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How many people live in nursing homes? As of 2025, there were around 1.2 million residents in nursing homes across the United States. The states with the highest numbers of residents in certified nursing facilities were, by far, California and New York, with over 101,100 and 99,100 residents, respectively. On the other hand, Alaska had the lowest number of nursing home residents. Occupancy rates and recovery The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted nursing home occupancy rates nationwide. Prior to the pandemic, the median occupancy rate for skilled nursing facilities hovered around 80 percent. However, this figure plummeted to 67 percent by 2021. As of July 2024, occupancy rates for certified nursing homes have begun to recover, reaching 77 percent. This gradual increase suggests a slow but steady return to pre-pandemic levels. Quality concerns and financial penalties Despite the crucial role nursing homes play, quality issues persist in some facilities. In 2024, Aspen Point Health and Rehabilitation in Missouri faced 208 substantiated complaints, the highest number nationwide. Financial penalties for serious violations can be severe, as evidenced by the 1.41 million U.S. dollar fine imposed on Siesta Key Health And Rehabilitation Center in Florida over a three-year period. These cases underscore the ongoing challenges in maintaining high standards of care across the industry.

Notes: "Private/other" may include private insurance, out-of-pocket spending, or another primary source of coverage.

Global Long-Term Care Market

The long-term care market refers to the wide range of its services and products available to support individuals who have chronic illnesses, disabilities, and other conditions that require care and support.

The market includes a variety of services like nursing homes, home health care, assisted living facilities, and hospice care.

• According to market.us, In 2022, the global long-term care market accounted for USD 1100.7 billion and is expected to reach around USD 2168.1 billion in 2032. Between 2023 and 2032, this market is estimated to register a CAGR of 7.2%.
• The long-term care market was dominated by North America with the largest market revenue of USD 542.3 billion.
• Based on service, the market for long-term care is segmented into nursing care. Hospice & palliative care, nursing care, and assisted living facilities. Among these services, the nursing care segment is the most lucrative in the global long-term care market, with a projected CAGR of 8.5%.
• The total revenue share of nursing care services in the long-term care market will be 35.2% in 2022. Due to its high demand from developing countries.

(Source: market.us)

The 1985 National Nursing Home Survey was designed to gather a variety of data on all types of nursing homes providing nursing care in the United States. In this collection data are available on nursing and related care facilities, services provided by the facilities, residents of the nursing homes, and discharges. Nursing home care is examined from the perspectives of both the recipients and the providers of services. Information about patients, both current and discharged, includes basic demographic characteristics, marital status, place of residence prior to admission, health status, services received, and, for discharges, the outcomes of care. A family member of both current and discharged patients was contacted by telephone to obtain data on socioeconomic status and prior episodes of health care. Facility-level data include basic characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, occupancy rate, and days of care provided.

In U.S. nursing homes, most residents were aged between 64 to 84 years old in 2017. Indeed, residents of this age group accounted for 45 percent of nursing home residents. The older age group, 85 and over, represented 39 percent of the nursing home resident occupancy.

Notes: HPRD = hours per resident day. RN = registered nurse. LPN = licensed practical nurse. For a facility of 100 residents, 0.68 RN HPRD = 41 minutes of RN care per resident per day; 0.87 LPN HPRD = 52 minutes of LPN care per resident per day; and 2.30 nurse aide HPRD = 138 minutes of nurse aide care each day. Prior to January 2022, CMS excluded nursing facilities with total nurse staffing < 1.5 HPRD from its calculation of hours per resident day.

The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), conducted between August and December of 2004, was reintroduced into the field after a five-year break, during which time the survey was redesigned and expanded to collect many new data items. All nursing homes that participated in the NNHS had at least three beds and were either certified (by Medicare or Medicaid) or had a state license to operate as a nursing home. The redesigned survey was administered using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system and included a supplemental survey of nursing assistants employed by nursing homes, the National Nursing Assistant Survey (NNAS), which was sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (APSE).

The National Nursing Home Survey provides information on nursing homes from two perspectives-that of the provider of services and that of the recipient of care. Data about the facilities include characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, services provided and specialty programs offered, and charges. For recipients, data were obtained on demographic characteristics, health status and medications taken, services received, and sources of payment.

Data for the survey were obtained through personal interviews with facility administrators and designated staff who used administrative records to answer questions about the facilities, staff, services and programs, and medical records to answer questions about the residents.

The total number of nursing home facilities that participated in NNHS is 1,174 and the total number of nursing assistants that participated in the National Nursing Assistant Survey is 3,017.

This graph shows the distribution of nursing home residents in the U.S. in 2014, by ethnicity. In the year 2014, around 78 percent of all nursing home residents were white, while 5.3 percent were Hispanic or Latino.

This dataset supports the New York State Department of Health Nursing Home Profile public website. The dataset includes facility demographic information, inspection results, and complaint summary and state enforcement fine data. Visit the Nursing Home Profile website at: https://profiles.health.ny.gov/nursing_home/

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (CEU6562300001) from Jan 1990 to Mar 2026 about nursing homes, nursing, health, establishment survey, residential, education, services, employment, and USA.

The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), conducted between August and December of 2004, was reintroduced into the field after a five-year break, during which time the survey was redesigned and expanded to collect many new data items. All nursing homes that participated in the NNHS had at least three beds and were either certified (by Medicare or Medicaid) or had a state license to operate as a nursing home. The redesigned survey was administered using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system. The National Nursing Home Survey provides information on nursing homes from two perspectives-that of the provider of services and that of the recipient of care. Data about the facilities include characteristics such as size, ownership, Medicare/Medicaid certification, services provided and specialty programs offered, and charges. For recipients, data were obtained on demographic characteristics, health status and medications taken, services received, and sources of payment.

