U.S. number of residents in nursing homes 2015-2023

Published by Jenny Yang, Nov 11, 2024

As of 2023, there were around 1.2 million residents in nursing homes across the United States. Nursing home resident numbers dropped from over 1.3 million in 2020 to less than 1.1 million in 2021. Numbers have been slowly recovering since then but have not returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The states with the highest number of residents in certified nursing facilities were, by far, California and New York.

Number of residents in certified nursing facilities in the United States from 2015 to 2023

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November 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015-2023

Supplementary notes

The release date represents the date figures were accessed.

Resident count represents the average resident count in July of the noted year.

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