# US states by nonemployer businesses: construction, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_construction`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in construction (NAICS 23), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-construction/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 402,604 |
| 2 | Florida | 338,513 |
| 3 | California | 246,176 |
| 4 | New York | 151,781 |
| 5 | Georgia | 130,933 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 106,952 |
| 7 | Ohio | 99,318 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 98,792 |
| 9 | Illinois | 97,562 |
| 10 | Michigan | 86,129 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 75,084 |
| 12 | Virginia | 70,484 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 66,542 |
| 14 | Colorado | 64,360 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 61,885 |
| 16 | Missouri | 56,991 |
| 17 | Arizona | 55,359 |
| 18 | Indiana | 52,973 |
| 19 | Maryland | 52,567 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 49,760 |
| 21 | Alabama | 45,263 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 43,740 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 43,702 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 42,011 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 41,445 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 40,931 |
| 27 | Washington | 38,891 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 32,986 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 32,464 |
| 30 | Mississippi | 31,855 |
| 31 | Iowa | 27,050 |
| 32 | Utah | 25,171 |
| 33 | Oregon | 24,187 |
| 34 | Kansas | 22,697 |
| 35 | Idaho | 19,091 |
| 36 | Maine | 18,781 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 17,140 |
| 38 | Nevada | 16,545 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 16,014 |
| 40 | Montana | 15,155 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 13,153 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 9,398 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 9,310 |
| 44 | Vermont | 9,075 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 8,650 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 8,026 |
| 47 | Delaware | 7,204 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 5,633 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 5,594 |
| 50 | Alaska | 4,654 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 2,123 |