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 2022, at 364,745. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,963. The median was 33,165 and the figure for the United States was 2.82 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest364,745Florida

Lowest3,963District of Columbia

Median33,16551 states

United States2,819,562History

Map of states, 2022

Under 8,000
8,000 to 19K
19K to 33K
33K to 50K
50K to 75K
75K and over

count, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Florida Series break	364,745	+10%
2	Texas Series break	341,338	+8.4%
3	California Series break	290,375	+4.9%
4	Georgia Series break	146,388	+6.7%
5	New York Series break	133,836	+16.3%
6	North Carolina Series break	101,226	+6.8%
7	Illinois Series break	93,897	+9.1%
8	Ohio Series break	82,357	+6.4%
9	Michigan Series break	76,832	+9.2%
10	Pennsylvania Series break	72,437	+8.8%
11	Tennessee Series break	71,624	+6.3%
12	Virginia Series break	63,599	+6.9%
13	New Jersey Series break	59,995	+12.5%
14	Arizona Series break	56,202	+7.4%
15	Louisiana Series break	54,564	+6.7%
16	Alabama Series break	53,885	+9.1%
17	South Carolina Series break	51,224	+7.2%
18	Maryland Series break	49,185	+9%
19	Indiana Series break	45,663	+7.2%
20	Colorado Series break	44,138	+5.1%
21	Missouri Series break	43,952	+6%
22	Massachusetts Series break	42,018	+8.8%
23	Washington Series break	35,413	+8.6%
24	Kentucky Series break	35,154	+8.5%
25	Oklahoma Series break	35,106	+6.4%
26	Mississippi Series break	33,165	+6.2%
27	Minnesota Series break	30,425	+6.1%
28	Wisconsin Series break	27,981	+7.6%
29	Arkansas Series break	27,128	+4.4%
30	Nevada Series break	26,603	+15.6%
31	Connecticut Series break	23,766	+7.6%
32	Oregon Series break	21,909	+6.5%
33	Utah Series break	20,235	+9.9%
34	Iowa Series break	19,004	+7.9%
35	Kansas Series break	18,900	+4.5%
36	Idaho Series break	12,550	+9.8%
37	Nebraska Series break	12,301	+4.4%
38	Hawaii Series break	11,870	+7%
39	New Mexico Series break	11,344	+9.5%
40	Maine Series break	10,589	+5.8%
41	New Hampshire Series break	8,776	+6.1%
42	West Virginia Series break	8,767	+5.8%
43	Montana Series break	7,574	+5.9%
44	Delaware Series break	6,684	+10%
45	Rhode Island Series break	6,659	+8%
46	Vermont Series break	5,551	+5.7%
47	South Dakota Series break	5,487	+2.2%
48	Wyoming Series break	4,563	+6.3%
49	North Dakota Series break	4,440	+7.8%
50	Alaska Series break	4,175	+7.2%
51	District of Columbia Series break	3,963	+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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Florida, with 364,745 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with 3,963 in 2022.

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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.