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	540,976	12.6%	3.2%	0.7%	14,534,726	84.3%	70.5%	52.5%
	Alabama	7,223	14.6%	4.8%	1.9%	208,130	84.0%	71.3%	54.0%
	Alaska	1,516	13.0%	4.4%	1.7%	32,602	80.6%	65.6%	43.0%
	Arizona	9,186	12.2%	4.1%	1.8%	200,305	81.9%	68.1%	50.2%
	Arkansas	4,946	14.3%	5.3%	2.1%	133,950	85.1%	71.0%	51.2%
	California	71,588	9.3%	2.2%	0.6%	1,374,627	79.8%	65.5%	50.9%
	Colorado	9,198	12.4%	3.8%	1.5%	196,461	81.2%	65.7%	47.3%
	Connecticut	7,337	18.1%	6.1%	1.8%	220,685	85.6%	69.9%	44.8%
	Delaware	1,596	18.8%	7.5%	4.3%	46,074	83.7%	69.7%	54.7%
	District of Columbia	1,723	19.1%	8.0%	3.8%	61,444	90.1%	79.1%	63.6%
	Florida	35,289	9.5%	2.7%	1.0%	768,747	80.7%	68.8%	55.0%
	Georgia	14,172	13.5%	3.6%	1.6%	361,620	82.9%	68.7%	54.9%
	Hawaii	2,571	9.0%	3.8%	1.6%	51,024	80.9%	69.9%	48.0%
	Idaho	3,017	13.4%	4.5%	2.0%	56,537	77.9%	59.9%	39.1%
	Illinois	22,137	14.7%	4.6%	1.4%	643,977	86.0%	72.0%	53.1%
	Indiana	9,936	15.4%	5.7%	2.1%	327,896	86.9%	75.1%	55.0%
	Iowa	5,302	20.5%	7.3%	2.3%	181,023	88.6%	71.6%	45.1%
	Kansas	5,118	19.0%	7.0%	2.7%	157,316	87.2%	70.7%	46.6%
	Kentucky	7,262	14.8%	5.1%	2.0%	212,423	84.9%	72.7%	55.3%
	Louisiana	8,754	14.4%	4.5%	1.7%	234,842	84.0%	68.4%	51.3%
	Maine	3,119	17.0%	6.3%	1.9%	88,153	86.7%	70.8%	41.7%
	Maryland	10,814	13.7%	4.4%	1.7%	270,239	83.7%	69.5%	50.5%
	Massachusetts	12,255	16.8%	5.8%	1.8%	454,041	88.5%	76.8%	56.7%
	Michigan	19,063	13.2%	3.6%	1.0%	506,185	83.1%	68.7%	50.3%
	Minnesota	8,111	19.8%	7.1%	1.8%	331,939	90.3%	77.3%	53.5%
	Mississippi	4,437	13.8%	5.3%	2.2%	126,406	84.7%	73.8%	56.2%
	Missouri	10,405	16.6%	5.2%	1.7%	331,323	87.0%	71.4%	52.7%
	Montana	2,464	12.6%	5.0%	1.8%	49,761	81.1%	65.8%	38.0%
	Nebraska	3,342	17.4%	6.5%	3.0%	102,838	87.1%	72.1%	53.1%
	Nevada	3,691	13.9%	4.3%	2.6%	71,693	80.0%	61.2%	50.6%
	New Hampshire	2,523	16.3%	5.9%	2.3%	70,316	83.3%	69.9%	45.8%
	New Jersey	19,555	11.9%	3.2%	1.1%	433,354	80.6%	65.8%	49.9%
	New Mexico	3,192	15.3%	5.8%	3.2%	81,105	83.8%	69.7%	53.0%
	New York	39,320	12.7%	4.2%	1.3%	1,204,095	87.4%	76.5%	56.6%
	North Carolina	13,647	17.0%	4.4%	1.6%	410,872	84.9%	69.3%	53.5%
	North Dakota	1,209	19.4%	8.9%	3.0%	47,003	90.2%	77.3%	50.5%
	Ohio	19,964	17.1%	5.2%	1.5%	666,671	86.7%	72.4%	52.4%
	Oklahoma	7,057	14.5%	4.5%	1.7%	173,678	83.8%	65.5%	46.1%
	Oregon	7,731	13.5%	3.9%	1.5%	162,009	80.9%	63.1%	45.1%
	Pennsylvania	23,948	15.3%	4.5%	1.5%	758,225	86.2%	73.3%	55.0%
	Rhode Island	2,353	18.7%	7.1%	2.3%	69,900	85.9%	68.7%	41.7%
	South Carolina	6,648	14.8%	4.4%	2.1%	185,465	83.5%	69.7%	56.2%
	South Dakota	1,600	18.6%	7.3%	2.9%	51,759	88.0%	71.8%	48.4%
	Tennessee	10,009	14.5%	4.7%	2.0%	291,760	85.2%	72.3%	57.3%
	Texas	37,512	12.1%	3.0%	1.0%	950,030	83.4%	69.3%	55.4%
	Utah	4,313	10.8%	3.6%	1.7%	92,153	81.0%	67.5%	53.0%
	Vermont	1,576	15.4%	5.6%	2.3%	37,801	83.2%	68.0%	42.8%
	Virginia	12,174	14.7%	4.0%	1.6%	311,022	82.9%	67.4%	51.4%
	Washington	13,379	12.2%	3.5%	1.2%	287,251	80.7%	64.8%	45.7%
	West Virginia	3,498	16.9%	6.1%	2.3%	104,492	85.2%	70.1%	47.8%
	Wisconsin	9,113	16.5%	5.5%	1.9%	317,889	87.0%	75.0%	54.9%
