NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Social Worker in Iowa

1,157 NPPES records list social worker with a practice address in Iowa, 36 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Des Moines and Iowa City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 24 of 24.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 104100000X · method

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

Des Moines has the most, 198

  1. Des Moines198
  2. Iowa City77
  3. Davenport69
  4. Cedar Rapids66
  5. West Des Moines58

Social Worker records in Iowa

  1. Taylor YoungClinton, IA 527321518605997
  2. Lauryn YoungersEldridge, IA 527481194697029
  3. Kayla Zeh, LMSWBurlington, IA 526011720464548
  4. Kenneth Zimmerman, LISWMason City, IA 504011356358949
  5. Katie Zoske, LISWMarshalltown, IA 501581295097020
  6. Heidi Zwick, LMSWDes Moines, IA 503141710112099
  7. William Zwick, LISWWest Des Moines, IA 502661386610426

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 104100000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. Maine41
  2. Pennsylvania39
  3. Oklahoma37
  4. Iowa36
  5. Hawaii35
  6. Kentucky34
  7. 50 states and D.C.40

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 104100000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

1,157 NPPES records list social worker (104100000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 36 per 100,000 residents against 40 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Des Moines has 198 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 Carolina1,201
  2. Minnesota1,020
  3. West Virginia1,008
  4. Arkansas1,350

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Hawaii35.3
  2. Oklahoma37.4
  3. Kentucky33.5
  4. Pennsylvania39.1

The largest states

  1. New York23,561
  2. Ohio11,239
  3. California10,332
  4. Michigan9,114
  5. Illinois5,881

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.