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NAICS 621
Ambulatory health care services

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

62	Health care & social assistance	Total	704,526	1,207,299,734	495,845,829	15,052,255
		Exempt	136,478	617,930,865	254,027,235	8,027,333
		Taxable	568,048	589,368,869	241,818,594	7,024,922
621	Ambulatory health care services	Total	489,021	488,618,528	203,341,237	4,924,908
		Exempt	18,074	49,062,356	21,146,778	692,048
		Taxable	470,947	439,556,172	182,194,459	4,232,860
6211	Offices of physicians	Taxable	203,118	248,824,594	112,856,035	1,908,760
6212	Offices of dentists	Taxable	118,305	71,102,922	25,856,163	743,628
6213	Offices of other health practitioners	Taxable	104,222	37,127,519	13,403,570	486,022
6214	Outpatient care centers	Total	25,750	54,818,719	20,810,601	590,144
		Exempt	12,025	30,809,282	13,366,426	387,011
		Taxable	13,725	24,009,437	7,444,175	203,133
6215	Medical & diagnostic laboratories	Taxable	11,079	28,409,347	8,967,166	203,261
6216	Home health care services	Total	17,666	30,386,230	15,262,148	777,128
		Exempt	3,398	10,868,592	5,495,090	224,021
		Taxable	14,268	19,517,638	9,767,058	553,107
6219	Other ambulatory health care services	Total	8,881	17,949,197	6,185,554	215,965
		Exempt	2,651	7,384,482	2,285,262	81,016
		Taxable	6,230	10,564,715	3,900,292	134,949

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)

62	Health care & social assistance	2,024,963	631,637,167	1,456,915	71.9	42,268,298	6.7	568,048	589,368,869
621	Ambulatory health care services	1,168,186	471,617,501	697,239	59.7	32,061,329	6.8	470,947	439,556,172
6211	Offices of physicians	374,615	262,290,555	171,497	45.8	13,465,961	5.1	203,118	248,824,594
6212	Offices of dentists	151,539	73,341,189	33,234	21.9	2,238,267	3.1	118,305	71,102,922
6213	Offices of other health practitioners	388,536	48,020,715	284,314	73.2	10,893,196	22.7	104,222	37,127,519
6214	Outpatient care centers	21,442	24,751,727	7,717	36.0	742,290	3.0	13,725	24,009,437
6215	Medical & diagnostic laboratories	27,540	29,358,936	16,461	59.8	949,589	3.2	11,079	28,409,347
6216	Home health care services	146,953	21,673,371	132,685	90.3	2,155,733	9.9	14,268	19,517,638
6219	Other ambulatory health care services	57,561	12,181,008	51,331	89.2	1,616,293	13.3	6,230	10,564,715

Definition: NAICS 621 Ambulatory health care services

Industries in the Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector provide health care services directly or indirectly to ambulatory patients and do not usually provide inpatient services. Health practitioners in this subsector provide outpatient services, with the facilities and equipment not usually being the most significant part of the production process.

Historical comparability

NAICS 621, Ambulatory health care services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

621	Ambulatory health care services	2002	489,038	488,664,125	203,358,953	4,925,185
		1997	455,381	355,440,774	155,863,533	4,413,614
		% change	7.4	37.5	30.5	11.6

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Geographic Distribution -- Ambulatory health care services: 2002

Data for the Health care & social assistance sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Receipts
% of
U.S.

