U.S. - Health care and social assistance - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	620,965	13.1%	3.3%	0.6%	17,217,256	84.8%	70.8%	52.3%
	2007	615,067	12.9%	3.2%	0.6%	16,797,647	84.6%	70.5%	52.4%
	2006	605,845	13.0%	3.3%	0.6%	16,451,361	84.5%	70.3%	51.7%
	2005	599,392	12.7%	3.2%	0.6%	16,025,147	84.4%	70.3%	51.6%
	2004	588,187	12.9%	3.2%	0.6%	15,814,812	84.2%	70.0%	51.5%
	2003	575,089	12.7%	3.2%	0.6%	15,472,183	84.3%	70.3%	51.8%
	2002	560,083	12.6%	3.2%	0.6%	14,900,148	84.2%	70.4%	52.0%
	2001	540,976	12.6%	3.2%	0.7%	14,534,726	84.3%	70.5%	52.5%
	2000	532,042	12.3%	3.2%	0.7%	14,108,655	84.2%	70.5%	52.5%
	1999	524,303	12.0%	3.1%	0.7%	13,865,014	84.2%	70.9%	53.0%
	1998	527,667	11.8%	3.1%	0.6%	13,758,395	84.2%	71.0%	53.1%

Health Care & Social Assistance by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	527,667	11.8%	3.1%	0.6%	13,758,395	84.2%	71.0%	53.1%
	Alabama	6,933	13.9%	4.7%	2.0%	201,123	84.3%	72.9%	56.6%
	Alaska	1,424	12.6%	3.7%	1.8%	28,919	78.8%	61.7%	42.5%
	Arizona	8,739	11.2%	3.8%	1.7%	190,111	82.1%	69.3%	52.8%
	Arkansas	4,751	14.1%	5.4%	2.2%	130,131	85.6%	72.2%	53.6%
	California	69,120	8.8%	2.1%	0.6%	1,269,961	79.4%	65.4%	50.7%
	Colorado	8,705	11.5%	3.6%	1.5%	180,801	81.2%	66.7%	48.1%
	Connecticut	7,492	15.5%	5.6%	1.7%	211,360	84.6%	70.6%	46.6%
	Delaware	1,551	17.7%	7.2%	4.5%	41,202	83.3%	69.4%	55.2%
	District of Columbia	1,750	16.9%	7.3%	3.8%	58,820	89.1%	79.2%	65.2%
	Florida	33,957	9.0%	2.5%	0.9%	740,889	81.1%	70.1%	57.1%
	Georgia	13,417	12.2%	3.5%	1.6%	331,913	82.6%	69.6%	56.1%
	Hawaii	2,474	9.3%	3.8%	1.7%	47,389	80.2%	68.7%	48.6%
	Idaho	2,802	12.8%	4.2%	1.7%	50,675	77.3%	58.8%	38.2%
	Illinois	21,574	13.8%	4.7%	1.4%	612,860	85.9%	72.9%	53.7%
	Indiana	9,922	14.9%	5.6%	2.0%	313,870	86.9%	75.3%	54.7%
	Iowa	5,387	19.3%	6.7%	2.1%	172,799	87.9%	70.1%	44.1%
	Kansas	5,075	18.0%	6.5%	2.5%	154,002	87.1%	71.2%	47.4%
	Kentucky	6,871	14.0%	4.9%	2.0%	194,306	85.0%	72.9%	55.6%
	Louisiana	8,700	15.0%	4.8%	1.7%	234,874	84.6%	68.9%	49.0%
	Maine	3,038	15.4%	6.0%	2.0%	79,828	85.7%	70.7%	41.0%
	Maryland	10,527	13.0%	4.2%	1.7%	258,904	83.8%	70.4%	53.4%
	Massachusetts	12,360	15.9%	5.8%	1.7%	452,467	88.8%	77.8%	57.3%
	Michigan	18,973	12.2%	3.4%	1.0%	487,075	82.9%	69.3%	50.9%
	Minnesota	7,856	18.8%	6.7%	1.8%	304,552	89.7%	76.5%	53.1%
	Mississippi	4,202	12.9%	5.9%	2.4%	126,613	86.3%	77.9%	59.3%
	Missouri	10,244	15.5%	5.1%	1.7%	320,300	87.1%	73.0%	54.8%
	Montana	2,346	11.3%	4.4%	1.4%	45,242	80.4%	64.4%	36.3%
	Nebraska	3,239	16.6%	6.2%	2.6%	95,015	86.7%	72.4%	53.4%
	Nevada	3,349	11.9%	4.0%	2.2%	60,534	78.6%	62.2%	49.9%
	New Hampshire	2,578	15.0%	5.7%	2.6%	68,223	83.6%	71.1%	48.7%
	New Jersey	19,167	10.5%	3.1%	1.1%	405,946	80.1%	67.2%	50.7%
	New Mexico	3,116	14.5%	5.2%	2.8%	76,641	83.6%	68.0%	51.9%
	New York	38,667	11.9%	4.2%	1.2%	1,134,508	87.0%	76.7%	56.1%
	North Carolina	12,772	15.5%	4.4%	1.6%	375,402	84.9%	71.1%	54.8%
	North Dakota	1,240	18.7%	8.1%	2.7%	45,894	89.9%	76.8%	51.3%
	Ohio	20,125	15.7%	4.9%	1.4%	628,391	86.0%	72.1%	52.3%
	Oklahoma	7,083	15.5%	4.5%	1.7%	171,500	84.1%	63.6%	44.1%
	Oregon	7,628	12.1%	3.7%	1.4%	150,106	80.4%	63.7%	45.4%
	Pennsylvania	24,023	14.1%	4.5%	1.4%	740,337	86.1%	74.4%	55.4%
	Rhode Island	2,259	18.2%	7.6%	2.1%	68,633	86.7%	71.4%	41.0%
	South Carolina	6,238	13.5%	4.6%	2.2%	161,581	82.9%	70.5%	56.0%
	South Dakota	1,594	17.9%	6.5%	2.5%	48,237	87.9%	70.0%	49.6%
