Numbers of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in Roanoke, VA
Occupation group
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
8,010 |
| 2006 |
7,770 |
| 2007 |
8,990 |
| 2008 |
9,360 |
| 2009 |
10,280 |
| 2010 |
9,820 |
| 2011 |
10,240 |
| 2012 |
10,310 |
| 2013 |
10,710 |
| 2014 |
11,110 |
| 2015 |
10,730 |
| 2016 |
11,540 |
| 2017 |
11,460 |
| 2018 |
11,770 |
| 2019 |
11,910 |
Individual occupations
Dentists, General
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
0 |
| 2006 |
70 |
| 2007 |
80 |
| 2008 |
100 |
| 2009 |
100 |
| 2010 |
90 |
| 2011 |
90 |
| 2012 |
80 |
| 2013 |
110 |
| 2014 |
110 |
| 2015 |
90 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
100 |
| 2018 |
90 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Dietitians and Nutritionists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
50 |
| 2006 |
60 |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
60 |
| 2010 |
70 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
90 |
| 2013 |
90 |
| 2014 |
80 |
| 2015 |
90 |
| 2016 |
100 |
| 2017 |
90 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
80 |
Optometrists
| Year |
Number |
| 2008 |
30 |
| 2009 |
30 |
| 2010 |
30 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
70 |
| 2015 |
70 |
| 2016 |
70 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
30 |
| 2019 |
40 |
Pharmacists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
380 |
| 2006 |
360 |
| 2007 |
350 |
| 2008 |
350 |
| 2009 |
370 |
| 2010 |
390 |
| 2011 |
380 |
| 2012 |
450 |
| 2013 |
510 |
| 2014 |
510 |
| 2015 |
450 |
| 2016 |
380 |
| 2017 |
350 |
| 2018 |
410 |
| 2019 |
450 |
Physician Assistants
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
40 |
| 2006 |
90 |
| 2007 |
40 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
50 |
| 2010 |
120 |
| 2011 |
120 |
| 2012 |
140 |
| 2013 |
170 |
| 2014 |
190 |
| 2015 |
210 |
| 2016 |
180 |
| 2017 |
170 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
220 |
Podiatrists
| Year |
Number |
| 2016 |
50 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
50 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Occupational Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
120 |
| 2006 |
150 |
| 2007 |
130 |
| 2008 |
140 |
| 2009 |
130 |
| 2010 |
110 |
| 2011 |
100 |
| 2012 |
100 |
| 2013 |
110 |
| 2014 |
130 |
| 2015 |
130 |
| 2016 |
160 |
| 2017 |
190 |
| 2018 |
200 |
| 2019 |
200 |
Physical Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
190 |
| 2006 |
170 |
| 2007 |
180 |
| 2008 |
200 |
| 2009 |
200 |
| 2010 |
200 |
| 2011 |
230 |
| 2012 |
290 |
| 2013 |
340 |
| 2014 |
290 |
| 2015 |
270 |
| 2016 |
250 |
| 2017 |
290 |
| 2018 |
260 |
| 2019 |
250 |
Respiratory Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
150 |
| 2008 |
150 |
| 2009 |
160 |
| 2011 |
170 |
| 2012 |
180 |
| 2013 |
200 |
| 2014 |
200 |
| 2015 |
190 |
| 2016 |
190 |
| 2017 |
190 |
| 2018 |
290 |
| 2019 |
260 |
Speech-Language Pathologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
100 |
| 2006 |
100 |
| 2007 |
120 |
| 2008 |
130 |
| 2009 |
130 |
| 2010 |
130 |
| 2011 |
130 |
| 2012 |
130 |
| 2013 |
130 |
| 2014 |
150 |
| 2015 |
160 |
| 2016 |
170 |
| 2017 |
