Physical & Occupational Therapy in Arkansas

Physical therapists and occupational therapists registered with a practice address in this area, including their board-recognised specialty areas.

4,430

Registered providers

269

Places with providers

33rd

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Arkansas

Each bar is the number of places at that level of provider density. A long right tail means a few places carry far more providers per resident than the rest of the state.

Distribution across 230 places in Arkansas.

There are 4,430 licensed therapists registered in Arkansas. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (2,268) and occupational therapist (1,678).

Arkansas ranks 33rd of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 2,268 providers or 51% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Arkansas licenses its providers.

No single licence type dominates here — physical therapist and occupational therapist are within reach of each other. For most common reasons to seek therapy, the distinction between those licences matters less than availability and cost.

Providers are registered in 269 distinct places across Arkansas. The map shows the ZIP codes with the highest counts.

These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.

How Arkansas got here

new registrations per year

Each registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Arkansas. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.

New registrations per year. licensed therapists in Arkansas. Annual registrations in 2025 were 6% lower than in 2008. The final bar is faded because 2026 is still in progress. Starts at 2008 on purpose. The NPI system launched in 2006– 2007 and the whole profession registered at once, so those two years are an artefact of the rollout rather than a measure of anything. Including them would make the following year look like a collapse.

Who they are

self-reported to CMS

74.6% of registered licensed therapists in Arkansas are women. Nationally the figure varies a great deal by licence type — occupational therapy at one end, psychiatry at the other. See the national breakdown.

You can filter any city list on this site by gender. We show it because it is one of the most common things people search for and, for some kinds of work, a real need — but it is only ever a filter here, never a ranking.

Where they are registered

circle size = providers in that ZIP code

The highest-count ZIP codes for licensed therapists in Arkansas. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

