Optometrist
62,329 providers registered under NUCC taxonomy
152W00000X across 51 states.
By state
| State | Total | MD | DO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,330 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| Texas | 5,018 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Florida | 3,604 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| New York | 3,556 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Illinois | 2,710 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,639 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ohio | 2,447 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michigan | 1,971 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington | 1,644 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1,581 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 1,543 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 1,501 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 1,487 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | 1,461 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Georgia | 1,442 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1,347 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1,300 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1,276 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri | 1,241 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1,161 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1,142 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oregon | 947 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 930 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 901 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alabama | 883 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 804 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 717 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Iowa | 679 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 677 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 553 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 542 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 526 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 452 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 411 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 369 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 356 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 333 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maine | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 294 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 273 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 270 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 246 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 198 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 165 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 148 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vermont | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cities with the most
| City | Providers |
|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 770 |
| New York, NY | 699 |
| Chicago, IL | 619 |
| Brooklyn, NY | 387 |
| San Antonio, TX | 377 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 370 |
| San Diego, CA | 346 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 310 |
| San Francisco, CA | 296 |
| Columbus, OH | 260 |
| Austin, TX | 256 |
| Miami, FL | 249 |
Source: CMS NPPES, refreshed weekly. Registration is not the same as actively practising, and a practice address shows where a provider is based rather than every state they are licensed in.