US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2024

California had the highest nonemployer business receipts: information of 51 states in 2024, at $3.76 billion. North Dakota had the lowest, at $14.68 million. The median was $192.75 million and the figure for the United States was $19.23 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,756.7California

Lowest14.7North Dakota

Median192.751 states

United States19,234.8History

All states, 2024

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 USD million	Change on 2023
1	California	3,756.7	+5%
2	Florida	1,935.9	+14.3%
3	New York	1,920.1	+2.6%
4	Texas	1,565.1	+10.1%
5	New Jersey	654.6	+3.2%
6	Georgia	616.8	+6.7%
7	Illinois	526.1	+5.8%
8	Tennessee	489.9	+7.8%
9	Pennsylvania	474.3	+3.6%
10	North Carolina	422.2	+11.2%
11	Ohio	410.1	+10%
12	Colorado	376.4	+9.5%
13	Virginia	374.9	+5.6%
14	Washington	363	+3.4%
15	Delaware	361.2	+17.4%
16	Massachusetts	354.2	+7.4%
17	Michigan	351.2	+11.1%
18	Arizona	342.4	+6.8%
19	Maryland	308	-0.2%
20	Nevada	307.1	+7.3%
21	Connecticut	243.6	+7.3%
22	Utah	235.3	+19%
23	Minnesota	225.7	+7.8%
24	Oregon	221.5	+8.2%
25	Missouri	197.5	+6.7%
26	Indiana	192.7	+6.9%
27	South Carolina	186.1	+17.7%
28	Wisconsin	164.7	+7.8%
29	Oklahoma	136.4	+8%
30	Kentucky	131.3	+5.4%
31	Louisiana	130.7	+16.3%
32	Alabama	127.4	+10.9%
33	Wyoming	124.9	+6.3%
34	Kansas	87.7	+8.9%
35	New Hampshire	84.4	+1%
36	Idaho	83.1	+7%
37	Iowa	77.9	-0.6%
38	District of Columbia	77.8	+3.1%
39	Arkansas	75.9	+9.1%
40	New Mexico	59.7	+9.2%
41	Mississippi	57.9	+4.6%
42	Hawaii	55.3	-2.8%
43	Nebraska	53.4	+8.1%
44	Montana	52.7	+14.2%
45	Maine	50.9	+6.1%
46	Rhode Island	49.5	+12.6%
47	West Virginia	40.9	+22.9%
48	Vermont	34.1	-2.1%
49	South Dakota	31.5	+25.8%
50	Alaska	19.6	-2%
51	North Dakota	14.7	+20.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), 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), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes (US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Sept. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes, US states by nonemployer business receipts: information, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-receipts-information/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which state has the highest nonemployer business receipts: information?

California, with $3.76 billion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest nonemployer business receipts: information?

North Dakota, with $14.68 million in 2024.

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), information (NAICS 51), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.