	Wyoming	1,287	14.5%	6.1%	2.9%	25,615	79.6%	64.2%	31.2%

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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	540,976	12.6%	3.2%	0.7%	14,534,726	84.3%	70.5%	52.5%
	621	Ambulatory health care services	409,832	7.9%	1.4%	0.4%	4,736,631	62.7%	42.0%	27.5%
	622	Hospitals	4,434	89.5%	78.8%	42.6%	5,085,005	100.0%	99.4%	91.7%
	623	Nursing & residential care facilities	32,630	46.8%	20.8%	3.5%	2,671,457	96.5%	81.0%	46.2%
	624	Social assistance	98,286	20.8%	4.9%	0.8%	2,041,633	79.6%	50.9%	21.1%

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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				409,832	7.9%	1.4%	0.4%	4,736,631	62.7%	42.0%	27.5%
	6211		Offices of physicians			177,127	9.3%	1.2%	0.4%	1,848,200	59.6%	32.2%	20.8%
	621111				Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)	166,918	9.7%	1.3%	0.4%	1,806,648	60.2%	32.7%	21.1%
	621112				Offices of physicians, mental health specialists	10,314	3.5%	1.1%	0.6%	41,552	32.0%	13.4%	6.1%
	6212		Offices of dentists			112,802	2.8%	0.1%	0.0%	733,862	15.7%	4.2%	2.6%
	6213		Offices of other health practitioners			88,719	3.1%	0.6%	0.2%	448,479	34.8%	17.9%	11.1%
	62131			Offices of chiropractors		32,682	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	111,637	12.8%	7.5%	6.0%
	62132			Offices of optometrists		16,582	3.1%	0.3%	0.1%	90,971	20.6%	5.2%	1.9%
	62133			Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)		10,933	3.1%	1.0%	0.3%	43,648	45.2%	25.7%	14.2%
	62134			Offices of physical, occup, & speech therapists & audiologists		13,173	9.6%	2.0%	1.0%	131,011	61.3%	34.0%	22.7%
	62139			Offices of all other health practitioners		15,409	3.0%	0.8%	0.4%	71,212	32.0%	15.7%	7.6%
	621391				Offices of podiatrists	7,883	1.3%	0.2%	0.1%	31,944	9.2%	0.8%	0.3%
	621399				Offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners	7,527	4.8%	1.4%	0.6%	39,268	50.5%	27.9%	13.6%
	6214		Outpatient care centers			11,024	37.9%	17.4%	6.2%	582,230	93.6%	77.7%	49.7%
	62141			Family planning centers		1,013	28.4%	10.3%	3.0%	20,265	82.7%	48.4%	15.9%
	62142			Outpatient mental health & substance abuse centers		3,482	41.8%	22.9%	5.5%	149,570	93.3%	75.3%	25.4%
	62149			Other outpatient care centers		6,795	39.7%	18.3%	8.4%	412,395	94.3%	80.0%	60.1%
	621491				HMO medical centers	206	46.1%	35.9%	21.8%	47,760	99.1%	97.3%	86.4%
	621492				Kidney dialysis centers	479	48.0%	14.4%	8.8%	63,000	97.4%	87.5%	80.6%
	621493				Freestanding ambulatory surgical & emergency centers	1,948	33.8%	12.4%	9.0%	49,504	83.1%	53.2%	41.3%
	621498				All other outpatient care centers	4,329	43.5%	23.6%	10.4%	252,131	94.7%	80.2%	53.7%
	6215		Medical & diagnostic laboratories			6,206	20.4%	6.8%	3.5%	169,195	86.1%	67.3%	50.9%
	621511				Medical laboratories	2,676	23.6%	8.8%	4.9%	109,714	90.6%	76.9%	62.7%
	621512				Diagnostic imaging centers	3,579	19.1%	6.4%	3.4%	59,481	77.7%	49.7%	29.1%
	6216		Home health care services			11,117	44.9%	16.9%	6.2%	774,381	96.1%	77.4%	51.9%
	6219		Other ambulatory health care services			4,827	32.4%	8.4%	3.1%	180,284	90.1%	63.9%	39.8%
