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Health and social assistance jobs per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Health and social assistance jobs per 1,000 residents (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.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: 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: 65.5 (United States).

Washington: 63.7Idaho: 57.9Montana: 66.2North Dakota: 81.6Minnesota: 83.9Michigan: 64.1Ohio: 74.9Pennsylvania: 87.8New York: 94.1Vermont: 74.7New Hampshire: 69.4Maine: 77.5Arizona: 58.4California: 59.9New Mexico: 60.7Texas: 56Louisiana: 66.5Mississippi: 57.4Alabama: 52.4Florida: 56.1Georgia: 53South Carolina: 49.6North Carolina: 59Virginia: 55.9District of Columbia: 104.8Maryland: 65.1Delaware: 74.2New Jersey: 67.6Connecticut: 80.3Rhode Island: 77.8Massachusetts: 87.4Oregon: 67.3Utah: 51.1Wyoming: 58.1Nevada: 46.7Colorado: 59.6South Dakota: 81.4Nebraska: 72.1Kansas: 67Oklahoma: 56.5Iowa: 68.7Missouri: 68.9Wisconsin: 69.2Illinois: 67.8Kentucky: 60.9Arkansas: 63.4Tennessee: 63.7West Virginia: 79Indiana: 67.7Alaska: 67.6Hawaii: 49.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 46.7 to 57.4
  • Group 2: 57.4 to 63.7
  • Group 3: 63.7 to 67.7
  • Group 4: 67.7 to 77.5
  • Highest: 77.5 to 104.8
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.

1District of Columbia104.8
2New York94.1
3Pennsylvania87.8
4Massachusetts87.4
5Minnesota83.9
6North Dakota81.6
7South Dakota81.4
8Connecticut80.3
9West Virginia79
10Rhode Island77.8
11Maine77.5
12Ohio74.9
13Vermont74.7
14Delaware74.2
15Nebraska72.1
16New Hampshire69.4
17Wisconsin69.2
18Missouri68.9
19Iowa68.7
20Illinois67.8
21Indiana67.7
22Alaska67.6
22New Jersey67.6
24Oregon67.3
25Kansas67
26Louisiana66.5
27Montana66.2
28Maryland65.1
29Michigan64.1
30Tennessee63.7
30Washington63.7
32Arkansas63.4
33Kentucky60.9
34New Mexico60.7
35California59.9
36Colorado59.6
37North Carolina59
38Arizona58.4
39Wyoming58.1
40Idaho57.9
41Mississippi57.4
42Oklahoma56.5
43Florida56.1
44Texas56
45Virginia55.9
46Georgia53
47Alabama52.4
48Utah51.1
49Hawaii49.7
50South Carolina49.6
51Nevada46.7

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 health and social assistance jobs per 1,000 residents (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-health-and-social-assistance-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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