U.S. - Health care & 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 +
	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	532,042	12.3%	3.2%	0.7%	14,108,655	84.2%	70.5%	52.5%
	Alabama	7,048	13.7%	4.8%	1.9%	201,822	83.6%	71.7%	53.9%
	Alaska	1,453	12.7%	4.3%	1.7%	31,188	79.4%	64.7%	41.8%
	Arizona	8,951	11.7%	4.1%	1.8%	199,894	82.3%	69.2%	51.4%
	Arkansas	4,841	14.1%	5.4%	2.1%	132,078	85.3%	71.8%	51.9%
	California	70,157	9.2%	2.1%	0.6%	1,321,241	79.6%	65.2%	50.2%
	Colorado	8,999	12.1%	3.8%	1.5%	191,083	81.2%	66.3%	47.1%
	Connecticut	7,272	17.8%	6.0%	1.7%	213,835	85.4%	70.0%	44.0%
	Delaware	1,580	18.4%	7.3%	4.4%	42,978	83.2%	69.2%	54.4%
	District of Columbia	1,695	18.3%	7.6%	3.6%	58,716	89.8%	78.7%	64.1%
	Florida	34,408	9.4%	2.6%	1.0%	739,741	80.7%	68.8%	55.5%
	Georgia	13,768	12.9%	3.5%	1.6%	341,987	82.5%	68.7%	54.9%
	Hawaii	2,520	9.5%	3.7%	1.6%	50,479	81.3%	69.1%	47.5%
	Idaho	2,931	13.3%	4.3%	1.9%	53,016	77.6%	58.8%	38.8%
	Illinois	21,828	14.5%	4.7%	1.4%	631,926	86.0%	72.4%	53.3%
	Indiana	9,812	15.5%	5.6%	2.1%	319,506	87.1%	74.8%	54.7%
	Iowa	5,310	20.3%	7.3%	2.2%	179,081	88.5%	71.5%	44.8%
	Kansas	5,074	18.4%	6.8%	2.6%	154,553	87.0%	70.5%	45.8%
	Kentucky	7,054	14.7%	5.2%	2.1%	206,470	85.1%	73.1%	56.3%
	Louisiana	8,663	14.5%	4.6%	1.7%	232,167	84.4%	69.1%	50.4%
	Maine	3,068	17.0%	6.2%	2.0%	86,817	86.8%	70.8%	42.0%
	Maryland	10,683	13.2%	4.2%	1.6%	259,960	83.5%	69.2%	51.2%
	Massachusetts	12,281	16.3%	5.7%	1.8%	448,438	88.5%	76.7%	56.7%
	Michigan	18,838	12.9%	3.6%	1.0%	488,779	82.8%	68.6%	50.0%
	Minnesota	7,961	19.6%	6.8%	1.8%	324,227	90.4%	77.0%	53.3%
	Mississippi	4,349	13.0%	5.4%	2.1%	123,365	85.0%	74.8%	57.1%
	Missouri	10,269	16.1%	5.2%	1.7%	323,826	86.9%	72.3%	54.1%
	Montana	2,421	11.6%	4.7%	1.8%	48,293	80.4%	65.7%	38.3%
	Nebraska	3,263	17.4%	6.3%	2.8%	100,673	87.4%	72.2%	53.0%
	Nevada	3,510	13.5%	4.4%	2.7%	66,203	79.4%	61.7%	50.5%
	New Hampshire	2,539	15.7%	5.8%	2.7%	69,106	83.0%	69.4%	48.9%
	New Jersey	19,342	11.3%	3.3%	1.2%	418,406	80.1%	66.2%	49.8%
	New Mexico	3,121	15.1%	5.7%	2.9%	74,894	82.8%	67.8%	49.8%
	New York	38,977	12.6%	4.2%	1.3%	1,182,108	87.3%	76.5%	56.7%
	North Carolina	13,266	16.2%	4.4%	1.6%	393,561	84.8%	69.9%	53.8%
	North Dakota	1,215	19.1%	9.0%	3.1%	47,113	90.0%	77.9%	51.2%
	Ohio	19,903	16.8%	5.1%	1.5%	647,596	86.4%	71.9%	52.4%
	Oklahoma	6,960	14.3%	4.4%	1.7%	168,890	83.7%	65.0%	46.0%
	Oregon	7,700	12.9%	3.8%	1.4%	154,795	80.5%	62.7%	44.9%
	Pennsylvania	23,779	14.9%	4.6%	1.5%	743,276	86.1%	73.5%	54.3%
	Rhode Island	2,291	18.6%	7.3%	2.3%	68,763	86.1%	70.0%	41.5%
	South Carolina	6,433	14.4%	4.5%	2.2%	172,106	83.2%	69.9%	56.2%
	South Dakota	1,561	19.0%	7.6%	2.8%	51,369	88.2%	72.5%	48.7%
	Tennessee	9,884	14.0%	4.6%	1.9%	285,189	85.2%	72.3%	57.5%
	Texas	36,728	12.0%	2.9%	1.0%	922,493	83.3%	69.2%	55.7%
	Utah	4,156	11.1%	3.5%	1.8%	83,413	80.1%	64.8%	51.5%
	Vermont	1,539	14.3%	5.1%	2.0%	35,988	82.0%	66.9%	40.3%
	Virginia	11,941	14.7%	4.1%	1.7%	304,033	83.0%	67.8%	51.7%
	Washington	13,103	12.1%	3.5%	1.2%	281,661	80.8%	65.3%	46.3%
	West Virginia	3,468	16.6%	6.3%	2.4%	102,035	84.9%	69.8%	47.0%
