US states by nonemployer businesses: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer businesses: mining of 51 states in 2020, at 23,035. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3. The median was 266 and the figure for the United States was 67,754. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest23,035Texas

Lowest3District of Columbia

Median26651 states

United States67,754History

Map of states, 2020

Under 100
100 to 200
200 to 300
300 to 900
900 to 1,200
1,200 and over

count, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Texas	23,035	-17.6%
2	Oklahoma	9,948	-12.7%
3	Kansas	4,757	-8.3%
4	Louisiana	3,940	-10.8%
5	Colorado	3,471	-10.7%
6	California	2,802	-13.2%
7	Pennsylvania	1,910	+3.2%
8	Ohio	1,292	-44.1%
9	West Virginia	1,248	-24%
10	Kentucky	1,133	-0.5%
11	Illinois	1,122	-25.9%
12	Mississippi	1,108	+21.6%
13	Michigan	1,049	-16.9%
14	Arkansas	1,018	-22.8%
15	New Mexico	989	-8.2%
16	Arizona	935	-14.8%
17	Wyoming	918	-15.1%
18	Florida	840	-12.2%
19	North Dakota	783	-7.7%
20	Montana	550	-8.2%
21	New York	527	-3.3%
22	Utah	437	-2%
23	Nevada	335	-2%
24	Missouri	292	-17.3%
25	Alaska	291	+7%
26	Indiana	266	-42.8%
27	Alabama	263	-18.1%
28	Washington	204	-1.9%
29	Tennessee	201	-6.5%
30	Georgia	196	+16%
31	Virginia	177	-7.8%
32	Idaho	175	+0.6%
33	Connecticut	164	+148.5%
33	Minnesota	164	+1.2%
33	North Carolina	164	-11.4%
36	Nebraska	142	-5.3%
37	Oregon	135	-11.2%
38	Wisconsin	123	+1.7%
39	South Carolina	91	+9.6%
40	Maryland	83	+3.8%
40	South Dakota	83	-1.2%
42	Massachusetts	80	+8.1%
43	Maine	70	-2.8%
44	New Jersey	62	-8.8%
45	Iowa	53	-13.1%
46	New Hampshire	45	-6.3%
47	Vermont	39	+18.2%
48	Hawaii	18	+12.5%
49	Delaware	13	+8.3%
50	Rhode Island	10	+66.7%
51	District of Columbia	3	-40%

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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 17 Aug. 2023, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2023. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2023) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
  year = {2023},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2020. 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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: mining?

Texas, with 23,035 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: mining?

District of Columbia, with 3 in 2020.

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.