Physical & Occupational Therapy in Nebraska

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

3,674

Registered providers

235

Places with providers

36th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Nebraska

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 214 places in Nebraska.

There are 3,674 licensed therapists registered in Nebraska. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (2,100) and occupational therapist (1,315).

Nebraska ranks 36th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

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 235 distinct places across Nebraska. 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska. 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 Nebraska. Annual registrations in 2025 were 21% 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

75.1% of registered licensed therapists in Nebraska 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 Nebraska. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

2,100

57.2%

Occupational Therapist

1,315

35.8%

Places in Nebraska

164 of 164 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Omaha	1,416	488,797	29.0
Lincoln	607	301,522	20.1
Grand Island	157	53,943	29.1
Bellevue	142	64,863	21.9
Kearney	112	34,782	32.2
Papillion	110	25,127	43.8
Waterloo	95	917
Fremont	78	28,350	27.5
Norfolk	70	26,677	26.2
Hastings	67	25,121	26.7
Columbus	47	25,248	18.6
Gretna	37	9,207	40.2
Beatrice	33	12,318	26.8
North Platte	32	22,524	14.2
Scottsbluff	29	14,259	20.3
Alliance	23	7,914	29.1
Broken Bow	22	3,507	62.7
Blair	22	7,997	27.5
Nebraska City	20	7,512	26.6
South Sioux City	18	14,158	12.7
Wahoo	17	5,023	33.8
Plattsmouth	17	6,955	24.4
Wayne	16	6,338	25.2
York	14	8,284	16.9
Bennington	14	1,968	71.1
Sidney	13	6,432	20.2
West Point	12	3,411	35.2
Holdrege	12	5,555	21.6
McCook	11	7,157	15.4
Seward	10	7,892	12.7
La Vista	10	16,543	6.0
Aurora	10	4,787	20.9
O'Neill	9	3,567	25.2
Minden	9	3,133	28.7
Gering	9	8,535	10.5
Chadron	9	4,975	18.1
Ainsworth	9	1,585	56.8
Louisville	8	1,419	56.4
Fairbury	8	3,812	21.0
Cozad	8	3,924	20.4
Verdigre	7	532	131.6
Ord	7	2,121	33.0
Auburn	7	3,498	20.0
Syracuse	6	2,006	29.9
Schuyler	6	6,800	8.8
Ogallala	6	4,698	12.8
Offutt AFB	6
Milford	6	2,286	26.2
Lexington	6	11,176	5.4
Imperial	6	1,962	30.6
Gothenburg	6	3,430	17.5
Cambridge	6	1,066	56.3
Ashland	6	3,483	17.2
Waverly	5	4,533	11.0
Wakefield	5	1,527	32.7
Valentine	5	2,635	19.0
Tecumseh	5	1,695	29.5
Springfield	5	1,529	32.7
St. Paul	5	2,416	20.7
Pender	5	1,106	45.2
North Bend	5	1,263	39.6
David City	5	3,068	16.3
Bridgeport	5	1,421	35.2
Blue Hill	5	789	63.4
Albion	5	1,735	28.8
Wilber	4	1,978	20.2
Pierce	4	1,849	21.6
Oakland	4	1,337	29.9
Hartington	4	1,530	26.1
Fullerton	4	1,228	32.6
Falls City	4	3,988	10.0
Elwood	4	615	65.0
Superior	3	1,821	16.5
Pawnee City	3	836	35.9
Neligh	3	1,551	19.3
Macy	3
Hebron	3	1,384	21.7
Gordon	3	1,417	21.2
Firth	3	644
Creighton	3	1,113	27.0
Clarkson	3	630	47.6
Central City	3	3,184	9.4
Bloomfield	3	941	31.9
Bennet	3	1,104	27.2
Arapahoe	3	957	31.3
Alma	3	1,009	29.7
Valley	2	3,412	5.9
Utica	2	831	24.1
Sutherland	2	1,225	16.3
Ravenna	2	1,397	14.3
Ralston	2	6,382	3.1
Martell	2
Loup City	2	1,026	19.5
Lindsay	2	331
Kimball	2	2,271	8.8
Humboldt	2	768	26.0
Hay Springs	2	555	36.0
Genoa	2	868	23.0
Exeter	2	511	39.1
Crofton	2	761	26.3
Crete	2	7,747	2.6
Boys Town	2	616
Benkelman	2	771	25.9
Bayard	2	1,087	18.4
Bassett	2	536	37.3
Atkinson	2	1,316	15.2
Ansley	2	456	43.9
Adams	2	623	32.1
Yutan	1	1,451	6.9
Wymore	1	1,341	7.5
Wolbach	1	237	42.2
Waterbury	1	72
Waco	1	312	32.1
Tilden	1	982	10.2
Tekamah	1	1,705	5.9
Sutton	1	1,466	6.8
St. Libory	1
St. Edward	1	714	14.0
Red Cloud	1	946	10.6
Raymond	1	153	65.4
Randolph	1	892	11.2
Ponca	1	933	10.7
Polk	1	341	29.3
Pleasant Dale	1	214	46.7
Phillips	1	333	30.0
Paxton	1	502	19.9
Oxford	1	701	14.3
Osmond	1	803	12.5
Osceola	1	883	11.3
Odessa	1
Oakdale	1	268	37.3
Newman Grove	1	632	15.8
Nelson	1	462	21.6
Murray	1	502	19.9
Mitchell	1	1,513	6.6
Minatare	1	696	14.4
Marquette	1	237	42.2
Madison	1	2,162	4.6
Lawrence	1	275	36.4
Jackson	1	227	44.1
Humphrey	1	875	11.4
Hooper	1	793	12.6
Hickman	1	3,663	2.7
Henderson	1	1,097	9.1
Grant	1	1,158	8.6
Geneva	1	2,100	4.8
Fort Calhoun	1	1,108	9.0
Fairmont	1	575	17.4
Doniphan	1	819	12.2
Dodge	1	585	17.1
Curtis	1	843	11.9
Cortland	1	515	19.4
Coleridge	1	522	19.2
Clearwater	1	327	30.6
Chappell	1	839	11.9
Ceresco	1	982	10.2
Callaway	1	561	17.8
Burwell	1	1,018	9.8
Bruning	1	282	35.5
Beemer	1	643	15.6
Battle Creek	1	1,188	8.4
Arnold	1	591	16.9
Arlington	1	1,329	7.5
Anselmo	1	106

6 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.