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2012 NAICS: 62 - Health care and social assistance

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Guide to All Census Bureau Data Sources for This Industry

Source & Description	Frequency	Latest Data	Geography	Industry
Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)	Quarterly	2Q 2014	U.S.	Selected 3 digits
Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)	Quarterly	1Q 2014	U.S.	Selected Services 2- thru 4-digits
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)	Quarterly	4Q 2013	States, counties, metro areas	Selected 2- thru 4-digits
American Community Survey (ACS)	Annual	2012	U.S, states, counties, places, metros, tracts	Selected 2- thru 6-digits
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)	Annual	2012	U.S.	Selected 2- thru 6-digits
Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)	Annual		U.S.	Selected 2- thru 4-digits
County Business Patterns (CBP)	Annual	2012	U.S., states, counties, metros, ZIP Codes, and island areas	Selected 2- thru 6-digits
E-Stats (E-Commerce Statistics) (E-STAT)	Annual	2012	U.S.	Selected 2- thru 5-digits
Information and Communication Technology Survey (ICT)	Annual	2011	U.S.	2-digits
Nonemployer Statistics (NES)	Annual	2012	U.S., states, metro areas, counties	Selected 2- thru 6-digits
Service Annual Survey (SAS)	Annual	2012	U.S.	Selected Services 3- thru 6-digits
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB)	Annual	2011	U.S., states, metro areas, counties	Selected 2- thru 6-digits
Economic Census (ECN)	Every 5 years	2012	U.S., states, counties, places, metros, ZIP Codes	2- thru 6-digits
Economic Census of Island Areas (IA)	Every 5 years	2012	American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands	2-thru 5 digits
Survey of Business Owners (SBO)	Every 5 years	2007	U.S., states, counties, cities, metro areas	Selected 2- thru 6-digits

Links to Economic Data for Programs Published on AFF

Program	Series	Table Title	Data Years Available
Economic Census	Advance Report	All sectors: Core Business Statistics Series: Advance Summary Statistics for the U.S. (2012 NAICS Basis): 2012	2012 2007
		Advance Comparative Statistics for the US	2007
	Comparative Statistics, 2007 and 2002	Comparative Statistics for the U.S. and States (2002 NAICS Basis)	2007
	Geographic Area Series	All sectors: Geographic Area Series: Economy-Wide Key Statistics: 2012	2012 2007 2002
		Summary Statistics for ... States, Metro Areas, Counties, Places	2007 2002
		Comparative Statistics for the United States (2002 NAICS Basis):	2007
	Subject Series: Establishment and Firm Size	Receipt Size of Establishments for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Employment Size of Establishments for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Single Units and Multiunit Firms for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Receipts Size of Firms for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Employment Size of Firms for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Concentration of Largest Firms for the U.S.	2007 2002
		Legal Form of Organization for the U.S.	2007 2002
	Subject Series: Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business for the U.S. and States	2007 2002
	ZIP Code Business Statistics	Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the New England States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the New England States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Middle Atlantic States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the East North Central States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the West North Central States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the South Atlantic States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the East South Central States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the West South Central States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Mountain States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Pacific States	2002
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Middle Atlantic States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the East North Central States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the West North Central States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the South Atlantic States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the East South Central States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the West South Central States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Mountain States	2007
		Statistics by Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishment for the Pacific States	2007
Economic Census of Island Areas	Geographic Area Series	Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: Comparative Statistics by Kind of Business for American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Gua	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business for American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, P	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Legal Form of Organization for American Samoa, Commonwealth of the No	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Sales/Receipts/Revenue/Shipments Size of Establishments for American	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Employment Size of Establishments for American Samoa, Commonwealth of	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Gender Status of Ownership for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana I	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Citizenship Status of Ownership for American Samoa, Commonwealth of t	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: General Statistics by Kind of Business and Ethnicity Status of Ownership for U.S. Virgin Islands: 2012	2012 2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: Sales by Kind of Business and Class of Customer for American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island	2012
		E-Commerce Statistics	2007
		Island Areas: Geographic Area Series: Capital Expenditures and Depreciation Charges for American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,	2012
		Share of Sales/Receipts/Revenue by Kind of Business Accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 Largest Establishments	2007
		General Statistics for Selected Kinds of Business by Mall or Shopping Center Location	2007
		Selected Expenses and Rental Payments by Kind of Business	2007
Nonemployer Statistics	Nonemployer Statistics	Geographic Area Series: Nonemployer Statistics by Legal Form of Organization: 2012	2012 2007
		Geographic Area Series: Nonemployer Statistics for the US, States, Metropolitan Areas, and Counties: 2012	2012 2007
		Geographic Area Series: Nonemployer Statistics by Receipt Size Class: 2012	2012
Survey of Business Owners	Survey of Business Owners	Firms by Gender, Ethnicity, Race for US, States, Counties, Pl, MA	2007
		Firms by Ethnicity, Receipts Size of Firm for the U.S. and States	2007
		Firms by Ethnicity, Employment Size of Firm for U.S. and States	2007

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Definition

The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals. The sector includes both health care and social assistance because it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the boundaries of these two activities. The industries in this sector are arranged on a continuum starting with those establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally finishing with those providing only social assistance. The services provided by establishments in this sector are delivered by trained professionals. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of health practitioners or social workers with the requisite expertise. Many of the industries in the sector are defined based on the educational degree held by the practitioners included in the industry.

Excluded from this sector are aerobic classes in Subsector 713, Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries and nonmedical diet and weight reducing centers in Subsector 812, Personal and Laundry Services. Although these can be viewed as health services, these services are not typically delivered by health practitioners.

Comparability

This 2012 NAICS code is comparable to the 2007, 2002 and 1997 NAICS codes.