Variation in Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics, by Size of Community: United States, 2016.

Residents of residential care communities are persons who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled care provided by nursing homes. On any given day in 2016, an estimated 811,500 residents were in residential care communities (1,2). As the population ages, the numbers in residential care communities will likely increase, creating a sizeable group within the long-term care population. This report presents national estimates of selected characteristics of residential care community residents in 2016 and compares them by community size. State-level estimates are available from: All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.