US states by nonemployer businesses: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer businesses: mining of 50 states in 2016, at 31,570. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 7. The median was 336 and the figure for the United States was 86,587. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest31,570Texas

Lowest7Rhode Island

Median33650 states

United States86,587History

Map of states, 2016

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300 to 800
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1,900 and over
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count, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2016

count. 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Texas	31,570	-13.7%
2	Oklahoma	12,769	-8.8%
3	Kansas	5,598	-6.7%
4	Louisiana	4,989	-8.6%
5	Colorado	3,401	-9.5%
6	California	3,042	-15.9%
7	Ohio	2,948	-14.1%
8	Pennsylvania	2,493	-14.5%
9	West Virginia	1,972	-23%
10	Illinois	1,760	-10.6%
11	Michigan	1,547	-17.1%
12	Kentucky	1,477	-8.5%
13	Mississippi	1,463	-11.3%
14	Wyoming	1,130	-9.8%
15	New Mexico	1,129	-6.2%
16	Arkansas	1,090	-9.2%
17	Florida	797	-16%
18	North Dakota	789	-10.6%
19	New York	740	-6.6%
20	Montana	670	-8.6%
21	Indiana	632	-13.3%
22	Alabama	525	-14.9%
23	Utah	423	-11.1%
24	Nevada	351	-1.1%
25	Arizona	344	0%
26	Missouri	328	-7.3%
27	Alaska	294	+1.4%
28	Tennessee	267	-15%
29	Washington	216	-8.1%
30	Virginia	200	+7%
31	Idaho	166	-8.8%
32	Nebraska	148	-6.9%
33	Minnesota	145	0%
34	North Carolina	144	-5.9%
35	Georgia	133	-8.3%
36	Oregon	129	-12.8%
37	Wisconsin	118	-9.9%
38	Maine	86	-6.5%
39	Massachusetts	81	+12.5%
40	South Carolina	74	-17.8%
41	Maryland	72	-19.1%
42	South Dakota	67	-6.9%
43	New Jersey	57	+16.3%
44	Connecticut	56	-8.2%
45	Vermont	53	-13.1%
46	New Hampshire	43	-17.3%
47	Iowa	32	-33.3%
48	Hawaii	12	+20%
49	Delaware	9	-18.2%
50	Rhode Island	7	-30%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of businesses without paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), 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. 1 states with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/2016/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2018). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms (US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2016/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 June 2018, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2016/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2018. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2016/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2018) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2016/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms: US states by nonemployer businesses: mining, 2016}},
  year = {2018},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2016/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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/2016/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: mining?

Texas, with 31,570 in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: mining?

Rhode Island, with 7 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 states have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.