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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
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U.S. - Health Care & Social Assistance by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments
Paid
employees
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 524,303 649,846 13,865,014 409,223,160
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 41,283 41,682 0 2,996,690
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 232,349 233,084 520,884 18,991,240
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 123,301 125,111 809,813 26,896,572
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 64,407 68,724 854,099 29,570,616
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 46,479 67,430 1,843,907 54,315,688
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 13,054 51,468 2,481,667 57,409,055
Firms with 500 employees or more 3,430 62,347 7,354,644 219,043,299
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 1,603 12,452 1,016,428 26,699,126
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 573 5,719 632,804 18,820,408
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 501 6,301 878,424 26,392,400
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 753 37,875 4,826,988 147,131,365
        Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 407 6,805 1,240,506 40,525,070
        Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 174 5,048 917,753 29,307,572
        Firms with 10,000 employees or more 172 26,022 2,668,729 77,298,723
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Health care & social assistance - by Year
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Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2006 detail 2006 605,845 13.0% 3.3% 0.6% 16,451,361 84.5% 70.3% 51.7%
link to 2005 detail 2005 599,392 12.7% 3.2% 0.6% 16,025,147 84.4% 70.3% 51.6%
link to 2004 detail 2004 588,187 12.9% 3.2% 0.6% 15,814,812 84.2% 70.0% 51.5%
link to 2003 detail 2003 575,089 12.7% 3.2% 0.6% 15,472,183 84.3% 70.3% 51.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 560,083 12.6% 3.2% 0.6% 14,900,148 84.2% 70.4% 52.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 540,976 12.6% 3.2% 0.7% 14,534,726 84.3% 70.5% 52.5%
link to 2000 detail 2000 532,042 12.3% 3.2% 0.7% 14,108,655 84.2% 70.5% 52.5%
link to 1999 detail 1999 524,303 12.0% 3.1% 0.7% 13,865,014 84.2% 70.9% 53.0%
link to 1998 detail 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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State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail United States 524,303 12.0% 3.1% 0.7% 13,865,014 84.2% 70.9% 53.0%
link to industry detail Alabama 6,940 14.1% 4.9% 2.0% 203,808 84.4% 72.7% 55.7%
link to industry detail Alaska 1,444 12.4% 4.2% 1.7% 30,371 79.5% 64.4% 42.5%
link to industry detail Arizona 8,772 11.4% 3.9% 1.7% 194,047 82.2% 69.1% 52.6%
link to industry detail Arkansas 4,758 14.4% 5.6% 2.3% 129,260 85.3% 71.3% 52.3%
link to industry detail California 68,889 9.0% 2.1% 0.6% 1,288,744 79.5% 65.4% 50.8%
link to industry detail Colorado 8,786 11.9% 3.7% 1.5% 187,962 81.6% 67.0% 49.2%
link to industry detail Connecticut 7,340 16.9% 5.8% 1.7% 213,240 85.2% 70.3% 45.7%
link to industry detail Delaware 1,546 18.0% 7.5% 4.3% 41,163 82.9% 69.2% 53.2%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 1,705 17.7% 7.6% 3.7% 58,299 89.6% 79.1% 65.2%
link to industry detail Florida 33,684 9.2% 2.5% 1.0% 731,229 81.0% 69.6% 56.7%
link to industry detail Georgia 13,432 12.5% 3.5% 1.6% 337,591 82.7% 69.8% 56.3%
