# US states by nonemployer businesses: manufacturing, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_manufacturing`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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-manufacturing/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 48,711 |
| 2 | California | 46,435 |
| 3 | Florida | 38,899 |
| 4 | New York | 21,339 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 16,410 |
| 6 | Georgia | 15,384 |
| 7 | Ohio | 15,069 |
| 8 | Michigan | 13,493 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 12,542 |
| 10 | Illinois | 12,061 |
| 11 | Arizona | 8,920 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 8,479 |
| 13 | Indiana | 8,353 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 8,128 |
| 15 | Colorado | 8,121 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 8,069 |
| 17 | Washington | 7,964 |
| 18 | Virginia | 7,710 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 7,708 |
| 20 | Missouri | 7,175 |
| 21 | Oregon | 6,889 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 6,558 |
| 23 | Louisiana | 6,111 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 5,843 |
| 25 | Alabama | 5,834 |
| 26 | Utah | 5,591 |
| 27 | Maryland | 5,456 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 5,034 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 4,851 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 3,855 |
| 31 | Mississippi | 3,812 |
| 32 | Idaho | 3,574 |
| 33 | Iowa | 3,491 |
| 34 | Nevada | 3,477 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 3,404 |
| 36 | Kansas | 3,326 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 2,766 |
| 38 | Montana | 2,476 |
| 39 | Maine | 2,459 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 2,026 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 2,025 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 1,944 |
| 43 | Vermont | 1,688 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 1,421 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 1,252 |
| 46 | Alaska | 1,207 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 1,178 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 1,125 |
| 49 | Delaware | 1,009 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 866 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 294 |