The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals.
| NAICS Code |
Title |
U.S. Firms |
U.S. Employment |
| 62 |
Health Care and Social Assistance |
4,896,850 |
93,157,970 |
| 621 |
Ambulatory Health Care Services |
3,764,705 |
37,377,925 |
| 6211 |
Offices of Physicians |
1,497,880 |
13,765,988 |
| 62111 |
Offices of Physicians |
1,497,880 |
13,765,988 |
| 621111 |
Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) |
1,413,368 |
13,470,187 |
| 621112 |
Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists |
85,073 |
280,557 |
| 6212 |
Offices of Dentists |
979,552 |
6,391,068 |
| 62121 |
Offices of Dentists |
979,552 |
6,391,068 |
| 621210 |
Offices of Dentists |
979,552 |
6,391,068 |
| 6213 |
Offices of Other Health Practitioners |
942,244 |
4,637,947 |
| 62131 |
Offices of Chiropractors |
300,601 |
972,474 |
| 621310 |
Offices of Chiropractors |
300,601 |
972,474 |
| 62132 |
Offices of Optometrists |
152,459 |
816,384 |
| 621320 |
Offices of Optometrists |
152,459 |
816,384 |
| 62133 |
Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) |
131,496 |
496,953 |
| 621330 |
Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) |
131,496 |
496,953 |
| 62134 |
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists |
188,073 |
1,629,911 |
| 621340 |
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists |
188,073 |
1,629,911 |
| 62139 |
Offices of All Other Health Practitioners |
170,084 |
636,652 |
| 621391 |
Offices of Podiatrists |
64,546 |
276,992 |
| 621399 |
Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners |
105,568 |
348,547 |
| 6214 |
Outpatient Care Centers |
112,486 |
3,639,277 |
| 62141 |
Family Planning Centers |
10,806 |
118,130 |
| 621410 |
Family Planning Centers |
10,806 |
118,130 |
| 62142 |
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers |
34,014 |
1,082,826 |
| 621420 |
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers |
34,014 |
1,082,826 |
| 62149 |
Other Outpatient Care Centers |
68,663 |
2,379,890 |
| 621491 |
HMO Medical Centers |
690 |
65,656 |
| 621492 |
Kidney Dialysis Centers |
3,814 |
73,621 |
| 621493 |
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers |
28,030 |
609,119 |
| 621498 |
All Other Outpatient Care Centers |
37,006 |
1,286,204 |
| 6215 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
59,779 |
1,190,333 |
| 62151 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
59,779 |
1,190,333 |
| 621511 |
Medical Laboratories |
22,128 |
646,088 |
| 621512 |
Diagnostic Imaging Centers |
38,022 |
506,628 |
| 6216 |
Home Health Care Services |
140,311 |
6,010,965 |
| 62161 |
Home Health Care Services |
140,311 |
6,010,965 |
| 621610 |
Home Health Care Services |
140,311 |
6,010,965 |
| 6219 |
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services |
47,368 |
1,467,246 |
| 62191 |
Ambulance Services |
24,023 |
815,770 |
| 621910 |
Ambulance Services |
24,023 |
815,770 |
| 62199 |
All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services |
23,382 |
588,131 |
| 621991 |
Blood and Organ Banks |
3,006 |
274,823 |
| 621999 |
All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services |
20,380 |
273,085 |
| 622 |
Hospitals |
20,493 |
23,349,949 |
| 6221 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
16,090 |
21,211,491 |
| 62211 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
16,090 |
21,211,491 |
| 622110 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
16,090 |
21,211,491 |
| 6222 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals |
2,580 |
868,363 |
| 62221 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals |
2,580 |
868,363 |
| 622210 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals |
2,580 |
868,363 |
| 6223 |
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
2,693 |
1,063,248 |
| 62231 |
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
2,693 |
1,063,248 |
| 622310 |
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
2,693 |
1,063,248 |
| 623 |
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities |
252,178 |
16,475,525 |
| 6231 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) |
55,770 |
8,056,739 |
| 62311 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) |
55,770 |
8,056,739 |
| 623110 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) |
55,770 |
8,056,739 |
| 6232 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities |
60,397 |
3,306,261 |
| 62321 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities |
38,780 |
2,457,513 |
| 623210 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities |
38,780 |
2,457,513 |
| 62322 |
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities |
22,937 |
823,437 |
| 623220 |
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities |
22,937 |
823,437 |
| 6233 |
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly |
116,154 |
4,213,368 |
| 62331 |
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly |
116,154 |
4,213,368 |
| 623311 |
Continuing Care Retirement Communities |
26,222 |
2,412,962 |
| 623312 |
Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly |
91,219 |
1,788,666 |
| 6239 |
Other Residential Care Facilities |
25,804 |
799,378 |
| 62399 |
Other Residential Care Facilities |
25,804 |
799,378 |
| 623990 |
Other Residential Care Facilities |
25,804 |
799,378 |
| 624 |
Social Assistance |
887,424 |
15,926,549 |
| 6241 |
Individual and Family Services |
331,678 |
7,467,273 |
| 62411 |
Child and Youth Services |
58,213 |
932,322 |
| 624110 |
Child and Youth Services |
58,213 |
932,322 |
| 62412 |
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities |
121,254 |
4,012,717 |
| 624120 |
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities |
121,254 |
4,012,717 |
| 62419 |
Other Individual and Family Services |
157,488 |
2,483,183 |
| 624190 |
Other Individual and Family Services |
157,488 |
2,483,183 |
| 6242 |
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services |
77,551 |
1,103,726 |
| 62421 |
Community Food Services |
22,219 |
219,991 |
| 624210 |
Community Food Services |
22,219 |
219,991 |
| 62422 |
Community Housing Services |
46,992 |
728,605 |
| 624221 |
Temporary Shelters |
22,146 |
421,329 |
| 624229 |
Other Community Housing Services |
25,941 |
298,027 |
| 62423 |
Emergency and Other Relief Services |
9,177 |
110,780 |
| 624230 |
Emergency and Other Relief Services |
9,177 |
110,780 |
| 6243 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
30,551 |
1,793,224 |
| 62431 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
30,551 |
1,793,224 |
| 624310 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
30,551 |
1,793,224 |
| 6244 |
Child Day Care Services |
461,403 |
5,481,516 |
| 62441 |
Child Day Care Services |
461,403 |
5,481,516 |
| 624410 |
Child Day Care Services |
461,403 |
5,481,516 |