Numbers of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area

Occupation group

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Year Number
2006 2,470
2007 2,690
2008 2,560
2009 2,500
2010 2,380
2011 2,770
2012 2,970
2013 2,820
2014 2,670
2015 2,450
2016 2,700
2017 3,020
2018 2,810
2019 2,540

Individual occupations

Chiropractors

Year Number
2007 30
2008 30

Dietitians and Nutritionists

Year Number
2006 50
2007 30
2008 30
2009 30
2012 30
2013 30
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40

Optometrists

Year Number
2009 30
2010 50
2011 0
2012 50
2013 30

Pharmacists

Year Number
2006 120
2007 130
2008 130
2009 110
2010 120
2011 120
2012 140
2013 150
2014 140
2015 150
2016 140
2017 130
2018 120
2019 130

Physical Therapists

Year Number
2009 30
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 70
2014 80
2015 60
2016 60
2017 90
2018 80
2019 80

Respiratory Therapists

Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 50
2013 60
2014 50
2015 40
2016 40
2017 30
2018 50

Speech-Language Pathologists

Year Number
2006 50
2008 30
2009 40
2010 40
2011 50
2012 40
2013 0
2014 0
2015 90
2016 60
2017 50
2018 60
2019 50

Veterinarians

Year Number
2007 30
2011 40
2012 40
2015 0
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50
2019 60

Registered Nurses

Year Number
2006 1,200
2007 1,180
2008 1,130
2009 1,030
2010 940
2012 1,040
2013 1,080
2014 1,100
2015 1,000
2016 1,120
2017 1,110
2018 1,100
2019 1,000

Nurse Anesthetists

Year Number
2012 0
2013 0

Nurse Practitioners

Year Number
2012 60
2013 50
2014 60
2015 70
2016 90
2017 100
2018 90
2019 100

Family Medicine Physicians

Year Number
2006 100
2007 70
2008 60
2009 80
2010 90
2011 90
2012 80
2013 60
2014 70
2015 70
2016 50
2017 80
2018 90
2019 160

Physicians, All Other

Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 50
2016 40
2017 70
2018 80

Dental Hygienists

Year Number
2006 40
2007 50
2008 50
2009 50
2010 60
2011 50
2012 70
2013 60
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 50
2018 40
2019 70

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Year Number
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 50
2011 40
2012 40
2017 130
2018 140
2019 100

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Year Number
2006 40
2007 50
2008 30
2012 60
2013 80
2014 80
2015 70
2016 60

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Year Number
2013 30

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

Year Number
2007 90
2008 90
2009 100
2012 100
2013 80
2014 0
2016 90
2017 110
2018 110
2019 90

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

Year Number
2012 120
2013 90

Emergency Medical Technicians

Year Number
2019 0

Paramedics

Year Number
2007 80
2008 90
2009 90
2010 80
2011 110
2012 100
2013 120
2014 90
2015 0
2016 0
2017 230
2018 170

Pharmacy Technicians

Year Number
2006 260
2007 270
2008 250
2009 220
2010 250
2011 240
2012 270
2013 260
2014 260
2015 260
2016 250
2017 250
2018 210
2019 220

Veterinary Technologists and Technicians

Year Number
2007 30
2011 40
2012 50
2013 40
2018 0
2019 60

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Year Number
2006 420
2007 470
2008 460
2009 470
2010 430
2011 480
2012 480
2013 420
2014 540
2015 510
2016 480
2017 390
2018 300
2019 330

Opticians, Dispensing

Year Number
2006 50
2007 40
2009 30
2013 40
2014 50
2016 30
2017 40
2018 40

Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other

Year Number
2008 40
2009 30
2014 0
2015 30
2016 50
2017 30
2018 40

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

Year Number
2006 60
2007 60
2008 60
2009 70
2010 80
2011 90
2012 100
2013 70
2014 60
2015 60
2016 50
2017 40
2018 40