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 2020, at $8.01 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $86.25 million. The median was $688.08 million and the figure for the United States was $60.88 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8,014.2California

Lowest86.2District of Columbia

Median688.151 states

United States60,882History

Map of states, 2020

Under 160
160 to 370
370 to 690
690 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,600
1,600 and over

USD million, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 USD million	Change on 2019
1	California	8,014.2	-8.4%
2	Florida	7,674.6	+3.9%
3	Texas	6,735.1	-1.2%
4	Georgia	2,807.5	+4.8%
5	New York	2,800.7	-12.1%
6	North Carolina	2,072.3	+1.9%
7	Illinois	1,777.1	-4.1%
8	Pennsylvania	1,656.7	-6.5%
9	Ohio	1,649.8	-4.8%
10	New Jersey	1,528.3	-5.9%
11	Arizona	1,504.5	+2.4%
12	Michigan	1,489.8	-9.6%
13	Tennessee	1,473	+1.9%
14	Virginia	1,376.5	-1.5%
15	Massachusetts	1,165.7	-9.2%
16	Colorado	1,153.1	-1.4%
17	Maryland	1,139	-2.8%
18	South Carolina	1,060.9	+5.1%
19	Alabama	929.4	+2%
20	Missouri	867.3	+0.5%
21	Washington	860.9	-6.1%
22	Louisiana	841.6	-5.2%
23	Indiana	820.9	-1.3%
24	Connecticut	721.9	-5.1%
25	Oklahoma	712.2	-0.5%
26	Minnesota	688.1	-7.8%
27	Wisconsin	642.6	-3.1%
28	Nevada	640.5	-4.8%
29	Kentucky	631.3	-2.2%
30	Mississippi	518	-2.6%
31	Oregon	517.1	-3.9%
32	Utah	474.4	+4.1%
33	Arkansas	473.9	-1.8%
34	Kansas	383.5	-0.9%
35	Iowa	337.5	-1.2%
36	Hawaii	302.6	-17.4%
37	New Hampshire	266.9	-2.3%
38	Idaho	256.7	+1.4%
39	Nebraska	240	+0.5%
40	Maine	219.1	-1.5%
41	New Mexico	210.1	-6%
42	Delaware	188.8	+5.6%
43	Montana	150.3	+1.9%
44	Rhode Island	148.2	-7.5%
45	West Virginia	143.4	-5.6%
46	Wyoming	125.9	+8.1%
47	Vermont	123.5	-9.2%
48	South Dakota	103.2	-3.9%
49	North Dakota	89.1	-4.5%
50	Alaska	88.3	-6.5%
51	District of Columbia	86.2	-14.3%

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/2020/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 17 Aug. 2023, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2023. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2023) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with $8.01 billion in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with $86.25 million in 2020.

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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.