As of 2024, there were around *** million residents in nursing homes across the United States. Nursing home resident numbers dropped from over *** million in 2020 to less than *** 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.
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