Industry · NAICS 62

Health care and social assistance

The United States has 1,003,398 employer establishments in health care and social assistance (29.8 per 10,000 residents), employing 22,063,238 people at an average annual pay of $63,214, plus 2,395,760 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
1,003,398
2,395,760 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
29.8
Paid employees
22,063,238
Average annual pay
$63,214

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Health care and social assistance by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Anderson Creek, NC141,77220170514.20.48×3,376$51,206597
2Jacksonville, NC210,95530469414.40.48×6,270$49,813724
3Gettysburg, PA106,94516564815.40.52×4,301$58,079354
4Killeen-Temple, TX502,49779263415.80.53×29,007$80,5402,503
5Holland, MI121,93519961316.30.55×2,803$46,047537
6Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,19725759616.80.56×5,068$61,962982
7Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,7941,38459616.80.56×32,530$60,6795,989
8Dalton, GA145,31524659116.90.57×5,823$60,786590
9Auburn-Opelika, AL202,36834359016.90.57×8,650$61,3601,121
10Merced, CA294,31951457317.50.59×7,611$58,7281,663
11Sevierville, TN100,41017956117.80.60×2,305$49,821282
12Odessa, TX165,94630055318.10.61×7,332$65,087600
13El Centro, CA180,68332855118.20.61×6,477$53,2901,414
14Clarksville, TN-KY340,08362554418.40.62×12,961$54,5971,662
15Greeley, CO360,97166454418.40.62×10,414$58,1312,079
16Spartanburg, SC385,70571254218.50.62×16,291$55,5562,028
17Lexington Park, MD209,99539053818.60.62×7,536$60,9181,102
18Tuscaloosa, AL279,75652453418.70.63×13,429$56,6071,359
19Moses Lake, WA103,03519353418.70.63×3,183$57,283406
20Lebanon, PA144,706275526190.64×9,609$70,332624
21Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,88929052419.10.64×7,178$57,993613
22Monroe, MI155,56330051919.30.65×4,547$52,717581
23Winston-Salem, NC696,6531,35351519.40.65×33,894$61,6573,643
24College Station-Bryan, TX283,27855650919.60.66×12,143$68,6091,410
25Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA127,30825350319.90.67×6,813$60,183475

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $14.1B on contracts under NAICS 62 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (19,011 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$3.2B23%
    283 awards
  2. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$1.9B13%
    13 awards
  3. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$1.9B13%
    91 awards
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$1B7.2%
    727 awards
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$741M5.2%
    127 awards
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$516.6M3.7%
    293 awards
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$360M2.5%
    214 awards
  8. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$263M1.9%
    206 awards
  9. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$193M1.4%
    717 awards
  10. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$182.5M1.3%
    213 awards

Counties

  1. Bexar County, TX$3.2B22%
    278 awards
  2. La Crosse County, WI$1.9B13%
    13 awards
  3. Orange County, FL$1.9B13%
    74 awards
  4. Harris County, TX$737.5M5.2%
    102 awards
  5. Fairfax County, VA$572.2M4.1%
    179 awards
  6. Los Angeles County, CA$500.2M3.5%
    242 awards
  7. Middlesex County, MA$275.8M2.0%
    85 awards
  8. Denver County, CO$187.6M1.3%
    58 awards
  9. District of Columbia, DC$186.2M1.3%
    276 awards
  10. Jefferson County, AL$160.6M1.1%
    830 awards

Cities and towns

  1. San Antonio city, TX$3.1B22%
    271 awards
  2. University CDP, FL$1.2B8.2%
    4 awards
  3. Houston city, TX$727.4M5.2%
    100 awards
  4. Reston CDP, VA$478M3.4%
    81 awards
  5. San Dimas city, CA$462.8M3.3%
    16 awards
  6. La Crosse city, WI$356M2.5%
    13 awards
  7. Waltham city, MA$268.8M1.9%
    9 awards
  8. Denver city, CO$187.6M1.3%
    58 awards
  9. Washington city, DC$186.2M1.3%
    276 awards
  10. Tampa city, FL$107M0.8%
    41 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)