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 2023, at 392,052. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,850. The median was 33,661 and the figure for the United States was 2.91 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest392,052Florida

Lowest3,850District of Columbia

Median33,66151 states

United States2,905,446History

Map of states, 2023

Under 8,000
8,000 to 19K
19K to 34K
34K to 51K
51K to 77K
77K and over

count, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Florida	392,052	+7.5%
2	Texas	353,782	+3.6%
3	California	294,037	+1.3%
4	Georgia	145,980	-0.3%
5	New York	140,252	+4.8%
6	North Carolina	102,477	+1.2%
7	Illinois	94,828	+1%
8	Ohio	84,293	+2.4%
9	Michigan	78,317	+1.9%
10	Pennsylvania	74,078	+2.3%
11	Tennessee	73,249	+2.3%
12	Virginia	65,486	+3%
13	New Jersey	62,997	+5%
14	Arizona	57,946	+3.1%
15	Louisiana	53,242	-2.4%
16	South Carolina	52,742	+3%
17	Alabama	52,635	-2.3%
18	Maryland	50,359	+2.4%
19	Colorado	46,875	+6.2%
20	Indiana	46,357	+1.5%
21	Missouri	44,354	+0.9%
22	Massachusetts	44,154	+5.1%
23	Washington	36,655	+3.5%
24	Kentucky	36,495	+3.8%
25	Oklahoma	36,304	+3.4%
26	Mississippi	33,661	+1.5%
27	Minnesota	31,089	+2.2%
28	Wisconsin	28,541	+2%
29	Arkansas	27,367	+0.9%
30	Nevada	27,261	+2.5%
31	Connecticut	25,255	+6.3%
32	Oregon	22,711	+3.7%
33	Utah	21,932	+8.4%
34	Kansas	19,526	+3.3%
35	Iowa	18,806	-1%
36	Idaho	13,199	+5.2%
37	Nebraska	12,986	+5.6%
38	Hawaii	12,186	+2.7%
39	New Mexico	11,414	+0.6%
40	Maine	10,834	+2.3%
41	New Hampshire	8,935	+1.8%
42	West Virginia	8,876	+1.2%
43	Montana	8,027	+6%
44	Rhode Island	6,927	+4%
45	Delaware	6,879	+2.9%
46	South Dakota	5,892	+7.4%
47	Vermont	5,661	+2%
48	Wyoming	4,767	+4.5%
49	North Dakota	4,633	+4.3%
50	Alaska	4,285	+2.6%
51	District of Columbia	3,850	-2.9%

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/2023/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). 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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 15 May 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) 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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-administrative-support/us-states?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Florida, with 392,052 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with 3,850 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, 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.