US states by nonemployer businesses: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer businesses: mining of 51 states in 2018, at 29,227. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 4. The median was 367 and the figure for the United States was 82,524. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest29,227Texas

Lowest4District of Columbia

Median36751 states

United States82,524History

Map of states, 2018

Under 100
100 to 200
200 to 400
400 to 900
900 to 1,800
1,800 and over

count, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Texas Series break	29,227	-16.6%
2	Oklahoma Series break	12,270	-2.1%
3	Kansas Series break	5,460	+0.9%
4	Colorado Series break	4,227	-2.5%
5	Louisiana Series break	3,910	+8.2%
6	California Series break	3,577	+5.4%
7	Ohio Series break	2,563	+60.3%
8	West Virginia Series break	1,926	-7.7%
9	Pennsylvania Series break	1,918	-20.5%
10	Illinois Series break	1,533	-5.4%
11	Arkansas Series break	1,382	-3.4%
12	Michigan Series break	1,267	-12%
13	Kentucky Series break	1,210	-17.2%
14	Wyoming Series break	1,185	+3.4%
15	New Mexico Series break	1,152	-0.5%
16	Arizona Series break	1,117	-1%
17	Florida Series break	881	-7.6%
18	North Dakota Series break	866	-0.5%
19	Mississippi Series break	791	+0.5%
20	New York Series break	644	-8.7%
21	Montana Series break	610	-7.3%
22	Alabama Series break	417	-5%
23	Utah Series break	414	+2.2%
24	Nevada Series break	393	+4%
25	Indiana Series break	375	-25.1%
26	Missouri Series break	367	-15.2%
27	Alaska Series break	292	+5%
28	Virginia Series break	231	+3.1%
29	Washington Series break	222	-8.3%
30	Tennessee Series break	219	-13.8%
31	North Carolina Series break	197	+10.1%
32	Idaho Series break	183	-9.4%
33	Minnesota Series break	168	-3.4%
34	Georgia Series break	155	-9.4%
34	Oregon Series break	155	+6.2%
36	Nebraska Series break	152	-7.3%
37	Wisconsin Series break	121	-4%
38	Maryland Series break	90	+3.4%
38	South Dakota Series break	90	+7.1%
40	Massachusetts Series break	87	-13%
41	South Carolina Series break	84	-1.2%
42	Maine Series break	78	-8.2%
43	New Jersey Series break	70	-1.4%
44	Connecticut Series break	64	-16.9%
45	Iowa Series break	52	0%
46	New Hampshire Series break	46	+15%
47	Vermont Series break	45	-10%
48	Hawaii Series break	16	-11.1%
49	Delaware Series break	12	+33.3%
50	Rhode Island Series break	9	0%
51	District of Columbia Series break	4	0%

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. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
  year = {2020},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2018. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: mining?

Texas, with 29,227 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: mining?

District of Columbia, with 4 in 2018.

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.