US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance of 51 states in 2015, at $6.99 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $64.81 million. The median was $611.86 million and the figure for the United States was $55.33 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,987.5California

Lowest64.8Alaska

Median611.951 states

United States55,328.6History

Map of states, 2015

Under 180
180 to 360
360 to 610
610 to 950
950 to 1,500
1,500 and over

USD million, 2015. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	6,987.5	+4.5%
2	Texas	5,378.6	-1.4%
3	New York	5,053.3	-3.3%
4	Florida	4,577.6	+3.9%
5	Illinois	2,257.7	-0.6%
6	New Jersey	2,257.6	-1.9%
7	Pennsylvania	2,155.9	-0.1%
8	Georgia	1,555	+6.7%
9	Ohio	1,519.9	-2%
10	Massachusetts	1,429.2	+1.4%
11	Michigan	1,394.7	+3.4%
12	North Carolina	1,272.1	+2.8%
13	Connecticut	1,216.5	+5.9%
14	Colorado	1,198.8	-0.6%
15	Virginia	1,063.1	-0.1%
16	Minnesota	1,040.2	+3.4%
17	Arizona	1,018.2	-2%
18	Tennessee	912.9	+1.9%
19	Maryland	886.3	+2.3%
20	Missouri	852.1	-2.1%
21	Washington	814.7	+2.3%
22	Wisconsin	767.6	+0.8%
23	Nevada	759.4	+34.9%
24	Indiana	742.9	+3.1%
25	Louisiana	671.9	-3%
26	Utah	611.9	+0.5%
27	South Carolina	571.2	+1.7%
28	Oregon	543.2	+15.6%
29	Kansas	534.3	-0.5%
30	Oklahoma	524.8	-4.2%
31	Iowa	521.9	-7.5%
32	Alabama	472.9	-2%
33	Kentucky	412.3	+0.7%
34	Mississippi	365.3	+3.8%
35	Arkansas	351.9	-8.7%
36	Nebraska	346.8	+3%
37	New Hampshire	253.9	-4.7%
38	Delaware	234.8	+12.1%
39	Idaho	228.3	+3.8%
40	North Dakota	204.9	-18.3%
41	Hawaii	191.4	+3.8%
42	South Dakota	182.7	-8.1%
43	New Mexico	172.8	-2%
44	Rhode Island	141.2	-1.1%
45	Maine	125.3	-13.6%
46	Montana	123.6	-5.1%
47	West Virginia	106.3	+0.2%
48	Wyoming	99.8	-0.1%
49	District of Columbia	86.1	+5.5%
50	Vermont	72.9	+1.3%
51	Alaska	64.8	-0.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in finance and insurance (NAICS 52), 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance, 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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance, 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-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance, 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-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2017) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_us_states_by_nonemployer_2015,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes: US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance, 2015}},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2015/historical-datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2015. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), 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: finance and insurance?

California, with $6.99 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance?

Alaska, with $64.81 million in 2015.

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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), finance and insurance (NAICS 52), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.