# US states by nonemployer businesses: utilities, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_utilities`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in utilities (NAICS 22), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-utilities/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 2,323 |
| 2 | Florida | 2,081 |
| 3 | New York | 1,947 |
| 4 | California | 1,642 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 956 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 818 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 720 |
| 8 | Georgia | 548 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 488 |
| 10 | Illinois | 431 |
| 11 | Ohio | 404 |
| 12 | Colorado | 373 |
| 13 | Maryland | 372 |
| 14 | Arizona | 369 |
| 15 | Washington | 352 |
| 16 | Virginia | 325 |
| 17 | Indiana | 314 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 287 |
| 19 | Utah | 274 |
| 20 | Michigan | 269 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 267 |
| 22 | Missouri | 252 |
| 23 | Connecticut | 238 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | 221 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 212 |
| 26 | Mississippi | 208 |
| 27 | Iowa | 207 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 203 |
| 29 | Hawaii | 191 |
| 30 | Alabama | 189 |
| 31 | Vermont | 187 |
| 32 | Oregon | 176 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 173 |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 170 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 156 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 154 |
| 37 | Idaho | 153 |
| 38 | Kansas | 130 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 107 |
| 40 | Nevada | 102 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 87 |
| 42 | Montana | 84 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 78 |
| 44 | Maine | 77 |
| 45 | Delaware | 66 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 64 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 58 |
| 48 | Nebraska | 56 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 49 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 40 |
| 51 | Alaska | 37 |