# Physical therapists in the US, from NPPES September 2026

Individuals (entity type 1) in the CMS NPPES full replacement file of September 2026
who hold a NUCC Physical Therapist taxonomy code (2251*) in any of the 15 taxonomy
slots, with deactivated NPIs left out unless reactivated. An NPI never expires, so
these counts run above any count of people at work.

## Files

- physical_therapists_by_state.csv: state, physical therapists by practice address, Census population 1 July 2024, physical therapists per 100,000 residents. 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
- new_npis_by_year.csv: physical therapists and physical therapy assistants (225200000X) by the year their NPI was issued. 2026 runs to mid September.
- specializations.csv: physical therapists per NUCC specialization code. A person with two codes counts in both.
- facts.json: totals, sex code and sole proprietor flag.

Built by tools/report_physical_therapists_facts.py.