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

Florida had the highest nonemployer business receipts: administrative support and waste management of 51 states in 2021, at $8.67 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $88.53 million. The median was $770.34 million and the figure for the United States was $68.09 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest8,674.7Florida

Lowest88.5District of Columbia

Median770.351 states

United States68,089.5History

Map of states, 2021

Under 190
190 to 410
410 to 770
770 to 1,200
1,200 to 1,800
1,800 and over

USD million, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	Florida	8,674.7	+13%
2	California	8,465	+5.6%
3	Texas	7,543.6	+12%
4	Georgia	3,282.8	+16.9%
5	New York	3,166.9	+13.1%
6	North Carolina	2,273.5	+9.7%
7	Illinois	1,998	+12.4%
8	Ohio	1,890.3	+14.6%
9	Pennsylvania	1,877	+13.3%
10	Michigan	1,723.5	+15.7%
11	New Jersey	1,691.2	+10.7%
12	Tennessee	1,678.4	+13.9%
13	Arizona	1,660.1	+10.3%
14	Virginia	1,505.9	+9.4%
15	Massachusetts	1,325	+13.7%
16	Colorado	1,307.6	+13.4%
17	Maryland	1,246.3	+9.4%
18	South Carolina	1,186.7	+11.9%
19	Alabama	1,048.2	+12.8%
20	Louisiana	1,026.5	+22%
21	Missouri	967.6	+11.6%
22	Washington	965.4	+12.1%
23	Indiana	921.9	+12.3%
24	Connecticut	800.9	+10.9%
25	Oklahoma	780.7	+9.6%
26	Minnesota	770.3	+12%
27	Nevada	726.6	+13.4%
28	Wisconsin	722.7	+12.5%
29	Kentucky	707.4	+12.1%
30	Mississippi	599	+15.6%
31	Oregon	574.7	+11.2%
32	Arkansas	542.1	+14.4%
33	Utah	529.1	+11.5%
34	Kansas	428.9	+11.8%
35	Iowa	381.7	+13.1%
36	Hawaii	360.6	+19.2%
37	Idaho	296.4	+15.5%
38	New Hampshire	289.4	+8.4%
39	Nebraska	265.8	+10.7%
40	Maine	253.7	+15.8%
41	Delaware	232.2	+23%
42	New Mexico	228.4	+8.8%
43	Montana	174.9	+16.4%
44	West Virginia	164.5	+14.7%
45	Rhode Island	161.1	+8.7%
46	Vermont	144	+16.6%
47	Wyoming	136	+8.1%
48	South Dakota	111.4	+7.9%
49	Alaska	102.9	+16.6%
50	North Dakota	89.5	+0.5%
51	District of Columbia	88.5	+2.6%

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/2021/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 Mar. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2021/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-administrative-support/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Florida, with $8.67 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

District of Columbia, with $88.53 million in 2021.

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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.