# US states by employer establishments: health care and social assistance, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_health_care_social_assistance`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-health-care/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 132,345 |
| 2 | Texas | 80,576 |
| 3 | Florida | 73,984 |
| 4 | New York | 61,104 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 39,602 |
| 6 | Illinois | 37,597 |
| 7 | Ohio | 31,168 |
| 8 | Georgia | 30,047 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 29,996 |
| 10 | Michigan | 28,979 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 27,809 |
| 12 | Washington | 23,923 |
| 13 | Virginia | 23,812 |
| 14 | Arizona | 22,498 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 21,002 |
| 16 | Missouri | 20,637 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 19,985 |
| 18 | Colorado | 19,456 |
| 19 | Indiana | 19,159 |
| 20 | Maryland | 18,859 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 17,592 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 17,524 |
| 23 | Oregon | 15,709 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 13,331 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 12,694 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 12,636 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 11,961 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 11,795 |
| 29 | Alabama | 11,562 |
| 30 | Utah | 10,381 |
| 31 | Nevada | 9,441 |
| 32 | Iowa | 9,092 |
| 33 | Kansas | 9,075 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 9,072 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 7,038 |
| 36 | Idaho | 6,739 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 6,363 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 5,562 |
| 39 | Maine | 5,062 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 5,019 |
| 41 | Montana | 4,488 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 3,868 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 3,763 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 3,163 |
| 45 | Delaware | 3,066 |
| 46 | Alaska | 2,887 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 2,829 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 2,429 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 2,358 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 2,211 |
| 51 | Vermont | 2,150 |