Average patients, nurse staffing hours by state

Nursing homes provide an average of 3.76 nurse staff hours per resident per day and facilities have an average of 81 residents per day, according to national data collected by CMS.

CMS collected averages for each state and territory, including quality measures, staffing, fines and hospitalizations.

New York has the highest number of residents per day at 160.4 and has one of the lowest nurse staffing hour averages at 3.55. Alaska has the lowest average of residents and highest level of nurse staffing hours at 36 residents and 7.51 hours.

Here are the average number of residents and nurse staffing hours by state:

State

Average number of residents per day

Reported total nurse staffing hours per resident per day

NATION

80.8

3.76

Alaska

36.4

7.51

Alabama

92.7

3.77

Arizona

81.1

3.96

Arkansas

72.7

3.86

California

84.1

4.29

Colorado

68.8

3.77

Connecticut

97.8

3.68

District of Columbia

116.7

4.7

Delaware

85.1

4.33

Florida

104.1

3.86

Georgia

82.7

3.45

Hawaii

75.3

4.62

Idaho

49.5

4.23

Illinois

86.6

3.43

Indiana

68.2

3.62

Iowa

48.9

3.64

Kansas

48.1

3.91

Kentucky

75.2

3.94

Louisiana

85.6

3.59

Maine

59.1

4.45

Maryland

101.5

3.86

Massachusetts

93.7

3.74

Michigan

79.2

3.92

Minnesota

57.4

4.04

Mississippi

70.6

4

Missouri

68.7

3.27

Montana

53.4

3.64

North Carolina

79.7

3.78

North Dakota

59.2

4.41

Nebraska

52.1

3.95

Nevada

87

4.1

New Hampshire

77.6

3.88

New Jersey

113.3

3.77

New Mexico

76.2

3.48

New York

160.4

3.55

Ohio

70

3.56

Oklahoma

56.5

3.77

Oregon

49.1

4.85

Pennsylvania

98.2

3.69

Rhode Island

92

3.66

South Carolina

84.6

3.95

South Dakota

50.1

3.59

Tennessee

80.4

3.67

Texas

71.8

3.32

Utah

56.9

4.08

Vermont

69.1

4.18

Virginia

95.3

3.56

Washington

67.7

4.28

West Virginia

75.6

3.77

Wisconsin

52.7

3.88

Wyoming

58

3.81

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