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Nursing and residential care share of health jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Nursing and residential 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.

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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: 14.9 (United States).

Washington: 13.8Idaho: 15Montana: 15.7North Dakota: 23.3Minnesota: 21.9Michigan: 14.9Ohio: 17.1Pennsylvania: 16.8New York: 12.1Vermont: 13.8New Hampshire: 15.8Maine: 20.7Arizona: 14.8California: 13.6New Mexico: 10Texas: 11Louisiana: 13Mississippi: 13.5Alabama: 14.3Florida: 14.4Georgia: 10.8South Carolina: 15.6North Carolina: 14.7Virginia: 15.8District of Columbia: 8.9Maryland: 17.5Delaware: 15.4New Jersey: 16Connecticut: 20.6Rhode Island: 18.9Massachusetts: 16.7Oregon: 18.5Utah: 17.4Wyoming: 12.8Nevada: 10.9Colorado: 12.8South Dakota: 17.6Nebraska: 18.4Kansas: 19.1Oklahoma: 14.6Iowa: 22.2Missouri: 16.5Wisconsin: 17.3Illinois: 15.7Kentucky: 15.3Arkansas: 14.6Tennessee: 14West Virginia: 13Indiana: 17.8Alaska: 11.1Hawaii: 11.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 8.9 to 13 %
  • Group 2: 13 to 14.6 %
  • Group 3: 14.6 to 15.8 %
  • Group 4: 15.8 to 17.6 %
  • Highest: 17.6 to 23.3 %
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.

1North Dakota23.3
2Iowa22.2
3Minnesota21.9
4Maine20.7
5Connecticut20.6
6Kansas19.1
7Rhode Island18.9
8Oregon18.5
9Nebraska18.4
10Indiana17.8
11South Dakota17.6
12Maryland17.5
13Utah17.4
14Wisconsin17.3
15Ohio17.1
16Pennsylvania16.8
17Massachusetts16.7
18Missouri16.5
19New Jersey16
20New Hampshire15.8
20Virginia15.8
22Illinois15.7
22Montana15.7
24South Carolina15.6
25Delaware15.4
26Kentucky15.3
27Idaho15
28Michigan14.9
29Arizona14.8
30North Carolina14.7
31Arkansas14.6
31Oklahoma14.6
33Florida14.4
34Alabama14.3
35Tennessee14
36Vermont13.8
36Washington13.8
38California13.6
39Mississippi13.5
40Louisiana13
40West Virginia13
42Colorado12.8
42Wyoming12.8
44New York12.1
45Hawaii11.8
46Alaska11.1
47Texas11
48Nevada10.9
49Georgia10.8
50New Mexico10
51District of Columbia8.9

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 nursing and residential 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-nursing-and-residential-care-share-of-health-and-social-assistance-jobs/

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