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 2017, at $7.9 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $47.5 million. The median was $384.57 million and the figure for the United States was $37.4 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest7,899.6California

Lowest47.5North Dakota

Median384.651 states

United States37,395.8History

Map of states, 2017

Under 120
120 to 180
180 to 380
380 to 620
620 to 920
920 and over

USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	California	7,899.6	+4.7%
2	New York	4,640.8	+4.4%
3	Florida	2,772.6	+16.6%
4	Texas	2,277.7	+8.5%
5	Tennessee	1,267.6	+9.2%
6	Illinois	1,172.6	+4.6%
7	New Jersey	1,167.5	+1.5%
8	Pennsylvania	1,083.6	+6.7%
9	Georgia	943.6	+7.3%
10	Massachusetts	875.2	+5.7%
11	Ohio	842.9	+6.3%
12	North Carolina	805	+3.6%
13	Michigan	779.9	+1.4%
14	Nevada	722.5	+2.7%
15	Virginia	668.4	+4.4%
16	Colorado	663.1	+6.6%
17	Washington	649.2	+6.8%
18	Arizona	600.7	+3.5%
19	Minnesota	587	+5.9%
20	Maryland	581.6	+0.6%
21	Connecticut	469.3	+3.6%
22	Oregon	447.2	+6.8%
23	Missouri	407.6	+5.2%
24	Louisiana	396	+0.4%
25	Indiana	387.9	+4.6%
26	Wisconsin	384.6	+5.4%
27	South Carolina	338.6	+3.3%
28	Kentucky	286.3	+3.4%
29	Utah	279.1	+1.3%
30	Oklahoma	265.7	+4.9%
31	Alabama	247.6	+2.6%
32	Hawaii	204	+1.1%
33	New Mexico	178.8	+5.7%
34	Kansas	178.8	+2.3%
35	Iowa	176.6	+4.7%
36	New Hampshire	159.5	+2.4%
37	Arkansas	141.8	+10.2%
38	District of Columbia	139	+1%
39	Maine	138.6	-2.2%
40	Mississippi	134	+6.3%
41	Delaware	132.1	+11.4%
42	Idaho	123.6	+2.8%
43	Rhode Island	113.8	+2.7%
44	Nebraska	113.6	+2.3%
45	Montana	112.3	-1.2%
46	Vermont	89.2	-0.2%
47	West Virginia	84.3	+4.1%
48	Wyoming	76.1	+19.1%
49	Alaska	71.9	+1.4%
50	South Dakota	69.2	+7.3%
51	North Dakota	47.5	+6.6%

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/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). 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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/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, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. 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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2019) 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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

California, with $7.9 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with $47.5 million in 2017.

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