Receipts
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

Total

489,021

488,618,528

100.00

1,696

203,341,237

4,924,908

California

Total

63,903

60,317,860

12.34

1,722

22,485,566

533,080

Texas

Total

34,974

36,196,996

7.41

1,663

14,610,844

397,316

New York

Total

36,101

35,130,654

7.19

1,833

14,314,758

389,253

Florida

Total

34,533

32,293,521

6.61

1,936

12,569,507

299,682

Pennsylvania

Total

22,445

21,700,835

4.44

1,761

9,398,035

236,495

Illinois

Total

20,202

20,055,244

4.10

1,592

8,752,559

195,656

Ohio

Total

18,521

18,705,427

3.83

1,639

8,431,631

208,122

New Jersey

Total

18,246

17,105,500

3.50

1,994

7,008,665

165,885

Michigan

Total

16,419

15,065,047

3.08

1,501

6,914,257

164,389

Georgia

Total

12,961

13,652,201

2.79

1,588

5,709,156

126,508

Massachusetts

Total

10,865

13,282,960

2.72

2,065

5,930,626

134,132

North Carolina

Total

11,192

12,839,523

2.63

1,544

5,606,555

133,499

Washington

Total

10,543

11,322,716

2.32

1,865

4,552,498

109,529

Virginia

Total

10,958

11,261,507

2.30

1,546

4,911,736

111,710

Tennessee

Total

9,026

10,400,801

2.13

1,797

4,340,486

99,305

Minnesota

Total

6,559

10,269,192

2.10

2,044

4,805,282

110,750

Wisconsin

Total

7,629

10,074,891

2.06

1,853

4,897,026

106,881

Maryland

Total

9,960

9,764,663

2.00

1,795

3,820,289

88,916

Indiana

Total

8,947

9,378,023

1.92

1,524

4,000,995

94,860

Missouri

Total

8,930

8,947,086

1.83

1,575

3,762,751

92,469

Arizona

Total

8,988

8,907,349

1.82

1,636

3,548,798

77,797

Colorado

Total

8,494

8,091,313

1.66

1,798

3,346,555

77,088

Connecticut

Total

6,588

7,582,128

1.55

2,193

3,285,543

74,748

Alabama

Total

6,473

7,010,597

1.43

1,566

3,004,730

69,284

Louisiana

Total

7,377

6,832,568

1.40

1,528

2,619,033

70,312

Kentucky

Total

6,627

6,500,742

1.33

1,590

2,704,835

67,423

Oregon

Total

6,332

5,935,722

1.21

1,685

2,455,861

59,819

South Carolina

Total

5,652

5,631,092

1.15

1,373

2,486,807

56,119

Oklahoma

Total

5,848

4,975,383

1.02

1,426

2,011,022

53,393

Kansas

Total

4,216

4,494,787

0.92

1,656

1,895,835

47,005

Iowa

Total

4,261

3,941,196

0.81

1,343

1,794,988

42,030

Nevada

Total

3,613

3,825,223

0.78

1,763

1,436,480

31,733

Mississippi

Total

3,638

3,604,572

0.74

1,259

1,447,506

34,242

Arkansas

Total

4,365

3,587,091

0.73

1,326

1,564,926

38,674

Utah

Total

4,058

3,230,237

0.66

1,389

1,276,866

36,154

West Virginia

Total

3,131

2,660,280

0.54

1,475

1,089,459

32,690

Nebraska

Total

2,645

2,480,912

0.51

1,437

1,093,195

25,757

New Mexico

Total

2,700

2,317,729

0.47

1,249

1,042,816

28,890

New Hampshire

Total

1,983

2,182,955

0.45

1,714

1,022,023

23,701

Maine

Total

2,352

2,156,862

0.44

1,663

1,009,724

25,362

Hawaii

Total

2,533

2,058,065

0.42

1,669

885,166

20,709

Rhode Island

Total

1,962

1,815,516

0.37

1,699

780,370

19,556

Idaho

Total

2,447

1,745,038

0.36

1,298

697,780

19,061

Delaware

Total

1,420

1,554,139

0.32

1,929

707,507

14,894

District of Columbia

Total

1,285

1,357,685

0.28

2,345

622,593

11,835

Montana

Total

1,766

1,276,189

0.26

1,402

535,149

14,156

Alaska

Total

1,159

1,265,384

0.26

1,975

506,041

11,067

South Dakota

Total

1,149

1,173,818

0.24

1,544

527,838

11,924

Vermont

Total

1,190

1,038,840

0.21

1,686

441,357

14,387

North Dakota

Total

870

962,021

0.20

1,518

404,655

9,303

Wyoming

Total

985

658,448

0.13

1,320

272,557

7,358

Products Lines for Ambulatory health care services
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	488,618,52	100.00
30253	Patient care rcpt: All oth patient care rcpt, incl prof fees	370,387,14	75.80
30252	Patient care:Lab/test pd by ind/ins/govt pyrs-Medicare & Medicaid	36,606,333	7.49
30251	Patient care rcpt:Lab serv & test paid by oth hlth care providers	10,889,228	2.23
	-Other	70,735,827	14.48

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Ambulatory health care services
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-62SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-62SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Receipts/Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-62SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Personnel by Occupation & Legal Form of Organization for Firms Subject to Federal Income Tax	US, states
EC02-62I-01	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
EC02-62A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 621
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance Services	Annual	Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms	US
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas