Chart 3. Health care and social assistance: percentage of total employment in the private sector and nonprofit percentage of total private employment, by state, 2022
State Private Nonprofit

Alabama

78.2 24.5

Arizona

95.1 37.3

Arkansas

86.3 43.5

California

92.0 28.2

Colorado

84.9 34.2

Connecticut

93.9 49.1

Florida

93.4 34.3

Georgia

90.5 38.3

Idaho

90.7 31.2

Illinois

95.8 48.3

Indiana

93.2 47.5

Iowa

84.5 54.5

Kansas

88.8 40.0

Kentucky

90.1 49.2

Louisiana

89.1 38.6

Maine

95.4 61.4

Maryland

96.5 50.3

Massachusetts

97.2 54.2

Michigan

90.6 51.0

Minnesota

95.8 56.4

Mississippi

74.5 30.8

Missouri

88.5 47.5

Montana

95.3 60.3

Nebraska

89.3 51.4

Nevada

91.8 16.6

New Hampshire

95.7 59.9

New Jersey

95.2 41.8

New Mexico

84.9 30.9

New York

93.6 50.8

North Carolina

83.0 37.8

North Dakota

92.4 72.5

Ohio

90.9 51.7

Oklahoma

88.7 37.0

Oregon

92.1 50.4

Pennsylvania

96.3 53.6

South Carolina

75.9 30.3

South Dakota

90.7 67.2

Tennessee

90.1 35.8

Texas

88.4 23.1

Utah

89.4 30.5

Virginia

89.3 37.1

Washington

88.9 42.9

West Virginia

88.8 55.3

Wisconsin

92.7 53.8

Note: Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.489. Data for Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming are not included in this chart because the data for those states do not meet publication standards.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.