2,268

51.2%

Occupational Therapist

1,678

37.9%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

240

5.4%

Pediatric Physical Therapist

130

2.9%

Places in Arkansas

199 of 199 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Little Rock	663	206,427	32.1
Fayetteville	303	106,623	28.4
Jonesboro	258	83,296	31.0
Conway	249	72,328	34.4
Rogers	221	76,956	28.7
North Little Rock	221	65,120	33.9
Springdale	190	90,685	21.0
Bentonville	151	63,057	23.9
Hot Springs	137	37,979	36.1
Russellville	128	29,521	43.4
Fort Smith	123	90,855
Benton	113	38,898	29.1
Searcy	108	24,351	44.4
Sherwood	73	33,620	21.7
Mountain Home	59	13,373	44.1
Bryant	52	22,815	22.8
Batesville	52	11,860	43.8
Paragould	51	31,135	16.4
Harrison	49	13,802	35.5
Van Buren	46	24,556	18.7
Jacksonville	43	29,460	14.6
West Memphis	42	23,336	18.0
Cabot	40	27,711	14.4
Ward	39	7,258	53.7
El Dorado	33	16,609	19.9
Pine Bluff	32	38,213	8.4
Monticello	31	8,269	37.5
Bella Vista	30	34,518	8.7
Heber Springs	27	7,323	36.9
Greenbrier	26	6,645	39.1
Wynne	25	7,884	31.7
Pocahontas	25	7,622	32.8
Siloam Springs	24	21,298	11.3
Danville	22	1,961	112.2
Maumelle	21	19,780	10.6
Hot Springs Village	21
Morrilton	20	7,195	27.8
Malvern	18	11,144	16.2
Beebe	18	9,377	19.2
Arkadelphia	18	9,916	18.2
Nashville	17	3,945	43.1
Newport	15	8,193	18.3
Mena	15	5,607	26.8
Marion	14	13,378	10.5
Lonoke	14	4,299	32.6
Forrest City	14	12,308
West Fork	13	2,373	54.8
Mountain View	13	2,940	44.2
Blytheville	13	12,227	10.6
Magnolia	12	10,660	11.3
Trumann	11	7,527	14.6
Lake Village	11	1,833
Greenwood	11	9,793	11.2
Farmington	11	10,658	10.3
De Queen	11	6,045	18.2
Alma	11	6,071	18.1
Sheridan	10	5,406	18.5
Mayflower	10	2,372	42.2
Lowell	10	12,184	8.2
Crossett	10	4,454	22.5
Centerton	10	27,176	3.7
Rudy	9	131
Cave City	9	1,987	45.3
Berryville	9	5,813	15.5
Texarkana	8	29,123	2.7
Hope	8	8,445	9.5
Clarksville	8	9,632	8.3
Ash Flat	8	1,156
Melbourne	7	1,892	37.0
Hensley	7
Clinton	7	2,511	27.9
Pea Ridge	6	11,233	5.3
Lonsdale	6	106
DeWitt	6	2,791	21.5
Camden	6	10,127	5.9
Ashdown	6	4,135	14.5
White Hall	5	5,532	9.0
Walnut Ridge	5	5,478	9.1
Perryville	5	1,408	35.5
Ozark	5	3,628	13.8
Marshall	5	1,320	37.9
Green Forest	5	3,246	15.4
Glenwood	5	2,016	24.8
Dover	5	1,385	36.1
Charleston	5	2,760	18.1
Calico Rock	5	2,003	25.0
Warren	4	5,146	7.8
Vilonia	4	4,894	8.2
Smackover	4	1,584	25.3
Salem	4	1,611	24.8
Paris	4	3,357	11.9
Harrisburg	4	2,217	18.0
Fordyce	4	3,141	12.7
Corning	4	3,065	13.1
Prairie Grove	3	8,998	3.3
Piggott	3	3,508	8.6
Marianna	3	3,253	9.2
McRae	3	617	48.6
Huntsville	3	3,576	8.4
Holiday Island	3	2,440	12.3
Highland	3	1,060	28.3
Gentry	3	4,899	6.1
Foreman	3	951	31.5
Dumas	3	3,476	8.6
Cherokee Village	3	4,981	6.0
Center Ridge	3
Cave Springs	3	6,701	4.5
Carlisle	3	1,982	15.1
Booneville	3	3,836	7.8
Bono	3	2,858	10.5
Austin	3	4,017	7.5
Atkins	3	2,868	10.5
Alexander	3	3,801	7.9
Yellville	2	1,095
Tontitown	2	8,046	2.5
Sulphur Rock	2	655	30.5
Stuttgart	2	7,525	2.7
Scott	2
Roland	2
Rison	2	917	21.8
Prescott	2	2,949	6.8
Pottsville	2	3,326	6.0
Pearcy	2
Osceola	2	6,450	3.1
Newark	2	1,184	16.9
Mount Ida	2	1,005	19.9
Mountain Pine	2	586	34.1
Mountainburg	2	535	37.4
Mansfield	2	1,066	18.8
Manila	2	3,773
McGehee	2	3,389	5.9
McAlmont	2
Imboden	2	627	31.9
Hoxie	2	2,568	7.8
Helena-West Helena	2	8,216	2.4
Fouke	2	810	24.7
Eureka Springs	2	2,258	8.9
England	2	2,409	8.3
Colt	2	283	70.7
Brinkley	2	2,468	8.1
Barling	2	5,452	3.7
Winslow	1	362	27.6
Western Grove	1	346	28.9
Viola	1	371	27.0
Tull	1	499	20.0
Tuckerman	1	1,649	6.1
Traskwood	1	528	18.9
Taylor	1	560	17.9
Strong	1	400	25.0
Star City	1	2,059	4.9
Springfield	1
Shirley	1	249	40.2
Scranton	1	261	38.3
Rose Bud	1	498	20.1
Redfield	1	1,492	6.7
Rector	1	1,789	5.6
Poyen	1	275	36.4
Pleasant Grove	1
Plainview	1	457	21.9
Perry	1	267	37.5
Parkin	1	766	13.1
Ozone	1
Norfork	1	482	20.7
Moro	1	160
McCrory	1	1,440	6.9
London	1	1,061	9.4
Lockesburg	1	596	16.8
Lincoln	1	2,370	4.2
Lead Hill	1	272
Lavaca	1	2,528	4.0
Lamar	1	1,776	5.6
Lake Hamilton	1
Junction City	1	476	21.0
Johnson	1	3,684	2.7
Huntington	1	486	20.6
Holland	1	602	16.6
Hatfield	1	348	28.7
Hardy	1	780	12.8
Hampton	1	1,145	8.7
Hamburg	1	2,364	4.2
Hackett	1	857	11.7
Greers Ferry	1	831	12.0
Gravette	1	3,889	2.6
Gassville	1	2,205	4.5
Fox	1
Flippin	1	1,290	7.8
El Paso	1
Donaldson	1	282	35.5
Desha	1
Cotter	1	946	10.6
Cammack Village	1	757	13.2
Brookland	1	4,697	2.1
Black Rock	1	697	14.3
Bigelow	1	364	27.5
Belleville	1	309	32.4
Bearden	1	738	13.6
Bay	1	1,803	5.5
Bauxite	1	811	12.3
Alpine	1

10 places have no per-resident figure. Those are office districts inside a larger urban area, rural towns whose practices serve a whole region, or places where most registrations share one employer's address — dividing by the resident population there produces a number that looks precise and describes nothing. The provider counts are unaffected; the test is described in the methodology.