US states by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022
California had the highest business revenue: information (Economic Census) of 51 states in 2022, at $670.52 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $1.12 billion. The median was $16.33 billion and the figure for the United States was $2.21 trillion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of states, 2022
- Under 4,000
- 4,000 to 8,000
- 8,000 to 16K
- 16K to 26K
- 26K to 61K
- 61K and over
All states, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 670,518.2 |
| 2 | New York | 230,756.5 |
| 3 | Texas | 139,086.6 |
| 4 | Washington | 120,242.7 |
| 5 | Florida | 95,159.1 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 78,331.7 |
| 7 | Georgia | 71,703.5 |
| 8 | Virginia | 71,489.4 |
| 9 | Illinois | 62,024.4 |
| 10 | Colorado | 58,196.3 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 51,957.3 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 47,462.3 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 44,735.3 |
| 14 | Connecticut | 35,173.6 |
| 15 | Ohio | 33,118 |
| 16 | Utah | 26,516.2 |
| 17 | Missouri | 26,259.7 |
| 18 | Michigan | 26,193.2 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 24,534.1 |
| 20 | Maryland | 23,957.7 |
| 21 | Arizona | 22,534.2 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 21,288.7 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 20,659.7 |
| 24 | Oregon | 19,434.6 |
| 25 | Indiana | 16,639.8 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 16,328.9 |
| 27 | District of Columbia | 14,794.3 |
| 28 | Kansas | 14,648 |
| 29 | Nevada | 13,589.3 |
| 30 | Alabama | 12,547.3 |
| 31 | Iowa | 10,239.2 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 9,241.6 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 8,239.1 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 8,105.7 |
| 35 | Louisiana | 7,969.6 |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 7,794.3 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 7,198.3 |
| 38 | Idaho | 4,971.7 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 4,746.5 |
| 40 | Mississippi | 4,328.7 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 4,029.6 |
| 42 | Alaska | 3,778.5 |
| 43 | Delaware | 3,748.3 |
| 44 | Maine | 3,612.8 |
| 45 | Montana | 3,052.3 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 2,785.1 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 2,581 |
| 48 | South Dakota | 2,434.8 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 2,426.3 |
| 50 | Vermont | 2,325 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 1,122.6 |
About this ranking
Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.
Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments (US states by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip
MLA 9
Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments, US states by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-information/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments. US states by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-information/us-states.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments, US states by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-information/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Questions
Which state has the highest business revenue: information (Economic Census)?
California, with $670.52 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which state has the lowest business revenue: information (Economic Census)?
Wyoming, with $1.12 billion in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of information (NAICS 51), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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