Physical & Occupational Therapy in Mississippi

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

2,807

Registered providers

218

Places with providers

38th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Mississippi

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 179 places in Mississippi.

Mississippi has 2,807 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 3 licence types.

Mississippi ranks 38th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 1,703 providers or 61% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Mississippi licenses its providers.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 63% — hold the same licence, physical therapist. Where one type dominates like this, the practical question is less which letters someone has than whether they work with what you are bringing to them.

The three largest concentrations are Jackson (1,218), Tupelo (917), Oxford (651).

One caveat on reading these numbers: the registry records where a provider registered an address, not where they see clients day to day, and addresses are not always kept current. It also says nothing about whether someone is taking new clients.

How Mississippi 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi. Annual registrations in 2025 were 2% 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

72.2% of registered licensed therapists in Mississippi 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 Mississippi. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

1,703

60.7%

Occupational Therapist

957

34.1%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

1.8%

Places in Mississippi

156 of 156 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Ridgeland	250	24,750	101.0
Jackson	174	141,196	12.3
Tupelo	114	38,087
Southaven	113	57,819	19.5
Hattiesburg	113	48,802	23.2
Brandon	104	26,122
Gulfport	102	76,506	13.3
Flowood	94	11,003	85.4
Biloxi	83	48,516	17.1
Oxford	76	26,773
Madison	69	28,575	24.1
Columbus	69	22,792	30.3
McComb	67	11,697
Starkville	65	25,754	25.2
Summit	56	1,417	395.2
Ocean Springs	52	18,993	27.4
Olive Branch	49	47,563	10.3
Meridian	48	33,370	14.4
Vicksburg	45	19,830
Clinton	41	26,640	15.4
Natchez	38	14,880	25.5
Laurel	38	17,662	21.5
Picayune	30	12,019	25.0
Lucedale	28	3,232	86.6
Amory	28	6,386	43.8
Hernando	27	18,824	14.3
Philadelphia	26	6,858	37.9
Pascagoula	26	21,409	12.1
Byram	26	12,707	20.5
Greenwood	23	13,429
Kosciusko	22	6,722	32.7
Cleveland	22	10,138	21.7
Forest	21	5,433	38.7
Canton	21	10,873	19.3
Poplarville	20	2,918	68.5
Louisville	19	5,921	32.1
Vancleave	18
Saltillo	17	5,060	33.6
Collins	17	2,232	76.2
Batesville	17	7,325	23.2
Hazlehurst	16	3,435	46.6
Grenada	16	12,088	13.2
Yazoo City	15	9,867	15.2
Pearl	15	28,864	5.2
D'Iberville	15	13,557	11.1
Crystal Springs	15	4,629	32.4
Columbia	15	6,525	23.0
Brookhaven	15	11,646	12.9
Iuka	14	3,105	45.1
Winona	13	3,795	34.3
Clarksdale	13	13,643
Petal	12	11,694	10.3
New Albany	12	7,756	15.5
Greenville	12	26,530	4.5
Corinth	12	14,345	8.4
Wiggins	11	4,316	25.5
Friars Point	11	830
Long Beach	10	17,309	5.8
Fulton	10	4,640	21.6
Water Valley	9	3,414	26.4
Richland	9	7,630	11.8
Pontotoc	9	6,156	14.6
Magee	9	3,904	23.1
Florence	9	4,816	18.7
Booneville	9	9,257	9.7
Leland	8	3,555	22.5
Union	7	2,007	34.9
Senatobia	7	8,473	8.3
Ripley	7	5,377	13.0
West Point	6	9,743	6.2
Houston	6	3,670	16.3
Horn Lake	6	26,741	2.2
Flora	6	1,677	35.8
Diamondhead	6	9,441	6.4
Baldwyn	6	3,104	19.3
Pass Christian	5	6,459	7.7
Monticello	5	1,378	36.3
Marion	5	1,721	29.1
Macon	5	2,432	20.6
Leakesville	5	3,732	13.4
Carthage	5	4,864	10.3
Belzoni	5	1,719	29.1
University	4
Sherman	4	680	58.8
Purvis	4	1,969	20.3
Moss Point	4	11,743	3.4
Mississippi State	4
Indianola	4	8,637	4.6
Gautier	4	19,069
Bay St. Louis	4	10,634	3.8
Ackerman	4	1,536	26.0
Aberdeen	4	4,799	8.3
Waynesboro	3	4,495	6.7
Richton	3	946	31.7
Raymond	3	1,384	21.7
Newton	3	3,040	9.9
Nettleton	3	1,934	15.5
Eupora	3	2,116	14.2
Ellisville	3	4,473	6.7
Calhoun City	3	1,459	20.6
Byhalia	3	1,412	21.2
Bruce	3	1,608	18.7
Blue Springs	3	446	67.3
Bay Springs	3	1,472	20.4
Woodville	2	807	24.8
Utica	2	602	33.2
Taylorsville	2	1,103	18.1
Sumrall	2	2,299	8.7
Rolling Fork	2	1,387	14.4
Port Gibson	2	1,155	17.3
Mooreville	2
Meadville	2	448	44.6
Liberty	2	532	37.6
Lexington	2	1,395
Hide-A-Way Lake	2
Foxworth	2
De Kalb	2	834	24.0
Caledonia	2	1,117	17.9
Belmont	2	1,820	11.0
Ashland	2	527	38.0
Wesson	1	1,769	5.7
Walnut	1	680	14.7
Vaiden	1	872	11.5
Soso	1	416	24.0
Shelby	1	1,788	5.6
Shaw	1	1,337	7.5
Scooba	1	734	13.6
Saucier	1
Sardis	1	1,670	6.0
Sallis	1	131
Ruleville	1	2,278	4.4
Raleigh	1	1,066	9.4
Prentiss	1	896	11.2
Plantersville	1	856	11.7
Pittsboro	1	155
Pickens	1	810	12.3
Pelahatchie	1	1,324	7.6
Pachuta	1	195
Ovett	1
Okolona	1	2,394	4.2
Mound Bayou	1	1,381	7.2
Merigold	1	350	28.6
Mendenhall	1	2,115	4.7
Mantachie	1	1,143	8.7
Magnolia	1	1,804	5.5
Lumberton	1	1,656	6.0
Lambert	1	1,095	9.1
Holly Springs	1	6,402	1.6
Hollandale	1	2,090	4.8
Gluckstadt	1	3,500	2.9
Fayette	1	1,315	7.6
Ecru	1	1,113	9.0
Decatur	1	1,878	5.3
Collinsville	1
Brooksville	1	858	11.7
Benton	1

13 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.