link to industry detail Hawaii 2,492 9.1% 3.7% 1.6% 49,343 80.7% 69.2% 49.8%
link to industry detail Idaho 2,821 12.9% 4.3% 2.0% 51,281 77.4% 58.8% 39.3%
link to industry detail Illinois 21,500 14.2% 4.8% 1.4% 622,309 86.1% 72.9% 53.8%
link to industry detail Indiana 9,739 15.2% 5.7% 2.1% 314,164 87.0% 75.4% 54.6%
link to industry detail Iowa 5,286 19.8% 6.9% 2.2% 175,284 88.2% 70.8% 45.1%
link to industry detail Kansas 5,054 18.1% 6.8% 2.7% 152,261 86.9% 71.1% 47.0%
link to industry detail Kentucky 6,889 14.4% 5.3% 2.1% 199,385 85.1% 73.5% 54.7%
link to industry detail Louisiana 8,546 14.4% 4.8% 1.8% 231,349 84.4% 69.9% 50.9%
link to industry detail Maine 3,026 16.4% 5.9% 2.0% 82,951 86.3% 70.1% 42.2%
link to industry detail Maryland 10,569 12.9% 4.3% 1.7% 261,433 83.8% 70.5% 53.5%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 12,241 16.3% 5.8% 1.7% 444,092 88.6% 76.9% 56.6%
link to industry detail Michigan 18,722 12.6% 3.5% 1.0% 492,761 83.2% 69.7% 51.1%
link to industry detail Minnesota 7,860 19.2% 6.8% 1.8% 313,049 90.1% 76.9% 53.2%
link to industry detail Mississippi 4,172 12.9% 5.5% 2.4% 124,477 85.6% 76.2% 59.5%
link to industry detail Missouri 10,123 15.8% 5.3% 1.8% 319,287 87.0% 73.2% 54.8%
link to industry detail Montana 2,343 11.4% 5.0% 1.6% 46,901 80.6% 66.9% 38.5%
link to industry detail Nebraska 3,159 17.2% 6.4% 2.7% 98,651 87.3% 73.2% 54.5%
link to industry detail Nevada 3,404 12.7% 4.4% 2.7% 62,186 78.4% 61.4% 50.3%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 2,551 15.8% 5.8% 2.5% 68,310 83.3% 69.6% 47.7%
link to industry detail New Jersey 19,178 11.0% 3.2% 1.1% 413,222 80.3% 66.9% 50.6%
link to industry detail New Mexico 3,074 15.2% 5.6% 2.9% 73,922 83.2% 68.0% 50.9%
link to industry detail New York 38,560 12.4% 4.2% 1.3% 1,149,524 87.1% 76.4% 56.1%
link to industry detail North Carolina 12,786 15.9% 4.4% 1.7% 383,050 84.9% 70.6% 54.8%
link to industry detail North Dakota 1,206 19.2% 9.2% 3.0% 46,407 90.2% 78.8% 50.7%
link to industry detail Ohio 19,896 16.2% 4.9% 1.4% 636,776 86.2% 72.1% 52.7%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 6,971 14.6% 4.5% 1.7% 166,399 83.4% 64.4% 44.1%
link to industry detail Oregon 7,561 12.2% 3.7% 1.4% 150,646 80.2% 63.1% 44.9%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 23,731 14.6% 4.6% 1.5% 733,507 86.1% 73.7% 54.6%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 2,244 18.6% 7.3% 2.1% 64,633 85.8% 68.6% 38.9%
link to industry detail South Carolina 6,262 13.9% 4.6% 2.2% 168,527 83.3% 71.1% 57.4%
link to industry detail South Dakota 1,572 18.2% 7.2% 2.9% 49,613 87.9% 71.4% 48.9%
link to industry detail Tennessee 9,690 13.8% 4.5% 1.9% 278,089 85.3% 72.7% 58.4%
link to industry detail Texas 36,169 11.7% 2.9% 1.0% 916,646 83.6% 69.9% 56.8%
link to industry detail Utah 3,984 11.3% 3.6% 1.9% 83,961 80.9% 66.4% 53.1%
link to industry detail Vermont 1,547 13.4% 5.0% 1.9% 34,983 82.5% 68.2% 43.8%
link to industry detail Virginia 11,677 14.1% 4.1% 1.6% 296,012 82.9% 68.4% 52.8%
link to industry detail Washington 12,912 11.8% 3.5% 1.2% 272,604 80.3% 65.2% 45.8%
link to industry detail West Virginia 3,418 16.1% 6.3% 2.4% 100,330 85.1% 70.4% 47.7%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 8,914 15.5% 5.3% 2.0% 296,494 86.4% 74.6% 55.1%
link to industry detail Wyoming 1,269 13.3% 5.3% 2.4% 24,481 78.9% 62.7% 28.9%
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  62 Health Care & Social Assistance 524,303 12.0% 3.1% 0.7% 13,865,014 84.2% 70.9% 53.0%
