US states by nonemployer businesses: mining

Texas had the highest nonemployer businesses: mining of 51 states in 2022, at 30,380. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 9. The median was 298 and the figure for the United States was 77,387. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest30,380Texas

Lowest9District of Columbia

Median29851 states

United States77,387History

Map of states, 2022

Under 100
100 to 200
200 to 300
300 to 900
900 to 1,400
1,400 and over

count, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Texas Series break	30,380	+5.2%
2	Oklahoma Series break	10,417	+5%
3	Kansas Series break	4,963	+1.4%
4	Louisiana Series break	4,008	+9.8%
5	Colorado Series break	2,982	+29.3%
6	California Series break	2,590	+9.7%
7	Ohio Series break	2,198	+6.6%
8	Pennsylvania Series break	2,084	+5.8%
9	Illinois Series break	1,454	+19.7%
10	Kentucky Series break	1,189	+5.8%
11	Mississippi Series break	1,132	+7.6%
12	Arkansas Series break	1,123	+5%
13	West Virginia Series break	1,102	-15.5%
14	Michigan Series break	1,093	+7.5%
15	Arizona Series break	1,082	+9.3%
16	New Mexico Series break	976	-2.1%
17	Wyoming Series break	951	+7.2%
18	Florida Series break	920	+8.9%
19	North Dakota Series break	903	+18.2%
20	Montana Series break	589	+6.9%
21	New York Series break	508	+2.4%
22	Utah Series break	490	+9.6%
23	Indiana Series break	427	+18.3%
24	Nevada Series break	350	+2.9%
25	Missouri Series break	339	+4.6%
26	Alabama Series break	298	+11.2%
27	Tennessee Series break	270	+12%
28	Alaska Series break	234	+2.2%
29	Georgia Series break	228	+16.3%
30	Washington Series break	225	0%
31	Virginia Series break	192	+2.1%
32	Minnesota Series break	171	0%
33	North Carolina Series break	170	+6.3%
34	Idaho Series break	159	-1.9%
35	Oregon Series break	154	+8.5%
36	Nebraska Series break	130	+1.6%
37	Wisconsin Series break	126	+1.6%
38	Maryland Series break	95	+6.7%
39	Massachusetts Series break	94	+8%
40	South Carolina Series break	92	+5.7%
41	New Jersey Series break	83	-20.2%
41	South Dakota Series break	83	+2.5%
43	Maine Series break	71	+4.4%
44	Connecticut Series break	65	-59.4%
45	Iowa Series break	50	-16.7%
46	Vermont Series break	47	+17.5%
47	New Hampshire Series break	41	-19.6%
48	Hawaii Series break	21	+10.5%
49	Delaware Series break	18	+50%
50	Rhode Island Series break	11	0%
51	District of Columbia Series break	9	-18.2%

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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2022}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-mining/us-states?period=2022. 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/2022/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer businesses: mining?

Texas, with 30,380 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: mining?

District of Columbia, with 9 in 2022.

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.