US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management

Florida had the highest nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management of 51 states in 2018, at 302,863. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,659. The median was 29,688 and the figure for the United States was 2.52 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest302,863Florida

Lowest3,659District of Columbia

Median29,68851 states

United States2,521,600History

Map of states, 2018

Under 7,000
7,000 to 17K
17K to 30K
30K to 43K
43K to 69K
69K and over

count, 2018. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2018

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Florida Series break	302,863	+21.4%
2	California Series break	296,012	+17.7%
3	Texas Series break	288,388	+15.7%
4	New York Series break	124,549	+19.5%
5	Georgia Series break	119,591	+16.2%
6	North Carolina Series break	90,488	+16.5%
7	Illinois Series break	85,421	+16.1%
8	Ohio Series break	76,959	+16.4%
9	Michigan Series break	69,464	+18.4%
10	Pennsylvania Series break	67,179	+19.4%
11	Tennessee Series break	62,773	+16.6%
12	Virginia Series break	57,144	+16.8%
13	New Jersey Series break	53,346	+17.2%
14	Arizona Series break	48,825	+16.8%
15	Louisiana Series break	46,314	+17.7%
16	Alabama Series break	45,978	+15.2%
17	Maryland Series break	44,529	+14.7%
18	South Carolina Series break	42,297	+15.2%
19	Indiana Series break	41,260	+20.4%
20	Massachusetts Series break	40,360	+17.4%
21	Missouri Series break	40,303	+18.4%
22	Colorado Series break	39,922	+15.3%
23	Washington Series break	33,341	+13.4%
24	Kentucky Series break	32,909	+17%
25	Oklahoma Series break	32,501	+17.6%
26	Mississippi Series break	29,688	+15.8%
27	Minnesota Series break	29,335	+19.1%
28	Wisconsin Series break	25,133	+22.2%
29	Arkansas Series break	24,208	+14.8%
30	Connecticut Series break	22,660	+14.9%
31	Oregon Series break	20,693	+15.5%
32	Nevada Series break	20,660	+18%
33	Kansas Series break	17,516	+17.6%
34	Iowa Series break	17,334	+24.7%
35	Utah Series break	16,451	+15.3%
36	Nebraska Series break	11,574	+22.2%
37	Hawaii Series break	11,305	+21.2%
38	New Mexico Series break	10,459	+13.7%
39	Idaho Series break	10,426	+21.2%
40	Maine Series break	9,622	+19%
41	West Virginia Series break	8,521	+20.4%
42	New Hampshire Series break	8,335	+15%
43	Rhode Island Series break	6,734	+21.5%
44	Montana Series break	6,552	+22.8%
45	Delaware Series break	5,413	+20.1%
46	Vermont Series break	5,380	+20.9%
47	South Dakota Series break	5,190	+28.6%
48	North Dakota Series break	4,186	+27%
49	Wyoming Series break	4,135	+17.8%
50	Alaska Series break	3,715	+12.9%
51	District of Columbia Series break	3,659	+7.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of businesses without paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.

Nonemployer Statistics: businesses with no paid employees that are subject to federal income tax, mostly the self-employed, counted from tax records, with receipts above small minimum amounts. Census says some years are not comparable with earlier ones, and they are marked as series breaks: 2018 in every sector (businesses were reclassified from their descriptions, which moved many out of other services), 2022 in every sector (new receipts cutoffs) and 2017 in utilities (the same reclassification). Most nonemployers are sole proprietors whose business may be a side activity. 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. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms (US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management?

Florida, with 302,863 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management?

District of Columbia, with 3,659 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.