US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation of 51 states in 2014, at $6.98 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $41.47 million. The median was $328.74 million and the figure for the United States was $33.31 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,984.4California

Lowest41.5North Dakota

Median328.751 states

United States33,307.8History

Map of states, 2014

Under 100
100 to 160
160 to 330
330 to 560
560 to 830
830 and over

USD million, 2014. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), 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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	6,984.4	+8.3%
2	New York	4,331.7	+7%
3	Florida	2,424.6	+9.2%
4	Texas	2,041.6	+10.2%
5	Illinois	1,035.8	+6.6%
6	Tennessee	1,028.9	+14.8%
7	New Jersey	1,020.1	+6.6%
8	Pennsylvania	952.5	+5.2%
9	Georgia	849.3	+11.1%
10	Massachusetts	797.5	+4.1%
11	Ohio	724.7	+8.1%
12	North Carolina	718.8	+8.9%
13	Michigan	686.5	+2.2%
14	Nevada	683.1	+8.6%
15	Washington	585.3	+9.7%
16	Colorado	585.1	+12.2%
17	Virginia	579.8	+7.6%
18	Maryland	548.4	+6%
19	Arizona	533.6	+7.1%
20	Minnesota	494.7	+4%
21	Connecticut	440.4	+2.7%
22	Louisiana	375.6	+5.3%
23	Oregon	374.4	+8%
24	Missouri	360.3	+2.9%
25	Wisconsin	359.9	+7%
26	Indiana	328.7	+3.8%
27	South Carolina	282.4	+7.3%
28	Kentucky	262.4	+5.9%
29	Oklahoma	253.4	+15.9%
30	Utah	251.6	+12.6%
31	Alabama	215.4	+2%
32	Hawaii	177.6	+5.1%
33	New Hampshire	163.2	+9.3%
34	New Mexico	161.5	+0.2%
35	Kansas	156.1	+12%
36	Iowa	153	+1.5%
37	Maine	129.7	+8.5%
38	District of Columbia	120	+8.4%
39	Arkansas	119.5	+8.9%
40	Mississippi	112.7	+4.3%
41	Montana	109.9	+11%
42	Idaho	103.4	+9.4%
43	Rhode Island	99.7	+2.5%
44	Delaware	99.6	+11.5%
45	Nebraska	93.1	+0.1%
46	Vermont	87.4	+8%
47	West Virginia	79.1	+0.7%
48	Alaska	72.3	+15%
49	South Dakota	60.9	+20.6%
50	Wyoming	56.4	+18.3%
51	North Dakota	41.5	+36.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), 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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), 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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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation, 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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation, 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-arts-entertainment/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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation, 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-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation?

California, with $6.98 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation?

North Dakota, with $41.47 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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.