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Total Health Care Employment, 2008

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	Total Health Care Employment

United States	11,178,720

Alabama	166,100
Alaska	21,430
Arizona	194,840
Arkansas	102,590
California	1,031,360
Colorado	159,290
Connecticut	150,080
Delaware	35,880
District of Columbia	35,070
Florida	638,270
Georgia	286,300
Hawaii	40,440
Idaho	49,380
Illinois	462,440
Indiana	244,960
Iowa	125,970
Kansas	114,300
Kentucky	160,790
Louisiana	169,860
Maine	59,950
Maryland	214,930
Massachusetts	316,980
Michigan	382,440
Minnesota	250,130
Mississippi	105,490
Missouri	251,220
Montana	36,520
Nebraska	79,830
Nevada	68,340
New Hampshire	52,100
New Jersey	323,290
New Mexico	66,700
New York	800,830
North Carolina	371,630
North Dakota	32,530
Ohio	513,510
Oklahoma	135,210
Oregon	126,420
Pennsylvania	557,800
Rhode Island	50,640
South Carolina	153,340
South Dakota	35,590
Tennessee	248,520
Texas	779,040
Utah	80,900
Vermont	24,600
Virginia	258,030
Washington	214,190
West Virginia	73,420
Wisconsin	241,560
Wyoming	19,240

Guam	2,120
Puerto Rico	60,610
Virgin Islands	1,720

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Notes:	Total includes territories. Health Care Employment includes the following occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Standard Occupational Classification System: Medical and Health Services Managers, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, and Healthcare Support Occupations.
Sources:	Bureau of Labor Statistics, State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates; available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_dl.htm#2006_m, accessed October 2009.