Temporary Shelters

Temporary Shelters aren't as common as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 3,000 Temporary Shelters. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Temporary Shelters serves about 100,000 citizens on average. According to our business employment data, Temporary Shelters will typically employ 10 to 19 employees. Hence, Temporary Shelters play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Temporary Shelters
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

	State	Businesses	Businesses per 100K Residents
1.	District of Columbia	26	4.59
2.	Alaska	26	4.16
3.	Montana	26	2.89
4.	Vermont	17	2.79
5.	Wyoming	13	2.65
6.	South Dakota	18	2.40
7.	Maine	29	2.28
8.	Rhode Island	23	2.19
9.	Massachusetts	139	2.19
10.	Delaware	17	2.17
11.	West Virginia	37	2.06
12.	Nebraska	35	2.05
13.	New Mexico	37	2.04
14.	Hawaii	23	1.90
15.	Oregon	62	1.82
16.	Arkansas	48	1.80
17.	Iowa	47	1.61
18.	Washington	93	1.59
19.	North Dakota	10	1.56
20.	Missouri	87	1.56
21.	Connecticut	52	1.55
22.	Idaho	20	1.55
23.	Minnesota	75	1.53
24.	New York	282	1.49
25.	Arizona	73	1.42
26.	Colorado	61	1.42
27.	Kentucky	56	1.39
28.	North Carolina	111	1.38
29.	Wisconsin	72	1.34
30.	Oklahoma	46	1.33
31.	Pennsylvania	163	1.33
32.	South Carolina	50	1.25
33.	Virginia	88	1.24
34.	New Hampshire	15	1.21
35.	Nevada	24	1.20
36.	Tennessee	67	1.18
37.	Georgia	93	1.15
38.	Kansas	30	1.12
39.	Indiana	67	1.10
40.	Ohio	120	1.06
41.	California	354	1.05
42.	Michigan	101	1.02
43.	New Jersey	84	1.00
44.	Illinois	118	0.95
45.	Louisiana	42	0.94
46.	Maryland	49	0.93
47.	Utah	20	0.90
48.	Texas	184	0.88
49.	Alabama	39	0.88
50.	Florida	128	0.80
51.	Mississippi	20	0.71

Number of Temporary Shelters by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range	Number of Employees
1 to 4	763
5 to 9	670
10 to 19	1040
20 to 49	837
50 to 99	170
100 to 249	42
250 to 499	3
500 to 999	0
1000 or more	0

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