180 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
200 |
Veterinarians
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
70 |
| 2006 |
70 |
| 2007 |
60 |
| 2008 |
80 |
| 2009 |
80 |
| 2010 |
90 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
70 |
| 2013 |
70 |
| 2014 |
80 |
| 2015 |
100 |
| 2016 |
100 |
| 2017 |
100 |
| 2018 |
100 |
| 2019 |
100 |
Registered Nurses
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
3,580 |
| 2006 |
3,400 |
| 2007 |
3,650 |
| 2008 |
3,620 |
| 2009 |
3,950 |
| 2010 |
4,000 |
| 2012 |
3,930 |
| 2013 |
4,080 |
| 2014 |
4,150 |
| 2015 |
4,090 |
| 2016 |
4,170 |
| 2017 |
4,310 |
| 2018 |
4,470 |
| 2019 |
4,390 |
Nurse Practitioners
| Year |
Number |
| 2012 |
70 |
| 2013 |
130 |
| 2014 |
140 |
| 2015 |
170 |
| 2016 |
170 |
| 2017 |
190 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
280 |
Audiologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
0 |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2011 |
0 |
| 2012 |
0 |
| 2013 |
0 |
| 2014 |
0 |
Family Medicine Physicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
160 |
| 2006 |
160 |
| 2007 |
160 |
| 2008 |
180 |
| 2009 |
100 |
| 2010 |
80 |
| 2011 |
80 |
| 2012 |
70 |
| 2013 |
170 |
| 2014 |
180 |
| 2015 |
240 |
| 2016 |
190 |
| 2017 |
180 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
290 |
Physicians, All Other
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
510 |
| 2007 |
540 |
| 2008 |
570 |
| 2009 |
710 |
| 2010 |
940 |
| 2011 |
840 |
| 2012 |
860 |
| 2013 |
660 |
| 2014 |
660 |
| 2015 |
680 |
| 2016 |
620 |
| 2017 |
670 |
| 2018 |
640 |
Dental Hygienists
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
0 |
| 2006 |
190 |
| 2007 |
210 |
| 2008 |
230 |
| 2009 |
290 |
| 2010 |
210 |
| 2011 |
230 |
| 2012 |
190 |
| 2013 |
220 |
| 2014 |
170 |
| 2015 |
140 |
| 2016 |
180 |
| 2017 |
230 |
| 2018 |
260 |
| 2019 |
220 |
Paramedics
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
250 |
| 2006 |
260 |
| 2007 |
330 |
| 2008 |
480 |
| 2009 |
570 |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2011 |
210 |
| 2012 |
210 |
| 2013 |
220 |
| 2016 |
370 |
| 2017 |
350 |
| 2018 |
310 |
Pharmacy Technicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
420 |
| 2006 |
410 |
| 2007 |
410 |
| 2008 |
420 |
| 2009 |
420 |
| 2010 |
450 |
| 2011 |
450 |
| 2012 |
510 |
| 2013 |
460 |
| 2014 |
470 |
| 2015 |
440 |
| 2016 |
530 |
| 2017 |
500 |
| 2018 |
540 |
| 2019 |
530 |
Surgical Technologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2009 |
180 |
| 2010 |
220 |
| 2011 |
210 |
| 2012 |
190 |
| 2013 |
0 |
| 2014 |
170 |
| 2015 |
170 |
| 2016 |
210 |
| 2017 |
0 |
| 2018 |
210 |
| 2019 |
190 |
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
1,070 |
| 2006 |
1,210 |
| 2007 |
1,140 |
| 2008 |
1,150 |
| 2009 |
1,130 |
| 2010 |
1,150 |
| 2011 |
1,100 |
| 2012 |
1,250 |
| 2013 |
1,290 |
| 2014 |
1,340 |
| 2015 |
1,280 |
| 2016 |
1,180 |
| 2017 |
1,160 |
| 2018 |
1,090 |
| 2019 |
1,220 |
Opticians, Dispensing
| Year |
Number |
| 2005 |
0 |
| 2006 |
80 |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
70 |
| 2009 |
110 |
| 2010 |
150 |
| 2011 |
160 |
| 2012 |
0 |
| 2013 |
0 |
| 2014 |
0 |
| 2015 |
120 |
| 2016 |
200 |
| 2017 |
0 |
| 2018 |
0 |