US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services of 51 states in 2014, at $1.41 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $11.35 million. The median was $96.7 million and the figure for the United States was $9.35 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,406.7California

Lowest11.3North Dakota

Median96.751 states

United States9,354.9History

Map of states, 2014

Under 30
30 to 50
50 to 100
100 to 170
170 to 290
290 and over

USD million, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 USD million	Change on 2013
1	California	1,406.7	+8.7%
2	New York	786.3	+8.2%
3	Texas	754.6	+9.6%
4	Florida	628.4	+8%
5	New Jersey	367.9	+5.3%
6	Illinois	359.4	+7.7%
7	Pennsylvania	351	+6.5%
8	Massachusetts	329.3	+7.6%
9	Virginia	287.2	+7.6%
10	Georgia	281.7	+11%
11	Ohio	263.7	+8.1%
12	Michigan	259.4	+1.2%
13	North Carolina	250.4	+4.8%
14	Maryland	231.4	+5.2%
15	Washington	224.3	+11.6%
16	Colorado	211.3	+6.8%
17	Arizona	175.5	+14.6%
18	Connecticut	163.3	+5.4%
19	Minnesota	159.2	+4.7%
20	Tennessee	136	+9%
21	Indiana	127.6	+10%
22	Oregon	112.7	+6.4%
23	Missouri	108.1	+7.2%
24	Wisconsin	107.2	+5.5%
25	South Carolina	97.3	+7.8%
26	Utah	96.7	+12.3%
27	Louisiana	94.9	+12.2%
28	Alabama	84.8	+4.6%
29	Kentucky	65.6	-1.1%
30	Nevada	65.3	+17.5%
31	Oklahoma	63.6	+7.3%
32	New Hampshire	58.5	+3.6%
33	Kansas	55.4	+2.9%
34	New Mexico	52.9	+4.8%
35	Hawaii	49.3	+11%
36	Iowa	46.4	+5.6%
37	Mississippi	44.6	-1.7%
38	Arkansas	44	-3.1%
39	District of Columbia	42.9	+8%
40	Maine	38.2	+6.5%
41	Idaho	36.1	+10%
42	Nebraska	32.6	+7.3%
43	Rhode Island	31.1	+6.9%
44	Vermont	30.5	+2.8%
45	Delaware	30.5	+9.6%
46	West Virginia	25.3	+10.3%
47	Alaska	24.1	+11.4%
48	Montana	20.1	+4%
49	Wyoming	15.7	+29.7%
50	South Dakota	14.4	+5.6%
51	North Dakota	11.3	+13%

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/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), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 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), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services, 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-educational-services/us-states?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. 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, 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-educational-services/us-states?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) 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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2014/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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, 2014}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2014. 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/2014/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

California, with $1.41 billion in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with $11.35 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), educational services (NAICS 61), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.