US states by nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services of 51 states in 2014, at $2.21 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $28.97 million. The median was $187.2 million and the figure for the United States was $16.2 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,206.8California

Lowest29Wyoming

Median187.251 states

United States16,197History

Map of states, 2014

Under 60
60 to 110
110 to 190
190 to 270
270 to 460
460 and over

USD million, 2014. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2014

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	2,206.8	+6.2%
2	Florida	1,816	+6.7%
3	Texas	1,772.6	+7.8%
4	New York	972.1	+5.3%
5	Pennsylvania	616.2	+4%
6	New Jersey	520.4	+7.1%
7	Illinois	497.6	+4.7%
8	Georgia	472	+7.1%
9	Ohio	466.8	+5.5%
10	Michigan	457.4	+6.5%
11	North Carolina	360.1	+8.1%
12	Louisiana	356	+2.4%
13	Wisconsin	313.8	+0.6%
14	Tennessee	305.4	+8.4%
15	Virginia	291.4	+10.3%
16	Maryland	286.4	+9.1%
17	Arizona	283.3	+3.8%
18	Massachusetts	266.6	+6.2%
19	Colorado	249.9	+5.1%
20	Washington	239.3	+10.9%
21	Alabama	221.9	+5.5%
22	Missouri	217.2	-2.8%
23	South Carolina	213.9	+5.1%
24	Indiana	202.2	+13%
25	Minnesota	189.9	-1.5%
26	Oklahoma	187.2	+9%
27	Oregon	184.6	+9.4%
28	Connecticut	181.2	+0.1%
29	Arkansas	140.9	-0.3%
30	Nevada	134.2	+11.6%
31	Mississippi	132.6	+8.1%
32	Kentucky	131.2	-5.2%
33	Hawaii	122.1	+0.8%
34	Iowa	116.9	+10.7%
35	Utah	105.3	+8.2%
36	Kansas	97.2	+1.9%
37	New Hampshire	87.5	+9.9%
38	New Mexico	81.7	+2.3%
39	Nebraska	77.3	-4.5%
40	Maine	71.5	-4.2%
41	Montana	71	+3.8%
42	Alaska	70.8	+3.2%
43	Delaware	61.3	+20.7%
44	Idaho	61	+14.1%
45	West Virginia	59.8	+2.2%
46	Rhode Island	49.7	-7.1%
47	Vermont	47.2	+9.9%
48	South Dakota	36.1	+1.3%
49	District of Columbia	34	-0.6%
50	North Dakota	30.4	+0.6%
51	Wyoming	29	+4.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), in millions of current US dollars, 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. Receipts are published in thousands of dollars with noise added to protect individual businesses, and are not adjusted for inflation.

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: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 6 June 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2014.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services?

California, with $2.21 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: accommodation and food services?

Wyoming, with $28.97 million in 2014.

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: receipts (RCPTOT), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.