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Ambulatory care share of health jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Ambulatory care share of health and social assistance jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Health care and social assistance jobs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-10

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 39.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 27.7 %
RI 35.1 %
DE 37 %
CT 40.7 %
NJ 40.8 %
MD 39.8 %
MA 33.1 %
VT 36.7 %
NH 37.6 %

Lowest: 27.7 to 33.1 %
Group 2: 33.1 to 36 %
Group 3: 36 to 38.4 %
Group 4: 38.4 to 42.1 %
Highest: 42.1 to 45.7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.


1	Florida	45.7
2	Texas	45.3
3	Virginia	44.8
4	Colorado	44
5	Arizona	43.5
6	California	43.4
6	Georgia	43.4
6	Tennessee	43.4
9	Nevada	43.1
10	Utah	43
11	Hawaii	42.1
11	Idaho	42.1
13	Washington	41.5
14	North Carolina	41.4
15	New Jersey	40.8
16	Connecticut	40.7
17	Michigan	40.1
18	Maryland	39.8
19	Kentucky	39.1
20	Indiana	39
21	South Carolina	38.4
22	Alaska	38.3
23	Alabama	38.2
24	New Hampshire	37.6
24	New York	37.6
26	Wisconsin	37.4
27	Delaware	37
28	Vermont	36.7
29	Oregon	36.2
30	Montana	36
30	Oklahoma	36
32	Louisiana	35.6
32	New Mexico	35.6
34	Ohio	35.5
35	Kansas	35.3
36	Pennsylvania	35.2
37	Rhode Island	35.1
38	Illinois	35
39	Nebraska	33.9
40	Arkansas	33.2
41	Massachusetts	33.1
42	Mississippi	32.7
43	Maine	32.1
44	Minnesota	31.9
44	Missouri	31.9
46	Wyoming	30.7
47	South Dakota	29.4
48	Iowa	29.3
49	North Dakota	28.9
49	West Virginia	28.9
51	District of Columbia	27.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by ambulatory care share of health and social assistance jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 62 (health care and social assistance) and subsectors 621, 622, 623, 624; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-ambulatory-care-share-of-health-and-social-assistance-jobs/

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