link to industry detail 621 Ambulatory health care services 398,121 7.4% 1.4% 0.4% 4,466,133 62.1% 42.5% 28.5%
link to industry detail 622 Hospitals 4,323 93.2% 82.9% 44.6% 5,000,531 100.0% 99.4% 91.2%
link to industry detail 623 Nursing & residential care facilities 32,256 46.0% 20.7% 3.3% 2,568,012 96.4% 80.8% 45.3%
link to industry detail 624 Social assistance 93,854 20.0% 4.7% 0.7% 1,830,338 78.2% 48.9% 19.5%
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U.S. - Health Care & Social Assistance by Industry
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 621 Ambulatory health care services 398,121 7.4% 1.4% 0.4% 4,466,133 62.1% 42.5% 28.5%
link to state detail 6211   Offices of physicians 171,735 8.6% 1.2% 0.4% 1,692,571 57.5% 31.5% 20.7%
link to state detail 621111     Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists) 161,958 8.9% 1.2% 0.4% 1,654,491 58.1% 31.8% 20.9%
link to state detail 621112     Offices of physicians, mental health specialists 9,897 3.2% 1.3% 0.7% 38,080 33.4% 18.3% 11.3%
link to state detail 6212   Offices of dentists 111,497 2.3% 0.1% 0.0% 683,331 13.4% 3.0% 1.7%
link to state detail 6213   Offices of other health practitioners 84,343 2.9% 0.6% 0.2% 416,967 34.5% 19.1% 12.5%
link to state detail 62131    Offices of chiropractors 30,750 0.6% 0.0% *****% 95,208 5.9% D D
link to state detail 62132    Offices of optometrists 16,246 2.8% 0.3% 0.1% 84,604 19.8% 6.1% 3.6%
link to state detail 62133    Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians) 10,916 2.9% 1.0% 0.3% 39,620 39.0% D D
link to state detail 62134    Offices of physical, occup, & speech therapists & audiologists 11,854 9.7% 2.1% 1.1% 135,006 65.6% 42.2% 31.2%
link to state detail 62139    Offices of all other health practitioners 14,643 2.8% 0.9% 0.4% 62,529 27.8% 13.2% 5.3%
link to state detail 621391     Offices of podiatrists 7,980 1.2% 0.2% 0.1% 31,055 8.6% D 0.2%
link to state detail 621399     Offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners 6,663 4.8% 1.7% 0.8% 31,474 46.8% D 10.3%
link to state detail 6214   Outpatient care centers 10,849 36.7% 16.8% 6.1% 548,329 93.4% 77.5% 51.6%
link to state detail 62141    Family planning centers 982 29.4% 10.5% 3.2% 19,148 82.3% 46.2% 15.4%
link to state detail 62142    Outpatient mental health & substance abuse centers 3,608 39.2% 21.4% 5.2% 140,497 92.7% 74.5% 26.0%
link to state detail 62149    Other outpatient care centers 6,540 39.1% 18.3% 8.7% 388,684 94.3% 80.2% 62.6%
link to state detail 621491     HMO medical centers 151 53.6% 44.4% 30.5% 47,077 99.4% 98.1% 90.2%
link to state detail 621492     Kidney dialysis centers 421 49.6% 15.0% 7.8% 53,237 97.2% 86.0% 77.1%
link to state detail 621493     Freestanding ambulatory surgical & emergency centers 1,791 31.4% 13.0% 9.4% 46,961 83.7% 60.1% 48.4%
link to state detail 621498     All other outpatient care centers 4,339 43.0% 22.8% 10.6% 241,409 94.6% 79.3% 56.7%
link to state detail 6215   Medical & diagnostic laboratories 5,896 20.6% 7.2% 3.7% 152,493 85.2% 66.1% 49.2%
link to state detail 621511     Medical laboratories 2,706 24.1% 9.5% 4.8% 105,229 90.2% 76.2% 60.1%
link to state detail 621512     Diagnostic imaging centers 3,239 18.7% 6.4% 3.7% 47,264 74.2% 43.7% 24.9%
link to state detail 6216   Home health care services 11,234 44.8% 16.5% 6.1% 796,814 96.0% 78.1% 53.8%
link to state detail 6219   Other ambulatory health care services 4,592 32.1% 9.0% 3.5% 175,628 90.3% 65.9% 40.7%
link to state detail 62191    Ambulance services 2,773 36.7% 6.9% 2.5% 103,818 89.1% 56.9% 37.8%
