US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023

Texas had the highest employer establishments: utilities of 51 states in 2023, at 2,206. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 51. The median was 328 and the figure for the United States was 20,379. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,206Texas

Lowest51Rhode Island

Median32851 states

United States20,379History

Map of states, 2023

Under 130
130 to 230
230 to 330
330 to 390
390 to 550
550 and over

count, 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2023

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Texas	2,206	+0.8%
2	California	1,479	+2.1%
3	Florida	1,136	+6.4%
4	Pennsylvania	894	-0.7%
5	New York	834	+1.2%
6	Ohio	688	-6.5%
7	Illinois	670	-4.4%
8	North Carolina	606	-7.6%
9	Mississippi	556	+0.4%
10	Indiana	529	-3.8%
11	Louisiana	526	+5.2%
12	Georgia	519	+4.6%
13	New Jersey	458	+3.2%
14	Colorado	451	+3%
15	Michigan	440	+2.1%
16	Missouri	426	+1.7%
17	Oklahoma	416	-0.2%
18	Wisconsin	382	+1.3%
19	Virginia	377	-2.8%
20	Minnesota	371	-2.6%
21	Kentucky	364	+2.2%
22	South Carolina	357	-0.8%
23	Arkansas	348	+3.9%
24	Iowa	344	-26.3%
25	Washington	342	-0.9%
26	Massachusetts	328	-2.4%
27	Arizona	315	+0.6%
28	Oregon	295	-5.4%
29	Kansas	273	+0.4%
30	Alabama	270	-3.2%
31	Maryland	242	0%
32	New Mexico	238	+1.3%
33	Utah	236	+5.8%
34	West Virginia	234	-4.5%
35	Idaho	219	+1.9%
36	Montana	198	-0.5%
37	Tennessee	197	+8.8%
38	Connecticut	177	+4.7%
39	North Dakota	161	+1.3%
40	South Dakota	159	-1.9%
41	Wyoming	143	0%
42	New Hampshire	136	+2.3%
43	Maine	126	0%
43	Nevada	126	-0.8%
45	Alaska	115	+1.8%
46	Nebraska	107	0%
47	Delaware	88	+1.1%
48	District of Columbia	81	+3.8%
49	Hawaii	79	+1.3%
50	Vermont	66	0%
51	Rhode Island	51	+13.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of establishments with paid employees in utilities (NAICS 22), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns. Excludes government owned utilities.

County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

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. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms (US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/

MLA 9

County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms, US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-utilities/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-utilities/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms, US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-utilities/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms: US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-utilities/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest employer establishments: utilities?

Texas, with 2,206 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest employer establishments: utilities?

Rhode Island, with 51 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.