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Health and social assistance share of jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Health and social assistance share of private-sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Health care and social assistance jobs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 15.8 (United States).

Washington: 16.3Idaho: 16.1Montana: 18.3North Dakota: 18.2Minnesota: 17.2Michigan: 16Ohio: 17.4Pennsylvania: 20New York: 21.2Vermont: 18.9New Hampshire: 15.5Maine: 19.8Arizona: 15California: 14.3New Mexico: 19.5Texas: 14.3Louisiana: 18Mississippi: 17.7Alabama: 14.7Florida: 12.9Georgia: 13.3South Carolina: 12.9North Carolina: 15Virginia: 13.6District of Columbia: 12.8Maryland: 16.4Delaware: 16.8New Jersey: 16.1Connecticut: 19Rhode Island: 19.3Massachusetts: 17.7Oregon: 16.9Utah: 11.2Wyoming: 16Nevada: 11.2Colorado: 13.7South Dakota: 19.5Nebraska: 15.5Kansas: 15.8Oklahoma: 16Iowa: 15.6Missouri: 16.3Wisconsin: 15.5Illinois: 15.1Kentucky: 16.2Arkansas: 17.4Tennessee: 15.3West Virginia: 25.4Indiana: 15.9Alaska: 18.8Hawaii: 13.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 11.2 to 14.3 %
  • Group 2: 14.3 to 15.8 %
  • Group 3: 15.8 to 16.4 %
  • Group 4: 16.4 to 18.3 %
  • Highest: 18.3 to 25.4 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1West Virginia25.4
2New York21.2
3Pennsylvania20
4Maine19.8
5New Mexico19.5
5South Dakota19.5
7Rhode Island19.3
8Connecticut19
9Vermont18.9
10Alaska18.8
11Montana18.3
12North Dakota18.2
13Louisiana18
14Massachusetts17.7
14Mississippi17.7
16Arkansas17.4
16Ohio17.4
18Minnesota17.2
19Oregon16.9
20Delaware16.8
21Maryland16.4
22Missouri16.3
22Washington16.3
24Kentucky16.2
25Idaho16.1
25New Jersey16.1
27Michigan16
27Oklahoma16
27Wyoming16
30Indiana15.9
31Kansas15.8
32Iowa15.6
33Nebraska15.5
33New Hampshire15.5
33Wisconsin15.5
36Tennessee15.3
37Illinois15.1
38Arizona15
38North Carolina15
40Alabama14.7
41California14.3
41Texas14.3
43Colorado13.7
43Hawaii13.7
45Virginia13.6
46Georgia13.3
47Florida12.9
47South Carolina12.9
49District of Columbia12.8
50Nevada11.2
50Utah11.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 62, 621, 622, 623, 624 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by health and social assistance share of private-sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 62 (health care and social assistance) and subsectors 621, 622, 623, 624; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-health-and-social-assistance-share-of-private-sector-jobs/

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