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 2019, at $2.79 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $40.43 million. The median was $218.41 million and the figure for the United States was $19.48 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,790.7California

Lowest40.4Wyoming

Median218.451 states

United States19,481History

Map of states, 2019

Under 80
80 to 150
150 to 220
220 to 340
340 to 510
510 and over

USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 USD million	Change on 2018
1	California	2,790.7	+3%
2	Texas	2,278.2	+5.9%
3	Florida	1,937.1	+2.7%
4	New York	1,144.1	+4.5%
5	Pennsylvania	682.8	+2.9%
6	New Jersey	626	+3.7%
7	Georgia	619.6	+10.3%
8	Illinois	597.4	+7%
9	Ohio	538.6	+0.3%
10	North Carolina	464.4	+3.9%
11	Michigan	451.6	+2.4%
12	Tennessee	385.8	+6.4%
13	Virginia	369.8	+6.7%
14	Louisiana	365.2	+6.9%
15	Arizona	359.6	+7.9%
16	Massachusetts	345.6	+3.4%
17	Wisconsin	345	+1.3%
18	Colorado	338.4	+0.9%
19	Washington	326.4	+3.4%
20	Maryland	307.9	+2%
21	South Carolina	275.5	+1.3%
22	Oregon	265.9	+5.2%
23	Missouri	261.5	+3%
24	Alabama	247.7	+2.1%
25	Indiana	243.8	+3.9%
26	Minnesota	218.4	-0.7%
27	Oklahoma	217.4	+4.1%
28	Connecticut	203.4	+0.7%
29	Nevada	194.6	+7.9%
30	Utah	174.6	+9%
31	Arkansas	166.8	+4.8%
32	Kentucky	166.2	+9%
33	Hawaii	153.4	+3.4%
34	Mississippi	150.7	+6.3%
35	Iowa	135.8	+4.1%
36	Kansas	120.9	-0.9%
37	New Mexico	103.4	+7.9%
38	Montana	103.2	+3.1%
39	Maine	88.6	-1.9%
40	New Hampshire	84.8	-7.6%
41	Idaho	79.2	+3.5%
42	Nebraska	77.8	+0.5%
43	Alaska	76.5	-4.2%
44	Delaware	61.7	+1.1%
45	Rhode Island	60.4	+5.7%
46	West Virginia	59.3	+5.5%
47	South Dakota	47.3	+2.5%
48	Vermont	44.5	-0.6%
49	District of Columbia	42.3	-2.5%
50	North Dakota	40.9	+13.5%
51	Wyoming	40.4	-6.4%

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/2019/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/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, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 8 Oct. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2019.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-accommodation-food-services/us-states?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

California, with $2.79 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Wyoming, with $40.43 million in 2019.

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.