US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance

California had the highest nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance of 51 states in 2022, at 283,111. Alaska had the lowest, at 3,608. The median was 26,134 and the figure for the United States was 2.26 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest283,111California

Lowest3,608Alaska

Median26,13451 states

United States2,256,042History

Map of states, 2022

Under 7,000
7,000 to 17K
17K to 26K
26K to 41K
41K to 64K
64K and over

count, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), 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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	California Series break	283,111	+3.8%
2	Florida Series break	249,107	+7.8%
3	Texas Series break	201,834	+4.4%
4	New York Series break	159,359	+10.6%
5	Illinois Series break	86,515	+5.7%
6	Georgia Series break	82,625	+3.4%
7	Ohio Series break	69,478	+5.2%
8	Pennsylvania Series break	67,328	+6.1%
9	Michigan Series break	65,087	+8.3%
10	New Jersey Series break	63,259	+7.7%
11	North Carolina Series break	62,755	+7.6%
12	Maryland Series break	56,803	+6.3%
13	Virginia Series break	50,941	+4.1%
14	Arizona Series break	47,272	+8.6%
15	Massachusetts Series break	45,652	+6.2%
16	Tennessee Series break	42,634	+5.5%
17	Colorado Series break	42,369	+7.2%
18	Washington Series break	39,831	+10.1%
19	Louisiana Series break	37,571	+0.6%
20	Indiana Series break	32,111	+8.4%
21	Missouri Series break	31,555	+7.1%
22	Minnesota Series break	29,670	+4.3%
23	South Carolina Series break	29,645	+7.1%
24	Connecticut Series break	28,166	+8.5%
25	Alabama Series break	26,625	+4.3%
26	Oregon Series break	26,134	+4.4%
27	Wisconsin Series break	24,519	+6.3%
28	Mississippi Series break	23,230	+8.5%
29	Kentucky Series break	22,628	+7.3%
30	Nevada Series break	21,463	+4.3%
31	Oklahoma Series break	21,178	+8.1%
32	Arkansas Series break	20,289	+8.4%
33	Iowa Series break	18,551	+6%
34	Utah Series break	17,640	+13.1%
35	Kansas Series break	16,377	+7.8%
36	New Mexico Series break	12,628	+1.3%
37	Nebraska Series break	11,963	+3.7%
38	Idaho Series break	10,780	+5.5%
39	Hawaii Series break	8,971	+3.4%
40	Maine Series break	8,519	+4.6%
41	New Hampshire Series break	7,156	+4.1%
42	West Virginia Series break	6,940	+5.2%
43	Rhode Island Series break	6,827	+10.6%
44	Montana Series break	6,078	+4.1%
45	Delaware Series break	5,657	+9.4%
46	Vermont Series break	5,331	+4.8%
47	South Dakota Series break	5,006	+3.7%
48	District of Columbia Series break	4,930	+12%
49	North Dakota Series break	4,699	+2.7%
50	Wyoming Series break	3,637	+5%
51	Alaska Series break	3,608	+2.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of businesses without paid employees in health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), 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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms (US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance, 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-health-care/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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance, 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-health-care/us-states?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-health-care/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance?

California, with 283,111 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: health care and social assistance?

Alaska, with 3,608 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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.