The analysis calculated the percentage of each state’s workforce that is employed in the private healthcare and social services industry.
Here’s how all 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked:
1. Pennsylvania: 15.27 percent
2. West Virginia: 15.20 percent
3. New York: 15.16 percent
4. Massachusetts: 14.89 percent
5. Maine: 14.47 percent
6. Minnesota: 14.17 percent
7. Vermont: 14.09 percent
8. Connecticut: 14.03 percent
9. Rhode Island: 13.99 percent
10. Delaware: 13.40 percent
11. Ohio: 13.11 percent
12. New Mexico: 12.72 percent
13. North Dakota: 12.54 percent
14. Oregon: 12.46 percent
15. Missouri: 12.43 percent
16. Michigan: 12.42 percent
17. Louisiana: 12.39 percent
18. South Dakota: 12.30 percent
19. New Jersey: 12.29 percent
20. Alaska: 12.26 percent
21. Maryland: 12.23 percent
22. Wisconsin: 12.15 percent
23. California: 12.07 percent
24. Arkansas: 11.92 percent
25. New Hampshire: 11.87 percent
26. Indiana: 11.79 percent
27. Arizona: 11.74 percent
28. Illinois: 11.66 percent
29. Montana: 11.62 percent
30. Florida: 11.26 percent
31. Kentucky: 11.24 percent
32. Washington: 11.20 percent
33. Nebraska: 11.12 percent
34. Kansas: 11.07 percent
35. Idaho: 10.79 percent
36. Tennessee: 10.75 percent
37. Iowa: 10.64 percent
38. Hawaii: 10.34 percent
39. Mississippi: 10.24 percent
40. Texas: 9.95 percent
41. Oklahoma: 9.90 percent
42. Virginia: 9.88 percent
43. North Carolina: 9.80 percent
44. Alabama: 9.59 percent
45. Georgia: 9.52 percent
46. Colorado: 9.36 percent
47. Nevada: 8.89 percent
48. South Carolina: 8.72 percent
49. Utah: 8.58 percent
50. District of Columbia: 8.56 percent
51. Wyoming: 7.92 percent