	Wisconsin	9,008	16.2%	5.6%	2.0%	304,120	86.7%	74.5%	54.2%
	Wyoming	1,273	14.4%	5.8%	2.6%	25,398	80.0%	64.5%	27.8%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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	532,042	12.3%	3.2%	0.7%	14,108,655	84.2%	70.5%	52.5%
	621	Ambulatory health care services	403,638	7.7%	1.4%	0.4%	4,566,196	62.2%	41.7%	27.3%
	622	Hospitals	4,370	91.7%	81.4%	43.4%	5,014,641	100.0%	99.4%	91.2%
	623	Nursing & residential care facilities	32,162	46.4%	20.8%	3.5%	2,592,119	96.4%	80.9%	45.7%
	624	Social assistance	96,080	20.5%	4.8%	0.8%	1,935,699	79.0%	49.8%	20.3%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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				403,638	7.7%	1.4%	0.4%	4,566,196	62.2%	41.7%	27.3%
	6211		Offices of physicians			174,006	8.9%	1.2%	0.4%	1,763,793	58.5%	31.6%	20.3%
	621111				Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)	163,895	9.3%	1.2%	0.4%	1,723,954	59.1%	32.0%	20.6%
	621112				Offices of physicians, mental health specialists	10,229	3.5%	1.2%	0.7%	39,839	33.0%	13.8%	5.5%
	6212		Offices of dentists			112,373	2.5%	0.1%	0.0%	710,858	14.7%	3.8%	2.1%
	6213		Offices of other health practitioners			86,686	3.0%	0.6%	0.2%	417,239	32.3%	15.5%	8.9%
	62131			Offices of chiropractors		31,807	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	99,621	6.9%	1.7%	0.1%
	62132			Offices of optometrists		16,499	2.9%	0.3%	0.1%	88,347	20.2%	5.6%	2.9%
	62133			Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)		10,832	3.2%	1.0%	0.3%	40,957	42.4%	23.4%	11.9%
	62134			Offices of physical, occup, & speech therapists & audiologists		12,299	9.8%	2.0%	1.1%	120,512	60.1%	32.3%	20.3%
	62139			Offices of all other health practitioners		15,310	2.9%	0.8%	0.4%	67,802	30.2%	14.2%	7.2%
	621391				Offices of podiatrists	7,902	1.2%	0.1%	0.1%	31,201	8.2%	D	0.1%
	621399				Offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners	7,408	4.6%	1.4%	0.7%	36,601	49.0%	D	13.3%
	6214		Outpatient care centers			10,817	37.8%	17.2%	6.2%	554,908	93.5%	77.3%	50.2%
	62141			Family planning centers		992	29.5%	10.2%	3.4%	19,972	83.3%	47.8%	17.6%
	62142			Outpatient mental health & substance abuse centers		3,486	41.0%	22.4%	5.5%	141,937	92.9%	74.2%	25.1%
	62149			Other outpatient care centers		6,610	39.7%	18.4%	8.5%	392,999	94.2%	79.9%	60.9%
	621491				HMO medical centers	168	53.0%	41.7%	27.4%	45,714	99.3%	97.4%	87.5%
	621492				Kidney dialysis centers	448	48.7%	14.7%	8.7%	57,800	97.2%	86.3%	79.4%
	621493				Freestanding ambulatory surgical & emergency centers	1,826	32.8%	13.3%	9.6%	47,565	83.3%	57.0%	45.9%
	621498				All other outpatient care centers	4,338	43.6%	23.1%	10.4%	241,920	94.7%	79.6%	54.4%
	6215		Medical & diagnostic laboratories			6,039	20.5%	6.9%	3.6%	152,059	85.0%	64.5%	47.2%
	621511				Medical laboratories	2,674	24.0%	9.5%	4.8%	99,319	89.7%	74.4%	57.1%
	621512				Diagnostic imaging centers	3,417	18.9%	6.3%	3.7%	52,740	76.1%	45.8%	28.4%
	6216		Home health care services			11,022	45.4%	16.8%	6.3%	786,607	96.2%	77.8%	53.0%
	6219		Other ambulatory health care services			4,697	32.9%	8.9%	3.2%	180,732	90.6%	65.3%	39.4%
