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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Connecticut

Against 751,845 residents age 65 and over, Connecticut has 65.85 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs per 1,000.

When Connecticut asks about older residents, answer with Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 65.85 jobs per 1,000 of the 751,845 civilians age 65 and over.

Connecticut employment for Home Health and Personal Care Aides is 49,510. Divide by residents age 65 and over and you get 65.85 per 1,000.

Nursing Assistants closes the Connecticut list at 28.44 per 1,000. The resident denominator is people age 65 and over, and the all-age civilian count is 3,683,203.

Each occupation

1Home Health and Personal Care Aides

State jobs
49,510
Residents age 65 and over
751,845
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
65.85

2Registered Nurses

State jobs
40,110
Residents age 65 and over
751,845
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
53.35

3Nursing Assistants

State jobs
21,380
Residents age 65 and over
751,845
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
28.44

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

RankOccupationState jobsResidents age 65 and overJobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
1Home Health and Personal Care Aides49,510751,84565.85
2Registered Nurses40,110751,84553.35
3Nursing Assistants21,380751,84528.44

Takeaways

  • In Connecticut, Home Health and Personal Care Aides is 65.85 jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over.
  • Connecticut employment for that occupation is 49,510.
  • The age-65 civilian count in Connecticut is 751,845.
  • The last Connecticut occupation, Nursing Assistants, is 28.44 per 1,000 residents age 65 and over.

For recruiters

  • Use jobs per 1,000 as context only.
  • Leave posting counts out of this brief.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

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Methodology

Jobs are OEWS May 2025 state employment for registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health and personal care aides. Residents are the Census Population Estimates Program civilian population age 65 and over on July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025. This is not the ACS tabulation; the ACS API was not used. Jobs per 1,000 residents equals jobs times 1,000 divided by that resident count. It is not a shortage rate and it is not a count of job listings. Areas are ordered by registered-nurse jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over. Connecticut is 22 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 3,683,203.

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