# US states by nonemployer businesses: information, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_information`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), information (NAICS 51), 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), information (NAICS 51), 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-information/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 72,410 |
| 2 | Texas | 36,204 |
| 3 | New York | 35,639 |
| 4 | Florida | 35,383 |
| 5 | Georgia | 16,631 |
| 6 | Illinois | 13,423 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 12,761 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 12,440 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11,553 |
| 10 | Ohio | 10,761 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 10,686 |
| 12 | Michigan | 10,050 |
| 13 | Virginia | 9,756 |
| 14 | Washington | 9,424 |
| 15 | Colorado | 9,075 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 8,566 |
| 17 | Maryland | 8,034 |
| 18 | Arizona | 8,029 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 6,171 |
| 20 | Oregon | 6,027 |
| 21 | Indiana | 5,739 |
| 22 | Utah | 5,645 |
| 23 | Missouri | 5,632 |
| 24 | Nevada | 5,041 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 4,816 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 4,781 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 4,545 |
| 28 | Alabama | 3,963 |
| 29 | Louisiana | 3,947 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 3,725 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 3,619 |
| 32 | Kansas | 2,503 |
| 33 | Iowa | 2,483 |
| 34 | Delaware | 2,373 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 2,367 |
| 36 | Idaho | 2,129 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 2,033 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 1,846 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 1,698 |
| 40 | Maine | 1,587 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 1,534 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 1,513 |
| 43 | Montana | 1,335 |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 1,321 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 1,202 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 1,186 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 1,048 |
| 48 | Vermont | 863 |
| 49 | South Dakota | 782 |
| 50 | Alaska | 644 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 513 |