US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance of 51 states in 2017, at $7.31 billion. Alaska had the lowest, at $47.66 million. The median was $706.82 million and the figure for the United States was $58.38 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest7,312.1California

Lowest47.7Alaska

Median706.851 states

United States58,375.8History

Map of states, 2017

Under 180
180 to 390
390 to 710
710 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,500
1,500 and over

USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	California	7,312.1	+11.4%
2	New York	5,550.9	+2.9%
3	Texas	5,525.4	+10.4%
4	Florida	4,950.6	+23.7%
5	Illinois	2,341.2	+2.3%
6	New Jersey	2,277.6	+7.2%
7	Pennsylvania	2,198.6	+3.6%
8	Ohio	1,585.8	+6.7%
9	Massachusetts	1,514.1	+7.1%
10	Georgia	1,507.1	+7.8%
11	Michigan	1,422.7	-2.6%
12	North Carolina	1,337	+4.8%
13	Colorado	1,293.5	+9.5%
14	Connecticut	1,264.5	+2.3%
15	Virginia	1,169.3	+12.5%
16	Minnesota	1,077.3	+3.8%
17	Arizona	1,042.7	+3%
18	Tennessee	989.1	+3%
19	Maryland	962	-1.2%
20	Missouri	958.7	-0.3%
21	Louisiana	921.6	+32%
22	Washington	891.3	+6.9%
23	Wisconsin	811.3	-4.4%
24	Indiana	767.9	+4.4%
25	Nevada	728.3	+10%
26	Utah	706.8	+10.5%
27	South Carolina	593.1	+3.1%
28	Iowa	561.1	+6.3%
29	Oklahoma	558.7	+10.6%
30	Kansas	548.1	+5.2%
31	Alabama	527.9	+7.2%
32	Oregon	515.9	+5.8%
33	Mississippi	431.4	+15.6%
34	Kentucky	413	+3.7%
35	Nebraska	353.5	+1%
36	Arkansas	346.1	+7.1%
37	Delaware	269.9	+0.6%
38	New Hampshire	267.9	-0.1%
39	Idaho	255.7	+16.5%
40	North Dakota	200.3	+12.1%
41	Hawaii	199	-19.8%
42	Rhode Island	184.6	+34.7%
43	South Dakota	177.4	+3.9%
44	New Mexico	170.6	-9.9%
45	Maine	126.8	-0.5%
46	Montana	124.7	+3.2%
47	Wyoming	119.1	+7.1%
48	West Virginia	107.7	+12.9%
49	District of Columbia	88.4	+2.7%
50	Vermont	79.9	+7.3%
51	Alaska	47.7	-21.3%

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/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). 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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/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, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. 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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2019) 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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2017/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2017}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2017. 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/2017/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance?

California, with $7.31 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Alaska, with $47.66 million in 2017.

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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.