Number of community hospitals by ownership type U.S.

In 2022, there were 5,129 community hospitals in the United States. The largest portion of these hospitals were non-profit, while only around 24 percent were for-profit. In recent years, there has been a decrease in the number of hospitals in the U.S.

Hospital beds

There are currently around 916,752 hospital beds in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, just as the number of hospitals in the U.S. has decreased in recent years, so has the number of hospital beds. In 1995, there were still over one million hospital beds. In 2019, large hospitals, those with 500 or more beds, had a combined 248 thousand beds available.

Hospital stays

In 2019, around 7.3 percent of the U.S. population reported one or more hospitals stays in the past year. Hospital stays are more common among females than males, however both genders have seen decreasing rates in hospital stays in the past few years. The average length of stay in U.S. hospitals is 5.7 days.

Number of community hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by ownership type

Characteristic	State/local government	Non-profit	For-profit
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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Special properties

Community hospitals only

Supplementary notes

Data are for community hospitals, which represent around 85% of all hospitals. Federal hospitals, long term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the mentally retarded, and alcoholism and other chemical dependency hospitals are not included. Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding.
This statistic was assembled from several AHA hospital updates.

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