The American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days) in its publication State Health Care Data: Utilization, Spending, and Characteristics. The data (by state) are shown in the table.

Average Average No. of Length No. of Average State Hospitals Length of Stay No. of State Hospitals of Stay Length State Hospitals of Stay Alabama 119 7.0 Kentucky 107 6.9 Alaska N. Dakota 5.7 47 11.1 16 Louisiana 136 6.7 Ohio Arizona 193 6.6 61 5.5 Maine 38 7.2 Arkansas Oklahoma 88 113 7.0 Maryland 6.7 51 6.8 California Oregon 66 440 6.0 5.3 Massachusetts 101 Colorado 7.0 71 Pennsylvania 236 7.5 6.8 Michigan 175 Connecticut 7.3 Rhode Island 35 7.4 12 6.9 Minnesota 148 Delaware 8.7 68 8 S. Carolina 6.8 Mississippi 7.1 102 D.C. 7.2 11 7.5 S. Dakota 52 10.3 Missouri Florida 133 7.4 227 7.0 Tennessee 122 6.8 Montana 53 Georgia 10.0 Texas 421 162 7.2 6.2 Nebraska 90 Hawaii 9.6 Utah 19 9.4 42 5.2 Nevada 21 6.4 Idaho 41 7.1 Vermont 15 7.6 Illinois New Hampshire 27 7.0 7.3 Virginia 98 209 7.0 New Jersey 96 7.6 Indiana 113 92 5.6 6.6 Washington New Mexico 37 5.5 W. Virginia 59 Iowa 123 8.4 7.1 New York 231 9.9 Kansas 133 7.8 Wisconsin 129 7.3 N. Carolina 117 7.3 Wyoming 27 8.5