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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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