Data for the survey were obtained through personal interviews with facility administrators and designated staff who used administrative records to answer questions about the facilities, staff, services and programs, and medical records to answer questions about the residents.

The total number of nursing home facilities that participated in NNHS is 1,174.

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• 2004 National Nursing Home Survey - Restricted Facility Dataset — HealthData.Gov
• 2004 National Nursing Home Survey - Restricted Resident Medications Dataset — HealthData.Gov
• 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey - Restricted Dataset — HealthData.Gov
• National Survey of Residential Care Facilities - Restricted Resident-Level Dataset — HealthData.Gov
• National Survey of Residential Care Facilities - Restricted Facility-Level Dataset — HealthData.Gov

Comprehensive dataset of nursing home abuse statistics, including incident rates, abuse types, victim demographics, facility statistics, and state-by-state data affecting over 4.3 million senior care residents.

The Nursing Home / Assisted Care feature class/shapefile contains facilities that house elderly adults. This feature class’s/shapefile's attribution contains physical and demographic information for facilities in the continental United States and some of its territories. The purpose of this feature class/shapefile is to provide accurate locations for high concentrations of elderly adults in the event of a disaster. The attribution within this feature class/shapefile was populated via open source methodologies of authoritative sources.

The compendium contains figures and tables presenting data on all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes in the United States as well as the residents in these nursing homes. A series of graphs and maps highlights some of the most interesting data, while detailed data are available in accompanying tables.

Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Natural Resources Canada, is presenting selected Census data to help inform Canadians on the public health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic and to be used for modelling analysis. The data provided here show the counts of the population in nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens by broad age groups (0 to 79 years and 80 years and over) and sex, from the 2016 Census. Nursing homes and/or residences for senior citizens are facilities for elderly residents that provide accommodations with health care services or personal support or assisted living care. Health care services include professional health monitoring and skilled nursing care and supervision 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people who are not independent in most activities of daily living. Support or assisted living care services include meals, housekeeping, laundry, medication supervision, assistance in bathing or dressing, etc., for people who are independent in most activities of daily living. Included are nursing homes, residences for senior citizens, and facilities that are a mix of both a nursing home and a residence for senior citizens. Excluded are facilities licensed as hospitals, and facilities that do not provide any services (which are considered private dwellings).

The CMS Program Statistics - Medicare Advantage, Skilled Nursing Facility tables provide utilization data for skilled nursing facilities, by Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.

For additional information on enrollment, providers, and Medicare use and payment, visit the CMS Program Statistics page.

Below is the list of tables:

MDCR SNF MA 1. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries, by Type of Entitlement, Yearly Trend
MDCR SNF MA 2. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries, by Demographic Characteristics and Medicare-Medicaid Enrollment Status
MDCR SNF MA 3. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries, by Area of Residence

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• CMS Program Statistics - Medicare Advantage-Skilled Nursing Facility — HealthData.Gov

The CMS Program Statistics - Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility tables provide use and payment data for skilled nursing facilities.

For additional information on enrollment, providers, and Medicare use and payment, visit the CMS Program Statistics page.

Below is the list of tables:

MDCR SNF 1. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization, Program Payments, and Cost Sharing for Original Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Entitlement, Yearly Trend
MDCR SNF 2. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization, Program Payments, and Cost Sharing for Original Medicare Beneficiaries, by Demographic Characteristics and Medicare-Medicaid Enrollment Status
MDCR SNF 3. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization, Program Payments, and Cost Sharing for Original Medicare Beneficiaries, by Area of Residence
MDCR SNF 4. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization, Program Payments, and Cost Sharing for Original Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Entitlement and Covered Days of Care
MDCR SNF 5. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Utilization, Program Payments, and Cost Sharing for Original Medicare Beneficiaries, by Type of Facility and Bedsize
MDCR SNF 6. Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities: Distribution of Medicare Covered Skilled Nursing Facility Days, by State of Provider and Major Resource Utilization Groups (RUG)-III (versions 2013-2018 only)

🔗 Related Datasets

• CMS Program Statistics - Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility — HealthData.Gov

This graph shows the percentage of U.S. residents in nursing homes in 2014, by age and gender. In that year around *** percent of men aged over 85 years were in a nursing home, compared to **** percent of women in this age group.

This metric is derived by the LGA (Local Government Association) from the CQC (Care Quality Commission's) Care Directory file. The file contains a complete list of the places in England where care is regulated by CQC. Using the National Statistics Postcode Lookup, we have counted the number of nursing homes located in an area and then created a crude rate per 1,000 resident population.

A care home is a place where personal care and accommodation are provided together. People may live in the service for short or long periods. For many people, it is their sole place of residence and so it becomes their home, although they do not legally own or rent it. Both the care that people receive and the premises are regulated.

In addition, qualified nursing care is provided to ensure that the full needs of the person using the service are met.

Examples of services that fit under this category:

Nursing home Convalescent home with nursing Respite care with nursing Mental health crisis house with nursing

Data is extracted once a quarter and provides a snapshot in time. It should be noted that due to changes to postcodes, a small proportion cannot be matched to the latest National Statistics Postcode Lookup file and are therefore excluded from these figures.

Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 4th of each month and shows MSOAs (Middle Layer Super Output Areas) at the 2021 Census Geography.