	62191			Ambulance services		3,015	36.8%	6.9%	2.3%	101,831	87.9%	52.3%	29.9%
	62199			All other ambulatory health care services		1,816	25.2%	11.1%	4.7%	78,453	92.9%	79.1%	52.7%
	621991				Blood & organ banks	504	47.4%	23.0%	7.1%	49,738	97.3%	86.0%	52.7%
	621999				All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services	1,322	17.2%	7.1%	4.2%	28,715	85.3%	67.0%	52.7%
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 +
	622	Hospitals				4,434	89.5%	78.8%	42.6%	5,085,005	100.0%	99.4%	91.7%
	6221		General medical & surgical hospitals			3,626	92.9%	82.2%	45.3%	4,680,588	100.0%	99.4%	92.6%
	6222		Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals			579	86.2%	80.1%	44.6%	240,512	99.8%	99.1%	76.8%
	6223		Specialty (except psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals			404	68.6%	55.7%	38.6%	163,905	99.7%	98.0%	87.6%
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				32,630	46.8%	20.8%	3.5%	2,671,457	96.5%	81.0%	46.2%
	6231		Nursing care facilities			8,787	75.3%	42.7%	8.2%	1,559,457	99.4%	88.0%	54.7%
	6232		Residential mental retardation/health & substance abuse facility			7,528	49.1%	24.1%	4.8%	407,354	94.3%	75.1%	32.4%
	62321			Residential mental retardation facilities		4,358	53.1%	28.0%	5.8%	293,254	95.8%	79.2%	35.7%
	62322			Residential mental health & substance abuse facilities		3,414	47.8%	24.1%	5.6%	114,100	90.5%	64.4%	23.7%
	6233		Community care facilities for the elderly			13,936	32.2%	11.7%	3.2%	546,928	91.0%	69.6%	38.4%
	623311				Continuing care retirement communities	2,556	63.9%	39.0%	11.1%	288,192	98.1%	86.7%	42.8%
	623312				Homes for the elderly	11,512	25.9%	6.6%	2.2%	258,736	83.1%	50.5%	33.4%
	6239		Other residential care facilities			3,684	47.5%	21.0%	5.0%	157,718	92.1%	67.5%	26.2%
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				98,286	20.8%	4.9%	0.8%	2,041,633	79.6%	50.9%	21.1%
	6241		Individual & family services			32,301	27.3%	9.9%	1.7%	839,902	86.4%	59.8%	20.7%
	62411			Child & youth services		7,219	32.2%	12.2%	2.5%	170,848	84.7%	53.7%	18.6%
	62412			Services for the elderly & persons with disabilities		9,949	35.2%	15.2%	2.9%	308,365	88.9%	63.1%	19.3%
	62419			Other individual & family services		16,215	25.1%	10.3%	2.0%	360,689	85.0%	60.0%	22.9%
	6242		Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services			8,493	25.6%	7.4%	1.5%	128,383	72.9%	30.7%	9.2%
	62421			Community food services		2,321	22.4%	8.6%	1.9%	27,156	68.9%	29.4%	7.2%
	62422			Community housing services		4,677	32.2%	9.7%	1.9%	79,444	75.4%	30.6%	8.1%
	624221				Temporary shelters	2,375	43.2%	11.3%	2.3%	51,518	78.8%	28.6%	8.5%
	624229				Other community housing services	2,385	23.7%	10.4%	2.5%	27,926	69.0%	34.3%	7.3%
	62423			Emergency & other relief services		1,626	17.3%	4.7%	1.2%	21,783	68.8%	32.9%	15.9%
	6243		Vocational rehabilitation services			5,324	49.7%	26.1%	4.8%	326,455	95.5%	78.9%	34.9%
	6244		Child day care services			54,349	16.4%	2.3%	0.4%	746,893	66.2%	32.1%	17.7%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?