# US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_health_care_social_assistance`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-health-care/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 306,663 |
| 2 | Florida | 284,555 |
| 3 | Texas | 211,751 |
| 4 | New York | 166,397 |
| 5 | Illinois | 88,674 |
| 6 | Georgia | 84,925 |
| 7 | Ohio | 73,851 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 72,292 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 68,403 |
| 10 | Michigan | 66,924 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 66,285 |
| 12 | Maryland | 58,949 |
| 13 | Virginia | 53,600 |
| 14 | Arizona | 51,014 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 49,592 |
| 16 | Colorado | 47,224 |
| 17 | Washington | 43,719 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 43,505 |
| 19 | Louisiana | 36,700 |
| 20 | Indiana | 33,075 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 32,593 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 31,649 |
| 23 | Missouri | 30,938 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 30,452 |
| 25 | Oregon | 28,095 |
| 26 | Alabama | 26,901 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 26,167 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 24,069 |
| 29 | Nevada | 22,911 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 22,620 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 21,620 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 21,130 |
| 33 | Utah | 17,363 |
| 34 | Iowa | 17,151 |
| 35 | Kansas | 16,348 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 13,115 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 12,315 |
| 38 | Idaho | 11,501 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 9,298 |
| 40 | Maine | 8,939 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 7,595 |
| 42 | Rhode Island | 7,483 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 7,332 |
| 44 | Montana | 6,446 |
| 45 | Delaware | 5,882 |
| 46 | Vermont | 5,514 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 5,109 |
| 48 | District of Columbia | 4,822 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 4,701 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 3,870 |
| 51 | Alaska | 3,733 |