Health Educator
7,555 active US providers register Health Educator as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.08% of every provider in the registry, and the 157th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 174H00000X
- Grouping
- Other Service Providers
- Classification
- Health Educator
- Active providers
- 7,555
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
Health educators work in a variety of settings providing education to individuals or groups of individuals on healthy behaviors, wellness, and health-related topics with the goal of preventing diseases and health problems. Health educators generally require a bachelor's degree and may receive additional training, such as through mentoring, internships, or volunteer work.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,310 | |
| New York | 925 | |
| Michigan | 441 | |
| Florida | 396 | |
| Texas | 349 | |
| Maryland | 278 | |
| Pennsylvania | 219 | |
| Oregon | 198 | |
| Illinois | 196 | |
| Ohio | 191 | |
| Georgia | 187 | |
| North Carolina | 179 | |
| Massachusetts | 171 | |
| Washington | 155 | |
| Virginia | 149 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
6,533 of these are people and 1,022 are organisations, so 14% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2019, and 2,941 registered in the last five years, 39% of the current population.
That is close to the pace of the registry as a whole.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- MIDDLE ISLAND, NY112
- BROOKLYN, NY104
- VISALIA, CA100
- BRONX, NY82
- NEW YORK, NY81
- DETROIT, MI75
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA73
- TAMPA, FL72
- HOUSTON, TX69
- SAN DIEGO, CA61
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Health Educator most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Wellness Coach | 146 | 1.9% |
| Community Health Worker | 144 | 1.9% |
| Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 140 | 1.9% |
| Doula | 67 | 0.9% |
| Nutrition Education Nutritionist | 63 | 0.8% |
| Counselor | 55 | 0.7% |
| Specialist | 48 | 0.6% |
| Mental Health Counselor | 38 | 0.5% |
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.