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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