US states by nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance
California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance of 51 states in 2018, at $10.95 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $129.01 million. The median was $745.85 million and the figure for the United States was $71.68 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of states, 2018
- Under 200
- 200 to 500
- 500 to 700
- 700 to 1,300
- 1,300 to 2,000
- 2,000 and over
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Series break | 10,954.3 | +6.1% |
| 2 | Florida Series break | 6,448.6 | +9.5% |
| 3 | New York Series break | 6,227.9 | +3% |
| 4 | Texas Series break | 6,192.9 | +3.9% |
| 5 | Illinois Series break | 2,607.6 | +1.7% |
| 6 | New Jersey Series break | 2,481.9 | +3.5% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania Series break | 2,258.3 | +5.7% |
| 8 | Georgia Series break | 2,001.7 | +4.8% |
| 9 | Michigan Series break | 1,991 | +4.2% |
| 10 | Ohio Series break | 1,953.3 | +4.9% |
| 11 | Massachusetts Series break | 1,884.6 | +5.2% |
| 12 | Maryland Series break | 1,719.2 | +4.2% |
| 13 | North Carolina Series break | 1,583.4 | +9.6% |
| 14 | Arizona Series break | 1,572.4 | +4.2% |
| 15 | Tennessee Series break | 1,495.3 | +4.1% |
| 16 | Virginia Series break | 1,458.4 | +7.8% |
| 17 | Washington Series break | 1,417.9 | +6.9% |
| 18 | Colorado Series break | 1,260.5 | +7.9% |
| 19 | Louisiana Series break | 1,188.4 | +5.5% |
| 20 | Minnesota Series break | 995.5 | +4.2% |
| 21 | Connecticut Series break | 945.1 | +6.1% |
| 22 | Oregon Series break | 870.1 | +4.4% |
| 23 | Missouri Series break | 866 | +3.9% |
| 24 | Indiana Series break | 842.9 | +3.8% |
| 25 | South Carolina Series break | 750.2 | +7.2% |
| 26 | Alabama Series break | 745.9 | +6.4% |
| 27 | Oklahoma Series break | 693.8 | +4.8% |
| 28 | Wisconsin Series break | 685.9 | +7.8% |
| 29 | Kentucky Series break | 656.9 | +5.1% |
| 30 | Nevada Series break | 656.5 | +6.3% |
| 31 | Mississippi Series break | 549.3 | +2.5% |
| 32 | Kansas Series break | 519.8 | +5.1% |
| 33 | Iowa Series break | 496.9 | +4.7% |
| 34 | Arkansas Series break | 488.4 | +6.2% |
| 35 | Utah Series break | 459.4 | +9.8% |
| 36 | Hawaii Series break | 447.8 | +3.7% |
| 37 | New Mexico Series break | 359.8 | +6% |
| 38 | Nebraska Series break | 337.7 | +6.7% |
| 39 | Idaho Series break | 332.9 | +7% |
| 40 | New Hampshire Series break | 261.3 | +8.1% |
| 41 | Maine Series break | 251.5 | +7% |
| 42 | West Virginia Series break | 249.6 | +3% |
| 43 | District of Columbia Series break | 209 | +7.7% |
| 44 | Rhode Island Series break | 202.1 | +3.9% |
| 45 | Montana Series break | 189.6 | +5% |
| 46 | Vermont Series break | 170.6 | +5.3% |
| 47 | South Dakota Series break | 163.1 | +3.4% |
| 48 | Delaware Series break | 160.9 | +2.8% |
| 49 | Alaska Series break | 159 | +0.7% |
| 50 | Wyoming Series break | 131.8 | +11% |
| 51 | North Dakota Series break | 129 | +2.9% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Receipts of businesses without paid employees in health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), 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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance, 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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance, 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-health-care/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance, 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-health-care/us-states?period=2018.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2018/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-health-care/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance?
California, with $10.95 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: health care and social assistance?
North Dakota, with $129.01 million in 2018.
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), health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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