Numbers of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
Occupation group
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
7,660 |
| 2007 |
7,880 |
| 2008 |
7,940 |
| 2009 |
8,520 |
| 2010 |
9,260 |
| 2011 |
9,000 |
| 2012 |
9,110 |
| 2013 |
8,850 |
| 2014 |
9,290 |
| 2015 |
9,330 |
| 2016 |
8,960 |
| 2017 |
9,030 |
| 2018 |
9,030 |
| 2019 |
9,670 |
Individual occupations
Chiropractors
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
50 |
| 2010 |
60 |
| 2011 |
40 |
| 2012 |
40 |
| 2013 |
30 |
| 2014 |
50 |
| 2015 |
80 |
| 2017 |
40 |
| 2018 |
30 |
Dentists, General
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
0 |
| 2008 |
0 |
| 2009 |
80 |
| 2010 |
80 |
| 2011 |
90 |
| 2013 |
60 |
| 2014 |
0 |
| 2015 |
130 |
| 2016 |
110 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
0 |
Dietitians and Nutritionists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
120 |
| 2007 |
100 |
| 2008 |
70 |
| 2009 |
50 |
| 2010 |
40 |
| 2011 |
50 |
| 2012 |
60 |
| 2013 |
60 |
| 2014 |
60 |
| 2015 |
60 |
| 2016 |
50 |
| 2017 |
50 |
| 2018 |
50 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Optometrists
| Year |
Number |
| 2014 |
0 |
| 2015 |
0 |
| 2016 |
0 |
| 2017 |
40 |
| 2018 |
40 |
| 2019 |
40 |
Pharmacists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
300 |
| 2007 |
340 |
| 2008 |
350 |
| 2009 |
330 |
| 2010 |
380 |
| 2011 |
400 |
| 2012 |
370 |
| 2013 |
360 |
| 2014 |
320 |
| 2015 |
350 |
| 2016 |
310 |
| 2017 |
270 |
| 2018 |
290 |
| 2019 |
320 |
Physician Assistants
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
30 |
| 2009 |
40 |
| 2010 |
60 |
| 2011 |
80 |
| 2012 |
90 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
70 |
| 2015 |
70 |
| 2016 |
70 |
| 2017 |
50 |
| 2018 |
140 |
| 2019 |
140 |
Occupational Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
60 |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
40 |
| 2009 |
60 |
| 2010 |
60 |
| 2011 |
60 |
| 2012 |
60 |
| 2013 |
70 |
| 2014 |
90 |
| 2015 |
60 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
60 |
| 2019 |
80 |
Physical Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
150 |
| 2007 |
140 |
| 2008 |
100 |
| 2009 |
100 |
| 2010 |
110 |
| 2011 |
110 |
| 2012 |
110 |
| 2013 |
130 |
| 2014 |
130 |
| 2015 |
90 |
| 2016 |
110 |
| 2017 |
200 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
220 |
Respiratory Therapists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
140 |
| 2007 |
130 |
| 2008 |
150 |
| 2009 |
190 |
| 2010 |
250 |
| 2011 |
230 |
| 2012 |
210 |
| 2013 |
190 |
| 2014 |
190 |
| 2015 |
170 |
| 2016 |
190 |
| 2017 |
220 |
| 2018 |
220 |
| 2019 |
200 |
Speech-Language Pathologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
170 |
| 2007 |
150 |
| 2008 |
150 |
| 2009 |
150 |
| 2010 |
150 |
| 2011 |
160 |
| 2012 |
160 |
| 2013 |
160 |
| 2014 |
160 |
| 2015 |
160 |
| 2016 |
150 |
| 2017 |
180 |
| 2018 |
180 |
| 2019 |
190 |
Veterinarians
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
50 |
| 2007 |
40 |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2011 |
50 |
