# US states by employer establishments: information, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_information`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-information/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 27,338 |
| 2 | New York | 12,089 |
| 3 | Texas | 11,777 |
| 4 | Florida | 10,336 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 5,685 |
| 6 | Illinois | 5,616 |
| 7 | Georgia | 5,030 |
| 8 | Ohio | 4,391 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 4,150 |
| 10 | Washington | 4,036 |
| 11 | Virginia | 4,006 |
| 12 | Michigan | 3,887 |
| 13 | Colorado | 3,804 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 3,802 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 3,655 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 2,980 |
| 17 | Arizona | 2,662 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 2,631 |
| 19 | Maryland | 2,598 |
| 20 | Missouri | 2,582 |
| 21 | Oregon | 2,404 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 2,400 |
| 23 | Indiana | 2,380 |
| 24 | Utah | 2,004 |
| 25 | Kentucky | 1,995 |
| 26 | Alabama | 1,887 |
| 27 | South Carolina | 1,764 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 1,687 |
| 29 | Nevada | 1,631 |
| 30 | Iowa | 1,615 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 1,604 |
| 32 | Louisiana | 1,591 |
| 33 | Kansas | 1,424 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 1,174 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 1,087 |
| 36 | Delaware | 1,070 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 978 |
| 38 | Idaho | 877 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 857 |
| 40 | District of Columbia | 851 |
| 41 | Maine | 817 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 772 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 752 |
| 44 | Montana | 697 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 557 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 546 |
| 47 | Vermont | 490 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 477 |
| 49 | South Dakota | 463 |
| 50 | Alaska | 422 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 376 |