US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management of 51 states in 2015, at $6.59 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $65.6 million. The median was $553.57 million and the figure for the United States was $46.39 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,591.6California

Lowest65.6North Dakota

Median553.651 states

United States46,392.9History

Map of states, 2015

Under 130
130 to 290
290 to 550
550 to 740
740 to 1,300
1,300 and over

USD million, 2015. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	6,591.6	+1.8%
2	Florida	5,040.9	+4.5%
3	Texas	4,978.5	+3.7%
4	New York	2,432.3	+2%
5	Georgia	1,937.2	+3.1%
6	Illinois	1,534.1	+0.3%
7	North Carolina	1,443.3	+3.8%
8	Ohio	1,380.4	-0.7%
9	Pennsylvania	1,361.8	+0.5%
10	Michigan	1,291.5	+1.5%
11	New Jersey	1,277.2	+2.8%
12	Virginia	1,057.1	+2.2%
13	Tennessee	1,029.3	+4.2%
14	Massachusetts	1,021.4	+0.9%
15	Arizona	995.1	+2.9%
16	Maryland	884.6	-1.2%
17	Colorado	828.9	+2%
18	South Carolina	699	-0.5%
19	Alabama	663.7	+0.8%
20	Louisiana	657.6	-3%
21	Connecticut	653.3	+3.5%
22	Washington	648.3	+2.6%
23	Missouri	645.1	-0.5%
24	Indiana	631.7	+0.6%
25	Minnesota	596.5	+1.2%
26	Oklahoma	553.6	+0.4%
27	Kentucky	491.5	-0.2%
28	Nevada	479.3	+3.4%
29	Wisconsin	470	+0.3%
30	Mississippi	396.9	+3.7%
31	Oregon	392.7	+4.1%
32	Arkansas	355.6	+2%
33	Kansas	309.7	+2.7%
34	Utah	303.1	+2.5%
35	Iowa	260.7	+6.3%
36	Hawaii	249.3	+5.3%
37	New Hampshire	214.5	+2.1%
38	Maine	174.4	+5.5%
39	Nebraska	174.4	+6.1%
40	New Mexico	166.2	-1%
41	Idaho	162.7	+12.1%
42	Rhode Island	130.5	+3.8%
43	Delaware	129.1	+6%
44	West Virginia	127.1	-4%
45	Vermont	103.9	0%
46	Montana	101	-1.5%
47	District of Columbia	76.7	+5.2%
48	Alaska	75.7	+4.9%
49	South Dakota	74.5	-0.2%
50	Wyoming	74.2	-3.8%
51	North Dakota	65.6	-2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), 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), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/

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Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 7 July 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management?

California, with $6.59 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management?

North Dakota, with $65.6 million in 2015.

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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: receipts (RCPTOT), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.