| 2012 |
40 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
60 |
| 2015 |
50 |
| 2016 |
50 |
| 2017 |
50 |
| 2018 |
90 |
| 2019 |
90 |
Registered Nurses
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
2,940 |
| 2007 |
3,110 |
| 2008 |
3,360 |
| 2009 |
3,530 |
| 2010 |
3,760 |
| 2012 |
3,450 |
| 2013 |
3,440 |
| 2014 |
3,810 |
| 2015 |
3,820 |
| 2016 |
3,650 |
| 2017 |
3,560 |
| 2018 |
3,440 |
| 2019 |
3,610 |
Nurse Anesthetists
| Year |
Number |
| 2012 |
220 |
| 2013 |
190 |
| 2014 |
0 |
| 2015 |
0 |
| 2016 |
0 |
| 2017 |
0 |
| 2018 |
0 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Nurse Practitioners
| Year |
Number |
| 2012 |
210 |
| 2013 |
260 |
| 2014 |
240 |
| 2015 |
240 |
| 2016 |
260 |
| 2017 |
210 |
| 2018 |
300 |
| 2019 |
370 |
Anesthesiologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
0 |
| 2007 |
0 |
| 2008 |
0 |
| 2009 |
30 |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2011 |
30 |
| 2012 |
0 |
| 2014 |
110 |
| 2015 |
0 |
| 2016 |
0 |
| 2017 |
0 |
| 2018 |
0 |
Family Medicine Physicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
60 |
| 2007 |
50 |
| 2008 |
100 |
| 2009 |
90 |
| 2010 |
80 |
| 2011 |
50 |
| 2012 |
50 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
90 |
| 2015 |
90 |
| 2016 |
110 |
| 2017 |
90 |
| 2018 |
100 |
| 2019 |
100 |
Physicians, All Other
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
170 |
| 2007 |
180 |
| 2008 |
210 |
| 2009 |
140 |
| 2010 |
380 |
| 2011 |
360 |
| 2012 |
380 |
| 2013 |
160 |
| 2014 |
150 |
| 2015 |
150 |
| 2016 |
0 |
| 2017 |
220 |
| 2018 |
300 |
Dental Hygienists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
140 |
| 2007 |
100 |
| 2008 |
100 |
| 2009 |
80 |
| 2010 |
140 |
| 2011 |
140 |
| 2012 |
190 |
| 2013 |
180 |
| 2014 |
220 |
| 2015 |
170 |
| 2016 |
180 |
| 2017 |
180 |
| 2018 |
210 |
| 2019 |
240 |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
60 |
| 2007 |
60 |
| 2008 |
60 |
| 2009 |
50 |
| 2010 |
40 |
| 2011 |
40 |
| 2012 |
50 |
| 2013 |
50 |
| 2014 |
70 |
| 2015 |
50 |
| 2016 |
70 |
| 2017 |
80 |
| 2018 |
80 |
| 2019 |
70 |
Paramedics
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
430 |
| 2007 |
240 |
| 2008 |
0 |
| 2009 |
490 |
| 2010 |
610 |
| 2011 |
440 |
| 2012 |
420 |
| 2013 |
320 |
| 2014 |
320 |
| 2015 |
370 |
| 2016 |
400 |
| 2017 |
400 |
| 2018 |
450 |
Pharmacy Technicians
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
480 |
| 2007 |
540 |
| 2008 |
570 |
| 2009 |
540 |
| 2010 |
610 |
| 2011 |
590 |
| 2012 |
620 |
| 2013 |
580 |
| 2014 |
660 |
| 2015 |
720 |
| 2016 |
730 |
| 2017 |
570 |
| 2018 |
570 |
| 2019 |
620 |
Surgical Technologists
| Year |
Number |
| 2006 |
170 |
| 2007 |
190 |
| 2008 |
170 |
| 2009 |
210 |
| 2010 |
240 |
| 2011 |
220 |
| 2012 |
210 |
| 2013 |
180 |
| 2014 |
160 |
| 2015 |
140 |
| 2016 |
160 |
| 2017 |
180 |
| 2018 |
190 |
| 2019 |
150 |
Opticians, Dispensing
| Year |
Number |
| 2007 |
70 |
| 2008 |
40 |
| 2009 |
50 |
| 2010 |
70 |
| 2011 |
70 |
| 2012 |
80 |
| 2013 |
80 |
| 2014 |
80 |
| 2015 |
70 |
| 2016 |
80 |
| 2017 |
60 |
| 2018 |
40 |