	Tennessee	9,822	13.1%	4.2%	1.8%	281,092	85.4%	73.1%	59.8%
	Texas	36,640	12.2%	2.8%	0.9%	911,062	83.5%	68.9%	55.8%
	Utah	3,946	11.7%	3.8%	1.9%	83,229	80.8%	66.4%	52.9%
	Vermont	1,532	13.4%	5.0%	1.9%	32,785	81.6%	66.5%	37.0%
	Virginia	11,748	13.2%	3.9%	1.6%	293,646	82.8%	69.1%	54.1%
	Washington	12,943	11.3%	3.4%	1.2%	269,475	80.4%	65.6%	47.1%
	West Virginia	3,432	16.0%	6.4%	2.5%	99,695	85.3%	71.1%	48.4%
	Wisconsin	9,023	15.2%	5.1%	1.9%	291,783	86.4%	74.5%	55.1%
	Wyoming	1,258	13.1%	5.5%	2.5%	23,694	78.7%	63.8%	32.2%

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U.S. - Health Care & Social Assistance by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	62	Health Care & Social Assistance	527,667	11.8%	3.1%	0.6%	13,758,395	84.2%	71.0%	53.1%
	621	Ambulatory health care services	400,749	7.3%	1.4%	0.4%	4,482,362	62.4%	42.9%	28.9%
	622	Hospitals	4,364	95.1%	84.5%	45.0%	5,011,337	100.0%	99.4%	91.0%
	623	Nursing & residential care facilities	32,449	45.6%	20.6%	3.3%	2,511,204	96.4%	80.6%	44.5%
	624	Social assistance	94,365	19.2%	4.4%	0.7%	1,753,492	77.4%	48.0%	18.9%

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U.S. - Health Care & Social Assistance by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	621	Ambulatory health care services				400,749	7.3%	1.4%	0.4%	4,482,362	62.4%	42.9%	28.9%
	6211		Offices of physicians			173,066	8.0%	1.1%	0.4%	1,619,363	55.4%	30.1%	19.6%
	621111				Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)	163,366	8.4%	1.1%	0.4%	1,582,567	56.0%	30.4%	19.8%
	621112				Offices of physicians, mental health specialists	9,828	3.2%	1.4%	0.8%	36,796	32.3%	18.6%	11.7%
	6212		Offices of dentists			111,325	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	665,498	12.6%	2.7%	1.2%
	6213		Offices of other health practitioners			84,331	2.9%	0.6%	0.2%	421,106	35.9%	20.7%	13.7%
	62131			Offices of chiropractors		30,505	0.5%	0.0%	*****%	92,993	5.4%	D	D
	62132			Offices of optometrists		16,163	2.6%	0.3%	0.1%	82,368	18.9%	6.0%	3.4%
	62133			Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)		11,318	3.0%	1.1%	0.4%	41,004	40.6%	D	D
	62134			Offices of physical, occup, & speech therapists & audiologists		11,862	10.1%	2.0%	1.0%	144,201	67.7%	44.6%	32.5%
	62139			Offices of all other health practitioners		14,556	2.7%	0.8%	0.4%	60,540	26.9%	12.6%	5.7%
	621391				Offices of podiatrists	8,135	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%	30,357	7.1%	0.5%	0.2%
	621399				Offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners	6,423	4.9%	1.7%	0.8%	30,183	46.8%	24.8%	11.2%
	6214		Outpatient care centers			11,055	36.2%	16.0%	5.9%	541,445	93.2%	76.6%	51.3%
	62141			Family planning centers		1,020	29.0%	10.7%	3.0%	18,966	82.0%	46.7%	13.2%
	62142			Outpatient mental health & substance abuse centers		3,709	37.5%	19.6%	4.9%	132,460	92.1%	72.5%	24.7%
	62149			Other outpatient care centers		6,607	39.2%	17.7%	8.4%	390,019	94.2%	79.5%	62.2%
	621491				HMO medical centers	160	53.1%	41.9%	25.6%	54,305	99.6%	98.3%	91.8%
	621492				Kidney dialysis centers	448	51.8%	15.0%	9.2%	45,913	96.4%	81.1%	72.9%
	621493				Freestanding ambulatory surgical & emergency centers	1,834	31.5%	12.3%	9.0%	47,823	83.5%	58.0%	48.7%
	621498				All other outpatient care centers	4,332	43.0%	22.3%	10.4%	241,978	94.6%	79.3%	56.2%
	6215		Medical & diagnostic laboratories			6,006	19.6%	6.9%	3.7%	156,328	85.1%	67.0%	51.2%
