US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services of 51 states in 2015, at $1.51 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $12.34 million. The median was $105.21 million and the figure for the United States was $9.89 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,511.6California

Lowest12.3North Dakota

Median105.251 states

United States9,892.9History

Map of states, 2015

Under 30
30 to 50
50 to 110
110 to 170
170 to 300
300 and over

USD million, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	1,511.6	+7.5%
2	New York	843.3	+7.2%
3	Texas	803	+6.4%
4	Florida	673.6	+7.2%
5	New Jersey	389.1	+5.8%
6	Pennsylvania	370.8	+5.6%
7	Illinois	366.2	+1.9%
8	Massachusetts	340.3	+3.3%
9	Georgia	301.8	+7.1%
10	Virginia	298.3	+3.9%
11	Michigan	273.2	+5.3%
12	North Carolina	271.8	+8.5%
13	Ohio	268.2	+1.7%
14	Maryland	242.6	+4.9%
15	Washington	232.1	+3.5%
16	Colorado	218.6	+3.4%
17	Arizona	181.9	+3.7%
18	Connecticut	167.7	+2.7%
19	Minnesota	165.3	+3.8%
20	Tennessee	140.5	+3.3%
21	Indiana	135.6	+6.2%
22	Oregon	117.6	+4.4%
23	Missouri	116.8	+8%
24	Wisconsin	114.3	+6.6%
25	South Carolina	108	+11%
26	Utah	105.2	+8.8%
27	Louisiana	91.6	-3.5%
28	Alabama	88.4	+4.2%
29	Kentucky	72.9	+11.2%
30	Nevada	69.4	+6.2%
31	Oklahoma	67.1	+5.5%
32	New Hampshire	59.2	+1.2%
33	New Mexico	56.6	+6.9%
34	Kansas	56.2	+1.5%
35	Iowa	50.6	+9%
36	Arkansas	49.9	+13.5%
37	Hawaii	49.2	-0.1%
38	Mississippi	47.9	+7.3%
39	District of Columbia	44.5	+3.7%
40	Idaho	42.2	+17%
41	Maine	41.9	+9.8%
42	Nebraska	34.6	+6.2%
43	Rhode Island	33.5	+7.5%
44	Vermont	31.7	+3.9%
45	Delaware	31.2	+2.4%
46	West Virginia	25.1	-0.7%
47	Montana	24	+19.7%
48	Alaska	24	-0.6%
49	Wyoming	16.5	+4.8%
50	South Dakota	15	+4.4%
51	North Dakota	12.3	+8.8%

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/2015/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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/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, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 7 July 2017, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2015. 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/2015/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services?

California, with $1.51 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with $12.34 million in 2015.

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.