Industry · NAICS 6231
Nursing care facilities
The United States has 18,126 employer establishments in nursing care facilities (0.5 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,426,754 people at an average annual pay of $44,479.
In the United States
- Establishments
- 18,126
- — nonemployers
- Per 10,000 residents
- 0.5
- Paid employees
- 1,426,754
- Average annual pay
- $44,479
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.
| # | Place | vs US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallahassee, FL | 394,551 | 7 | 56,364 | 0.2 | 0.33× | 1,016 | $35,228 | — |
| 2 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 398,699 | 8 | 49,837 | 0.2 | 0.37× | 731 | $40,347 | — |
| 3 | Reno, NV | 566,460 | 12 | 47,205 | 0.2 | 0.39× | 1,190 | $49,096 | — |
| 4 | Las Cruces, NM | 225,966 | 5 | 45,193 | 0.2 | 0.41× | 344 | $42,305 | — |
| 5 | Huntsville, AL | 528,226 | 12 | 44,019 | 0.2 | 0.42× | 1,019 | $43,611 | — |
| 6 | Gainesville, GA | 218,510 | 5 | 43,702 | 0.2 | 0.43× | 462 | $56,463 | — |
| 7 | Columbus, GA-AL | 323,962 | 8 | 40,495 | 0.2 | 0.46× | 576 | $37,101 | — |
| 8 | Greeley, CO | 360,971 | 9 | 40,108 | 0.2 | 0.46× | 825 | $42,444 | — |
| 9 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 279,756 | 7 | 39,965 | 0.3 | 0.46× | 712 | $53,188 | — |
| 10 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 233,683 | 6 | 38,947 | 0.3 | 0.48× | 456 | $45,612 | — |
| 11 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 609,280 | 16 | 38,080 | 0.3 | 0.49× | 1,241 | $51,844 | — |
| 12 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1,519,679 | 40 | 37,992 | 0.3 | 0.49× | 2,654 | $44,903 | — |
| 13 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 2,351,008 | 62 | 37,919 | 0.3 | 0.49× | 6,414 | $46,128 | — |
| 14 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 223,586 | 6 | 37,264 | 0.3 | 0.50× | 528 | $37,614 | — |
| 15 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 853,040 | 23 | 37,089 | 0.3 | 0.50× | 2,054 | $51,230 | — |
| 16 | Albuquerque, NM | 922,544 | 25 | 36,902 | 0.3 | 0.50× | 2,095 | $48,149 | — |
| 17 | Anchorage, AK | 401,959 | 11 | 36,542 | 0.3 | 0.51× | 983 | $45,300 | — |
| 18 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 906,163 | 25 | 36,247 | 0.3 | 0.51× | 4,188 | $45,292 | — |
| 19 | Salinas, CA | 434,107 | 12 | 36,176 | 0.3 | 0.51× | 971 | $56,576 | — |
| 20 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 972,093 | 27 | 36,003 | 0.3 | 0.52× | 1,806 | $43,411 | — |
| 21 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 6,333,350 | 178 | 35,581 | 0.3 | 0.52× | 11,912 | $47,376 | — |
| 22 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 846,125 | 24 | 35,255 | 0.3 | 0.53× | 2,079 | $51,750 | — |
| 23 | Spartanburg, SC | 385,705 | 11 | 35,064 | 0.3 | 0.53× | 840 | $49,436 | — |
| 24 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,342,386 | 39 | 34,420 | 0.3 | 0.54× | 3,521 | $43,715 | — |
| 25 | Clarksville, TN-KY | 340,083 | 10 | 34,008 | 0.3 | 0.55× | 778 | $40,174 | — |
1–25 of 357 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 $253.6M on contracts under NAICS 6231 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (1,037 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).
Metro areas
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$24.6M9.7%104 awards
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$20.2M8.0%9 awards
- Urban Honolulu, HI$13.2M5.2%30 awards
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$10.5M4.1%44 awards
- 11 awards
- Omaha, NE-IA$8.5M3.4%5 awards
- Fargo, ND-MN$6.8M2.7%5 awards
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$5.7M2.3%14 awards
- 36 awards
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$4.6M1.8%6 awards
Counties
- Maricopa County, AZ$24.6M9.7%104 awards
- Honolulu County, HI$13.2M5.2%30 awards
- Bexar County, TX$10.5M4.1%44 awards
- Douglas County, NE$8.4M3.3%4 awards
- Hennepin County, MN$7.6M3.0%3 awards
- Cass County, ND$6.3M2.5%4 awards
- Santa Clara County, CA$5.7M2.3%14 awards
- St. Louis County, MN$4M1.6%3 awards
- Ramsey County, MN$3.8M1.5%1 award
- New Castle County, DE$3.4M1.4%4 awards
Cities and towns
- Phoenix city, AZ$16.3M6.4%71 awards
- Urban Honolulu CDP, HI$10.3M4.1%22 awards
- San Antonio city, TX$7.8M3.1%44 awards
- Omaha city, NE$6.8M2.7%4 awards
- Scottsdale city, AZ$5.3M2.1%25 awards
- Fargo city, ND$5.2M2.0%4 awards
- Minneapolis city, MN$3.2M1.3%1 award
- Worcester city, MA$3M1.2%2 awards
- Corpus Christi city, TX$2.8M1.1%4 awards
- St. Paul city, MN$2.7M1.1%1 award
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)