US states by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022

California had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 51 states in 2022, at $809.61 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $7.71 billion. The median was $88.78 billion and the figure for the United States was $6.97 trillion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest809,607.4California

Lowest7,707.8District of Columbia

Median88,782.551 states

United States6,974,691.3History

Map of states, 2022

Under 26K
26K to 51K
51K to 89K
89K to 140K
140K to 210K
210K and over

USD million, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2022

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 USD million
1	California	809,607.4
2	Texas	608,178.7
3	Florida	484,218.1
4	New York	392,993.7
5	Pennsylvania	301,886.4
6	Ohio	246,331.4
7	Illinois	244,721.6
8	Washington	242,905.7
9	Georgia	216,836.9
10	North Carolina	209,284.7
11	New Jersey	208,629.9
12	Michigan	190,534.3
13	Virginia	159,207.6
14	Arizona	157,466.1
15	Indiana	155,578.2
16	Massachusetts	153,190.7
17	Tennessee	149,013.2
18	Minnesota	134,656
19	Missouri	129,388
20	Wisconsin	121,958.8
21	Colorado	120,881.3
22	Maryland	115,211.9
23	Oregon	107,313.8
24	South Carolina	102,257.7
25	Alabama	94,272.4
26	Louisiana	88,782.5
27	Kentucky	88,306.6
28	Utah	79,042.4
29	Oklahoma	76,095.7
30	Connecticut	72,459.1
31	Nevada	70,103
32	Iowa	67,256.4
33	Arkansas	61,595.2
34	Kansas	51,495.7
35	Mississippi	50,096.4
36	Nebraska	43,318.5
37	New Hampshire	41,255.1
38	Idaho	40,607.6
39	New Mexico	36,921.2
40	Maine	34,415.6
41	Hawaii	30,736
42	West Virginia	30,058.5
43	Delaware	24,220.8
44	Montana	24,144.8
45	South Dakota	20,998.7
46	North Dakota	19,111.9
47	Rhode Island	18,495.1
48	Vermont	14,107.1
49	Alaska	13,651.3
50	Wyoming	13,183.3
51	District of Columbia	7,707.8

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments (US states by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, US states by business revenue: retail trade (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-retail-trade/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. US states by business revenue: retail trade (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-retail-trade/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, US states by business revenue: retail trade (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-retail-trade/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

California, with $809.61 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

District of Columbia, with $7.71 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 retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.