Doctors in Mississippi: 4,587 enrolled in Medicare

Mississippi has 4,587 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 156 per 100,000 residents, 49th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Jackson, 792 in our physician files. Per capita Mississippi is strongest in nurse practitioners (2nd, 144 per 100,000).

By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.

4,587

MD and DO clinicians in Mississippi

156

per 100,000 residents, 49th of 51

527

practices and hospitals in our physician files

27%

women, US 37%

61%

in groups of 50+, US 80%

Mississippi physicians by specialty

Every specialty with at least one clinician in Mississippi, largest first. Rank is among the states and DC (51 in all) by clinicians per 100,000 residents. Where we have a state page or a list for the specialty, the name links to it.

Specialty	Mississippi	Per 100,000	Rank	US per 100,000
Nurse Practitioners	4,238	144	2nd	83.7
Family Physicians	704	23.9	41st	28.7
Internal Medicine Physicians	602	20.5	41st	30.9
Emergency Physicians	371	12.6	35th	13.5
Optometrists	324	11.0	33rd	10.9
Physician Assistants	323	11.0	51st	40.8
OB/GYNs	266	9.0	37th	10.1
Orthopedic Surgeons	237	8.1	20th	7.4
Radiologists	230	7.8	46th	11.1
Cardiologists	218	7.4	31st	8.7
Anesthesiologists	198	6.7	50th	13.3
Chiropractors	178	6.0	49th	11.8
General Surgeons	176	6.0	45th	6.9
Hospitalists	136	4.6	41st	7.1
Ophthalmologists	118	4.0	39th	5.3
Oncologists	107	3.6	45th	5.0
Psychiatrists	98	3.3	51st	8.4
Neurologists	97	3.3	48th	5.5
Gastroenterologists	96	3.3	44th	4.7
Pediatricians	91	3.1	36th	3.8
Nephrologists	88	3.0	19th	2.9
Pulmonologists	84	2.9	39th	3.4
ENTs	73	2.5	40th	2.9
Dermatologists	72	2.4	46th	4.0
Urologists	71	2.4	42nd	3.0
Pathologists	70	2.4	49th	3.8
Neurosurgeons	58	2.0	14th	1.7
Podiatrists	52	1.8	51st	4.7
Endocrinologists	42	1.4	40th	2.1
Plastic Surgeons	42	1.4	18th	1.4
Pain Management Physicians	36	1.2	29th	1.4
Infectious Disease Physicians	35	1.2	47th	2.1
Cardiothoracic Surgeons	31	1.1	30th	1.2
Rheumatologists	29	1.0	49th	1.6
Physiatrists	28	1.0	51st	2.7
Vascular Surgeons	27	0.9	42nd	1.2
Allergists	27	0.9	27th	1.1
Radiation Oncologists	26	0.9	51st	1.6
General practice physicians	25	0.8	22nd	1.2
Critical care physicians	15	0.5	49th	1.8
Sports medicine physicians	10	0.3	48th	0.7
Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians	10	0.3	19th	0.3
Hospice and palliative care physicians	8	0.3	47th	0.7
Geriatric medicine physicians	8	0.3	41st	0.6
Sleep medicine physicians	4	0.1	48th	0.3
Preventive medicine physicians	4	0.1	23rd	0.2
Colorectal surgeons	2	0.1	51st	0.5
Nuclear medicine physicians	2	0.1	35th	0.2
Addiction medicine physicians	2	0.1	41st	0.2
Hematologists	1	0.0	45th	0.3

Counts are one row per NPI under the clinician's primary Medicare specialty, from the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Rates use the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate for Mississippi. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Mississippi ranks lowest per capita in physician assistants (51st, 11.0 per 100,000), psychiatrists (51st, 3.3 per 100,000), podiatrists (51st, 1.8 per 100,000) and anesthesiologists (50th, 6.7 per 100,000).

Where Mississippi physicians practice

In the 4,427 clinicians Mississippi has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 27% are women and 10% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2003. These are the cities with the most of them.

City	Clinicians	Share of Mississippi
Jackson	792	18%
Hattiesburg	424	9.6%
Southaven	338	7.6%
Tupelo	319	7.2%
Gulfport	271	6.1%

Largest practice groups in Mississippi

Groups ranked by the number of Mississippi clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 61% of Mississippi physicians with a group on file are in a group of 50 or more listed clinicians, against 80% across the US.

Practice or health system, as CMS prints it	Mississippi clinicians listed
State of Mississippi - University of Mississippi Medical Center	558
Hattiesburg Clinic PA	262
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	219
Medical Foundation of Central Mississippi Inc	137
Baptist Memorial Medical Group, INC.	124

A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.

Questions about Mississippi doctors

How many doctors are in Mississippi?

4,587 MD and DO clinicians in Mississippi are enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026, one per NPI, in the state of their main practice location. That is 156 per 100,000 residents, 49th of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.

Which specialty has the most clinicians in Mississippi?

Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Mississippi, with 4,238, then family physicians with 704. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.

Can I buy a Mississippi physician list?

We sell national lists, one CSV per specialty for $295, or every specialty in one file for $995. We don't sell a state-only file. City, state and ZIP are on nearly every row, so keeping the Mississippi rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.

States with a similar count per capita

Oklahoma, 46th Idaho, 47th Texas, 48th Wyoming, 50th Nevada, 51st Every state Every specialty list in one file

Specialty email lists

National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.

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