	62191			Ambulance services		2,946	36.4%	6.9%	2.4%	107,951	89.3%	57.2%	37.2%
	62199			All other ambulatory health care services		1,754	27.1%	12.3%	4.8%	72,781	92.5%	77.3%	42.6%
	621991				Blood & organ banks	522	49.0%	23.9%	6.9%	46,870	97.1%	84.3%	40.0%
	621999				All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services	1,240	18.2%	7.9%	4.4%	25,911	84.0%	64.7%	47.2%
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 +
	622	Hospitals				4,370	91.7%	81.4%	43.4%	5,014,641	100.0%	99.4%	91.2%
	6221		General medical & surgical hospitals			3,637	94.2%	83.7%	45.5%	4,623,686	100.0%	99.4%	92.1%
	6222		Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals			559	88.2%	82.3%	46.2%	240,431	99.9%	99.1%	77.5%
	6223		Specialty (except psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals			352	75.3%	65.3%	43.2%	150,524	99.8%	98.3%	85.2%
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 +
	623	Nursing & residential care facilities				32,162	46.4%	20.8%	3.5%	2,592,119	96.4%	80.9%	45.7%
	6231		Nursing care facilities			8,631	75.9%	43.0%	8.0%	1,533,714	99.4%	87.9%	54.0%
	6232		Residential mental retardation/health & substance abuse facility			7,541	48.9%	23.7%	4.7%	396,354	94.1%	74.3%	31.5%
	62321			Residential mental retardation facilities		4,356	53.3%	27.5%	5.8%	284,362	95.7%	78.3%	34.5%
	62322			Residential mental health & substance abuse facilities		3,431	47.1%	24.0%	5.5%	111,992	90.1%	64.1%	24.0%
	6233		Community care facilities for the elderly			13,693	30.9%	11.5%	3.2%	510,957	90.5%	69.4%	37.8%
	623311				Continuing care retirement communities	2,429	63.4%	39.2%	11.1%	269,210	98.2%	86.9%	41.5%
	623312				Homes for the elderly	11,382	24.7%	6.4%	2.2%	241,747	81.8%	49.9%	33.7%
	6239		Other residential care facilities			3,591	48.2%	21.3%	4.9%	151,094	92.0%	67.1%	26.0%
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				96,080	20.5%	4.8%	0.8%	1,935,699	79.0%	49.8%	20.3%
	6241		Individual & family services			30,875	27.3%	10.0%	1.6%	790,599	86.1%	59.6%	20.7%
	62411			Child & youth services		7,007	32.0%	12.2%	2.4%	160,364	84.3%	52.9%	18.1%
	62412			Services for the elderly & persons with disabilities		9,686	34.9%	15.3%	2.9%	298,984	88.6%	63.6%	20.6%
	62419			Other individual & family services		15,247	25.2%	10.3%	1.9%	331,251	84.7%	59.2%	22.1%
	6242		Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services			8,305	24.9%	7.2%	1.4%	121,175	71.9%	30.3%	8.0%
	62421			Community food services		2,291	21.7%	8.6%	1.8%	26,041	68.0%	29.7%	8.0%
	62422			Community housing services		4,497	31.8%	9.5%	1.8%	75,273	74.6%	30.2%	7.9%
	624221				Temporary shelters	2,290	42.8%	11.1%	2.1%	49,454	78.3%	28.9%	8.1%
	624229				Other community housing services	2,282	23.0%	10.1%	2.4%	25,819	67.6%	32.8%	7.3%
	62423			Emergency & other relief services		1,646	16.5%	4.9%	0.9%	19,861	66.6%	31.0%	8.6%
	6243		Vocational rehabilitation services			5,357	49.7%	25.1%	4.8%	324,336	95.4%	77.3%	35.7%
	6244		Child day care services			53,686	16.0%	2.2%	0.4%	699,589	64.6%	29.5%	14.9%

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