The 2024 ranking features ratings for more than 15,000 nursing homes. Facilities were evaluated on patient and resident outcomes, such as infection rates, staffing levels, reliance on antipsychotic drugs, health inspection results and other indicators of quality.
Fewer than 5% of evaluated nursing homes meet both existing and newly proposed staffing requirements. Nursing homes that met both current and proposed standards were 54 times more likely to be rated a “Best Nursing Home” by U.S. News.
Here are states, plus the District of Columbia, by the number of nursing homes they have and the number of homes that ranked high performing in both long and short stays:
|
State |
Number of nursing homes |
Number of high-performing nursing homes in long and short stays |
|
Alaska |
20 |
2 |
|
Alabama |
225 |
0 |
|
Arizona |
142 |
5 |
|
Arkansas |
218 |
1 |
|
California |
1,169 |
72 |
|
Colorado |
218 |
5 |
|
Connecticut |
203 |
12 |
|
Delaware |
44 |
0 |
|
District of Columbia |
17 |
3 |
|
Florida |
697 |
28 |
|
Georgia |
357 |
3 |
|
Hawaii |
43 |
3 |
|
Idaho |
80 |
1 |
|
Illinois |
694 |
8 |
|
Indiana |
521 |
8 |
|
Iowa |
410 |
9 |
|
Kansas |
313 |
9 |
|
Kentucky |
276 |
7 |
|
Louisiana |
269 |
0 |
|
Maine |
87 |
7 |
|
Maryland |
225 |
12 |
|
Massachusetts |
353 |
26 |
|
Michigan |
430 |
9 |
|
Minnesota |
353 |
21 |
|
Mississippi |
202 |
0 |
|
Missouri |
510 |
4 |
|
Montana |
62 |
1 |
|
North Carolina |
420 |
10 |
|
North Dakota |
77 |
2 |
|
Nebraska |
185 |
3 |
|
Nevada |
67 |
3 |
|
New Hampshire |
73 |
0 |
|
New Jersey |
348 |
16 |
|
New Mexico |
68 |
0 |
|
New York |
606 |
36 |
|
Ohio |
946 |
12 |
|
Oklahoma |
292 |
4 |
|
Oregon |
129 |
4 |
|
Pennsylvania |
672 |
41 |
|
Rhode Island |
75 |
5 |
|
South Carolina |
188 |
2 |
|
South Dakota |
98 |
2 |
|
Tennessee |
312 |
7 |
|
Texas |
1,195 |
15 |
|
Utah |
98 |
10 |
|
Virginia |
289 |
11 |
|
Vermont |
35 |
1 |
|
Washington |
198 |
16 |
|
West Virginia |
123 |
0 |
|
Wisconsin |
332 |
10 |
|
Wyoming |
36 |
1 |
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