US states by nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance of 51 states in 2018, at $7.61 billion. Vermont had the lowest, at $75.22 million. The median was $710.33 million and the figure for the United States was $63.41 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest7,613.8California

Lowest75.2Vermont

Median710.351 states

United States63,410.4History

Map of states, 2018

Under 210
210 to 420
420 to 710
710 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,700
1,700 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California Series break	7,613.8	+4.1%
2	Texas Series break	6,314.9	+14.3%
3	New York Series break	6,137.3	+10.6%
4	Florida Series break	5,563.5	+12.4%
5	Illinois Series break	2,508.6	+7.2%
6	New Jersey Series break	2,419.4	+6.2%
7	Pennsylvania Series break	2,377.6	+8.1%
8	Georgia Series break	1,808.6	+20%
9	Ohio Series break	1,704.3	+7.5%
10	Massachusetts Series break	1,658.8	+9.6%
11	Michigan Series break	1,538	+8.1%
12	North Carolina Series break	1,525.8	+14.1%
13	Connecticut Series break	1,351.2	+6.9%
14	Colorado Series break	1,347.9	+4.2%
15	Minnesota Series break	1,150.6	+6.8%
16	Virginia Series break	1,148.6	-1.8%
17	Arizona Series break	1,107.8	+6.2%
18	Washington Series break	1,028.9	+15.4%
19	Tennessee Series break	1,014.5	+2.6%
20	Missouri Series break	1,000.5	+4.4%
21	Maryland Series break	999.6	+3.9%
22	Louisiana Series break	871.6	-5.4%
23	Wisconsin Series break	860.4	+6.1%
24	Indiana Series break	826.7	+7.6%
25	Utah Series break	809.1	+14.5%
26	Nevada Series break	710.3	-2.5%
27	South Carolina Series break	643.4	+8.5%
28	Oklahoma Series break	616.5	+10.3%
29	Oregon Series break	582.4	+12.9%
30	Iowa Series break	561.2	0%
31	Kansas Series break	546.9	-0.2%
32	Alabama Series break	531.7	+0.7%
33	Kentucky Series break	491.1	+18.9%
34	Mississippi Series break	444.2	+3%
35	Nebraska Series break	376.9	+6.6%
36	Arkansas Series break	341.2	-1.4%
37	New Hampshire Series break	330.9	+23.5%
38	Delaware Series break	302.8	+12.2%
39	Idaho Series break	262.5	+2.7%
40	South Dakota Series break	242.5	+36.7%
41	North Dakota Series break	239.8	+19.8%
42	Hawaii Series break	233	+17.1%
43	Rhode Island Series break	200.9	+8.8%
44	District of Columbia Series break	180.8	+104.7%
45	New Mexico Series break	169.6	-0.6%
46	Maine Series break	142.8	+12.5%
47	Wyoming Series break	133.2	+11.8%
48	Montana Series break	130	+4.2%
49	Alaska Series break	127.4	+167.3%
50	West Virginia Series break	105.1	-2.5%
51	Vermont Series break	75.2	-5.8%

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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 21 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-finance-insurance/us-states?period=2018. 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/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: finance and insurance?

California, with $7.61 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Vermont, with $75.22 million in 2018.

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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.