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Healthcare facility statistics

An overview of Medicare-certified facilities across the United States, built from the CMS Provider Data Catalog. Data as of June 20, 2026.

46,933facilities
32,783with a star rating
3.1★average rating
8,597cities covered

Facilities by type

Overall star-rating distribution

Across all rated facilities. Colors follow the CMS meaning: green = 4–5★, amber = 3★, red = 1–2★.

Average CMS rating by facility type

Mean overall star rating across all rated facilities of each type. (Hospices carry no CMS overall star.)

Share of high-quality facilities, by type

Percent rated 4-5 stars. Hospices carry no CMS star rating, so they are shown by their Hospice Care Index (share scoring 9+ out of 10).

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Average rating by ownership type

Do non-profit, for-profit and government facilities differ on measured quality? Average overall star by ownership.

Nursing-home enforcement & capacity

6,628nursing homes with a fine
$462,082,018total fines
1,482flagged with abuse icon
1,568,692certified beds

Federal penalties recorded by CMS across all U.S. nursing homes. See any facility page for its own record.

Population aging & care supply

Demand for elder care tracks the 65+ population. Below: the states with the oldest populations, and how many nursing homes each has per 10,000 seniors — a rough supply signal.

61,179,918U.S. residents aged 65+
2.4nursing homes per 10k seniors
54.7%of seniors are women

U.S. population 65+ by gender

U.S. population 65+ over time

The 65+ population grew from 54,459,571 in 2020 to 61,179,918 in 2024 — steadily rising demand for care.

Oldest states — share of population aged 65+

Fastest-growing senior populations (65+ since 2020)

Best-supplied states — nursing homes per 10,000 seniors

Facilities by ownership

States with the highest average rating

Average CMS overall rating across all rated facilities in each state.

Quality & demand by state

Click any column header to sort, or a state name for its full statistics page. "NH / 10k 65+" is nursing homes per 10,000 residents aged 65+.

StateFacilitiesAvg rating% 4-5★% pop 65+NH / 10k 65+
Alabama7033.1★28.4%18.6%2.3
Alaska723.2★25.0%15.2%1.8
American Samoa31.5★0.0%
Arizona7893.2★19.3%19.7%0.9
Arkansas5173.2★31.3%18.2%3.9
California7,4883.2★20.5%16.6%1.8
Colorado6993.3★28.8%16.5%2.2
Connecticut3763.1★32.7%19.5%2.7
Delaware1243.2★26.6%21.8%1.9
District of Columbia863.3★19.8%13.0%1.9
Florida2,6453.1★29.0%21.8%1.4
Georgia1,2332.7★17.8%15.8%2.0
Guam132.1★0.0%
Hawaii1363.5★35.3%22.1%1.4
Idaho2603.2★25.4%17.7%2.3
Illinois1,8732.8★23.8%17.9%2.9
Indiana1,0893.1★30.5%17.5%4.2
Iowa7673.1★31.6%18.9%6.4
Kansas6893.1★28.4%17.9%5.6
Kentucky6043.0★29.8%18.1%3.2
Louisiana8932.9★23.5%17.8%3.3
Maine1713.2★31.0%23.5%2.4
Maryland5233.2★36.5%17.7%2.0
Massachusetts8733.1★27.7%18.7%2.6
Michigan1,3413.1★25.4%19.6%2.1
Minnesota8123.2★31.2%18.3%3.2
Mississippi5342.7★20.6%18.0%3.8
Missouri1,0122.7★22.0%18.8%4.2
Montana1942.9★20.6%21.1%2.5
Nebraska4133.0★27.4%17.5%5.1
Nevada5662.8★14.7%17.7%1.1
New Hampshire1713.1★30.4%21.5%2.4
New Jersey7183.4★43.2%18.0%2.0
New Mexico2972.8★19.9%20.3%1.6
New York1,2743.1★34.2%18.9%1.6
North Carolina1,0363.2★32.0%18.0%2.1
North Dakota1683.2★25.6%17.5%5.2
Northern Mariana Islands71.9★0.0%
Ohio2,4413.1★23.6%19.1%4.1
Oklahoma8492.9★21.0%17.0%4.1
Oregon3753.1★25.9%19.9%1.5
Pennsylvania1,7483.1★27.1%20.4%2.5
Puerto Rico2002.2★7.5%
Rhode Island1363.2★38.2%19.7%3.3
South Carolina5603.2★31.3%19.8%1.7
South Dakota2233.2★30.0%18.9%5.5
Tennessee8053.0★28.2%17.7%2.4
Texas5,3282.9★17.1%14.0%2.7
U.S. Virgin Islands122.4★8.3%
Utah3703.5★34.3%12.4%2.2
Vermont762.9★19.7%22.8%2.2
Virginia9443.1★29.3%17.8%1.9
Washington5293.3★33.5%17.4%1.4
West Virginia2832.9★26.5%21.9%3.2
Wisconsin7583.1★31.1%19.6%2.8
Wyoming1273.1★20.5%19.8%3.1

Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog (facilities & ratings) and the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates (population 65+). Both are public domain. Hospices carry no CMS overall star rating in this dataset.