NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Professional Counselor in California

3,965 NPPES records list professional counselor with a practice address in California, 10 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. San Diego and Modesto have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 80 of 80.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101YP2500X · method

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

San Diego has the most, 355

  1. San Diego355
  2. Modesto263
  3. Los Angeles232
  4. San Francisco168
  5. Sacramento122

Professional Counselor records in California

  1. Qi ZhengSan Francisco, CA 941091710618137
  2. Dana ZhuGilroy, CA 950201659114932
  3. Eileen ZiccardiSan Clemente, CA 926731407421001
  4. Jillian ZiesmerLos Angeles, CA 900641790164994
  5. Kimberly ZimmerSan Diego, CA 921231699551168
  6. Diana Zing-SandovalBeaumont, CA 922231437797438
  7. Nicole ZinkVista, CA 920831093207813
  8. Molly Zive, LCSWSan Diego, CA 921031275913709
  9. Zakiyyah Ziyadhyatt, PSYDSan Jose, CA 951121598240178
  10. Gina Zolnierek, LPCCSan Marcos, CA 920691922560655
  11. Noureen Zubair, ACSWCeres, CA 953071568978633
  12. Juan Zuluaga, MSOrange, CA 928681972068641
  13. Michelle ZunigaModesto, CA 953581861816530
  14. Christopher ZuresSan Diego, CA 921301174087696
  15. Katherine Zwick, LCPC, LPCCSanta Cruz, CA 950601326441692

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP2500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada14
  2. Nebraska13
  3. Vermont12
  4. California10
  5. Washington8
  6. Massachusetts7
  7. 50 states and D.C.42

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP2500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

3.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 11.0% 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. California3.5%
  2. United States11.0%

Professional Counselor records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file140 of 3,965 · 3.5% here, 11.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file324 · 8.2% here, 17.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,040 · 26.2% here, 49.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 323 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101YP2500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

3,965 NPPES records list professional counselor (101YP2500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 10 per 100,000 residents against 42 nationally (50 states and D.C.). San Diego has 355 of them (9%).

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. Maryland4,072
  2. New Jersey4,115
  3. Wisconsin4,459
  4. Michigan4,958

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Guam10.4
  2. Vermont11.6
  3. Nebraska12.6
  4. Washington7.5

The largest states

  1. Texas20,712
  2. Illinois9,508
  3. Pennsylvania9,335
  4. Colorado6,935
  5. Ohio6,775

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.