| South Carolina | 48 |
| Tennessee | 44 |
| Arkansas | 43 |
| New York | 42 |
| Maine | 38 |
| Mississippi | 38 |
| Colorado | 36 |
| Washington | 33 |
| Kansas | 30 |
| Alabama | 23 |
| New Jersey | 20 |
| Massachusetts | 17 |
| Connecticut | 15 |
| Idaho | 14 |
| Montana | 13 |
| Puerto Rico | 10 |
| Utah | 9 |
| New Hampshire | 8 |
| New Mexico | 7 |
| Delaware | 6 |
| Wyoming | 6 |
| Hawaii | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 3 |
| South Dakota | 3 |
| Virgin Islands | 2 |
Top Cities for Personal Care Attendant
| City | Providers |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas | 19,440 |
| Washington | 5,131 |
| Omaha | 3,960 |
| Barboursville | 3,069 |
| Charleston | 2,606 |
| Huntington | 1,922 |
| Lincoln | 1,844 |
| South Charleston | 1,570 |
| Belington | 1,519 |
| Henderson | 1,412 |
| Reno | 1,336 |
| Elkins | 1,331 |
| North Las Vegas | 1,153 |
| Beckley | 808 |
| Grand Rapids | 741 |
| Bellevue | 560 |
| Parkersburg | 541 |
| Mullens | 519 |
| Papillion | 513 |
| Hamlin | 481 |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Technician category.
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Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Each provider is identified by NPI. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About