Health care and social assistance jobs by state

Name: Health care and social assistance jobs by state (United States)
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns
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Establishments and paid employees in health care and social assistance, the sector's share of private-sector jobs, employees per 1,000 residents and average annual pay, with the shares of the sector's jobs in ambulatory care (doctors' and dentists' offices, home health), hospitals, nursing and residential care, and social assistance (including child care). Public hospitals run by governments are not counted. From County Business Patterns 2023: establishments with paid employees, employees in the pay period including March 12, and annual payroll. Shares, per-resident figures and average pay are derived by Quadranac (all-sector total: NAICS 00; population: July 1, 2023 estimate). CBP excludes self-employed people, most government employees, private households and (for some sectors) railroads; employment is counted where the establishment is, not where workers live. Blank cells are not published for that state.

Reference period: 2023
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Download 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)

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Establishments, 2023, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by Establishments. Highest: California (132k); lowest: Vermont (2,150). Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.

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United States	1,003,398	22,063,238	15.8	65.5	63,214	39.4	28.8	14.9	17
Alabama	11,562	268,162	14.7	52.4	58,422	38.2	35.7	14.3	11.8
Alaska	2,887	49,634	18.8	67.6	76,748	38.3	31.1	11.1	19.6
Arizona	22,498	434,866	15	58.4	63,615	43.5	24.4	14.8	17.4
Arkansas	9,072	194,618	17.4	63.4	59,006	33.2	34.6	14.6	17.6
California	132,345	2,347,305	14.3	59.9	75,446	43.4	26.4	13.6	16.6
Colorado	19,456	352,483	13.7	59.6	65,254	44	26.7	12.8	16.5
Connecticut	11,961	292,377	19	80.3	63,041	40.7	19.1	20.6	19.7
Delaware	3,066	76,784	16.8	74.2	67,751	37	31.8	15.4	15.8
District of Columbia	2,358	71,565	12.8	104.8	73,461	27.7	40.3	8.9	23.1
Florida	73,984	1,286,330	12.9	56.1	64,356	45.7	28.7	14.4	11.2
Georgia	30,047	586,195	13.3	53	63,074	43.4	31.8	10.8	14
Hawaii	3,763	71,314	13.7	49.7	73,637	42.1	29.9	11.8	16.2
Idaho	6,739	114,052	16.1	57.9	55,885	42.1	27.1	15	15.8
Illinois	37,597	857,043	15.1	67.8	61,336	35	27.7	15.7	21.5
Indiana	19,159	465,689	15.9	67.7	59,382	39	28.2	17.8	15
Iowa	9,092	220,971	15.6	68.7	55,437	29.3	32.7	22.2	15.8
Kansas	9,075	197,779	15.8	67	56,697	35.3	31.4	19.1	14.2
Kentucky	12,636	277,311	16.2	60.9	60,106	39.1	31.6	15.3	14.1
Louisiana	13,331	305,645	18	66.5	57,285	35.6	34.6	13	16.7
Maine	5,062	108,627	19.8	77.5	63,637	32.1	29.8	20.7	17.4
Maryland	18,859	403,945	16.4	65.1	65,174	39.8	26.7	17.5	16.1
Massachusetts	21,002	618,482	17.7	87.4	70,184	33.1	33.7	16.7	16.5
Michigan	28,979	645,129	16	64.1	58,200	40.1	32	14.9	13
Minnesota	19,985	482,616	17.2	83.9	58,805	31.9	25.1	21.9	21.1
Mississippi	7,038	168,795	17.7	57.4	54,162	32.7	36.6	13.5	17.2
Missouri	20,637	427,714	16.3	68.9	59,383	31.9	34.4	16.5	17.2
Montana	4,488	74,903	18.3	66.2	61,840	36	33.1	15.7	15.2
Nebraska	6,363	143,276	15.5	72.1	60,969	33.9	31.2	18.4	16.5
Nevada	9,441	150,070	11.2	46.7	63,905	43.1	29.3	10.9	16.8
New Hampshire	3,868	97,220	15.5	69.4	67,801	37.6	30.2	15.8	16.3
New Jersey	29,996	635,422	16.1	67.6	64,039	40.8	26.8	16	16.5
New Mexico	5,562	128,748	19.5	60.7	54,246	35.6	30.7	10	23.7
New York	61,104	1,861,291	21.2	94.1	60,487	37.6	25.8	12.1	24.5
North Carolina	27,809	641,503	15	59	61,238	41.4	29.1	14.7	14.8
North Dakota	2,429	64,188	18.2	81.6	60,932	28.9	32.2	23.3	15.6
Ohio	31,168	883,961	17.4	74.9	60,691	35.5	33.1	17.1	14.3
Oklahoma	11,795	229,612	16	56.5	58,597	36	33.9	14.6	15.5
Oregon	15,709	286,220	16.9	67.3	67,638	36.2	27.3	18.5	18.1
Pennsylvania	39,602	1,142,207	20	87.8	59,752	35.2	27.2	16.8	20.8
Rhode Island	3,163	85,644	19.3	77.8	61,568	35.1	29	18.9	17
South Carolina	12,694	267,286	12.9	49.6	57,637	38.4	30	15.6	15.9
South Dakota	2,829	74,743	19.5	81.4	63,822	29.4	41.8	17.6	11.2
Tennessee	17,524	455,877	15.3	63.7	67,563	43.4	31.7	14	10.9
Texas	80,576	1,718,907	14.3	56	59,121	45.3	26.8	11	16.8
Utah	10,381	176,253	11.2	51.1	56,269	43	28.5	17.4	11
Vermont	2,150	48,409	18.9	74.7	61,154	36.7	29.6	13.8	20
Virginia	23,812	488,231	13.6	55.9	64,980	44.8	24.9	15.8	14.5
Washington	23,923	499,464	16.3	63.7	69,551	41.5	26.6	13.8	18.2
West Virginia	5,019	139,754	25.4	79	59,120	28.9	40.6	13	17.5
Wisconsin	17,592	410,656	15.5	69.2	62,018	37.4	28.1	17.3	17.2
Wyoming	2,211	33,962	16	58.1	61,412	30.7	39.3	12.8	17.2

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.

Cite this table

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns
Dataset: County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 62 (health care and social assistance) and subsectors 621, 622, 623, 624
Table: Health care and social assistance jobs by state
Data last updated: 2026-11-10
Page: https://quadranac.com/tables/us-health-care-industry/

Health care and social assistance jobs by state (United States, 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. Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-health-care-industry/