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Physical & Occupational Therapy in Louisiana

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

4,367
Registered providers
310
Places with providers
25th
National rank
of 56
3
Licence types

How density varies inside Louisiana

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.

median 8.1 0 56.1 providers per 10,000 residents · 207 places in Louisiana
Distribution across 207 places in Louisiana.

There are 4,367 licensed therapists registered in Louisiana. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (2,550) and occupational therapist (1,332).

Louisiana ranks 25th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 2,550 providers or 58% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Louisiana 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 310 distinct places across Louisiana. 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.

0129258200820172026
New registrations per year. licensed therapists in Louisiana. Annual registrations in 2025 were 14% higher 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

69.2% of registered licensed therapists in Louisiana 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 Louisiana. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Places in Louisiana

200 of 200 have their own page so far
Place Providers Population Per 10k
Shreveport 337 175,902 19.2
New Orleans 308 362,154 8.5
Gardere 242
Metairie 226
Milton 201
Covington 171 11,721 145.9
St. George 149 78,536 19.0
Lake Charles 141 82,676 17.1
Merrydale 114
Slidell 105 28,341 37.0
Monroe 103 46,860 22.0
Bossier City 98 63,259 15.5
Alexandria 93 42,938 21.7
Zachary 88 20,621 42.7
Denham Springs 80 9,378 85.3
Scott 76 9,635
West Monroe 70 12,478 56.1
Hammond 69 24,032 28.7
Mandeville 66 12,918 51.1
Gonzales 63 13,930 45.2
Thibodaux 61 15,573 39.2
Jennings 61 9,235 66.1
Ruston 60 22,397 26.8
Prairieville 52
Bayou Cane 51
Pineville 50 13,967 35.8
Carencro 45 13,224 34.0
Jefferson 44
Harahan 37 8,916
Marrero 31
Raceland 30
Natchitoches 29 17,146 16.9
Brusly 28 2,614 107.1
Youngsville 27 19,980 13.5
Kenner 27 65,136 4.1
Eunice 25 9,035 27.7
Opelousas 24 15,098 15.9
New Iberia 23 26,533 8.7
Fort Johnson South 22
Winnsboro 21 4,566 46.0
Broussard 21 15,799 13.3
Luling 19
Leesville 19 5,210 36.5
Abbeville 19 10,861 17.5
Ponchatoula 18 7,755 23.2
Belle Chasse 18
Walker 17 6,476 26.3
Terrytown 17
Ville Platte 16 6,172 25.9
Laplace 16
Bogalusa 16 10,321 15.5
Madisonville 15 877 171.0
Columbia 15 262
Sulphur 14 20,492 6.8
Mansura 13 1,260 103.2
Gretna 13 17,360 7.5
Destrehan 13
DeRidder 13 9,503 13.7
Amite City 13 4,081 31.9
Monticello 12
Chalmette 12
Central 12 30,313 4.0
Breaux Bridge 12 7,652 15.7
Port Allen 11 5,015 21.9
Marksville 11 4,744 23.2
Harvey 11
Rayville 10 3,176
New Roads 10 4,216 23.7
Livingston 10 2,006 49.9
Jonesboro 10 4,252 23.5
Franklinton 10 3,576 28.0
Crowley 10 11,223 8.9
Baker 10 12,136 8.2
Morgan City 9 10,757 8.4
Minden 9 11,103 8.1
Many 9 2,469 36.5
Jena 9 4,229 21.3
Benton 9 2,118 42.5
Bayou Blue 9
Presquille 8
Plaquemine 8 5,891 13.6
Galliano 8
Bastrop 8 8,908 9.0
Stonewall 7 2,716 25.8
Lutcher 7 2,822 24.8
Haughton 7 4,828 14.5
Donaldsonville 7 7,094 9.9
Vidalia 6 3,925 15.3
Lacombe 6
Farmerville 6 3,432 17.5
Coushatta 6 1,623 37.0
Mamou 5 2,830 17.7
Larose 5
Church Point 5 4,036 12.4
Bunkie 5 3,138 15.9
Arcadia 5 2,534 19.7
Tickfaw 4 691 57.9
Springhill 4 4,437 9.0
Springfield 4 463 86.4
St. Francisville 4 1,484 27.0
Rayne 4 6,995 5.7
Jonesville 4 1,531 26.1
Gramercy 4 2,689 14.9
Ferriday 4 2,984 13.4
Elmwood 4
Clinton 4 1,265
Calhoun 4
Albany 4 1,244 32.2
Woodworth 3 1,758 17.1
Winnfield 3 4,480 6.7
Westwego 3 8,317 3.6
Westlake 3 4,763 6.3
Watson 3
Tallulah 3 5,517 5.4
Sorrento 3 1,622 18.5
River Ridge 3
Oakdale 3 6,526 4.6
Mansfield 3 4,475 6.7
Killian 3 1,260 23.8
Jackson 3 3,904 7.7
Heflin 3 204 147.1
Folsom 3 846 35.5
Deville 3
Arnaudville 3 991 30.3
South Vacherie 2
Slaughter 2 975 20.5
St. Martinville 2 5,229 3.8
Ringgold 2 1,314 15.2
Reserve 2
Reeves 2 227
Port Barre 2 1,741 11.5
Paulina 2
Patterson 2 5,565 3.6
Norco 2
Napoleonville 2 500 40.0
Moss Bluff 2
Longville 2
Lockport 2 2,333 8.6
Kinder 2 2,091 9.6
Iowa 2 3,301 6.1
Franklin 2 6,224 3.2
DeQuincy 2 2,878 6.9
Delhi 2 2,519
Delcambre 2 1,766 11.3
Cut Off 2
Center Point 2
Boyce 2 864 23.1
Bernice 2 1,305 15.3
Addis 2 7,679 2.6
Wisner 1 742 13.5
Washington 1 704 14.2
Vivian 1 2,920 3.4
Vinton 1 3,115 3.2
Ventress 1
Sunset 1 3,194 3.1
Sugartown 1
Sterlington 1 2,663 3.8
Simsboro 1 805 12.4
Simmesport 1 1,400 7.1
St. Joseph 1 746 13.4
St. Gabriel 1 6,987 1.4
Quitman 1 174 57.5
Pollock 1 393 25.4
Plain Dealing 1 876 11.4
Pierre Part 1
Pearl River 1 2,715 3.7
Olla 1 1,325 7.5
Natchez 1 490 20.4
Merryville 1 950 10.5
Meraux 1
Maurice 1 3,215 3.1
Lake Providence 1 3,147 3.2
Kaplan 1 4,116 2.4
Jeanerette 1 4,484 2.2
Independence 1 1,665 6.0
Homer 1 2,520 4.0
Hayes 1
Hahnville 1
Gray 1
Glenmora 1 1,040 9.6
Gilbert 1 436 22.9
Frierson 1
Eros 1 141
Erath 1 1,932 5.2
Duson 1 1,357 7.4
Dry Prong 1 443 22.6
Collinston 1 256 39.1
Colfax 1 1,393 7.2
Choudrant 1 1,032 9.7
Chauvin 1
Centerville 1
Brownfields 1
Boutte 1
Berwick 1 4,455 2.2
Belle Rose 1
Baskin 1 205 48.8
Basile 1 1,192 8.4
Barataria 1
Arabi 1
Abita Springs 1 2,753 3.6

8 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.