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 2020, at 325,323. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,495. The median was 28,601 and the figure for the United States was 2.55 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest325,323Florida

Lowest3,495District of Columbia

Median28,60151 states

United States2,554,511History

Map of states, 2020

Under 7,000
7,000 to 17K
17K to 29K
29K to 46K
46K to 67K
67K and over

count, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Florida	325,323	+3.9%
2	Texas	302,691	-1.1%
3	California	290,510	-2.8%
4	Georgia	127,333	+1.7%
5	New York	121,291	-3.7%
6	North Carolina	92,220	-1.4%
7	Illinois	84,598	-2.1%
8	Ohio	72,645	-6.1%
9	Michigan	68,704	-3.2%
10	Pennsylvania	64,338	-5.1%
11	Tennessee	63,435	-1.5%
12	Virginia	58,198	-0.8%
13	New Jersey	55,372	+0.4%
14	Arizona	51,367	-1.6%
15	Louisiana	46,372	-3.3%
16	Alabama	46,187	-2.2%
17	Maryland	45,757	-1.8%
18	South Carolina	45,639	+2%
19	Colorado	40,752	-2.5%
20	Indiana	40,299	-4.2%
21	Missouri	39,855	-2%
22	Massachusetts	38,849	-3.9%
23	Oklahoma	32,755	-1.3%
24	Washington	32,339	-5.6%
25	Kentucky	31,574	-4.5%
26	Mississippi	28,601	-5.6%
27	Minnesota	28,063	-4.8%
28	Wisconsin	25,068	-2.6%
29	Arkansas	24,551	-1.9%
30	Connecticut	22,614	-2.3%
31	Nevada	21,993	-1.7%
32	Oregon	20,485	-3.7%
33	Utah	17,571	+1.1%
34	Kansas	17,540	-2.8%
35	Iowa	16,884	-4.1%
36	Nebraska	11,266	-4.4%
37	Hawaii	10,925	-8.2%
38	Idaho	10,804	-1.3%
39	New Mexico	10,333	-4.4%
40	Maine	9,279	-4.4%
41	New Hampshire	8,147	-3.2%
42	West Virginia	7,755	-7.7%
43	Montana	6,655	-3.7%
44	Rhode Island	6,197	-5.2%
45	Delaware	5,773	+1.2%
46	Vermont	5,069	-4.3%
47	South Dakota	5,047	-2.8%
48	Wyoming	4,177	-2.7%
49	North Dakota	4,134	-3.6%
50	Alaska	3,682	-4.1%
51	District of Columbia	3,495	-6.2%

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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 17 Aug. 2023, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2023. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2023) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{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, 2020}},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management?

Florida, with 325,323 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with 3,495 in 2020.

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.