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 2020, at $7.44 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $52.72 million. The median was $350.42 million and the figure for the United States was $35.41 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest7,444.3California

Lowest52.7North Dakota

Median350.451 states

United States35,411.1History

Map of states, 2020

Under 130
130 to 160
160 to 350
350 to 630
630 to 910
910 and over

USD million, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 USD million	Change on 2019
1	California	7,444.3	-17.3%
2	New York	3,898.7	-21.8%
3	Florida	2,982.9	-12.8%
4	Texas	2,328.6	-15.8%
5	Tennessee	1,349.5	-9.9%
6	New Jersey	1,021	-23.8%
7	Georgia	993.9	-13.3%
8	Pennsylvania	962.1	-19.2%
9	Illinois	936.5	-23%
10	North Carolina	852.2	-15.7%
11	Ohio	788.4	-18.5%
12	Massachusetts	722.6	-22.1%
13	Nevada	674.7	-17.9%
14	Michigan	672.2	-23.7%
15	Virginia	658.8	-15.8%
16	Arizona	629.9	-16.4%
17	Washington	629.2	-17.3%
18	Colorado	626.6	-20.2%
19	Maryland	528.2	-20.2%
20	Minnesota	482.9	-23.9%
21	Oregon	433.2	-17%
22	Connecticut	427.5	-20.3%
23	Missouri	379.8	-12.4%
24	South Carolina	370.8	-9.7%
25	Indiana	351.2	-16.5%
26	Louisiana	350.4	-23.3%
27	Wisconsin	348.8	-20.2%
28	Oklahoma	310.9	-13.6%
29	Utah	302	-7.8%
30	Kentucky	262.9	-15.2%
31	Alabama	261.3	-12%
32	Kansas	175.6	-18%
33	Iowa	165	-15.4%
34	New Mexico	160.6	-21.7%
35	Arkansas	158.7	-9.5%
36	Hawaii	148.6	-37.3%
37	Idaho	141.7	-12.3%
38	New Hampshire	141.3	-21.6%
39	Montana	140	-8.8%
40	Maine	139.3	-15.8%
41	Delaware	136.6	-17.4%
42	District of Columbia	132.4	-12.2%
43	Mississippi	130.4	-16.6%
44	Nebraska	112.5	-13%
45	Vermont	102.9	+0.9%
46	Rhode Island	95.3	-29.1%
47	Wyoming	81.6	-20.3%
48	South Dakota	78.7	-2.4%
49	West Virginia	73.7	-18.2%
50	Alaska	61.7	-23.5%
51	North Dakota	52.7	-6.2%

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

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2020/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, 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-arts-entertainment/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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: arts, entertainment and recreation, 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-arts-entertainment/us-states?period=2020.

Harvard

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

BibTeX

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

California, with $7.44 billion in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with $52.72 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), arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.