US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 2024

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services of 51 states in 2024, at $2.29 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $22.46 million. The median was $192.11 million and the figure for the United States was $17.33 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,290.1California

Lowest22.5North Dakota

Median192.151 states

United States17,334.3History

Map of states, 2024

Under 60
60 to 100
100 to 190
190 to 320
320 to 520
520 and over

USD million, 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 USD million	Change on 2023
1	California	2,290.1	+5.8%
2	Florida	1,489.6	+9.9%
3	Texas	1,487.2	+7%
4	New York	1,456.6	+6%
5	New Jersey	674.1	+4.8%
6	Pennsylvania	590.1	+3.9%
7	Illinois	580.2	+4.9%
8	Georgia	554.4	+7.3%
9	Massachusetts	523	+6.8%
10	North Carolina	509.6	+5.1%
11	Virginia	490.7	+3.8%
12	Ohio	442.9	+3.3%
13	Michigan	437.3	+3.1%
14	Colorado	405.6	+3.8%
15	Washington	396.9	+3.1%
16	Maryland	391.3	+4.5%
17	Arizona	376.8	+6.8%
18	Tennessee	297.7	-0%
19	Connecticut	270.7	+5.7%
20	Minnesota	257.3	+7.4%
21	Indiana	231	+5.8%
22	South Carolina	228.9	+11.2%
23	Oregon	207.6	+4.2%
24	Missouri	207.3	+2.4%
25	Utah	203.3	+4.4%
26	Wisconsin	192.1	+5.5%
27	Louisiana	168	+7.5%
28	Alabama	166.5	+7.7%
29	Nevada	156.5	+4.5%
30	Kentucky	128.5	+6.9%
31	Oklahoma	123.9	+8.4%
32	Kansas	106.3	+9.1%
33	Mississippi	102.9	+13.8%
34	Idaho	96.1	+7.9%
35	New Mexico	95.5	+2.5%
36	Hawaii	94.3	+8.9%
37	Delaware	94.1	+18.7%
38	New Hampshire	94.1	+9%
39	Arkansas	86.3	+3.5%
40	Iowa	81.9	-2.9%
41	Maine	70.5	+1.2%
42	District of Columbia	63.7	-4.2%
43	Nebraska	61.5	+5.5%
44	Rhode Island	61.3	-0.3%
45	Wyoming	56.8	+25.7%
46	Montana	50.6	+1.7%
47	Vermont	49.4	+4.5%
48	West Virginia	40.8	+5%
49	Alaska	40.7	+10.7%
50	South Dakota	29.5	+3.6%
51	North Dakota	22.5	+3.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in educational services (NAICS 61), 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), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Sept. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services?

California, with $2.29 billion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: educational services?

North Dakota, with $22.46 million in 2024.

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), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.