link to state detail 62199    All other ambulatory health care services 1,823 25.1% 12.3% 5.1% 71,810 92.1% 78.9% 44.8%
link to state detail 621991     Blood & organ banks 550 46.2% 24.4% 7.6% 46,655 96.7% 85.2% 40.3%
link to state detail 621999     All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services 1,284 16.7% 7.9% 4.6% 25,155 83.5% 67.2% 53.2%
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 622 Hospitals 4,323 93.2% 82.9% 44.6% 5,000,531 100.0% 99.4% 91.2%
link to state detail 6221   General medical & surgical hospitals 3,623 95.5% 85.0% 46.6% 4,599,643 100.0% 99.4% 92.1%
link to state detail 6222   Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals 535 90.8% 84.3% 48.0% 244,652 99.9% 99.0% 78.7%
link to state detail 6223   Specialty (except psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals 331 75.5% 66.5% 44.1% 156,236 99.8% 98.6% 86.0%
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 623 Nursing & residential care facilities 32,256 46.0% 20.7% 3.3% 2,568,012 96.4% 80.8% 45.3%
link to state detail 6231   Nursing care facilities 8,614 77.3% 44.0% 7.8% 1,558,806 99.5% 88.0% 54.0%
link to state detail 6232   Residential mental retardation/health & substance abuse facility 7,636 47.9% 22.7% 4.2% 382,839 93.7% 72.7% 29.5%
link to state detail 62321    Residential mental retardation facilities 4,430 52.2% 26.3% 4.9% 275,603 95.3% 76.7% 32.3%
link to state detail 62322    Residential mental health & substance abuse facilities 3,458 46.2% 23.2% 5.1% 107,236 89.4% 62.4% 22.2%
link to state detail 6233   Community care facilities for the elderly 13,684 30.0% 11.1% 3.0% 479,349 89.8% 68.3% 36.0%
link to state detail 623311     Continuing care retirement communities 2,317 66.1% 40.7% 11.3% 254,584 98.2% 86.2% 39.2%
link to state detail 623312     Homes for the elderly 11,490 23.5% 6.1% 2.0% 224,765 80.4% 47.9% 32.4%
link to state detail 6239   Other residential care facilities 3,601 46.6% 20.7% 4.4% 147,018 91.5% 66.6% 25.4%
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NAICS
code
Industry title
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Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 624 Social assistance 93,854 20.0% 4.7% 0.7% 1,830,338 78.2% 48.9% 19.5%
link to state detail 6241   Individual & family services 30,720 26.4% 9.6% 1.5% 737,839 85.3% 58.2% 19.3%
link to state detail 62411    Child & youth services 7,053 30.9% 11.8% 2.2% 147,235 83.0% 50.8% 16.3%
link to state detail 62412    Services for the elderly & persons with disabilities 9,597 34.4% 15.1% 2.7% 283,444 88.3% 62.9% 19.9%
link to state detail 62419    Other individual & family services 15,108 24.1% 9.6% 1.7% 307,160 83.6% 57.3% 20.1%
link to state detail 6242   Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services 8,261 24.0% 6.9% 1.3% 114,334 70.6% 28.7% 7.4%
link to state detail 62421    Community food services 2,286 20.8% 8.4% 1.8% 24,980 66.8% 30.7% 7.7%
link to state detail 62422    Community housing services 4,442 30.7% 9.0% 1.7% 71,146 73.6% 29.0% 7.8%
link to state detail 624221     Temporary shelters 2,266 41.0% 10.3% 1.9% 46,448 76.7% 27.1% 8.3%
link to state detail 624229     Other community housing services 2,251 22.6% 9.8% 2.3% 24,698 67.7% 32.7% 6.9%
link to state detail 62423    Emergency & other relief services 1,658 16.2% 4.3% 0.9% 18,208 64.6% 24.8% 5.6%
link to state detail 6243   Vocational rehabilitation services 5,397 49.0% 24.7% 4.2% 313,822 95.2% 77.2% 34.5%
link to state detail 6244   Child day care services 51,598 15.8% 2.2% 0.4% 664,343 63.5% 28.7% 14.7%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?