Here are the states with the most nonprofit community hospitals as of 2015, the latest year from which data is available from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The American Hospital Association defines community hospitals as "all nonfederal, short-term general, and other special hospitals… including academic medical centers or other teaching hospitals if they are nonfederal short-term hospitals." More than half of community hospitals in the following 33 states are nonprofit.
1. Vermont — 100 percent of hospitals are nonprofit
2. Maryland — 98 percent
3. North Dakota — 95 percent
4. Connecticut — 93.8 percent
5. Wisconsin — 93.7 percent
6. Rhode Island — 90.9 percent
7. Maine — 88.2 percent
8. New York — 85.9 percent
9. Delaware — 85.7 percent
9. New Hampshire — 85.7 percent
11. South Dakota — 84.9 percent
12. New Jersey — 78.7 percent
13. Montana — 78 percent
13. Oregon — 78 percent
15. Minnesota — 76.2 percent
16. Illinois — 76.1 percent
17. Michigan — 75.5 percent
18. Ohio — 75.4 percent
19. Massachusetts — 73.7 percent
20. Pennsylvania — 73.1 percent
21. District of Columbia — 72.7 percent
22. Kentucky — 71.8 percent
23. Virginia — 70.7 percent
24. Arkansas — 62.5 percent
24. Hawaii — 62.5 percent
26. Arizona — 62 percent
27. West Virginia — 61.1 percent
28. California — 59.4 percent
29. North Carolina — 59.3 percent
30. Nebraska — 56.8 percent
31. Indiana— 56.7 percent
32. Utah — 55.3 percent
33. Missouri — 53.7 percent
34. Alaska — 52.4 percent
KFF used data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey. Data are for community hospitals, which represent 85 percent of all hospitals. Federal hospitals, long-term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the mentally impaired and addiction rehab facilities are not included.