US states by nonemployer business receipts: educational services

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services of 51 states in 2019, at $2.02 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $15.87 million. The median was $146.8 million and the figure for the United States was $13.52 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,021.4California

Lowest15.9North Dakota

Median146.851 states

United States13,519.1History

Map of states, 2019

Under 50
50 to 80
80 to 150
150 to 240
240 to 420
420 and over

USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 USD million	Change on 2018
1	California	2,021.4	+12%
2	Texas	1,119.2	+16.8%
3	New York	1,074.8	+8.1%
4	Florida	1,006.5	+16.3%
5	New Jersey	524.6	+12.1%
6	Pennsylvania	489.1	+15.4%
7	Illinois	459.8	+9%
8	Massachusetts	441.7	+11.7%
9	Georgia	426.7	+18.3%
10	North Carolina	394.5	+17.1%
11	Virginia	389	+12.9%
12	Ohio	356.2	+11.2%
13	Michigan	347.4	+11.5%
14	Washington	328.7	+15.5%
15	Maryland	318	+12.7%
16	Colorado	307.3	+17.6%
17	Arizona	278	+23.5%
18	Tennessee	225.8	+19.4%
19	Connecticut	217.1	+11.8%
20	Minnesota	202.6	+8.1%
21	Indiana	177.1	+10.6%
22	Oregon	172	+18.2%
23	Missouri	164.7	+14.3%
24	South Carolina	164.5	+22.6%
25	Utah	159.2	+12.7%
26	Wisconsin	146.8	+15.7%
27	Louisiana	133.6	+14.5%
28	Alabama	122.5	+16.1%
29	Nevada	111.9	+19.6%
30	Kentucky	103.1	+9.1%
31	Oklahoma	95.8	+17.2%
32	Kansas	85.3	+23%
33	New Hampshire	78.4	+13.9%
34	New Mexico	75.6	+13.2%
35	Hawaii	74	+19.8%
36	Mississippi	70.5	+18.7%
37	Iowa	70.1	+15.6%
38	Arkansas	69.2	+17.8%
39	Idaho	66.7	+16%
40	Maine	61.6	+24.7%
41	District of Columbia	50.1	+0.7%
42	Rhode Island	47.3	+16.6%
43	Nebraska	45.7	+12.8%
44	Delaware	44.5	+12%
45	Vermont	39.4	+13.1%
46	Montana	35.8	+24.3%
47	West Virginia	32.6	+12.9%
48	Alaska	29.6	+4.3%
49	Wyoming	26.1	+6.2%
50	South Dakota	21.3	+13.6%
51	North Dakota	15.9	+15.4%

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/2019/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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/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, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 8 Oct. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2019/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2019.

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

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-educational-services/us-states?period=2019. 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/2019/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: educational services?

California, with $2.02 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

North Dakota, with $15.87 million in 2019.

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.