US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing

California had the highest nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing of 51 states in 2022, at 512,257. Vermont had the lowest, at 2,508. The median was 36,726 and the figure for the United States was 3.85 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest512,257California

Lowest2,508Vermont

Median36,72651 states

United States3,854,720History

Map of states, 2022

Under 8,000
8,000 to 21K
21K to 37K
37K to 66K
66K to 110K
110K and over

count, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), 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), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	California Series break	512,257	+3.2%
2	Florida Series break	405,900	+8.5%
3	Texas Series break	395,684	+8.3%
4	New York Series break	302,511	+8.7%
5	Illinois Series break	191,944	+10.1%
6	Georgia Series break	147,534	+10.7%
7	New Jersey Series break	138,992	+10.4%
8	Ohio Series break	122,482	+5.9%
9	Pennsylvania Series break	119,914	+3.8%
10	Virginia Series break	99,301	+5.5%
11	North Carolina Series break	97,990	+10.1%
12	Michigan Series break	89,128	+4.3%
13	Maryland Series break	88,039	+6.7%
14	Massachusetts Series break	82,722	+16%
15	Washington Series break	78,594	+4.5%
16	Arizona Series break	73,320	+3.6%
17	Tennessee Series break	66,543	+7.5%
18	Indiana Series break	65,344	+6.9%
19	Colorado Series break	64,555	+4.1%
20	Minnesota Series break	61,513	+4.3%
21	Missouri Series break	54,355	+6.5%
22	South Carolina Series break	47,124	+7.2%
23	Nevada Series break	46,453	+9.8%
24	Louisiana Series break	40,857	+11.1%
25	Wisconsin Series break	40,140	+11.2%
26	Kentucky Series break	36,726	+5.7%
27	Alabama Series break	33,996	+7.1%
28	Oregon Series break	33,830	-2.1%
29	Connecticut Series break	32,951	+6.6%
30	Oklahoma Series break	29,463	+3.5%
31	Utah Series break	26,999	+11.5%
32	Mississippi Series break	22,788	+8.8%
33	Iowa Series break	22,213	+8.4%
34	Arkansas Series break	20,798	+9.1%
35	Kansas Series break	20,247	+5%
36	Nebraska Series break	15,899	+4.7%
37	Idaho Series break	13,967	+2.8%
38	New Mexico Series break	13,900	+6.2%
39	Rhode Island Series break	13,059	+14.7%
40	Delaware Series break	11,481	+0.2%
41	Hawaii Series break	11,022	+7.7%
42	West Virginia Series break	8,769	+4.4%
43	District of Columbia Series break	8,017	+11%
44	New Hampshire Series break	7,443	+0.8%
45	Maine Series break	7,103	+8.3%
46	Montana Series break	6,365	+1.8%
47	Alaska Series break	6,312	+4.9%
48	South Dakota Series break	6,017	+4.7%
49	North Dakota Series break	5,852	+7.1%
50	Wyoming Series break	3,799	+5.4%
51	Vermont Series break	2,508	+3.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of businesses without paid employees in transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), 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), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), 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), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms (US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing, 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), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing, 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-transportation-warehousing/us-states?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing, 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-transportation-warehousing/us-states?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms, US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2022/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-transportation-warehousing/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms: US states by nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing, 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-transportation-warehousing/us-states?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), 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: transportation and warehousing?

California, with 512,257 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer businesses: transportation and warehousing?

Vermont, with 2,508 in 2022.

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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), transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12.