	621511				Medical laboratories	2,791	23.1%	9.2%	4.7%	111,339	90.3%	77.1%	62.2%
	621512				Diagnostic imaging centers	3,261	17.8%	6.0%	3.6%	44,989	72.1%	41.8%	23.8%
	6216		Home health care services			12,310	47.5%	16.2%	5.6%	901,525	96.0%	77.1%	53.2%
	6219		Other ambulatory health care services			4,680	31.5%	9.0%	3.4%	177,097	90.2%	66.5%	42.0%
	62191			Ambulance services		2,773	36.6%	6.6%	2.2%	107,312	89.1%	58.1%	40.4%
	62199			All other ambulatory health care services		1,910	24.1%	12.7%	5.3%	69,785	91.8%	79.3%	44.5%
	621991				Blood & organ banks	581	44.1%	23.8%	7.4%	46,637	96.5%	85.4%	41.3%
	621999				All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services	1,341	16.1%	8.7%	5.1%	23,148	82.3%	67.0%	50.8%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	622	Hospitals				4,364	95.1%	84.5%	45.0%	5,011,337	100.0%	99.4%	91.0%
	6221		General medical & surgical hospitals			3,677	96.3%	85.9%	46.7%	4,610,069	100.0%	99.4%	91.9%
	6222		Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals			538	94.1%	86.6%	47.0%	247,775	100.0%	99.0%	77.7%
	6223		Specialty (except psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals			306	85.0%	71.9%	46.7%	153,493	99.9%	98.3%	84.8%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	623	Nursing & residential care facilities				32,449	45.6%	20.6%	3.3%	2,511,204	96.4%	80.6%	44.5%
	6231		Nursing care facilities			8,383	81.1%	46.2%	8.3%	1,557,105	99.6%	87.8%	53.5%
	6232		Residential mental retardation/health & substance abuse facility			7,816	46.4%	21.8%	4.2%	381,793	93.6%	73.1%	30.6%
	62321			Residential mental retardation facilities		4,538	50.6%	25.8%	5.2%	277,751	95.3%	77.5%	34.1%
	62322			Residential mental health & substance abuse facilities		3,539	44.9%	21.8%	4.9%	104,042	89.0%	61.3%	21.2%
	6233		Community care facilities for the elderly			13,837	28.6%	10.9%	2.8%	434,716	88.9%	66.6%	31.6%
	623311				Continuing care retirement communities	2,246	68.1%	41.0%	10.5%	243,488	98.3%	85.7%	37.1%
	623312				Homes for the elderly	11,708	21.7%	5.9%	1.9%	191,228	77.0%	42.2%	24.7%
	6239		Other residential care facilities			3,684	45.3%	19.5%	4.1%	137,590	91.3%	64.6%	21.7%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	624	Social assistance				94,365	19.2%	4.4%	0.7%	1,753,492	77.4%	48.0%	18.9%
	6241		Individual & family services			31,018	25.1%	8.9%	1.4%	704,251	84.8%	57.3%	18.6%
	62411			Child & youth services		7,277	29.1%	10.6%	2.0%	139,302	82.2%	48.7%	15.8%
	62412			Services for the elderly & persons with disabilities		9,674	33.6%	14.7%	2.6%	279,754	88.3%	62.8%	19.4%
	62419			Other individual & family services		15,093	22.7%	8.8%	1.5%	285,195	82.5%	56.0%	19.3%
	6242		Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services			8,318	22.5%	6.7%	1.2%	108,976	69.6%	29.9%	8.2%
	62421			Community food services		2,300	20.5%	8.5%	1.8%	24,341	66.4%	29.6%	8.6%
	62422			Community housing services		4,422	28.6%	8.7%	1.6%	66,069	72.0%	30.4%	7.9%
	624221				Temporary shelters	2,271	38.3%	9.9%	1.7%	43,124	74.7%	27.8%	7.2%
	624229				Other community housing services	2,223	21.1%	9.4%	2.2%	22,945	66.9%	35.3%	9.3%
	62423			Emergency & other relief services		1,722	15.2%	4.5%	0.8%	18,566	65.2%	28.8%	8.6%
	6243		Vocational rehabilitation services			5,446	46.9%	23.2%	3.9%	296,154	94.9%	76.5%	33.2%
	6244		Child day care services			51,656	15.3%	2.1%	0.4%	644,111	62.6%	27.7%	14.4%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?