# US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_mining`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), 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), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), 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-mining/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 26,375 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 9,084 |
| 3 | Kansas | 4,562 |
| 4 | Louisiana | 3,470 |
| 5 | California | 2,105 |
| 6 | Colorado | 2,051 |
| 7 | Ohio | 1,738 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 1,589 |
| 9 | Illinois | 1,404 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 1,035 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 990 |
| 12 | Mississippi | 989 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 943 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 878 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 877 |
| 16 | Michigan | 870 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 842 |
| 18 | Florida | 729 |
| 19 | Montana | 536 |
| 20 | New York | 469 |
| 21 | Utah | 441 |
| 22 | Arizona | 355 |
| 23 | Nevada | 310 |
| 24 | Alabama | 285 |
| 25 | Missouri | 280 |
| 26 | Tennessee | 265 |
| 27 | Alaska | 231 |
| 28 | Washington | 188 |
| 29 | Virginia | 181 |
| 30 | Georgia | 180 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 159 |
| 32 | Idaho | 155 |
| 33 | Minnesota | 152 |
| 34 | Indiana | 132 |
| 35 | Oregon | 128 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 121 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 120 |
| 38 | South Dakota | 77 |
| 39 | Massachusetts | 76 |
| 39 | New Jersey | 76 |
| 41 | South Carolina | 71 |
| 42 | Maine | 67 |
| 43 | Connecticut | 65 |
| 44 | Maryland | 60 |
| 45 | Iowa | 50 |
| 46 | Vermont | 41 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 34 |
| 48 | Hawaii | 14 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 12 |
| 50 | Delaware | 11 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 7 |